Ordinance 1956-23 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING DANGEROUS
BUILDINGS
Be it ordained by the president and board of trustees
of the Village of Yorkville, Illinois, that:
Section 1. Definitions. The term "dangerous building
as used in this ordinance, is hereby defined to mean and in-
clude (a) any building, shed, fence, or other man-made strut-
ture whim is dangerous to the public health because of its
ocn struction or condition, or which may cause or aid in the
spread of disease or cause injury to the health of the occu-
pants of it or of neighboring structures; (b) any building,
shed, fence, or other man-made structure which, because of
faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair or any other
cause, is especially liable to fire, and constitutes or creates
a fire hazard; (c) any building, shed, fence, or other man.
made structure which, by reason of faulty construction, age,
lack of proper repair or any other cause, is liable to cause
injury or damage by collapsing or by a collapse or fallcf any
part of such a structure; (d) any building; shed, fence, or
other man-made structure which, because of its condition or
because of lack of doors or windows is available to and fre-
quented by malefactors or disorderly persons who ,are not law-
ful occupants of such structure.
Section 2. Any such dangerous building in the village
is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful to maintain or permit
the existence of any dangerous building in the village; and
it shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person in
custody of any dangerous building to permit the same to re-
main in a dangerous condition, or to occupy such building or
permit it to be occupied while it is or remains in a dangerous
condition.
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Sedtion 4. Abatement. Whenever the building in-
spector, the fire marshal, the health inspector, or any other
officer or employee of the village shall be of the opinion
that any building or structure in the village is a dangerous
building, he shall file a written statement to this effect
with the village clerk. The clerk shall thereupon cause
written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon
the occupant thereof, if any, by registered mail or by per-
sonal service. Suobhotioe shall state that the building has
been declared to be in dangerous condition, and that such
dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing
or altering the building or by demolishing it; and that the
condition must be remedied at once. Such notice may be in
the following form:
To (owner-.bccupant of
the premises) of the premises known and described
as
You are hereby notified that (describe building)
on the premises above described has been condemned
as a nuisance and a' dangerous buildhg after inspection
by
The causes for this decision are (here insert the
fdota:~as to the dangerous condition) . „
You must remedy this condition or demolish the
building immediately, or the village will proceed to
do so,
If the person receiving suchiotice has not complied
therewith within ten days from the time when this notice is
served upon such person by personal service or by registered
mail, the may, upon orders of the Tillage
President proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the
dangerous building.
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Section 5. Fire limits. Any building or structure
within the fire limits of the village as hereinbefore pro-
scribed by ordinance which has or may be damaged by fire,
decay, or other cause to the extent of fifty per cent (50%)
of its value, shall be torn down and removed.
Upon written notice by the building inspector, health
commissioner, fire marshal, or any other village employee
filed with the village clerk, the clerk shall notify the
Village President of the receipt of such notice. The Vil-
lage President shall then appoint three (3) persons tb deter.»
mine whether or not such building or structure has been
damaged to the extent of fifty per cent (50%) of its value.
A copy of the notice filed by the village officer, together
with a notice of the appointment of this board of three (3)
persons to determine the damage, shall be served upon the
owner of the premises by personal service or by registered
mail to his last known address.
Such notice may be in substantially the following form;
To
You are hereby notified that
has determined that the building owned by you at
located within the
fire limits of the village has been damaged by fire,
decay or otherwise to the extent of fifty percent
(50%) of its value; and that a board of three (3)
members has been appointed to verify this finding,
which board will hold its first meeting in the village
hall on the day of at the hour of
osclock, at which time it will determine
whether this finding is correct.
If this finding is verified by the board, you must tear
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down and remove the said building.
If the said board of three (3) members determines
that the building in question has been damaged to the ex-
tent of fifty per cent (50%) of its value, it shall be the
duty of the owner to tear down or remove the said building
within twenty (20) days after the finding of the board; and
it shall be unlawful to occupy or permit such building to be
occupied after such finding.
Section 6. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation
violating any provision of this ordinance, or permitting any
dangerous building, or any building or structure to remain
in a dangerous condition, or to remain in the fire limits after
It has been damaged to the extent of fifty per cent (50%) of
its value, shall be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00)
nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense;
*ad a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during or on which the violation occurs or continues.
Section 7. Unknown Owners. If the owner of the pre-
mises concerned is unknown, or if his address is unknown,
service of any notice provided for in this ordinance may be
made by posting a copy thereof on the premises and by publish-
ing one time a copy thereof in a newspaper published within
the municipality.
Section 8. Alternative Action. This ordinance shall
not preclude any other action taken by the Village of York-
ville when so authorized by statute or common law.
Section 9. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in
conflict herewith, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and
this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its
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passage and publication as provided by law.
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Approved:
President, Bard of "trustees
Attest:
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