(A) The International Property Maintenance Code, 2009 Edition, three copies of which are presently on file in the office of the city clerk is adopted as the property maintenance code of the city for regulating the maintenance and condition of property within the city. Each regulation, provision, condition, and term of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2009 Edition, on file in the office of the city clerk is referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter.
(B) The following additions, insertions, deletions and changes are hereby made to the above adopted International Property Maintenance Code:
SECTION 101.1 TITLE. Delete in its entirety.
SECTION 103.6 FEES. Delete in its entirety.
SECTION 106.1 UNLAWFUL ACTS. Delete in its entirety and in lieu thereof substitute the following new Section 106.1:
SECTION 106.1 UNLAWFUL ACTS. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, alter, extend, repair, remove, demolish, maintain, fail to maintain, provide, fail to provide, occupy, let to another or occupy or permit another person to occupy any premises, property, structure or equipment regulated by this Article, or cause same to be done, contrary to or in conflict with or in violation of any of the provisions of this Article, or to fail to obey a lawful order of the code official, or to remove or deface a placard or notice posted under the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 110.1 GENERAL. Delete in its entirety and in lieu thereof substitute the following new Section 110.1:
SECTION 110.1 GENERAL. The code official shall order the owner of any premises upon which is located any structure, which in the code official’s judgment is so old, dilapidated or has become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, to repair and make safe and sanitary or to raze and remove at the owner’s option, or where there has been a cessation of normal construction of any structure for a period of more than 90 days.
SECTION 302.1 SANITATION. Add the following sentence:
All open salvage yards and open storage areas shall be completely obscured from surrounding property by a solid screen not less than six feet (6') in height.
SECTION 302.4 WEEDS.
(1) Delete first sentence in its entirety and substitute the following sentence:
All premises and exterior property shall be maintained free from weeds or plant growth in excess of six inches (6") in height.
(2) Delete third sentence in its entirety and substitute the following sentence:
Weeds shall be defined as all grasses, excluding ornamental grasses.
SECTION 302.8 MOTOR VEHICLES. Delete in its entirety and in lieu thereof substitute the following new Section 302.8:
SECTION 302.8 MOTOR VEHICLES. Motor vehicles shall be subject to the following requirements:
(A) Unregistered, inoperable or disassembled motor vehicles.
(1) Residential areas. Except as provided in other regulations, all unregistered and inoperable motor vehicles shall be garaged when in a residential district.
(B) Nonresidential areas. Except as provided in other regulations, no motor vehicle shall be permitted on any property in a nonresidential district, which at any time is in a state of major disassembly or disrepair, nor shall it be in the process of being stripped or dismantled. Commercial vehicles registered under provision of ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 3-801 et seq. shall be permitted to be parked, stored or housed within a residential district as follows:
(1) Designation:
(a) Those commercial vehicles with registration class designation of "B” of the second division, those of the first division, and those with a registration class designation of "D"; provided, however, that the "D" and "B" of the second division are either pick-up trucks or cargo vans.
(b) Box trucks, cranes, school buses, converted school buses, dump trucks, tractor trailers, front loaders and other similar commercial vehicles will not be allowed to be parked on residential property.
(c) 1. Commercial vehicles may be described as any vehicle with at "B" or "D" plate that has advertising signs, business identification, racks or similar attached auxiliary equipment, but not limited to plows, equipment, racks, construction equipment, materials or debris intended for commercial or business use.
2. Non-commercial vehicles shall be described as vehicles with a Class B license plate or passenger plate that do not have signs, advertising, equipment, racks, auxiliary equipment or other like equipment licensed as a personal vehicle.
(2) Limit:: A limit of two commercial vehicles with a maximum of one "D" plated vehicle shall be allowed to be parked on any resident's property unless enclosed within a garage.
(3) Size: Commercial vehicles with a "B" or "D" plate shall have dimensions no greater than 21 feet in length, eight feet in width, and eight feet in height, from underside of wheel to top of vehicle, inclusive of equipment.
(4) Site: The following shall apply:
(a) All vehicles shall be either parked within a garage or on a paved, hard-surfaced driveway. No vehicle shall be allowed to be parked on easement or right-of-way or otherwise allowed to create a nuisance to adjoining property owners by being located in areas other than herein provided.
(b) If the residential property by configuration can accommodate parking behind the front building line, the commercial vehicle shall be parked so; provided that the parking area is paved and the property distances from the adjacent properties are observed.
(5) Signage: A commercial vehicle may exhibit advertisement pertinent to its business, and such advertisement shall be applied directly to the vehicle via painting, stenciling, or like process, but no additional separate signage or signage apparatus shall be affixed to the vehicle.
(6) Equipment: The following equipment will not be allowed on commercial vehicles parked on residential property: booms, baskets, reels, cranes, and other like equipment. Plows shall be allowed from November 1 to April 1.
(C) Recreational vehicles. Provisions of this code shall not be construed to amend or alter provisions elsewhere set out in the code of ordinances regulating the parking or storing of recreational vehicles.
(D) Non-motorized trailers. No more than one non-motorized trailer, not to exceed 25 feet in length, shall be allowed to be parked on residential property in open view, shall be located behind the front building line, and shall be screened from view from the public right-of-way and the neighbors' property. Trailers and non-motorized trailers must be registered only to Palos Heights' residents and be owned by the owners of the property where said trailer is parked.
(E) This section in no way restricts parking of commercial vehicles used by authorized contractors conducting business or working on or in the premises of the residence for limited periods of time.
(F) RV- drivable/towable are not allowed to be stored in a B or B-1 District.
SECTION 302.10 PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS (DROP BOXES).
No person or entity shall place or maintain a permanent or temporary portable storage container, also known as drop boxes, outside on its premises that are intended for the collection of clothing and other household items.
Containers shall be permitted in commercial zones for the collection of paper, plastic, glass, and metals so long as the container is behind the front building line of the premises, and is screened from view from any residential property and from the view from any public right-of-way. No container is to be permitted or placed in such a way as to block, obstruct, or render unusable any delineated parking space.
SECTION 308.4 GARBAGE AND DEBRIS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling any plot of real estate to permit or maintain an unsightly yard, lot or premises where there is an accumulation or deposit of tin cans, glass jars, bottles, metal materials, refuse, rubbish, junk, waste, manure, straw, weeds, tree stumps, tree clippings, brush, discarded or broken building materials, discarded sod, old lumber, old brick or concrete blocks, machinery or parts thereof, or other like matter or things except as follows:
Discarded or broken building materials incident to construction on the site where the debris is located shall not remain on the plot for more than seven (7) days. Failure to remove said building materials within seven (7) days or permitting the deposit or accumulation of any of the other garbage or debris described in 308.4 of this subsection for any period of time shall constitute a violation of this Section.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling any plot of real estate to create or suffer to be created or to remain upon any premises in a residential district for a period of more than seven (7) days, unless incident to construction on the premises, and then not to heaping, amassing, or collecting brick, concrete blocks, lumber, iron, pipe or any building materials in such quantities that the same is, or may become a menace to the health of individuals or the public, or that the same is unsightly, objectionable and offensive to those living in the neighborhood or to the public; or that the same may or does become dangerous to the children playing in the neighborhood; or that the same may or does become an attraction to rats and thereby become, or is dangerous to the health of any individual or the public.
(C) An authorized city official or representative thereof shall serve or cause to be served a notice upon any person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling any real estate within the City upon which such a nuisance, as set forth in (A) or (B) of this section, is found to exist, requiring them or any of them to remove the garbage or debris constituting such nuisance within ten (10) days from the date of said notice. Such notice may be given by any one of the three (3) following described methods:
i. By a written notice sent by United States certified mail, postage prepaid, to the last known person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling the real estate and as to the owner the notice may be addressed to the address shown on the most recent tax bill for said real estate.
ii. By a written notice personally delivered by an authorized City official or representative to person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling the real estate.
iii. By general notice addressed to the owner, lessee, occupant or person controlling said real estate printed in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, which notice shall direct attention to the provisions of this Section and provide that the garbage and debris shall be removed not later than ten (10) days after said notice is so printed.
In the event any person so notified shall fail or refuse to comply with said notice or notices, it shall be lawful for the Village to cause such garbage or debris to be removed in any manner it shall designate, and to charge the actual costs of such removal to any person owning, leasing, occupying or controlling such real estate.
The cost and expense incurred by the City, or by the person performing the service by authority of the City, in the removal of such garbage or debris following the refusal or failure of the responsible party to remove such garbage or debris, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall constitute a lien upon the real estate affected, which lien shall be enforced as provided by statute. The City shall provide notice either by personally serving or sending notice by certified mail to the person to 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 removal of garbage and debris on the property.
(Ord. O-04-07, passed 1-16-07; amend. Ord. O-24-09, passed 8-4-09; amend. Ord. O-25-09, passed 8-4-09; amend. Ord. O-26-09, passed 8-4-09; amend. Ord. O-15-10, passed 5-4-10; amend. Ord. O-11-11, passed 1-18-11; amend. Ord. O-22-11, passed 5-3-11; amend. Ord. O-09- 13, passed 4-2-13; amend. Ord. O- 10-13, passed 4-2-13; amend. Ord. O-10-15, passed 4-21-15; amend. Ord. O-34-15, passed 9-1-15; amend. Ord. O-24-19, passed 12-3-19)