BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Winslow, Illinois:
Chapter 38 of the Village of Winslow Code is hereby amended by deleting Section 11 of
said Chapter and replacing
said Section with the following:
11-1-1. GENERAL PROHIBITION
No person shall permit the existence of a nuisance, as hereinafter defined, upon any premises
which he owns, occupies or controls.
11-2-1. NUISANCE GENERALLY DEFINED
In addition to the specific definitions and provisions hereinafter set forth, the term "nuisance"
shall mean and include any act, condition or offense which is injurious to safety or health,
indecent or offensive to the senses or morals, or is an obstruction to the free use of any public
property or way.
11-3-1. PROPERTY CONDITIONS CONSTITUTING A NUISANCE
(A) It shall be a violation and shall constitute a nuisance to maintain private property in all
residential districts in such a manner so as to cause a detrimental effect to adjacent properties,
by causing to have stored on the exterior of the premises any of the following:
(1) Materials and items stored in a haphazard or unorganized manner so as to present an objection-
able visual appearance or a nuisance; but not to include stacked fire wood for use on the premises
or compost material for use on the premises.
(2) Yard maintenance equipment including, but not limited to, lawn mowers, garden tractors, snow
blowers, garden tools, and yard maintenance material, including, but not limited to, fill dirt, mulch,
and building materials, which are not used for their purposes or improvements within 90 days, or
which merely constitute outdoor storage of said equipment, material or items.
(3) Material or items brought to the premises for planned improvements such as landscaping,
construction, and similar purposes, including but not limited to, fill, dirt, mulch, and building
materials, and which are not used for said improvements within 90 days, or which merely
constitute storage of said material or items.
(4) Recreational equipment or parts thereof, including, but not limited to, bicycles, motorcycles,
boats, jet skis, and snowmobiles, which are stored on the exterior premises out of the normal
season of usage, and which are stored in a haphazard, unorganized, or unprotected manner.
(5) Household, commercial, and industrial objects and materials which are not ordinarily found in
residential districts, stored for more than two weeks on the exterior premises visible from adjacent
properties or public right of way.
(B) The detrimental effect to adjacent properties caused by said lack of proper maintenance to any
given property shall include, but not be limited to, diminished property vbalue to adjacent proper-
ties, the creation of an unsightly and un-aesthetic appearance in the neighborhood in general, and a
decline or loss of comfort, convenience, well-being and mental health of adjacent property owners.
11-4-1. NUISANCES RELATING TO GARBAGE
No person shall discharge, deposit, place, or permit the discharge or deposit or placing on any premises,
except the sanitary landfills in Stephenson County, of any garbage, filth, offal or refuse accumulations
of animal, fruit or vegetable matter, other nausesous matter or substance or waste from sewage
disposal facilities, which by reason of its quantity or decomposition would become foul, odorous, subject
to spontaneous combustion, or otherwise become detrimental to public health or conducive to the spread
of disease.
11-5-1. OPENINGS
Any open, abandoned wells, or unused cisterns must be filled and sealed.
11-6-1. ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
(A) Upon notice from the Village Board or any law enforcement official in writing, delivered in person or
by Certified Mail, any such owner or occupants shall correct all deficiencies set forth in such written notice
within ten (10) days.
(B) Upon failure of any owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of 11-6-1 (A), each such owner
and occupant shall be individually liable for payment of a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for
each day that such violation shall continue.
(C) Upon failure of any owner or occupant to comply with the provisions of 11-6-1 (A), the Village may
mow or clean the property or hire such work to be done. The owner of said property and any occupants
of said property shall be jointly or severally liable to the Village for any costs incurred at the actual price
paid by the Village for hired work, or in the case of that the Village performed the work with the Village
employees, at the rate of $25.00 per manhour for labor and $45.00 per hour equipment charge for any
truck or tractor utilized. The owner and any occupants of the age of 18 years or greater shall be jointly and
severally liable for such expenses.
(D) Any charge authorized by 11-6-1 (B) and 11-6-1 (C) shall constitute a lien against the property of the
owner until paid in full. The Village Clerk, upon direction of the Village Board, shall record a notice of such
lien with the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Stephenson County. Upon full payment, the Village Clerk is
authorized to release such lien.
11-7-1. SUMMARY ABATEMENT
Nothing contained herein shall prevent the summary abatement by the Village Marshall of any nuisance from
which there is imminent danger to the life, health, or limb of any person.
11-8-1. STATUTORY NUISANCE PROVISIONS
In addition to all the provisions of this Article, all pertinent and applicable provisions of the Illinois Statute on
Nuisances are incorporated by reference as to acts or conditions prohibited, and as to procedures.
PASSED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Winslow, Illinois, this
5th
day of
June , 2002.
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