[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as Ch. 111, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
[Amended 11-9-1981 by L.L. No. 5-1981; 7-14-2014 by L.L. No. 7-2014]
A. 
The owner, occupant, agent, lessee or tenant of any premises or lot shall be jointly and severally responsible for keeping the contiguous sidewalks and the section of land, if any, between said contiguous sidewalk and the street clean and free from garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter, filth or other offensive matter, weeds and other obstructions or encumbrances. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person cited for a violation of this subsection shall have possessed knowledge of said violation and shall have failed to correct the same.
B. 
The owner, occupant, agent, lessee or tenant of any premises or lot shall be jointly and severally responsible for keeping the contiguous sidewalks free from dirt, weeds and other obstructions or encumbrances and in good and safe repair and shall cause sidewalks to be cleared of snow and ice within 24 hours after such snowfall shall have ceased or ice has formed.
C. 
Penalties.
(1) 
Any person found guilty of a violation of Subsection A of this section shall be subject to a minimum fine of $25 for the first violation, $50 for the second violation, $100 for the third violation and $250 for the fourth violation and subsequent, with a maximum fine of $250 for each violation.
(2) 
Any person who has been notified by the Village Clerk or Superintendent of Public Works that the sidewalks are in violation of Subsection B hereof, except as regards snow and ice, and shall fail to correct the condition within five days of the sending of such notice to his last known address by mail shall be in violation of Subsection B of this section. In addition to the penalties otherwise enforceable, the Village may thereafter correct the prohibited conditions and assess the cost thereof against the owners of the adjacent property. Such costs, if not paid, shall be assessable against the property as tax thereon. In the case of a violation of Subsection B pertaining to snow and ice, no such five-day notice is required, and if, within 24 hours after the cessation of every fall of snow or the formation of any ice, the owner, occupant, agent, lessee or tenant of any premises or lot shall fail to clear such sidewalk of snow and ice, he shall be in violation of this article. In addition to any fine levied hereunder, the Village may clear such sidewalks of snow and ice if they are not cleared by said persons within said period of 24 hours and assess the cost thereof against the owner of the adjacent property. Such cost, if not paid, shall be assessable against the property as a tax thereon.
D. 
Civil liability. The owner or occupant of lands, other than land used for a one-family or two-family dwelling, shall be liable for any injury or damage caused to any person or property by reason of such owner or occupant's omission, failure or negligence to make, maintain or repair such sidewalk or section of land, or to remove snow, ice or other obstructions therefrom, or for a violation or nonobservance of the provisions of this Code relating to making, maintaining and repairing such sidewalks and sections of land and the removal of snow, ice and other obstructions therefrom.
[Amended 11-9-1981 by L.L. No. 5-1981]
A. 
The owner, occupant, agent, lessee or tenant of any house, store or other building and any person or corporation owning and being entitled to possession of any vacant lot, unimproved property, private parking field or any other open portion or area of any lot, shall at all times keep said premises owned or occupied by them or to the possession of which they are entitled free from papers, boxes, rubbish, garbage, refuse, litter or flammable material which is likely to cause damage by fire. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person cited for a violation of this subsection shall have possessed knowledge of said violation and shall have failed to correct the same.
B. 
Any person found guilty of a violation of Subsection A of this section shall be subject to a minimum fine of $25 for the first violation, $50 for the second violation, $100 for the third violation and $250 for the fourth and subsequent violations, with a minimum fine of $250 for each violation.
A. 
If at any time the Board of Trustees shall deem it necessary or expedient for the preservation of the public health or safety or for the general welfare of the Village or for any other good reason, that the owner of land or riparian rights within the Village shall remove therefrom all brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth or things of any kind, filth, garbage, trash, debris, decayed or decaying buildings or structures, ruins of any kind, buildings, docks or other structures in a falling or dangerous condition, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to direct and require the owner or owners of said land or riparian rights to remove the same from his land or riparian rights. Such notice shall be given by a resolution of the Board of Trustees, a copy of which shall be served on the owner or owners of the land or riparian rights either personally or by sending to the owner's or owners' last known address by mail.
B. 
Penalties. Any owner or owners of land or riparian rights who are subject to the resolution described in Subsection A hereof, who fail to remove the condition described in said resolution within 30 days of the giving of notice of the resolution, shall be in violation of this article. In addition to the penalties otherwise enforceable, the Village may thereafter correct the prohibited conditions or the subject of the said resolution and assess the cost thereof against the owner or owners of the said land or riparian rights. Such costs, if not paid, shall be assessable against the property as a tax thereon.