G64-94 Ordinance No. G64-94
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 2 .65 OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976 ,
AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "DEPARTMENT OF CODE ADMINISTRATION
AND PRESERVATION"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN,
ILLINOIS:
Section 1 . That Section 2 . 65 .030 of Chapter 2 .65
entitled "Department of Code Administration and Preservation"
of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976 , as amended, be and is
hereby further amended by adding Subsection C to read as
follows :
C. The code official shall have the authority
to enter into agreements whereby the city shall
forebear prosecution of the Elgin Municipal Code,
and whereby the violator of the aforementioned Elgin
Municipal Code titles shall correct such code
violations pursuant to a rehabilitation schedule
established by the code official . The code
enforcement official may enter into such agreements
at his discretion where, in the code enforcement
tom official ' s judgment, the following conditions exist:
1 . Restorative/corrective work cannot be
reasonably completed in 90 days;
2 . Verified restoration/correction costs
exceed $5,000 . 00;
3 . Historic preservation and/or restoration
requires specially skilled craftsmen who are not
available or likely to become available within 90
days ;
4 . Verification that special materials and/or
tools are not likely to become available within 90
days; or
5 . Weather or other acts of God preventing
immediate completion of the work.
Section 2 . That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be and are
hereby repealed.
Section 3 . That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect on January 1, 1995 . /�
George W nDeVoorde, Mayor
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Presented: November 16, 1994
Passed: November 16, 1994
Omnibus Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded: November 17 , 1994
Published:
Attest:
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk