(A) Garbage and debris.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the lot and premises owned or possessed by him or her to have accumulated thereupon garbage, debris or waste materials for a period longer than the time between calls by the franchised garbage hauler as specified in § 92.12 of this chapter.
(2) All garbage, debris and waste shall be removed as specified in § 92.12 of this chapter and such premises shall be kept in neat, clean and sanitary condition.
(B) Removal; notice. It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk to serve or cause to be served notice upon the owner or occupant of any premises on which garbage and debris are permitted to accumulate in violation of the provisions of this subchapter, and to demand the abatement of such nuisance within five days.
(C) Abatement. If the person so served does not abate the nuisance within five days, the Village Clerk may proceed to cause the abatement of such nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the same and such expense shall be charged to and paid by the owner or occupant.
(D) Lien for costs.
(1) If the owner or occupant charged with expense of abatement shall fail to pay therefor within 30 days of the date said garbage and/or debris is removed, then the Village Clerk may cause to be filed within one year of the date said removal costs are incurred, a notice of lien in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county. The notice shall consist of a sworn statement setting out:
(a) The common description of real estate sufficient for identification thereof;
(b) The amount of money representing the cost of expense incurred or payable for such abatement;
(c) The date or dates when such cost and expense was incurred by the village;
(d) The substance of 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15 and this subchapter which implements 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15; and
(e) A description of the abatement activities.
(2) Said notice shall also be personally served on, or sent by certified mail, to the person to whom was sent the tax bill for general taxes on the real estate for the taxable year immediately preceding the abatement activities, per 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15.
(3) If, for any one parcel of real estate, the village incurred costs and expenses on more than one occasion during the course of one year, than the village may combine any or all of the costs and expenses of abatement activities into a single notice of lien.
(4) Proceedings may be enforced to foreclose said lien as set forth in 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15.
(2010 Code, § 94.09) (Ord. 13-05-05, passed - -2013)