(A) Inspection of premises. Whenever complaint is made to the Village President that a public nuisance exists within the village, he or she shall promptly cause to be inspected the premises complained of and the inspector shall make a written report of his or her findings to the Village President.
(B) Emergency abatement.
(1) Notice to owner. If the inspector determines that a public nuisance exists within the village and there is a great and immediate danger to the public health, safety, peace, morals, or decency, the Village President may direct the inspector to serve notice on the person causing, permitting, or maintaining that nuisance or upon the owner or occupant of the premises where the nuisance is caused, permitted, or maintained and to post a copy of the notice on those premises. This notice shall direct the person causing, permitting, or maintaining the nuisance, or the owner or occupant of the premises, to abate or remove the nuisance within 24 hours, and shall state that unless the nuisance is so abated, that the village will cause the same to be abated and will charge the cost thereof to the owner, occupant, or person causing, maintaining, or permitting the nuisance, as the case may be.
(2) Abatement by village. If the nuisance is not abated in the time provided, or if the owner, occupant, or person causing the nuisance cannot be found, the inspector shall cause the removal of the public nuisance.
(C) Abatement in non-emergency. If the inspector shall determine that a public nuisance is not such as to threaten great and immediate danger to the public health, safety, peace, morals, or decency, he or she may issue temporary orders to enforce the provisions of this section, giving the occupant or owner, or both, a reasonable time depending upon the nature of the required maintenance work, no more than 30 days to correct a violation of this section. The order may provide that if the owner or occupant does not perform the required maintenance work, the village shall cause the same to be done and the cost thereof certified and charged against the property as a special tax, collectible with general real estate taxes.
(`99 Code, § 4.03) (Am. Ord. 91-04, passed 9-2-04)