Ordinance 1966-19 r I
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF THE
VILLAGE OF YORKVILTE, KENDALL COTTNTY,
ILLINOIS, DECLARING THE STORING OF JUNK,
TRASH AND REFUSE, OR THE STORING AND
PARKING OF INOPERATIVE AUTOMOBILES, MOTOR-
CYLES OR TRUCKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY_ TO BE
A NUISANCE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United City of
the Village of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois :
Section 1 - That the storing of junk, trash, refuse or
the storing; or parking of inoperative automobiles, motorcycles or
trucks on private property within the city limits of the City of
Yorkville, Illinois, except inAIndustrial Districts, as provided
by the Yorkville Zoning; Ordinance, as amended, is hereby declared
a nuisance.
Section 2 - Junk, trash and refuse are defined herein to
include any and all waste-,,matter, whether reusable or not, which
is offensive to the public health, safety, or to the esthetics of
the neighborhood, and is specifically intended to include, but not
limited to, worn-out, wrecked, inoperative, damaged or abandoned
automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, tractors, machinery of any kind,
or any parts thereof, old ice boxes, refrigerators, stoves or
mechanical equipment.
Section 3 - That any property owner, or ecctlpant of
property, who allows such storage on the property, awned or occupied
by him, whether he is the owner of said junk, trash, refuse, auto-
mobiles or other property or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than A 00 .00;
that any person who shall neglect, fail or refuse to abate or
remove such nuisance after notice thereof, shall for each twenty-
four (24) hours thereafter during which said nuisance continues be
subject to a like penalty as that origAnally incurred.
Section__4 - That any City of Yorkville policeman, officer,
inspector or employee, upon observing any violation of this
Ordinance, shall issue a notice directed to the owner of record.
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of the property on which said nuisance occurs, or to the occupant
of said property, or both, which said notice shall describe the
violation and shall establish a reasonable time limit for abate-
ment thereof by such owner or occupant, which limit shall be not
less than two days or more than ten ( 10) days after service of
such notice. Such notice may be served either personally, or by
first class mail at the owner 's or occupant 's last known address.
Section 5 - That, in the event the owner or occupant of the
property where such nuisance exists has failed, within the pre-
scribed time, to abate such. nuisance, then any City officer,
policeman, inspector or employee who served such notice shall
file a complaint charging violation of this Ordinance with the
Circuit Court for the Sixteenth. Judicial Circuit demanding that
the owner of the property, or the occupant thereof, of both , be
held to answer to the Court for the violation of this Ordinance.
Section 6 - That, all ordinances, or parts of ordinances,
in conflict herewith, be, and the same are hereby amended,
insofar as the same conflict.
Section 7 - This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage, approval and
publication as provided by law.
PASSED this - day of April, A,. D. , 1966.
C•ty Clerk
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APPROVED by me this day of April, A. D. , 1966.
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