Whenever the Chief of the Police Department, or their designee, shall receive a certified copy of two or more court adjudications or two or more police reports generated in the ordinary course of the business of the Police Department, or any reports from sworn personnel of any other law enforcement agency lawfully exercising jurisdiction in the city, which describe the commission of an offenses set forth in § 95.72 in the definition of CRIMINAL PUBLIC NUISANCE PROPERTY upon the same property within a year, the Chief may take the following action:
(A) Notify by registered mail, return receipt request or by personal service, the owners or any occupant of the property that such property may be in danger of becoming a criminal public nuisance property under the provisions of §§ 95.70 et seq. of the city code of ordinances, which notice shall:
(1) Identify the property by either street address, LaSalle County assessor property identification number or legal description, and
(2) Describe the acts or conduct which have occurred on the property that could be the basis for determining that the property constitutes a criminal public nuisance property, and direct the owner or occupant contact the Chief within 14 days of the date of the letter to determine and implement a plan of action which will protect the property from becoming a criminal public nuisance property.
(B) After complying with the notification procedure set forth in division (A) above, if within 12 months of the notification issued in accordance with division (A) the Chief receives an additional certified copy of a court adjudication or police report describing the commission of an offense set forth in division (A) upon the property described in the division (A) notice, the Chief may seek judicial abatement procedures identified below or by procedures identified above demand an updated plan of action to protect the property from becoming a criminal public nuisance property.
(Ord. 1719, passed 9-18-19)