2004-77 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 48 - NUISANCES

Home Browse Search

. ORDINANCE NO. 2004-77 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 48 - - NUISANCES - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 48 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified at Sections 7, 10, 12 (A) and 14 thereof, so that said Sections 7, 10, 12 (A) and 14, as amended, shall provide as follows: 7. ABANDONED EXCAVATION. Any well, cistern, hole, pit, pool or similar structure, or abandoned excavation or shaft that is open and easily accessible to children or passers-by and/or of sufficient depth or steepness to endanger their safety, or any undrained and abandoned excavation or pool, is hereby declared a nuisance. 10. GARBAGE ON PREMISES. No owner or occupant of any premises within the City of Decatur shall deposit or cause or perrnit to be deposited, or leave or pernut to remain after receiving notice, any garbage, debris or other waste on said premises except as elsewhere provided for the collection of same by a licensed garbage hauler. 12. BURNING OF WASTE. (A.) No person shall cause or allow the burning of garbage, landscape waste or other waste within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, except for fires set by a public official in the performance of the official's duties and fires used for recreational purposes such as campfires.