O-39-98 04/27/98VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO. a -32-9'?-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.16 OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL
CODE, ENTITLED "PLANTS AND WEEDS"
This
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
day of
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will,
and DuPag linois this= -7
day of , 1998.
, 1998.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.16 OF THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL
CODE, ENTITLED "PLANTS AND WEEDS"
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 8.16 of the Lemont
Municipal Code be revised as follows:
Chapter 8.16
PLANTS AND WEEDS
Sections:
8.16.010 Speeifie- weeds -and
Nodou Weeds.
8.16.020 Barberry bushes
prohibited.
8.16.030 Height limits - Nuisance.
8.16.040
notice:
Duty tt d! i 'oy weeds;
io ice
8.16.050
Costs:
Weed removal'; by Vi l ge
Lien
8.16.060
Exemptions from
provisions.
8.16.070 .
Violation .penalty
8.16:080 Violation-Penalty:.
8.16.010 Specific-weeds-and
Norio
such placc. (Prior codc § 25.301)
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Chapt
as folio
Canada thistle (Cirsi�u
varieties, perent
Sono tisa ensis),
(so
crosses erivec
(Setaria faber}
nn draba} "and
8.16.020 Barberry bushes
prohibited.
It shall be a nuisance and unlawful for
any person to plant or permit the growth
of the bush of the species of tall, common
or European barberry, further known as
Barberis Vulgaris, or its horticultural
varieties, within the village (Prior code §
25.303).
8.16.030 Height limits - Nuisance.
It is unlawful for anyone to permit any
weeds, plants or grass, other than trees,
bushes, flowers or other ornamental
plants, to grow to a height exceeding eight
inches anywhere in the village, and any
such plants or weeds exceeding such
height are declared to be a nuisance.
(Prior code § 25.302).
8.16.040
notice:
Du
notice;
to serve or cause to be served a notice
days. (Prior codc § 25.304).
Metho
Every owner offal-tit-07:
destroy noxious;
such real proper
noxious weeds reach the seed
bearing staff
fore
Every owner of real
cut or destroywunpro
weeds or grasses locate
real property:.'
Notice to Destro
ie �v
a
shall cause a notice to be served
upon any owner who violates aj
provision of subsection A. above.
Said notice shall give a summary
of the provisions of this Chapter
and shall require the owner to
destroy or cut said noxious weeds
or improper growth of weeds or
grasses within seven (7) daysa er
the delivery: of said notice
one such notice shalt be s
owner of any premises in '-
calendar. year This no
a notice for the spec+
contained in said notice
for any other subsequent
inthat same calendar y
The written; notice required by this 211 be deeM
subsection "sl
delivered whe
TnitedStates n
postage prepaid addressed
owner at the address of the
property on which noxious weeds
or improper growth of weeds o] '
grasses exist or in the case of
vacant lan d, to the owner as
• "the village .records.
8.16.050
Costs.
Weed removal by vitiate;
Lien.
such nuisance, keeping an account of the
expense of the abatement, and such
25.305).
Should any owner refuse or tree'
comply with any notice provided foi
hereinabove, the Village or its agents shall
enter upon such real property and shall cut
or destroy any such noxious weeds or
improper growth of weeds or
Any cost thereof shall be paid
owner of such real property. -
lien upon the real property affect
accordance with 65 Illinois Con#30
StatutesC5/11-20-7. Should the Village be
required to file a lien against any
said owner shall also be liable to the
Village for the cost involved
and releasing of said lien.
8.16.060
Rentovoi_costs__Hen
conditions;
EtetblitiMii Mgr'
proVISIOtit
A. Chargcs for wccd cutting shall bc a
li-ett-ttPen-the-Prentisesras
bccn rcndcrcd, thc cicrk shall file
with thc county rccordcr of dccd a
lien-fer4his-anuttt7
B. Noticc of thc bill for wccd cutting
remains-unpaitl-fer-a-reriff
sixty-days-after-it-has-been
rcndcrcd.
C. Thc failurc of thc cicrk to rccord
to rcccivc h-notiee;-shall-riet
affcct thc right to4ereelose-the-lien
••.;:. -
as-previded-fer-in-Seetion
8.16.070. (Prior codc § 25.306).
el foliowing shall be exen
Iuirements of this
A. Lands under active agricultur
cultivation; provided;hgrbv
that this exemption shall:
to lands in a fallow steel
8.16.070 Lien-foreelositre;
Violation en ty.
A. Property subjcct to a licn for
• • •
be-seld-fer-ftenpayment-ef-the
sallieratkl-the-Preeeeds-ef-stteh
sale-shall-be-applieel-to-parthe
chargcs, aftcr dcducting costs, as is
the-ease-in-the-fereelesttre-ef
name-of-the-village:
B. Thc attorncy for thc villagc is
jufisdietien-ever-sueltrnatters;
rcndcrcd. (Prior codc § 25.307).
aftcr tcn days from rcccipt of noticc-
(Prior codc § 25.308).
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and
publication in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, Counties of Cook, Will and DuPage, State of Illinois,
on this 3— ? day of
Barbara Buschman
Keith Latz
Connie Markiewicz
Richard Rimbo
Ralph Schobert
Mary Studebaker
, 1998.
A, YES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
G
Approved by me this day of
ATTEST:
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
, 1998.
CHARD A. ASNESKI, Village President
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk