No owner, lessee or occupant of lands situate within the Village of Saddle Rock shall suffer, allow, cause or permit the soil of such land or lands to be deposited upon the streets of said Village, nor shall any such owner, lessee or occupant permit the streets or roads in front of or abutting upon any such property to become eroded or undermined or otherwise weakened or damaged for lack of curbstones or become of defective existing curbstones.
[Adopted 6-4-1952 by Ord. No. 11]
The Village Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a survey of the streets and roads to determine where soil of adjoining or abutting lands has been deposited upon the streets or roads and where the streets or roads have become eroded or undermined or otherwise weakened or damaged for lack of curbstones or because of defective existing curbstones.
The Village Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and submit to the Board of Trustees specifications for curbstones to correct such deposit of soil upon and such erosion, weakening and damage to the streets or roads within the Village, which specifications, upon being accepted and approved by the Board of Trustees, shall constitute a part of this article as fully as though herein set forth. Upon acceptance and approval of such specifications, copies of this article and such specifications shall be sent to all owners, lessees or occupants of land or lands situate within this Village and affected by this article.
The owner or owners of land or lands affected by this article shall install, repair and maintain curbstones in accordance with such specifications.
A.
All of such curbstones shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Village Engineer, who is hereby empowered to give such notices, orders and directions as may be necessary or appropriate to keep such curbstones in a safe condition and a proper state of maintenance and repair.
B.
If the owner of said lands is a nonresident, a notice or order by the Village Engineer mailed to such owner at his or her last known address shall be sufficient service.
If any owner of such land situate in this Village and abutting on any public street herein shall fail to install and maintain curbstones in accordance with the orders and directions of the Village Engineer, the Village Engineer is authorized to install and/or maintain and repair such curbstones, and the total costs of installation, as well as the costs of maintenance and repair, shall be assessed against the real property on which or in front of which said work was performed. Such costs shall constitute a lien and charge on the real property on which it is levied until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged and shall be collected by the Village Treasurer in the manner provided by law for the collection of delinquent taxes.
[Amended 12-2-1987 by L.L. No. 14-1987]
Every owner of lands who fails to install, maintain or repair curbstones as provided in this article or who shall fail or neglect to carry out any order or direction given to such owner by the Village Engineer (which term, as used in this article, shall be synonymous with the "Code Official") shall be guilty of a violation. Each day upon which any such violation shall exist shall be deemed to be a separate violation.
Wherever the owner, lessee or occupant of lands subject to this article is a corporation, the word "person," as used generally in this article, shall include such corporation and its officers, directors, managers and agents.