(a) A complaint may be filed by the Corporation Counsel to enjoin all persons from maintaining or permitting such nuisance, to abate the same and to enjoin the use of any such place for a period of one year.
(b) Upon the filing of a complaint which states that irreparable injury, loss or damage will result to the people of the City of Freeport, the court shall enter a temporary restraining order, without notice, enjoining the maintenance of such nuisance, upon testimony under oath, an affidavit or a verified complaint containing facts sufficient, if sustained, to justify the court in entering a preliminary injunction upon a hearing after notice. Every such temporary restraining order entered without notice shall be endorsed with the date and hour of entry of the order, shall be filed of record and shall expire by its terms within such time after entry, not to exceed ten days, as is fixed by the court. The temporary restraining order may be extended for good cause or with the consent of the party against whom the order is directed. The reason for an extension shall be shown in the order.
(c) In case a temporary restraining order is entered without notice, the motion for a permanent injunction shall be set down for hearing at the earliest possible time and shall take precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character. When the motion comes on for hearing, the Corporation Counsel shall proceed with the application for a permanent injunction. Upon two days notice to the Corporation Counsel, the defendant may appear and move for the dissolution or modification of the temporary restraining order. In that event, the court shall proceed to hear and determine such motion as expeditiously as the ends of justice require.
(Ord. 95-4. Passed 9-18-95.)