A. 
It shall be unlawful to place, leave, deposit, throw, keep or maintain, or permit to be placed, left, deposited, thrown, kept or maintained, any dirt, vegetation, garbage, animal wastes, rubbish, refuse or debris of any kind, or any material, substance or liquid of offensive smell, or any material or substance which is otherwise nauseous or unwholesome, in or upon any public or private parcel of land within this Village, unless the same shall be securely enclosed and safely covered in approved containers as required by the Village Code and such rules and regulations pertaining to the same adopted by the Director of Public Works.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 455, Solid Waste.
B. 
No person shall cause, permit or allow water or any unwholesome or offensive liquid or substance to flow from his premises into or upon any public or private property.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or transfer any garbage, rubbish, refuse or material of any kind whatsoever in any vehicle unless said vehicle is of such construction and so operated that the contents shall not fall therefrom nor spill upon any public or private property nor cause an offensive odor to emanate therefrom.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RATPROOF CONTAINER
A container constructed of concrete or metal, or the container shall be lined with metal or other material that is impervious to rats, and openings into the container such as doors shall be tight-fitting to prevent the entrance of rats.
HARDWARE CLOTH
Wire screening of such thickness and spacing as to afford reasonable protection against the entrance of rats and mice.
OWNER, MANAGER or TENANT
Whenever any person or persons shall be in actual possession as tenant of, or have charge, care or control of, any property within the Village as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, or agent, such person or persons shall be deemed and taken to be the owner or owners of such property within the true intent and meaning of this section and shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this section to the same extent as the owner, and notice to any such person of any order or decision of the Health Officer shall be deemed and taken to be a good and sufficient notice as if such person or persons were actually the owner or owners of such property, except that whenever the entire premises or building is occupied as a place of business, such as a store, or any other business under a single management, the person, firm or corporation in charge of such business shall be considered the owner or manager.
RAT HARBORAGE
Any place where rats can live and nest without fear of frequent molestation or disturbance.
RATPROOFING
Consists of closing openings in building foundations and openings under and around doors, windows, vents and other places which could provide means of entry for rats with concrete, sheet iron, hardware cloth or other types of ratproofing material approved by the Health Officer.
B. 
Elimination of rat harborage. Whenever accumulations of rubbish, boxes, lumber, scrap metal or any other materials provide rat harborage, the person, firm or corporation owning or in control of such materials shall cause the materials to be removed, or the materials shall be stored so as to eliminate the rat harborage. Lumber, boxes and similar materials shall be neatly piled. These piles shall be raised at least one foot above the ground. When the owner of the materials cannot be found, after reasonable search, the owner or manager of the premises on which the materials are stored shall be responsible for disposal or proper piling of the materials.
C. 
Elimination of rat feeding places. No person, firm or corporation shall place or allow to accumulate any materials that may serve as a food for rats in a site accessible to rats. Any waste material that may serve as food for rats shall be stored in ratproof containers. Feed for birds shall be placed on raised platforms, or such feed shall be placed where it is not accessible to rats. Bird feeders shall contain rims of a height of one inch or more and shall be constructed of materials impervious to water.
D. 
Extermination. Whenever rat holes, burrows or other evidences of rat infestation are found on any premises or in any building within the Village, it shall be the duty of the owner or manager of such property to exterminate the rats or to cause the rats to be exterminated. Within 10 days after extermination, the owner, manager or tenant shall cause all of the rat holes or burrows in the ground to be filled with earth, ashes or other suitable material.
E. 
Ratproofing. It shall be the duty of the owner, manager or tenant of any building in the Village of Shorewood to make such building reasonably ratproof, to replace broken basement windows and to cover the basement window openings with hardware cloth or other suitable material for preventing rats from entering the building through such window openings. The owner, manager or tenant of any premises upon which storage or accessory buildings are located shall eliminate the rat harborages from within and under such buildings by ratproofing, raising the buildings above the ground or by some other suitable method, or such storage or accessory buildings shall be razed as deemed necessary by the Health Officer.
F. 
Inspection. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer or the Environmental Health Inspector under his direction to investigate all reported rat harborages and also, in his regular food inspection calls, to inspect said premises for potential rat harborages and feeding places.
A. 
Whenever the owner or tenant of any property adjoining premises upon which are homeless pigeon harborages shall make complaint to the Health Department of a pigeon nuisance, and if a pigeon nuisance is found to exist, it shall be the duty of the Village Health Officer to order the owner or manager of such premises to make such premises reasonably pigeon-proof and, when necessary, cover openings with hardware cloth or other suitable material for preventing pigeons from entering in or upon the premises.
B. 
Any owner, tenant or manager of any property refusing or failing to comply with any order of the Village Health Officer regarding the elimination of a pigeon nuisance found upon the premises of such owner, tenant or manager shall be in violation of this section and shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter enumerated.
No person shall spit, expectorate or deposit any sputum, spittle, saliva, phlegm, mucus, tobacco juice or wads of tobacco upon the floors or stairways or any part of any church, schoolhouse, public hall or building, store or any other place of public assemblage, or upon the floor or any part of any vehicle used as a common carrier for the transportation of passengers for hire, or upon any public sidewalk, or upon any public highway.
No garments, bedding, mattresses, coverings, rugs, carpets or similar articles shall be beaten, shaken or swept upon within 15 feet of any inhabited building. This includes the shaking of dust mops, cloths and the like from windows or doorways of inhabited buildings of more than one family.
A. 
Regulations for control of unhealthy, noxious, unsightly or unsafe growths of weeds and other forms of vegetation are as set forth in §§ 220-1 and 220-2 of this Code.
B. 
Regulations for control of trees infected with Dutch elm disease are as set forth in § 466-25 of this Code.
Whenever storm or drainage water flows from the property of one owner or owners onto the property of another owner or owners, the owner or owners of the property first mentioned shall connect his or their property with the storm sewer or with the street gutter in such manner as the Building Inspector shall require. In the event that the owner or owners of such property first mentioned shall fail to comply with the orders of the Building Inspector after 10 days' notice by certified mail to the last known address of such owner or owners so to do, the Building Inspector shall cause said work to be done and certify the cost thereof to the Village Clerk, who shall extend such cost against the property first above mentioned upon the next tax roll of said Village.