The following are the prescribed means of abating public nuisances under this chapter.
(A) Any public nuisance under this chapter which is located on city-owned property shall be pruned, removed or otherwise treated in whatever fashion is required to cause the abatement of the nuisance within a reasonable time after its discovery.
(B) Any public nuisance under this chapter which is located on private property shall be pruned, removed or otherwise treated by the property owner or his agent in whatever fashion is required to cause abatement of the nuisance. No property owner may be found guilty of violating this provision unless and until the following requirements of notice have been satisfied.
(1) The Enforcement Officer shall cause written notice to be personally served or sent by registered mail to the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes for the last preceding year.
(2) Such notice shall designate the kind of tree which has been declared to be a public nuisance, its location on the property, the reason for declaring it a nuisance.
(3) Such notice shall describe by legal description or by street the premises.
(4) Such notice shall state the actions that the property owner may undertake to abate the nuisance.
(5) Such notice shall require the elimination of the nuisance no less than 60 days after the notice is delivered or sent to the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes for the last preceding year, excepting in cases of immediate emergency.
(6) Such notice shall include a copy of this chapter and a copy of 65 ILCS 5/11-20-11 and 5/11-20-12.
(C) The City Council is empowered to seek from any court of competent jurisdiction an order directing immediate abatement of any public nuisance.
(Ord. 3215, passed 1-14-2020)