ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 7-28-020 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-28-020 Summary abatement.
Whenever any nuisance under this Chapter 7-28 shall be found on any premises within the city, the commissioner of buildings or commissioner of the environment or commissioner of streets and sanitation or the corporation counsel is hereby authorized, in his or her discretion, to seek to enjoin such nuisance or to cause the same to be summarily abated in such manner as he or she may direct pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Code.
SECTION 2. Section 7-28-455 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-28-455 Unremoved motor vehicles, ashes, refuse, waste, debris and other materials -Substantial risk to the public - Nuisance - City authorized to remove - Notice - Violation -Penalty - Costs.
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
(c) Notice to abate. If the commissioner determines that any violation of Section 7-28-450 poses a substantial risk to the environment or to the public health, comfort or safety of any person or of the community, the commissioner shall serve notice, in writing, upon the owner of the property on which such nuisance is occurring ordering such owner to abate the nuisance under this section by the date certain set forth in such notice or order and in the manner the commissioner may prescribe. If such owner fails to abate the nuisance under this section by the date certain set forth in such notice or order and in the manner the commissioner may prescribe or if the owner is unknown or cannot with due diligence be found, the applicable commissioner may proceed to abate the nuisance or seek to enjoin the nuisance.
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
APPROVED
APPROVED
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