5-8-3: ABATEMENT:
If the owner/occupant fails to abate the nuisance within five (5) days the village shall be authorized to enter the real property to abate the nuisance. A record of the cost to abate the nuisance shall be kept by the director of building and zoning. The owner/occupant shall be responsible for all costs incurred by the village to abate the nuisance. The cost shall be a lien upon the real estate affected; provided that within sixty (60) days after such cost and expense is incurred by the village, or person performing the service by authority of the village, in his or her name, files notice of lien in the office of the recorder of Kankakee County. The notice shall consist of a sworn statement setting out: a) a description of the real estate sufficient for the identification thereof, b) the amount of money representing the cost incurred or payable for the service, and c) the date or dates when such cost and expense was incurred by the village. The cost incurred by the village shall not be a lien on the real estate affected unless notice is personally served on, or sent by certified mail to, the person whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes on the property for the last preceding year. The notice shall be delivered or sent after the cutting, trimming or removal of weeds, grass, trees, or bushes on the property. The notice shall state the substance of this chapter and shall identify the property, by common description, and the location of the nuisance abated by the village. (Ord. 11-03, 6-6-2011; amd. Ord. 14-21, 9-15-2014)