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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 4-2-1(C) Pertaining
to the Notification and Posting Procedures
• of Building Violation Notices
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston is a home rule unit under the
Illinois Constitution of 1970'; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, as a home rule unit may exercise
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any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs;
and
WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly has enacted laws regulating.
y the posting of building violation notices on all structures including single-
family dwellings (Ill. Rev. Stats., Chapter 111-1/2, Section 3401 and 3402);
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has adopted, pursuant to Chapter 24,
Section 1-2-4 of the Illinois Revised Statutes, and pursuant to its home
rule power the B.O.C.A Basic Building Code, Eighth Edition, 1981, with
• exceptions and amendments; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interest
of the City of Evanston that single-family dwellings be exempted from the
posting of building notice of violation requirements of the aforementioned
state statute and the B.O.C.A. Basic Building Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
SECTION 1: That Title 4, Chapter 2, Section l(C) of the Evanston
City Code be amended by the addition of the following
provision:
117.2 NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND POSTING OF PREMISES:
(A) The building official or his designee shall cause to be served
personally or by certified mail a notice of violation or order
on the person responsible for the erection, construction,
alteration, extension, repair, removal, demolition, use or
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occupancy of the building or structure in violation of the provisions
of this code, or in violation of a detailed statement or a plan
approved thereunder or in violation of a permit or certificate issued I
under the provisions of this code; and such order shall direct the
discontinuance of the illegal action or the abatement of the violation.
Tenants of single-family rental units shall be served by regular mail
or personal service a copy of the notice of violation sent to the
owner of their rented property.
Following initiation.of legal action to correct said violation the.
building official shall cause a notice to be posted in a conspicuous
place near the main entrance of such building. The notice shall be at
least 9" in height and 14" in width and at the top thereto in large
letters shall state "Notice of Violation." The text of the notice shall
contain a reference to the provision of the building code violated and
may contain such other information respecting the nature of the violation
as the building official deems advisable. Single-family dwellings are
exempt from the provisions of this subsection B.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here- j
with are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from i
and after its passage, approval, and publication in
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Approved: 1982
' Mayor
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the manner ded by law.
Introduced: 7 ZZ)
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Adopted: �� v� 1982
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