2012-62 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 48 - NUISANCES

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f ORDINANCE NO. 2012-62 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 48— NUISANCES - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Section 3 of Chapter 48 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended so that Section 3 as so modified and amended shall provide as follows: 3. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE. In all cases where a nuisance shall be found in any building or premises within the jurisdiction of the City, the director of any department of the City having knowledge thereof is hereby authorized to serve or cause to be served a written notice upon the owner or occupant or person in charge thereof, if such person can be found, requiring such person to abate the same within a reasonable time; provided that, notice of any violation of Section 8 of this Chapter may be served by publication one time in a newspaper of general circulation within the City of Decatur. Such notice may, but need not, specify the manner of abatement. If the person so notified shall neglect or refuse to comply with such notice, or whenever the owner, occupant or person in charge is unknown or cannot be found, such nuisance may be abated by the City without notice, and the expense thereof is recoverable from the person who may have created, continued or suffered such nuisance to exist, and is a lien on the premises on which such nuisance was found, in addition to any fine or penalty. If the violator abates the nuisance before the court date or administrative hearing date, the City's Legal-Department, at its discretion, may allow the violator to pay the fine in full before the court date or administrative hearing date. Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law. PRESENTED, PASSED, APPROVED AN ECO ED t 's 20th day of A t, 2012. ATTEST: E L Y CITY LERK PUBLISHED this; day of ' 2012. L-J. CITY CLERK