Chapter 38
ENVIRONMENT*
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Cross references: Animals, ch. 14; buildings and building regulations, ch. 18; businesses, ch. 22; civil emergencies, ch. 30; health and sanitation, ch. 42; natural resources, ch. 54; solid waste, ch. 66; utilities, ch. 86.
State law references: Illinois Environmental Facilities Financing Act, 20 ILCS 3515/1 et seq.; definition, prevention and abatement of nuisances by municipalities, 65 ILCS 5/11-60-2; Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act, 70 ILCS 405/1 et seq.; Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
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Article I. In General
Secs. 38-1– 38-25. Reserved.
Article II. Noise
Sec. 38-26. Quiet zone.
Secs. 38-27– 38-45. Reserved.
Article III. Nuisances
Sec. 38-46. Bills and placards.
Sec. 38-47. Garbage.
Sec. 38-48. Suffering manure to accumulate.
Sec. 38-49. Suffering premises to become foul.
Sec. 38-50. Slops, filth, dead animals.
Sec. 38-51. Barns and outbuildings fronting on streets.
Sec. 38-52. Spouting or piping of water onto sidewalks.
Sec. 38-53. Gutterings for buildings.
Secs. 38-54– 38-74. Reserved.
Article IV. Reserved
Secs. 38-75– 38-82. Reserved.
ARTICLE I.
IN GENERAL
Secs. 38-1– 38-25. Reserved.
ARTICLE II.
NOISE*
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Cross references: Motor vehicle noise, § 82-30.
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Sec. 38-26. Quiet zone.
The mayor may, on application of any citizen of the city, and proper cause shown therefor, designate any portion of the city as a quiet zone, for such a length of time as is, in his discretion, necessary and proper. Such zone shall be posted by the police, in a conspicuous manner, and such zone shall be at all times quiet and free from noise.
(Code 1976, § 9-89; Ord. No. 90-16, § 1(9-120), 8-13-90)
Secs. 38-27– 38-45. Reserved.
ARTICLE III. ------------
Cross references: Dangerous buildings, § 18-181 et seq.; trees and other plants declared to be public nuisances, § 90-76; weeds declared to be nuisances, § 90-101.
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Sec. 38-46. Bills and placards.
The pasting, sticking or placing of any advertisement, handbill, placard or other printed picture, or written matter or thing whatsoever, upon any house, wall, building, fence, railing, sidewalk or other property within the city, without having first obtained the permission of the owner or person in charge thereof, is hereby declared a nuisance and a violation of this article.
(Code 1976, § 9-55)
Cross references: Advertising, ch. 6.
Sec. 38-47. Garbage.
No person shall deposit or place any offal, garbage, manure, or any kind of refuse, animal or vegetable matter in any alley, street, yard, or in any public or private grounds in the city, but the same shall be placed in watertight receptacles, which shall be kept in some convenient and secure place on the premises, to be removed as often as may be necessary to prevent the formation of noxious gases or offensive odors. It shall be the duty of the owner, occupant or agent to clean the premises or street or alley wherein such refuse has been deposited, at his own expense. Any officer of the city shall notify such owner, occupant or agent to clean the premises or streets or alleys bordering on their premises, and if such owner, occupant or agent shall fail to clean such premises, streets or alleys within five days after service of such notice, then such owner, occupant or agent shall be deemed guilty of creating and maintaining a nuisance and in violation of this article.
(Code 1976, § 9-61)
Cross references: Solid waste, ch. 66.
Sec. 38-48. Suffering manure to accumulate.
It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer to accumulate, within the city, on any premises owned or controlled by him, any heap or stack of manure in such manner as to emit noxious, disagreeable or offensive smells, to the annoyance or detriment of any person or family, or to place any such manure in or upon any public street, alley or common within the city.
(Code 1976, § 9-54)
Sec. 38-49. Suffering premises to become foul.
Whoever shall within the corporate limits of the city suffer or permit any cellar, vault, drain, pool, sewer, yard, ground or premises belonging to or controlled by him to become nauseous, foul, offensive or injurious to the public health, or unpleasant or disagreeable to adjacent residents or persons, shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance and in violation of this article.
(Code 1976, § 9-56)
Sec. 38-50. Slops, filth, dead animals.
Whoever shall deposit or place in or upon any premises, public or private, enclosed or common, street or alley within the city any vegetable or animal matter or slops or any filth of a character likely to affect the public health, or to produce an offensive smell, or the carcass of any dead animal, or whoever shall suffer the carcass of any dead animal which at the time of death belonged to him, or was in his charge, to be or remain in or upon any such place more than 12 hours after its death, shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance and a violation of this article.
(Code 1976, § 9-57)
Cross references: Animals, ch. 14.
Sec. 38-51. Barns and outbuildings fronting on streets.
All private stables, pigsties, barns, outhouses or other outbuildings, other than wood-houses, shall be erected on alleys within the city where they exist, and in no case shall they front along any public street of the city except upon permission of adjacent residents and of the committee on streets and alleys of the city. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a nuisance and a violation of this article.
NUISANCES*