(A) Penal court enforcement procedure. If the declared nuisance, health and/or sanitation violations are not abated within 15 days that the notice is served upon the owner and/or occupant, and the Village Clerk-Treasurer has not received a request for hearing, the Nuisance Officer may cause issue of a citation for the code violation.
(1) The citation shall be prosecuted to the appropriate court by the Village Attorney or other designated prosecutor for the village.
(2) A person or persons found guilty of these violations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined up to $500 for each offense.
(3) Each day that the nuisance, as identified in the nuisance resolution and notice, is not abated shall be a separate offense and subject to a separate fine.
(B) Civil court procedure. The governing body may instruct by resolution the Village Attorney to file a civil action for the abatement of a nuisance. Said civil suit may commence after 15 days’ notice has been served as stated in § 90.17 and may be filed and prosecuted at the same time any other enforcement procedure has commenced, terminated or is in progress.
(Ord. 218, passed 12-2-2021)