(A) Inoperable motor vehicles on private property are hereby declared a nuisance.
(B) Whenever a police officer discovers an inoperable motor vehicle on private property, the officer shall determine the owner of record of the property, and if the vehicle has a license plate, the owner of the vehicle. The officer shall attempt to determine the identity of persons occupying the property if different from the owner of record. The officer shall cause a notice, in substantially the form attached to the ordinance codified herein as Exhibit “A”, to be mailed by certified U.S. mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery to the owner of record of the property, and to all persons known to the officer, after reasonable investigation, to occupy such property, and also to the owner of the motor vehicle if the owner is known.
(C) Notice by certified mail pursuant to this section shall be accomplished if the village receives a return receipt from the addressee or if the certified or regular mailing is returned “unclaimed” or “refused”.
(D) In the event that a violation of §§ 5-7-2 or 5-7-3 is not corrected within the time specified in the notice, or if there is a hearing, within five days after the hearing, the Police Department may proceed to tow and dispose of the inoperable motor vehicle in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 4, Article II of state’s Motor Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 4/201 et seq., which is herein incorporated by reference.
(E) Hearings conducted by the Chief of Police shall be informal and may include, in the case of an allegedly inoperable vehicle, an inspection of the vehicle and a (missing content) ...nstration that the vehicle is not inoperable.
(Ord. 04-07, passed 7-6-2004)