96-121 Resolution No. 96-121
RESOLUTION
DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE
(213-215 Center Street)
WHEREAS, inspections of a stricture located on the
property hereinafter described have been made by inspectors of
the Department of Code Administration ;nd Neighborhood Affairs
of the City of Elgin; and
WHEREAS, said structure is in a s ate of disrepair, open,
littered with various debris, has numerous outstanding
property maintenance code violations and constitutes a fire
hazard; and
WHEREAS, said structure, in its dilapidated state, is
dangerous and unsafe and constitutes a threat to the public
health, safety and welfare of the re-idents of the City of
Elgin, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the owner of said struct re has refused, despite
repeated demands, to repair or demolish the structure; and
WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/11-60-2 prov'des that the corporate
authorities of each municipality ma define, prevent, and
abate nuisances; and
WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 prov'des that the corporate
authorities of each municipality ma cause the demolition,
repair or enclosure of dangerous a d unsafe buildings or
uncompleted and abandoned buildings; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a h.me rule municipality as
defined in Article VII , Section 6A of he 1970 Constitution of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, a home rule unit may exercise any power and
perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs;
and
WHEREAS, the adoption of a esolution declaring a
property to be a public nuisance and providing for the
abatement of such a public nuisance t rough the demolition or
repair of the structures thereon per ains to the government
and affairs of the City of Elgin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1 . That the structure ocated on the property
commonly known as 213-215 Center Street, Kane County,
Illinois, and legally described as :
That part of Lots 10 and 11 in Phineas J.
Kimball Jr' s. Second Addition to Elgin, described as
follows : Beginning at a point in the West line of
Lot 11 aforesaid, 3 feet and 5 inches North of the
Northwest corner of said Lot 10; thence East
parallel with the North line of Lot 10 aforesaid,
69 . 5 feet; thence South parallel With the West line
of said lots, 50 . 92 feet; thence West parallel with
the North line of Lot 10 aforesaid, 69 . 5 feet to the
West line of said Lot 10; thence North along the
West line of said lots, 50 . 92 feet to the point of
beginning, in the City of Elgin, Kane County,
Illinois .
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Section 2 . That the owners or perOons in control of said
premises are hereby directed to abate paid public nuisance by
demolishing or repairing the structures located upon the above
described property within thirty ( 30 ) days after receipt of a
copy of this resolution.
Section 3 . That the Corporation Counsel is hereby
directed to mail certified copies of this resolution to the
owners of record and lienholders of recOrd.
Section 4 . That upon failure of title owner or lienholders
of record to abate the public nuisanc described herein, the
Corporation Counsel be and is her by directed to seek
demolition of the structure described bove in accordance with
the provisions of 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 (e) .
s/ Ke'rin Kelly
Kevin Kelly, Mayor
Presented: April 24 , 1996
Adopted: April 24 , 1996
Omnibus Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Attest:
s/ Dolonna Mecum
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk