(A) It shall be unlawful for any resident or property owner or both to allow the accumulation of any material, whether organic, non-organic or a mixture of both, on any property within the city that harbors, attracts, or serves as a habitat for vermin and insects, including mosquitoes, flies, disease carrying insects, rabbits, snakes, rats, chipmunks, voles, moles, gophers, groundhogs or any similar animal or insect and such an accumulation is hereby declared a public nuisance.
(B) Said violation is punishable as set forth in § 10.99 of this code.
(C) If the responsible party does not abate the nuisance within a reasonable timeframe after notice of the violation, the city may proceed to abate, remove or ameliorate the condition so the nuisance no longer exists.
(D) If the city must proceed to abate, remove or ameliorate the nuisance then the responsible party and/or the landowner will be responsible to reimburse the city for the costs incurred by the city. These costs shall become a lien on the real estate and the city shall have the enforcement rights to the lien in accordance with the provisions of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 11-20-15 and 11-20-15.1.
(Ord. 2020-18, passed 10-26-2020)