If grass or weeds are cut by the village, a notice of lien for the total cost of the removal activity thereof incurred by the village shall be recorded in the following manner: The village or the person performing the service by authority of the village in its or his or her own name may file notice of lien in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Madison County, Illinois. The notice must consist of a sworn statement setting out: (1) a description of the underlying parcel sufficient for identification thereof, (2) the amount of money representing the total cost of the removal activity, and (3) the date or dates when said cost and expense was incurred by the village, and shall be filed within one year after the cost and expense is incurred. If, for any one parcel, the village engaged in any removal activity on more than one occasion during the course of one year, the village may combine any or all of the costs of each of those activities into a single notice of lien. The notice of lien shall be personally served on, or sent by certified mail to, the person to whom was sent the tax bill for the general taxes on the property for the taxable year immediately preceding the removal activities. The notice of lien must be delivered or sent after the removal activities have been performed, and it must state the substance of Ordinance 2010-23, the identity of the underlying parcel by common description, and a description of the removal activity. In addition to the actual cost of the removal activity, there shall be imposed an administrative fee of $150 to cover the costs and expenses incurred by the village in enforcing Ordinance 2010-23.
(Ord. 2010-23, passed 10-6-10)