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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.00.160A OF THE
LEMONT BUILDING CODE ENTITLED
VIOLATIONS
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This .25 day of Aver , 2003.
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will, and
DuPage, Illinois this .8 day
of 82 u , 2003.
ORDINANCE NO 9 - 502-0 3
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.00.160A OF THE
LEMONT BUILDING CODE ENTITLED
VIOLATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont,
Counties of Cook, Will and DuPage, State of Illinois, that Title 15 of the Lemont
Building Code, Chapter 15.00.160A is hereby amended, as follows:
That Chapter 15.00.160A titled VIOLATIONS is hereby amended by deleting in
it's entirety, the table detailing Code Section, Description and Settlement Amount; and
inserting the following new language:
A. Citations Authorized: Whenever the Building Official is authorized to issue a
notice to a person or corporation of a violation of any section or provision of
the Lemont Municipal Code (under titles #8, 12, 13 and 15), the Lemont
Building Code, and/or the Property Maintenance Code, such Building
Official, or his/her designee, may, after having given written warning, and, in
lieu of the filing of a complaint in court, issue to such alleged violator a
citation.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication in the manner provided by law. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed The Village Clerk of the
Village of Lemont shall certifi, to the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be
published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL,
AND DU PAGE, ILLINOIS, on this 44"- day of G 3 , 2003.
ABSENT
Debbie Blatzer
Peter Coules
Brian Reeves
Steve Rosendahl
Ron Stapleton
Jeanette Virgilio
AYES NAYS PASSED
Approved by me this .2 day of G3 tx -o, , 2003.
JOHN F. PIAZZA lage Presi
Attest:
CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Village Attorney
WARNING
OFFICIAL NOTICE
VILLAGE ORDINANCE VIOLATION
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL & DuPAGE
NAME
VILLAGE OF LEMONT
LEMONT BUILDING DEPARTMENT
ADDRESS
BIRTHDATE
SEX
ON THE DAY OF
THE UNDERSIGNED SAYS THAT DEFENDANT, AT
(LOCATION)
LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID DID THEN AND THERE COM-
MIT THE FOLLOWING OFFENSE:
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❑ Failure to maintain erosion control
❑ Mud, Material Deposited on Streets
❑ Property Maintenance Code
❑ Construction Hours Violation
❑ Address Numbers
❑ Expired Temporary Occupancy
Describe:
❑ No Building Permit
❑ No Certificate of Occupancy
❑ Unlawful continuance — Stop Work
❑ Damage /Removal of Trees
❑ Illegal Sign(s)
❑ Other
In violation of Section of the Lemont Code or Ordinances.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CODES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN DAYS
TO RECTIFY THE AFOREMENTIONED VIOLATION INTO CONFORMANCE WITH VILLAGE ORDINANCES. FAILURE TO 00 SO
WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD ALLOTTED WILL BE SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR A COMPLAINT TO BE FILED BY THE VILLAGE. THE
UNDERSIGNED FURTHER STATES THAT HE /SHE HAS JUST AND REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE AND DOES BELIEVE
THAT THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE COMMITTED THE OFFENSE HEREIN SET FORTH CONTRARY TO LAW AND AGAINST THE
PEACE AND DIGNITY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT. IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENSE.
COMPLIANCE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. THIS WARNING SHOULD BE A CONSTANT REMINDER AGAINST REOCCURRENCE
OF THIS OR OTHER VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. AN APPEARANCE IN COURT IS NOT NECESSARY AT THIS
TIME.
Inspector:
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A. Citations Authorized: Whenever the Building Official is authorized to issue a notice to a
person or corporation of a violation of any section or provision of the Lemont Municipal Code,
in respect to any of the following sections:
Code Section
15.00.080.K
15.00.070.I
15.08
15.00.150
15.00.140.B
15.00.110.E
15.00.080.A.
15.00.110.F.
15.00.100.B.
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Description Settlement Amount
Failure to properly maintain erosion control 525.00
Failure to clean streets in front of construction site 25.00
Violations of property maintenance code 25.00
Construction hours violation 25.00
Street numbering buildings 25.00
Expired temporary occupancy permit 25.00
Working without a building permit 25.00
Yielding occupy without fast obtaining a certificate of occupancy 25.00
Failure to abide by Stop -work order, unlawful continuance 25.00
Damage to, or improper removal of, trees by construction activity 25.00
Illegal signs 25.00
such Building Official, or his/her designee, may, after having given written warning, and, in
lieu of the filing of a complaint in court, issue to such alleged violator a citation:
1. Advising such person that he has violated a specified ordinance;
2. Requesting him to make payment in an amount applicable to such violation as
set forth above as settlement of the violation claim, and;
3. Informing him that upon failure to so settle, a complaint will be filed in the
Circuit Court of Cook County charging him with such violation.
B. Settlement of Citations - Amounts and Time:
1. Pursuant to such citation, the person so accused of such violation may settle and
compromise the violation claim in respect to such code violation by paying to
the municipality the applicable amount, as shown in the schedule set forth as the
settlement amount in Section 15.00.160.A above, within a period to be specified
in the citation, not more than ten days of the time the alleged offense was
committed.
2. Such payment shall be made in accordance with the instructions contained in the
aforesaid citation, at the Lemont Village Hall, 418 Main Street, Lemont, Illinois
60439, who shall issue a receipt for the money so received and promptly remit
the amount to the village treasurer to be credited to the proper municipal fund.
C. Failure to Make Settlement -Final Notice: In the event that the person to whom the
citation is issued fails to settle and pay the violation within ten (10) days as specified in the
citation, a final notice shall be mailed to him/her. When, in fact, the final notice has been
mailed, the violation may then be settled and compromised by paying two times the amount set
forth in the schedule in Section 15.00.160.A of this chapter within the time specified in the final
notice.
D. Failure to Make Settlement - Complaint Issuance: In the event that the person to whom
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