Any weeds, such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cocklebur or other weeds of a like kind, found growing in any lot or tract of land in the Village are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful to permit any such weeds to grow or remain in any such place.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to permit any weeds, grass or plants, other than trees, bushes, flowers or other ornamental plants to grow to a height exceeding six inches anywhere in the Village; any such plants or weeds exceeding such height are hereby declared to be a nuisance.
Unsightly weeds, brush, debris, or other matter, either organic or inorganic, which is either unsightly or unduly obstructs the flow of water through and/or along any stream is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful to permit any such nuisance to remain along and/or in any stream.
[Amended 10-12-1998]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to serve or cause to be served a notice, in writing, upon the owner and/or occupant of any premises on which weeds, brush, debris, or other matter that has hereinbefore been declared a nuisance to grow or remain in violation of the provisions of this article, and such notice shall demand the abatement of the nuisance within seven days from the service of said notice. If the owner and/or occupant of any premises that has previously been served with notice to abate a nuisance for unsightly weeds, brush, debris, or other matter within a calendar year be subsequently cited for violation of this article, said owner and/or occupant shall be issued a citation for violating this article and given seven days in which to come into compliance with this article.
If the person so served does not abate the nuisance within seven days after service of the notice and/or citation set forth in § 195-11 hereof, the Village may proceed to abate such nuisance, and the cost to be paid to the Village of Dwight by such owner or occupant for the abatement of any such nuisance hereunder shall be billed on a per-hour basis for abatement work done under this section. Such hourly fee shall be established by the Village Administrator. Any other amounts expended by the Village of Dwight for the service of the notice upon the owner and/or occupant of said premises, including costs and attorney fees, shall also be included in the billing.
A. 
Charges for the abatement of any nuisance as hereinbefore set forth in § 195-12 hereof by the Village of Dwight, including all costs incurred by the Village, shall become a lien upon the premises. Whenever a statement for such charges remains unpaid for a period of 30 days after it has been rendered, the Clerk shall file with the County Recorder a statement of lien claim. This statement shall be for the cost of abatement, including all costs and fees involved with such abatement, and shall in addition include the cost of the preparation and filing of such lien, and shall also state that in the event a foreclosure of said lien is pursued under § 195-14, that the cost of such foreclosure of lien shall be an additional lien upon said premises, the amount to be ascertained during such foreclosure. In addition, the statement shall contain a legal description of the premises, setting forth the amount of the lien claimed, including a statement that additional charges may be made in the event that the lien is foreclosed upon, and the reason for such claims, and the notice that the Village of Dwight claims a lien for the amount shown.
B. 
Notice of such lien claim shall be mailed to the owner of the premises at the owner's last-known address or, if not known, shall be mailed to the address to which the real estate tax bill is sent.
C. 
Neither the failure of the Village Clerk to record such lien claim or to mail such notice nor the failure of the owner to receive such notice shall affect the right to foreclose the lien for such charges as provided in § 195-14.
A. 
Whenever the Village has abated a nuisance as set forth hereinbefore, and whenever charges for such abatement by the Village shall remain unpaid for at least 60 days, the Board of Trustees may direct that proceeding be initiated so that the property be sold for nonpayment of the lien and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to pay the lien after deducting the cost of sale, as is the case in foreclosure of statutory liens. Such foreclosure shall be made in the name of the Village.
B. 
The Village Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to institute such proceedings, in the name of the Village, in any court having jurisdiction over such matter, against any property for which such bill has remained unpaid 60 days after it has been rendered.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be fined as designated in the fine rate schedule for standard penalties for each day after receipt of notice and/or citation that a nuisance exists on said property. No nuisance shall exist more than seven days after notice and/or citation thereof is given. If more than seven days have passed after receipt of notice and/or citation by the person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this article, the Village shall abate the said nuisance and the violator thereof shall pay the costs of such abatement as set forth in § 195-12 of this article, and if the offender fails to pay either the costs of said abatement or any fine or penalty set forth in this article, a lien shall be placed upon said property as set forth in § 195-13 of this article.