[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Browntown 1-20-2009 by Ord. No.
11182008. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall place or leave any slop, dirt, water
or other liquid of offensive smell or otherwise nauseous and unwholesome,
or any dead carcass, carrion, meat, fish, entrails, manure, pet waste
or other nauseous or unwholesome substance or matter, or any dirt,
filth, straw or other rubbish, or any ashes, garbage, dirt, or refuse
of any kind or description, in or upon any street, gutter, sidewalk,
alley or public ground in this Village.
It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant, agent or person
in charge of any premises, improved or vacant, within this Village,
that shall abut upon any sidewalk, to keep the same free from rubbish,
dirt, and filth of any kind.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who maintains on
any premises owned or occupied by him, or who suffers or permits to
exist on such premises, any accumulation of rubbish, filth or material
of any kind that is likely to become a breeding place for flies, or
is liable to become a place for the development of fly larvae, or
any source of filth or cause of sickness or any stagnant or foul water
shall be fined.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Browntown Village Board of Trustees is authorized to enforce
the provisions of this chapter, and the penalty for violations of
any portion of this chapter shall be, for a first offense, a written
warning; and for a second and subsequent offenses, a fine of not less
than $250 nor more than $1,000, and a special assessment may be placed
on the property taxes of the property in violation.
