(A) Whenever any zoning inspector determines that an inoperable vehicle exists on any public or private property located in the county and outside the municipal confines of any city, town, village, or incorporated town, the zoning inspector shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner or person in control of the property or premises who is causing, permitting, or maintaining such inoperable motor vehicle, which notice shall inform the person served that an inoperable motor vehicle constitutes a nuisance under this provision.
(B) Such notice shall fairly appraise such person of the nature of the nuisance, his or her duty to abate or remove the nuisance and dispose of any such inoperable motor vehicle within the time provided therein, the penalty for failure to abate the same, and shall state that if said nuisance is abated by the county, liability for necessary expenses so incurred shall accrue as provided in § 93.08.
(C) Whenever any person is served with a notice by a zoning inspector pursuant to division (A) above, such person may appeal such determination to the Community Development Administrator. Such appeal must be made in writing and received by the Community Development Administrator within five days of receipt of the inspector’s notice. Upon receipt of an appeal, the Administrator shall either affirm or reverse the inspector’s determination. Such appeal shall not automatically toll the running of the seven-day period. The administrator’s determination is appealable pursuant to §§ 157.315 through 157.318.
(D) Whenever any zoning inspector determines that such inoperable motor vehicles remains for seven days after receipt of notice as provided in division (A) above, the Community Development Administrator or the Field Inspector may serve the owner or person in control of the property by any means as authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-41020.
(Prior Code, 8 TCC 1-3)