University Park — Part XIV Title Six Housing § 1468-08

Multifamily dwellings within the jurisdiction of the Village that are the subject of persistent, repeated, or consistently uncorrected violations of the Building and Housing Code, shall be placed on a special watch list and the property owner and/or manager thereof notified in writing that the premises and the owner or manager thereof are deemed to be habitual Building Code violators. Properties placed on this watch list shall be inspected no less often than every ninety (90) days, and no less often than every thirty (30) days if the code violations are deemed, by the Village Division of Code Enforcement, to pose a clear and present threat to health or safety of the occupants. A listing of habitual Building Code violators shall be posted at Village Hall and may be subject to further publication. A property shall be deemed to be an habitual, repeat or persistent violator and, therefore, subject to the provisions of this Section 1468-08 if any one (1) notice of Building and Housing Code violation issued to the property remains uncorrected for more than ninety (90) days after the date of issuance of the notice or if more than twenty (20) percent of the dwelling units in a structure are determined to be in violation of the Building and Housing Code by the Village Division of Code Enforcement at any one time. For purposes of this Section, Building and Housing Code violations shall include those violations considered to be in "Material Non-Compliance" with Section 1470-05 of Chapter 1470 as defined at Section 1470-05 (c). (a)
If the owner or manager of multifamily dwelling unit properties placed on the special watch list fails to correct all violations after being placed on the list, the Village shall have the remedies hereinafter specified including all other remedies available at law or in equity:
(i) Suspension or revocation of the license issued under authority of this Chapter as provided at Section 1468-06 of this Chapter: Violations; suspension and revocation of license.
(ii) Suspension or revocation of any certificate of inspection issued for the non-compliant property as provided at Chapter 1469 : Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Inspection.
(iii) Immediate action by the Village to correct extreme hazards to health or safety followed by the imposition of a lien for costs and attorney's fees in accordance with Section 1468-07 of this Chapter: Violation correction by Village.
(iv) Imposition of a fine as provided in Section 1468-99 of this Chapter: Penalty.
(b) A property owner or manager may appeal to the Village Board of Trustees to have a property removed from the special watch list or to request a stay of remedial action by the Village at which time the owner or manager of the subject property shall present clear and convincing evidence of hardship such as, for example, continuing inclement or prohibitive weather conditions preventing immediate repair. Hardship conditions brought about by the property owner or manager's own lack of diligence in undertaking repairs or corrective action shall not be cause for relief from this Section.