The following acts, conduct and conditions are hereby declared
and defined to be nuisances and when committed, performed or permitted
to exist by any individual, firm, association or corporation within
the territorial limits of the Village or within the extraterritorial
zoning jurisdiction of the Village are hereby declared to be unlawful
and prohibited:
A. Any act or offense which is a nuisance according to the common law
or statutes of the State of Illinois or declared or defined to be
a nuisance by the ordinances of the Village.
B. Any condition or use of any premises or buildings or improvements
located thereon which is detrimental to the property of others or
which causes or tends to cause diminution in value of other property
in the neighborhood in which the premises are located, or which causes
unreasonable disturbance to another.
C. Any condition or use of any premises or buildings or improvements
located thereon which is detrimental to the public good or which causes
an unreasonable disturbance to another.
D. Anything which shall constitute the unreasonable, unwarranted or
unlawful use by a person of property, real or personal, or from his
own improper, indecent or unlawful personal conduct which works an
obstruction or injury to the right of another or of the public, and
produces such material annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort, or hurt
that the law will presume an actionable nuisance.
E. To throw or deposit any offal or other offensive matter, or the carcass
of any dead animal in any watercourse, lake, pond, spring, well or
common sewer, street or public highway.
F. To erect, continue or use any building or other place for the exercise
of any trade, employment or manufacture which, by occasioning noxious
exhalations, offensive smells or otherwise, is offensive or dangerous
to the health of individuals or of the public.
G. To obstruct or encroach upon public highways, private ways, streets,
alleys, commons, landing places, and rights-of-way.
H. To keep or deposit on or scatter over any premises lumber, junk,
trash, debris, or unused, unusable or inoperative objects, or equipment
such as automobiles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, or containers.
I. To allow the emission of unnecessary noise from the premises, including
but not limited to the keeping of animals which cause an unreasonable
disturbance to another or to the public.
J. The accumulation of waste, refuse, trash or other deleterious substances
on the premises of private residences, commercial institutions and
in the streets and alleys which may cause the increase of danger of
fire or the spread of infectious, contagious and epidemic diseases
or anything thereof which shall constitute a public menace.
K. Any act by an owner, occupant or agent of any owner or occupant of
lots, parcels or areas which permits the premises to become unsanitary
or a fire menace by allowing any offensive or unsafe matter to grow,
accumulate or otherwise occupy and remain upon such premises.
L. To permit, allow or to keep any compost pile which is of such a nature
as to spread or harbor disease, emit unpleasant odors or harmful gas,
or attract rodents, vermin or other disease-carrying pests, animals
or insects, provided that the presence of earthworms and a compost
pile shall not constitute a nuisance.
M. To place, deposit, leave or dump any trash, ashes, broken articles,
garbage, junk, refuse or waste material of any kind on any premises
in the Village without the consent of the owner or tenant in possession
thereof.
N. To own, maintain or keep a dwelling unit unfit for human habitation
or dangerous or detrimental to life, safety or health because of lack
of repair, defects in the plumbing system, lighting or ventilation,
the existence of contagious diseases or unsanitary conditions likely
to cause sickness among persons residing in said premises or residing
in proximity thereto or detrimental to the public good.
O. To store or place any materials in a manner which may harbor rats.
P. To maintain or permit the existence of any dangerous or unsanitary
building or structure.
Q. To place or keep upon any premises a collection of leaves, woody
material, vegetative, or animal material that is collected off premises
and not produced on premises, designed to biologically decompose the
material for future use as a soil additive or mulch for yard and garden
purposes.
R. To arrange the grade level of the surface or any barriers above the
grade level of the surface that will impede or collect or divert the
natural flow of surface stormwater to the detriment or injury of adjoining
property.
S. Any other uses or conditions of property which, due to their existence,
create an environment which could be prejudicial or detrimental to
the public health or welfare.
T. The open storage of junk, refuse, scrap, disabled or damaged vehicles,
whether awaiting repair or not, is prohibited in the Village. For
the purpose of interpretation, open storage shall be any storage not
contained completely within a building or structure enclosed on all
sides by walls and by a solid roof on the top.
No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any
premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any
person keep or maintain such premises in a manner causing substantial
diminution in the value of the other property in the neighborhood
in which the premises are located or which shall be harmful to anyone
or the public at large, nor shall any person allow the keeping of
any animals which shall cause unreasonable disturbance to others.
The owner, owners, tenants, lessees, and/or occupants of any
lot within the corporate limits of the Village or within the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Village upon which a nuisance exists, and also
the owner, owners, and/or lessees of said personalties involved in
such nuisance (all of whom are hereinafter referred to collectively
as "owners"), shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance in the
manner necessary to abate such nuisance. Said prompt abatement shall
be completed within 10 days of notice from the Chief of Police or
any duly authorized police officer.
If said owners shall allow said nuisance to exist or fail to abate the nuisance, they, and each of them, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to penalties as set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, of the Village Code.