A. It shall be the responsibility of the engineering and community development and police departments to make or cause to be made such inspections as may be necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this article and all other ordinances relating thereto.
B. Any vending machine, the owner or owners of which have a total of ten (10) or more unpaid citations, issued within a thirty (30) day period, charging that such machine owned by the same owner or owners is operating in violation of any ordinance of the village shall be deemed a public nuisance, and the police department or any other agent of the village is hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, and impound the offending machine at the sole cost and expense of the owner or owners thereof.
C. Any machine impounded pursuant to this section will be released to its lawful owner or owners upon the showing of adequate evidence of the right of possession and upon the payment of all licenses required, accrued fines and costs for each outstanding unpaid citation or judgment against the person or persons owning the machine. In lieu of payment of the amount due on the unpaid citations, the owner may wish to appear in court to contest the violation, and may do so by completing a request for a court appearance in the circuit court of Cook County to answer said violations. The release must be signed by the licensing officer of the village.
(Ord. 2257, 7-28-1992; amd. Ord. 3270, 6-21-2011)