(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply and the words and phrases defined herein shall have the meaning as ascribed to them.
(1) “Junk” means old scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, lumber, pipe, used building materials, roofing; old or scrap iron, steel or other ferrous or nonferrous materials which are not held for sale for remelting purposes by any establishment within the Village having facilities for processing such materials; and inoperable and/or unlicensed, dismantled, partly dismantled, or wrecked vehicle or motor vehicle, or parts thereof.
(2) “Garbage” means all putrescible wastes (except waste of the human body and other similar water carried wastes) including all vegetable and animal wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of foods. Any and all containers that have contained foods or liquids for consumption by humans and/or animals also shall be classified as garbage.
(3) “Refuse” means ashes, crockery, bottles, cans, paper and other wood pulp products, boxes, rags, grass clippings and other cut vegetation; old or discarded clothing, bedding, mattresses, furniture, appliances; rubbish, dirt, nails, pieces of glass, oil; and all other similar nonputrescible wastes other than those included in the definition of garbage above.
(b) Public Nuisance. The following shall be deemed to constitute a public nuisance:
(1) The accumulation or storage of junk at any place except in a wholly enclosed building or structure or in a junkyard permitted by the ordinances of the Village.
(2) The accumulation, storage or disposition of garbage or refuse in any manner other than as provided by the ordinances or health regulations of the Village.
(3) No person shall permit or maintain a public nuisance, as defined in subsections (b)(1) and (2) above, upon any property, public or private, which the person may own, lease, occupy or otherwise have charge of, within the Village.
(c) Littering. No person shall place, throw, deposit or sweep into or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, park, public ground or public building, or into or upon the property of another, any junk, garbage or refuse, or any other matter of any unsightly or unsanitary nature. This prohibition shall not apply to the placing of junk or refuse at the curb side or by a street when permitted to do so by Village regulation on regular refuse or trash collection dates and times.
(d) Other Littering.
(1) No person owning, occupying or otherwise having charge of or control of any property, shall place or permit to be placed on such property, any paper, dirt, ashes, cartons, containers, boxes or other scrap or waste material such that the material could be subject to being distributed in any manner onto any street, sidewalk, alley, park, public ground or private property of other residents.
(2) No person shall transport junk, garbage or refuse in any manner over or upon any Village street, whether public or private, in such manner that it is subject to or shall be strewn upon and along such street, public or private.
(e) Inspection and Abatement.
(1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this section, the Administrator is hereby authorized and empowered at any reasonable time to enter into and upon and inspect any premises or properties when there is reasonable cause to believe that a public nuisance, as defined in subsection (b) exists.
(2) The Administrator shall upon a violation of this section, cause written notice of the violation to be served personally upon the owner, lessee, occupant or person having charge of the property so affected; or such notice shall be served by sending it to the owner, lessee, occupant or person having charge of the property so affected, by certified mail; or by posting a copy of the notice at a conspicuous place on the premises or property so affected.
(3) The notice shall state with particularity the nature of the public nuisance and the time in which such nuisance shall be abated. The time period for the abatement of any nuisance hereunder shall not be less than ten days. No person notified hereunder shall refuse or fail to comply with such abatement notice.
(4) When a public nuisance hereunder is not abated within the time limit required, the Administrator shall then cause the nuisance to be abated and all costs thereof shall be calculated and reported to the Finance Director, who shall certify such amount to the Auditor of Lucas County to be placed upon the tax duplicate and collected by law as other taxes are collected.
(f) Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day any such violation of this section shall continue shall be treated as a separate offense hereunder.
(Ord. 15-84. Passed 6-5-84.)
(Ord. 15-84. Passed 6-5-84.)