(a) No owner, tenant or other person or legal entity in charge of or in possession of property shall create, permit or allow a public nuisance to exist upon such property.
(b) The Chief of Police shall appoint one (1) Nuisance Officer who shall be an employee of the Village Police Department for the purposes of enforcing this chapter, subject to the approval of Village Council. The Chief of Police in his discretion may appoint a Deputy Nuisance Officer to handle the duties of the Nuisance Officer when the duly appointed Nuisance Officer is on vacation, sick, or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the Nuisance Officer.
(c) Whenever the Nuisance Officer determines that a public nuisance exists he shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, give or cause to be given, a notice to the owner, tenant or other person or legal entity in charge or in possession of the property to abate the nuisance, or he may cause the nuisance to be abated if the person upon whom the notice to abate is served fails to do so.
(Ord. 1998-28. Passed 9-1-98.)