(65 ILCS 5/11-20-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-7)
Sec. 11-20-7. Cutting and removal of neglected weeds, grass, trees, and bushes. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the removal of nuisance greenery from any parcel of private property within the municipality if the owners of that parcel, after reasonable notice, refuse or neglect to remove the nuisance greenery. The municipality may collect, from the owners of that parcel,
the reasonable removal cost. (b) The municipality's removal cost under this Section is a lien upon the underlying parcel in accordance with Section 11-20-15. (c) For the purpose of this Section: "Removal of nuisance greenery" or "removal activities" means the cutting of weeds or grass, the trimming of trees or bushes, and the removal of nuisance bushes or trees. "Removal cost" means the total cost of the removal activity.
(d) In the case of an abandoned residential property as defined in Section 11-20-15.1, the municipality may elect to obtain a lien for the removal cost pursuant to Section 11-20-15.1, in which case the provisions of Section 11-20-15.1 shall be the exclusive remedy for the removal cost. The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this sentence, are inoperative upon certification by the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, after consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System program is effectively registering substantially all mortgaged residential properties located in the State of Illinois, is available for access by all municipalities located in the State of Illinois without charge to them, and such registration includes the telephone number for the mortgage servicer. (Source: P.A. 95-183, eff. 8-14-07; 96-462, eff. 8-14-09; 96-856, eff. 3-1-10.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-8)
Sec. 11-20-8. Pest extermination; liens. (a) The corporate authorities of
each municipality may provide pest-control activities on any parcel of private property
in the municipality if, after reasonable notice, the owners of that parcel refuse or neglect to prevent the ingress of pests to their property or to exterminate pests on their property. The municipality may collect, from the owners of the underlying parcel, the reasonable removal cost.
(b) The municipality's removal cost under this Section is a lien upon the underlying parcel in accordance with Section 11-20-15.
(c) For the purpose of this Section: "Pests" means undesirable arthropods (including certain insects, spiders, mites, ticks, and related organisms), wood infesting organisms, rats, mice, and other obnoxious undesirable animals, but does not include a feral cat, a "companion animal" as that term is defined in the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/), "animals" as that term is defined in the Illinois Diseased Animals Act (510 ILCS 50/), or animals protected by the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/).
"Pest-control activity" means the extermination of pests or the prevention of the ingress of pests. "Removal cost" means the total cost of the pest-control activity.
(d) In the case of an abandoned residential property as defined in Section 11-20-15.1, the municipality may elect to obtain a lien for the removal cost pursuant to Section 11-20-15.1, in which case the provisions of Section 11-20-15.1 shall be the exclusive remedy for the removal cost. The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this sentence, are inoperative upon certification by the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, after consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System program is effectively registering substantially all mortgaged residential properties located in the State of Illinois, is available for access by all municipalities located in the State of Illinois without charge to them, and such registration includes the telephone number for the mortgage servicer. (Source: P.A. 96-462, eff. 8-14-09; 96-856, eff. 3-1-10.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-9)
Sec. 11-20-9.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prohibit the running at large of horses, asses, mules, cattle, swine,
sheep, goats, geese, and dogs, and may impose a tax on dogs.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-10)
Sec. 11-20-10.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the construction, repair, and use of cesspools, cisterns, hydrants, pumps,
culverts, drains, and sewers and may regulate the covering or sealing of
wells or cisterns.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-10.5)
Sec. 11-20-10.5. Boil order; notification of certified local public health department required. If a municipality, or any department or agency of the municipality, issues a boil order, then the municipality must notify any certified local public health department that serves an area subject to the boil order as soon as is practical, but no later than 2 hours after issuing the order. In addition to the initial notice, the municipality must provide, to any affected certified local public health department, a written notification within 24 hours after issuing the boil order. The written notification must include the estimated duration of the order or warning and the geographic area covered by the order or warning.
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-11)
Sec. 11-20-11.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may adopt
reasonable regulations for the control and eradication of a fungus disease
of elms caused by Graphium ulmi, commonly known as Dutch elm disease or elm
blight, and of other plant diseases.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3168.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11-20-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-12)
Sec. 11-20-12. Removal of infected trees. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the treatment or
removal of elm trees infected with Dutch elm disease or ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) from any parcel of private property within the municipality if the owners of that parcel, after reasonable notice, refuse or neglect to treat or remove the infected trees. The municipality may collect, from the owners of the parcel, the reasonable removal cost. (b) The municipality's removal cost under this Section is a lien upon the underlying parcel in accordance with Section 11-20-15. (c) For the purpose of this Section, "removal cost" means the total cost of the removal of the infected trees. "Treatment" means the administration, by environmentally sensitive processes and methods, of products and materials proven by academic research to protect elm and ash trees from an invasive disease in order to prevent or reverse the damage and preserve the trees.
(d) In the case of an abandoned residential property as defined in Section 11-20-15.1, the municipality may elect to obtain a lien for the removal cost pursuant to Section 11-20-15.1, in which case the provisions of Section 11-20-15.1 shall be the exclusive remedy for the removal cost. The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this sentence, are inoperative upon certification by the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, after consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System program is effectively registering substantially all mortgaged residential properties located in the State of Illinois, is available for access by all municipalities located in the State of Illinois without charge to them, and such registration includes the telephone number for the mortgage servicer. (Source: P.A. 98-90, eff. 7-15-13.)
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