For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CODE or VILLAGE CODE. Any municipal ordinance, law, rule, regulation or code set forth in the Village Code of Ordinances, including without restriction:
(1) Any village ordinance, law, housing or building code or zoning ordinance that establishes construction, plumbing, heating, electrical, fire prevention, sanitation or other health and safety standards that are applicable to structures in the village or any village ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal of inoperable motor vehicles, or the abatement of nuisances from private property, violations of which ordinances and codes shall be adjudicated in accordance with the applicable sections of this chapter and the provisions of § 32.64; and
(2) Any village ordinance, law, or regulation concerning the standing, parking, or condition of vehicles, violations of which ordinances and regulations shall be adjudicated in accordance with the applicable sections of this chapter and §§ 32.59 through 32.63 inclusive, except such ordinances for which the potential penalty described therein includes a period of incarceration.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any code enforcement officer, building inspector, or plumbing inspector appointed by the Director of Community Development to inspect and enforce the Village Code, and any Police Officer of the village.
HEARING OFFICER. A person appointed by the Village Board to preside over administrative hearings, as set forth in this subchapter.
OWNER.
(1) For the purpose of a violation relating to real property, the person to whom the County Collector sent the last ascertainable tax bill.
(a) The OWNER of real property shall be prima facie responsible for a violation that occurs on such property and subject to the penalty therefor.
(b) Any person so described herein may present evidence to overcome the presumption that such person is the OWNER of the property and/or motor vehicle for which the person received a notice of violation; and
(2) The person to whom the motor vehicle is registered, as provided by the records of the state that issued the vehicle registration and/or license plate.
(a) Any OWNER may present evidence to overcome the presumption that a motor vehicle is deemed to reside at the address to which it is registered, as provided by the records of the state which issued the vehicle registration and/or license plate.
(b) For vehicles bearing Illinois license plates, the records of the Secretary of State of Illinois shall be presumed correct.
(Ord. 2004-16, passed 3-1-04; Am. Ord. 2007-53, passed 9-4-07; Am. Ord. 2012-56, passed 12-3-12)