(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is provided shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Whenever a nuisance is found to exist within the Village the Chief of Police or his or her designee shall give written notice to abate to the owner or occupant of the property upon which the nuisance exists or upon the person causing or maintaining the nuisance. The notice to abate a nuisance issued under the provision of this division (B) shall contain the following:
(a) An order to abate the nuisance or to request a hearing within a stated time which shall be reasonable under the circumstances;
(b) The location of the nuisance if the same is stationary;
(c) A description of what constitutes the nuisance;
(d) A statement of acts necessary to abate the nuisance;
(e) A statement that if the nuisance is not abated as directed and no request for hearing is made within the prescribed time, the village will abate the nuisance and assess the cost thereof against the person or property; and
(f) The notice to abate a nuisance shall be served as any other legal process may be served pursuant to law.
(2) (a) Upon failure of the person or entity upon whom notice to abate a nuisance was served pursuant to the provisions of this division, the Chief of Police or the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works of the village shall proceed to abate the nuisance and shall prepare a statement of costs incurred in the abatement thereof.
(b) Any and all costs incurred by the village in the abatement of a nuisance under the provisions of this division (B) shall constitute a lien against the property upon which the nuisance existed, which lien shall be filed, proven and collected as provided by law. The lien shall be notice to all persons from the time of its recording and shall bear interest at the legal rate thereafter until satisfied.
(3) Unless otherwise expressly provided, any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provisions of §§ 90.01 through 90.05 shall be fined pursuant to § 10.99, except that the third and all subsequent convictions within any 12-month period shall be deemed to be misdemeanors, and the person, firm or corporation guilty thereof may be fined pursuant to § 10.99 and imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months.
(4) Whenever a person, firm or corporation shall neglect or refuse to procure any license required by §§ 90.01 through 90.05, or otherwise violates the terms of §§ 90.01 through 90.05, the Mayor is authorized to cause appropriate legal action and proceedings to be instituted to enforce the license requirement or other terms of §§ 90.01 through 90.05.
(5) The Clerk shall take all necessary and appropriate action to compel compliance with the regulatory provisions of §§ 90.01 through 90.05. When necessary and expedient the Clerk may call upon the Chief of Police to assist in the enforcement, and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to perform the enforcement acts as may be required of him or her. The Chief of Police, the Superintendent of Public Works, the Health Inspector, the Alley Inspector, and the Fire Inspector are hereby vested with police powers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of §§ 90.01 through 90.05 and other municipal ordinances relating to the licensing of businesses and occupations and their regulations.
(6) The enforcement provisions of §§ 90.01 through 90.05 do not supersede or replace the enforcement provisions contained in other related or unrelated ordinances. Nothing in §§ 90.01 through 90.05 prevents the Village of Calumet Park or its designated agents from enforcing any existing ordinances in any manner provided by law.
(C) (1) Any person, firm or corporation, or any owner of any lot, place or area, or agent thereof, violating or failing to comply with any provision of §§ 90.15 through 90.20, shall, upon conviction, be fined pursuant to § 10.99 for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(2) Any fine imposed hereunder shall be in addition to the costs provided for in § 90.16 above.
(D) Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 90.30 through 90.32 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined pursuant to § 10.99. Each day the violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
(2) Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle is subject to seizure and impoundment for violation of § 90.64, the police officer shall provide for the towing of the vehicle to a facility controlled by the village or its agents. When such a vehicle is towed, the provisions of the Vehicle Towing Ordinance, including notice, right to hearing, and all other rights and obligations imposed by the terms of the Village Towing Ordinance, will be in full force and effect.
(2) Each day the violation is committed or permitted to continue, shall constitute a new and separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
(Ord. 1960-0914, passed 9-14-1960; Ord. 79-306, passed 7-30-1979; Ord. 81-373, passed 10-22-1981; Ord. 87-469, passed 2-3-1987; Ord. 88-497, passed 4-19-1988; Ord. 88-506, passed 10-13-1988; Ord. 94-629, passed 6-9-1994; Ord. 00-746, passed 9-14-2000; Ord. 01-765, passed 8-9-2001; Ord. 02-783, passed 3-14-2002; Ord. 02-804, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 20-1236, passed 5-28-2020)