(A) Notice of debt. In addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter for the erection, contrivance, creation, continuance or maintenance of a public nuisance, the cost of abating a public nuisance by the village shall be collected as a debt from the owner, occupant or person causing, permitting or maintaining the nuisance, and if notice to abate the nuisance has been given to the owner, such cost shall be assessed against the real estate as other special taxes.
(B) Lien. Charges for grading, removing debris and destruction of weeds shall be a lien upon the premises. Whenever a bill for such charges remains unpaid for 60 days after it has been rendered, the Clerk may file with the County Recorder of Deeds a statement of lien claim. This statement shall contain a legal description of the premises, the expenses and costs incurred by the village and the date the weeds were cut, and a notice that the village claims a lien for this amount. Notice of such lien claim shall be mailed to the owner of the premises if the owner's address is known. Failure of the Clerk to record such lien claim or to mail such notice, or the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall not affect the right to foreclose the lien for such charges as provided in division (C) following.
(C) Foreclosure of lien. Property subject to a lien for unpaid weed cutting charges shall be sold for nonpayment of the same and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the charges after deducting costs, as is the case in the foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be in equity in the name of the village. The Village Attorney shall institute such proceedings, in the name of the village, in any court having jurisdiction over such matter, against any property for which such bill has remained unpaid 60 days after it has been rendered.
(Ord. 539-83, passed 1-25-83)