(A) Service of a violation notice is required to be made as follows:
(1) Handing the notice to the person responsible for the violation or handing it to his or her employee or agent;
(2) Leaving the notice with any person 13 years of age or older at the residence of the responsible person, and informing that person of the contents of the summons, provided the person making service shall also send a copy of the summons in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the defendant at his or her usual place of abode;
(3) Service on corporations or partnerships must be in accordance with the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-201 et seq.);
(4) Mailing the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of record of the individual/entity or his, her or its registered agent; or
(5) Posting the notice upon the property where the violation is found when the person alleged to have committed the violation is the owner, manager or tenant of the property, and serving the owner/manager or agent therefor.
(B) The correctness of facts contained in any violation notice is to be certified as follows:
(1) By the person issuing the notice through signing his or her name to the notice at the time of issuance; or
(2) In the case of a notice produced by a computer device, by signing a single certificate to be kept by the Code Enforcement Administrator, attesting to the correctness of all notices produced by the device while under his or her control.
(C) The Code Enforcement Administrator will retain the original or a facsimile of the violation notice and keep it as a record in the ordinary course of business.
(D) The violation notice or a copy thereof is admissible in any subsequent administrative or judicial proceeding to the extent permitted by law.
(Ord. 2008-11, passed 4-24-2008)