(A) Within 30 days from the date the property has been determined by the administrative hearing officer to be a chronic nuisance property, the owner(s) of that property shall file with the City Clerk an annual registration statement for that property. The registration statement shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, street address, and telephone number of each owner of the property (a P.O. box is not sufficient). If the owner of the chronic nuisance property is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or voluntary unincorporated association, the statement shall further include the name, street address, and telephone number of each partner (general and limited) in the case of partnership, each officer in the case of a corporation, each manager in the case of a manager-managed LLC, or each member in the case of a member-managed LLC; and
(2) The name, street address (a P.O. Box is not sufficient) and telephone number of a person 21 years or older, designated by the owner(s) of the chronic nuisance property as the authorized agent for receiving notices of code violations or citations and receiving process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding, on behalf of the owner(s) in connection with the enforcement of this code; and
(3) The name, street address and telephone number of the person or entity responsible for managing, controlling, or collecting rents for the chronic nuance property if someone or some entity other than the owner(s).
(B) The owner(s) of a chronic nuisance property shall, no earlier than 30 days before, nor any later than 30 days after the date which is one year after the final determination by the administrative hearing officer that the property is a chronic nuisance property, cause the chronic nuisance property to be inspected by a city inspector, whose inspection report(s) shall be submitted to the Housing Program Coordinator. The owner shall certify to the Housing Program Coordinator or Galesburg Police Department that no later than 90 days from the date of the inspection provided for herein that all violations contained in the inspection report that resulted therefrom have been repaired, corrected, cured or mitigated.
(C) The owner(s) of a chronic nuisance property shall no earlier than 30 days before, nor any later than 30 days after the date which is two years after the final determination by the administrative hearing officer that the property is a chronic nuisance property, cause the chronic nuisance property to be inspected by a city inspector whose inspection report shall be submitted to the Housing Program Coordinator. The owner shall certify to the Housing Program Coordinator or Police Department representative that no later than 90 days from the date of the inspection provided for herein that all violations contained in the inspection report that resulted therefrom have been repaired, corrected, cured or mitigated.
(D) The failure of the owner(s) of a property to comply with any of its or their obligations under this section shall cause the property to be re-designated as a chronic nuisance property and each of the obligations set forth herein shall apply to the property as if the property were first designated a chronic nuisance property on the date on which the owner(s) obligations hereunder were not completed or satisfied.
(E) The designation of a property as a chronic nuisance property shall be removed upon (i) the payment by the owner(s) of any fine provided for in this section, (ii) the timely submission of the required inspection reports and certifications of repair and (iii) the timely submission of the registration statement as required by this chapter.
(Ord. 22-3670, passed 5-4-2022)