(A) If the owner or occupant does not consent to the proposed inspection, the village may appear before any judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County and seek and administrative search warrant to allow an inspection. Any such application shall be made within ten calendar days after the nonconsent of the owner or occupant. The application for the warrant shall specify the basis upon which the warrant is being sought and shall include a statement that the inspection will be limited to a determination whether there are violations of the Property Maintenance Code as well as all other health and building ordinances that apply to the building.
(B) The Court may consider any of the following factors along with such other matters as it deems pertinent in its decision as to whether a warrant shall issue:
(1) Eyewitness account of violation;
(2) Citizen complaints;
(3) Tenant complaints;
(4) Plain view complaints;
(5) Violations apparent from village records;
(6) Property deterioration;
(7) Age of property;
(8) Nature of alleged violation;
(9) Condition of similar properties in area;
(10) Documented violations on similar properties in the area;
(11) Passage of time since last inspection;
(12) Previous violations on the property.
( Ord. 08-966, passed 9-11-2008)