Lake County, IL
File #: 16-0501    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance amending the Lake County Public Nuisance Ordinance to expand available pre-violation notice options for enforcement staff.
Type: ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/20/2016 In control: Planning, Building and Zoning Committee
On agenda: 6/7/2016 Final action: 6/14/2016
Title: Ordinance amending Chapter 94: Public Nuisances, of the Lake County Code of Ordinances to expand available pre-violation notice options for enforcement staff.
Attachments: 1. Nuisance Ordinance Amendments - Clean 051816.pdf, 2. Nuisance Ordinance Amendments - Recommended Edits 051816.pdf, 3. SAMPLE LETTER LANGUAGE.pdf

Title

Ordinance amending Chapter 94: Public Nuisances, of the Lake County Code of Ordinances to expand available pre-violation notice options for enforcement staff.

 

Staff Summary

                     Currently, certain violation types in the Public Nuisance Ordinance require an initial inspection and the issuance of an official warning ticket.

                     The Planning, Building & Development Department presented scenarios to the committee at the March, 2016 committee meeting in which an initial inspection and warning ticket is unnecessary burdensome and inefficient.

                     Staff worked with the State’s Attorney’s Office on proposed amendments to the Ordinance that gives the department the option to dispense with the pre-violation inspection and ticket requirement and allows the use of such process on a discretionary basis, by administrative policy.