(A) If the owner or occupant of any premises upon which the city has cut or caused to be cut any grass, weeds, or other plants shall fail to pay for the reasonable cost thereof, then within 60 days after such cost or expense is incurred, the City Clerk shall cause a notice of lien for such cost to be filed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Douglas County, Illinois.
(B) The notice of lien shall be a sworn statement setting out a description of the real estate sufficient for identification thereof, the amount of money representing the cost and expense incurred or payable for the service, and the date or dates when such cost and expense was incurred by the city.
(C) Cost and expenses include, but are not limited to, the costs and expenses in time of city employees or city authorized contractors concerning the actual abatement of the nuisance, administrative fees, title searches or certifications and reasonable attorney expenses.
(D) Notwithstanding the aforementioned rights of the city to abate the nuisance and to seek a lien on the property, any person violating any of the provisions of § 93.31 shall be guilty of a violation of this subchapter and upon conviction shall be fined pursuant to § 136.99. Each day the nuisance remains on the real property, after the time permitted for abatement expires, shall be a separate offense.
(E) In addition, notwithstanding any other remedies available to the city, the City Attorney may seek a court order that the property owner be ordered to abate the nuisance.
(Ord. 88-0-31, passed 12-12-88; Am. Ord. 2008-O-8, passed 7-14-08)