[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Coal City 7-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-24. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, "code" means any municipal
ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of grass and weeds,
the removal of garbage and debris, the removal of inoperable motor
vehicles, and rodent and vermin abatement.
The Village may issue a special assessment against a property
owner upon the following circumstances:
A.
The property owner is cited with a code violation;
B.
Noncompliance is found upon reinspection of the property after the
due date of compliance with an order to correct the code violation
or with an order for abatement;
C.
Costs for the services rendered by the municipality to correct the
code violation remain unpaid at the point in time that they would
become a debt due and owing the municipality, as provided in the Illinois
Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15; and
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
D.
A lien has been filed of record by the municipality in the office
of the recorder in the county in which the property is located.
If a special assessment is issued by the Village against a property
owner, it shall be for the costs of abating the code violation. The
charges for the cutting of grass and weeds, the removal of garbage
and debris, the removal of inoperable motor vehicles, and rodent and
vermin abatement shall be set and determined by the Village Administrator
if not otherwise set in the Village Code. Where applicable, a photograph
of the code violation being abated shall be provided to the property
owner in conjunction with the issuance of the special assessment.
Upon payment of the costs by the owner of record or persons
interested in the property, the lien shall be released by the Village
and said release shall be filed of record in the same manner as the
filing of the notice of the lien.
