A. In the event any building or structure, including fixtures, is constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or in the event any such building or structure, including fixtures or land, is used in violation of this Chapter or any other ordinance of the Village, any owner or tenant of real property located within 500 feet in any direction of the property on which the building or structure or land in question is located who shows that his/her property or person will be substantially affected by the alleged violation, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding for one or more of the following:
1. To prevent the unlawful construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use.
2. To prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land.
3. To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or case in or about the premises.
4. To restrain, correct, or abate the violation.
B. When such action is instituted by an owner or tenant, notice of such action must be served upon the Village at the time suit is begun, by serving a copy of the complaint on the Village Clerk in order that the Village may join as a party plaintiff, if it so elects. In any such case where the Village fails to join as a party plaintiff, the Village will be named as a party defendant in any such action.
(Ord. 885, passed 11-21-2023)