O-68-01 12/10/2001VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.00 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED
BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This ro day of ...Aecemil4" , 2001.
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, WM, and
DuPage, Illinois this /n day
of ,fie c em bar , 2001.
ORDINANCE NO.
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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15.00 OF THE
LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED
BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
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 Chapter 15.00, Section 15.00.160 of the
Lemont Municipal Code titled Violation, is hereby amended, by adding the following new
language as follows:
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.
12.28
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Description Settlement Amount
Failure to properly maintain erosion control $ 25.00
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 first 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 havinggiven 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 theme 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
the citation is issued fails to settle and pay the violation claim within the time specified in the
final notice (if one is mailed to him/her), then the building official is authorized to cause the
citation (Notice to Appear "P" Ticket) to be served upon the alleged violator, and is authorized
to file the same as a complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County and prosecute the same. The
official, as an alternative, may file a formal complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County in lieu
of the citation.
E. Court Penalty- Settlement Before Court Date: In the event that payment is not made
within the time prescribed in the final notice and the citation or a complaint is filed in the circuit
court, payment of two times the amount set forth in the schedule in Section 15.00.160.A of this
chapter will be accepted up to three working days prior to the assigned court date. Otherwise,
payment of any fine, lien and costs shall be in such amounts as may be determined and
established by the Circuit Court, but not to exceed the sum of Seven hundred and fifty dollars
($750.00) for any one violation_;
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F. Effect of Settlement- Restrictions: The payment of an amount as settlement, as set out in
this chapter, will not excuse securing of and the payment of a license fee provided for in this
code, or correction of the violation.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication in the manner provided by law.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify 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 /0 day of , 2001.
John Benik
Debby Blatzer
Peter Cowles
Connie Markiewicz
Steve Rosendahl
Jeanette Virgilio
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
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Approved by me this /b day of ,g,¢ a -i, , 2001.
Attest:
CHARLENE M. SMOLLEN, Village Clerk