[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Warrensburg as Title 8, Ch. 1, of the 1978 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: Original § 8-1-1, Establishments selling food, of this chapter was moved to Ch. 1124, Food Establishments, of the Village Code 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764.
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Polluting. It shall be unlawful and a nuisance for any person to obstruct or pollute any watercourse or source of water supply in the Village.
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Stagnant pools. Any stagnant pool of water in the Village is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any person to permit any such nuisance to remain or exist on any property under his control.
[Amended 1-3-1984 by Ord. No. 432]
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Subscription service required. All owners of property in the Village which is occupied shall subscribe to, and be a customer of, a scavenger licensee for refuse and recyclables removal, and it shall be unlawful, a nuisance and a violation of this section for any such owner to fail at any time to be fully and lawfully entitled to receive refuse and recyclables removal service from a scavenger licensee. It shall be a defense to any prosecution for violation hereof that the scavenger licensee from whom the property owner is required to receive removal service has failed to provide such service in material breach of any applicable law, ordinance or code, or is in material breach of any lawful agreement between said property owner and scavenger licensee. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit anywhere in the Village any uncovered piles of refuse, garbage, offal or carcasses of dead animals. All such refuse must be properly disposed of by a currently licensed scavenger service. Any uncovered piles of refuse are hereby declared to be a nuisance.
[Amended 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 573; 12-5-2016 by Ord. No. 712]
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Combustible refuse, storage. It shall be unlawful to permit or store any combustible refuse in such a way as to create a fire hazard. Any combustible refuse stored in such a way as to create a fire hazard is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
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Public disposal. It shall be unlawful to store, throw away, or otherwise dispose of any refuse of any kind on any street, alley or other public place.
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Disclosure. Every agent or other person having charge, control or management or who collects or receives the rents of any land, premises or other property in the Village shall disclose the name of the person for whom such agent or other person is acting upon demand of any inspector or agent of the Village.
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Notice for removal. The Village Administrative Clerk shall give notice to any person who maintains a nuisance, in violation of this section, to abate the said nuisance within 10 days after receipt of the said notice.
[Amended 7-17-2017 by Ord. No. 717]
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Abatement. If, within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the Village Administrative Clerk for maintaining the nuisance, the said nuisance is not abated, or whenever the owner, occupant or person in charge is unknown or cannot be found, the Village may abate without further notice and the expense thereof is recoverable from the person who may have created, continued or suffered such nuisance to exist and is a lien on the premises on which such nuisance was found in addition to any fine or penalty.
[Amended 7-17-2017 by Ord. No. 717]
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Lien for cost of removal and expense. Pursuant to state statute, the Village Administrative Clerk may file notice of lien in the office of the recorder for the cost and expense of abating the nuisance and upon payment of the cost and expense the lien shall be released.
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Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 100, Article III, of the Village Code. Each day on which a violation occurs or continues shall be considered a separate offense.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also moved original § 8-1-4, Smoke, of the 1978 Code, which immediately followed this section, to Ch. 1359, Open Burning, of the Village Code.
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Spreading contagion. It shall be unlawful for any person to spread, wilfully or carelessly, any contagious disease or so to cause the spread of the same.
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Deliveries to quarantined premises. No person engaged in the delivery of food or drink intended for human consumption shall enter any premises which are quarantined because of the existence of a contagious or epidemic disease. No containers or bottles shall be removed from any such premises until the termination of the quarantine, and no such container which has been left at such premises during the quarantine shall be placed in use for carrying food or drink until it has been thoroughly sterilized.
It shall be unlawful to spit or expectorate on any public sidewalk or other public place, or on the floor or walls of any store, theater, hall, public vehicle or other place frequented by the public or to which the public is invited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish a cemetery or to bury any person within the Village limits, or within 3/4 of a mile thereof, except in an established cemetery.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 8-1-8, Dangerous structures, of the 1978 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764.
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or maintain the existence of any nuisance, as defined in § 100-17 of the Village Code, on any property under his control.