As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any annual or perennial herbaceous plant, or volunteer
growth, not cultivated or useful for human food or enjoyment and which,
when in blossom, exhales an unpleasant or noxious odor or gives off
pollen irritating to human tissues; any high or rank vegetable growth
that may conceal filth deposits or constitute a fire hazard when dry,
or any plant which grows where it is not wanted. The term "weeds"
shall include grass which is permitted to attain a growth of more
than six inches.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or in control of
any property to permit the growth of weeds thereon or on the parkway
adjacent to the property.
(A)Â
The growth of weeds in violation of Section 11-2-2 of this Code is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(B)Â
The owner and occupant of any property on which a nuisance exists pursuant to Section 11-2-3(A) of this Code shall abate that nuisance within three days after receipt of a notice from the Village therefor, which notice shall: (1) be served upon the owner and occupant of the property; (2) identify the nuisance; and (3) state that the Village has the right to abate the violation pursuant to Section 11-2-3(C) of this article.
(C)Â
Upon the failure of the owner and occupant of property to abate a nuisance in accordance with Section 11-2-3(B) of this Code, the Village shall have the right, but not the obligation, to: (1) enter the property and cause the nuisance to be abated; and (2) charge the owner and the occupant the costs incurred by the Village in abating the nuisance ("abatement costs").
(D)Â
The owner or occupant of the property shall reimburse the Village in the full amount of the abatement costs within 30 days after receipt of an invoice therefor. Upon the failure to reimburse the Village as required pursuant to this Section 11-2-3(D), and without limitation of any other remedies available to the Village, the Village shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perfect and foreclose a lien upon the property to recover the abatement costs, in accordance with Section 11-20-15 of the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/11-20-15, as may be amended.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article 2
shall be fined an amount as set forth in the Annual Fee Resolution
for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed to have been
committed on each day during or on which a violation of this Article
2 occurs or continues.[1]
