(A) A complaint filed with the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois for the violation of this code, prepared and served in accordance with the applicable requirements of this chapter, the Illinois Municipal Code and the other laws of the State of Illinois shall constitute a notice of violation under the Property Maintenance Code. Notwithstanding any provision of the Property Maintenance Code to the contrary, and except in cases brought pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code involving the condemnation of a building or structure as unsafe or unfit for occupancy or cases brought pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code involving the demolition of a building or structure, in which cases a warning notice under the provisions of the Property Maintenance Code and such other and further notice as may be required under the laws of the State of Illinois shall be mandatory, no warning or preliminary notice need be given prior to the issuance of a notice of violation or the filing of a judicial complaint as outlined above, but such notices may be given by Code Enforcement in an effort to secure prompt, voluntary and expeditious compliance with the Property Maintenance Code. In the event that a warning notice is issued prior to the issuance of a notice of violation, the warning notice shall afford the persons to whom it is directed a reasonable opportunity to abate any existing violations described in the warning notice and to comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter or of this Code without the commencement of court proceedings or the issuance of a notice of violation. Warning notices shall also specify the actions necessary to achieve compliance with this chapter or this Code, and provide a reasonable time period for such actions to be taken, which reasonable time period shall not be less than five days, but which shall otherwise be subject to the reasonable discretion of the Code Enforcement Officer issuing the warning notice, provided however, that in any case where the laws of this state or other applicable provisions of this Code provide for some other or further means of warning or like notice, such other or further notice shall be issued by the Code Enforcement Officer. Warning notices shall be served in a manner reasonably calculated to provide actual notice to the intended recipients of the contents thereof.
(B) Violations, penalties and abatement. Violations, penalties and abatement remedies shall be as set forth in § 150.10, and shall include the local amendments to Section 106.4 of the Property Maintenance Code as set forth therein.
(Ord. 17-1347, passed 3-1-17)