[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Spring
Valley 10-4-1994 as L.L. No. 10-1994 (Subpart T of the 1970 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-4-1994 as L.L.
No. 10-1994 (Subpart T of the 1970 Code)]
For the purpose of this Article, the terms used herein are defined as
follows:
Any action or proceeding which may be instituted by a Code Enforcement
Officer in the Justice Court of the Village of Spring Valley in connection
with an alleged violation of any of the local laws of the Village of Spring
Valley.
Any improved real property located within the Village of Spring Valley
which, in whole or in part, is non-owner-occupied.
A summons or any notice, mandate or other paper or process issued
under any provision of the Code of the Village of Spring Valley.
Either the Village Clerk or any Deputy Village Clerk of the Village
of Spring Valley.
A.Â
Every owner of property located within the Village of
Spring Valley shall file:
(1)Â
A statement of designation, signed and verified in the
office of the Village Clerk, setting forth the name and address, by street
and number within the Village of Spring Valley, of an agent upon whom process
may be served in any action or proceeding which may be commenced or instituted
against said owner.
(2)Â
A designation, signed and verified, of the Village Clerk,
as the agent upon whom process against the owner may be served, and the post
office address, within or without the Village of Spring Valley, to which the
Village Clerk may mail a copy of any process against such owner served upon
the Village Clerk.
B.Â
Whenever process is served upon the Village Clerk, he
shall promptly mail, by certified mail, addressed to the agent named in said
designation at the address therein set forth, a true copy of said process.
Attached to such statement and designation shall be a certificate properly
certified by the owner that he is the owner of the premises with respect to
which such statement or designation is filed.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates, disobeys, neglects
or refuses to comply with any of the terms of this Article shall be guilty
of a violation and shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand
dollars ($5,000.) or imprisonment not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or both.
Each week a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.