Whenever the owner or occupant of any private property containing a diseased, infected and/or infested tree permits the diseased, infected and/or infested tree to remain on such premises, the Village shall proceed as follows:
A. A notice shall be sent by registered mail or delivered to the occupant and to the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes for the last preceding year on the premises.
B. Such notice shall state that there is a diseased, infected, or infested tree as described in section 11-3B-1 of this article on the premises, the notice shall describe the premises by legal description or by street address, and the notice shall state that unless the diseased, infected, or infested tree is removed on or before the date stated in the notice, the diseased, infected, or infested tree shall be removed at the property owner's expense. The date stated in the notice shall be not less than thirty (30) days after the date of delivery or mailing of the notice.
C. There shall be included with such notice a copy of this article or the ordinance from which it is derived and a copy of 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-20-12. (Ord. 2018-O-18, 9-4-2018)