14A-3-301.4 Enforcement proceeding.

Where the building official is authorized to serve a written notice of violation by Section 14A-3-301.3, the building official may initiate an enforcement proceeding either by requesting an administrative adjudication before the Department of Administrative Hearings as provided in Chapter 2-14 of the Municipal Code or by referring the matter to the Corporation Counsel for prosecution. The Corporation Counsel may initiate an enforcement proceeding irrespective of whether notice has been previously sent. Any written notice served or sent in connection with an enforcement proceeding initiated by the building official or Corporation Counsel has the same force and effect as a written notice of violation or order issued under Section 14A-3-301.3.

14A-3-301.4.1 In rem jurisdiction.

Where necessary to abate a nuisance or hazard or otherwise authorized by law, the Corporation Counsel may initiate and prosecute an enforcement proceeding before a tribunal with in rem jurisdiction over a property in violation of any provision of the Chicago Construction Codes irrespective of whether notice has been provided to the owner or the tribunal has personal jurisdiction over the owner.

14A-3-301.4.2 Posted notice.

Where a court or administrative body has preliminarily determined that a violation of the Chicago Construction Codes exists, the building official is authorized to post a sign which is visible to the public on or near the premises to provide public notice of the violation and the enforcement proceeding. The sign may include the address of the premises, the owner of the premises, other information about the owner, the nature of the violation, and information pertaining to the enforcement proceeding.

(Amend Coun. J. 7-24-19, p. 3646, § 13)

14A-3-301.5 Removal of official notices.

It is unlawful for any person to remove, alter, cover, or obliterate any notice or sign lawfully posted by or at the direction of the building official or other City official authorized to post notices or signs under the Chicago Construction Codes without the written permission of the building official or other City official who posted or directed the posting of the notice or sign, or a written order authorizing such action from a court or administrative body responsible for an enforcement proceeding to which the notice or sign relates.

14A-3-301.6 Records.

Records of investigations by the building official, including inspections of buildings, structures, and premises, are public records and are admissible in administrative and judicial enforcement proceeding as prima facie evidence as to their contents.

14A-3-301.7 Cumulative remedies.

Where Sections 14A-3-302 through 14A-3-315 and other provisions of the Municipal Code provide more than one penalty, legal remedy, or method of enforcement for a type of violation of the Chicago Construction Codes, no one penalty, legal remedy, or method of enforcement limits or impairs the scope, operation, or effectiveness of each or any other authorized penalty, legal remedy, or method of enforcement available for the prevention, restriction, correction or abatement of, penalty for, or recovery of costs related to that violation of the Chicago Construction Codes.

14A-3-302 FINE.