This chapter is enacted pursuant to the police powers granted to the village by 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-1-1, 5/11-12-12, 5/11-30-2, 5/11-30-8 and 5/11-31-2 in order to accomplish the following purposes:

   A.   To prevent unwise development from increasing flood or drainage hazards to others.

   B.   To protect new buildings and major improvements to buildings from flood damage.

   C.   To protect human life and health from the hazards of flooding.

   D.   To lessen the burden on the taxpayer for flood control projects, repairs to flood damaged public facilities and utilities, and flood rescue and relief operations.

   E.   To maintain property values and a stable tax base by minimizing the potential for creating flood blighted areas.

   F.   To make federally subsidized flood insurance available for property in the village by fulfilling the requirements of the national flood insurance program. (1999 Code § 12.01)

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions are adopted:

   BASE FLOOD: The flood having a one percent (1%) probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The "base flood" is also known as the 100-year flood. The "base flood elevation" at any location is as defined in section 11-1-4 of this chapter.

   BUILDING: A structure that is principally aboveground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term includes a gas or liquid storage tank, a manufactured home or a prefabricated building. The term also includes recreational vehicles and travel trailers to be installed on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days.

   DEVELOPMENT: A. Any manmade change to real estate, including:

      1.   The construction, reconstruction or placement of a building or any addition to a building valued at more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

      2.   The installing of a manufactured home on a site, preparing a site for a manufactured home or installing a travel trailer on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days.

      3.   The installing of utilities, construction of roads or similar projects.

      4.   The construction or erection of levees, walls, fences, bridges or culverts.

      5.   The drilling, mining, filling, dredging, grading, excavating or other nonagricultural alterations of the ground surface.

      6.   The storage of materials.

      7.   Any other activity that might change the direction, height or velocity of flood or surface waters.

   B.   "Development" does not include maintenance of existing buildings and facilities such as reroofing, resurfacing roads, or gardening, plowing and similar agricultural practices that do not involve filling, grading or construction of levees.

   FLOOD: A general and temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation or the runoff of surface waters from any source.

   FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION (FPE): The elevation of the base flood plus one foot (1') at any given location in the SFHA.

   FLOODWAY: That portion of the SFHA required to store and convey the base flood. The "floodway" for each SFHA of the village shall be according to the best data available from the Illinois state water survey floodplain information repository.

   RIVERINE SFHA: Any SFHA subject to flooding from a river, creek, intermittent stream, ditch or any other identified channel. This term does not include areas subject to flooding from lakes (except public bodies of water), ponding areas, areas of sheet flow or other areas not subject to overbank flooding.

   SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA): Those lands within the jurisdiction of the village that are subject to inundation by the base flood. The "SFHAs" of the village are generally defined as such on the most recent flood insurance rate map of the village prepared by the federal emergency management agency. The "SFHAs" of those parts of unincorporated DeKalb County that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the village or that may be annexed into the village are generally identified as such on the most recent flood insurance rate map prepared for DeKalb County by the federal emergency management agency. (1999 Code § 12.02; amd. Ord. 2010-09, 7-13-2010)

   A.   Office Created; Appointment; Qualifications: There is hereby created the office of code official of the village, an administrative office of the village. The office shall be filled by appointment of a person educated, trained or experienced in construction practices or by contract with another governmental inspection agency. The appointment or contract shall be made by the village president, subject to the approval of the village board of trustees. (1999 Code § 12.03; amd. 2005 Code)

   B.   Duties: The code official shall be responsible for the general administration and enforcement of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following duties: (1999 Code § 12.04; amd. 2005 Code)

      1.   Ensure that all development activities within the SFHA of the jurisdiction of the village meet the requirements of this chapter.

      2.   Provide information and assistance to citizens upon request about permit procedures and floodplain construction techniques.

      3.   Ensure that construction authorization has been granted by the Illinois department of transportation, division of water resources, for all development projects subject to section 11-1-6 of this chapter and maintain a record of such authorization.

      4.   Maintain a record of the as built elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of all buildings subject to section 11-1-7 of this chapter.

      5.   Maintain a record of the engineer's certificate and the as built floodproofed elevation of all building subject to subsection 11-1-7B4 of this chapter.

      6.   Inspect all development projects to ensure they comply with the provisions of this chapter.

      7.   Cooperate with state and federal floodplain management agencies to improve base flood and floodway data and to improve the administration of this chapter. Submit reports as required for the national flood insurance program.

      8.   Maintain for public inspection and furnish upon request, base flood data, SFHA maps, copies of federal or state permit documents and as built elevation and floodproofing data for all buildings constructed subject to this chapter. (1999 Code § 12.04)

This chapter's protection standard is the base flood. The best available base flood data are listed below. Whenever a party disagrees with the best available data, the party may finance the detailed engineering study needed to replace existing data with better data and submit it to the state water survey and the federal emergency management agency.

   A.   The base flood elevation for each of the remaining SFHAs delineated as an unnumbered A zone on the flood insurance rate map of the village shall be according to the best data available to the Illinois state water survey floodplain information repository. When no base flood elevation exists, the base flood elevation shall be the 100-year flood depth calculated according to the formulas presented in "Frequency Distributions And Hydroclimatic Characteristics Of Heavy Rainstorms In Illinois" (bulletin 70), published by the Illinois state water survey, 1989.

   B.   The base flood elevation for the SFHA of those parts of unincorporated DeKalb County that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the village or that may be annexed into the village shall be according to the best data available to the Illinois state water survey floodplain information repository. (1999 Code § 12.05)

   A.   Development Permit:

      1.   Permit And Compliance Required: No person, firm, corporation or governmental body not exempted by state law shall commence any development in the SFHA without first obtaining a development permit from the code official. The code official shall not issue a development permit if the proposed development does not meet the requirements of this chapter. (1999 Code § 12.06; amd. 2005 Code)

      2.   Application For Permit: The application for a development permit shall be accompanied by drawings of the site, drawn to scale, showing property line dimensions, existing grade elevations and all changes in grade resulting from the excavation or filling, the location and dimensions of all buildings and additions to the buildings and the elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of all proposed buildings subject to the requirements of section 11-1-7 of this chapter. (1999 Code § 12.06)

      3.   Exemptions From Permit: Upon receipt of an application for a development permit, the code official shall compare the elevation of the site to the base flood elevation. Any development located on land that can be shown to have been higher than the base flood elevation as of the date of the site's first flood insurance rate map identification is not located in the SFHA and therefore not subject to the requirements of this chapter. The code official shall maintain documentation of the existing ground elevation at the development site and certification that this ground elevation existed prior to the date of the site's first flood insurance rate map identification. (1999 Code § 12.06; amd. 2005 Code)

      4.   Conditions Of Permit:

         a.   Compliance With Provisions: All work performed under a development permit shall conform to the approved application and plans and approved amendments thereto.

         b.   Posting Of Permit: A copy of the development permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises, in plain view from a public road, during the execution of the work and until completion of the same.

         c.   Expiration Of Permit: A development permit under which no work is commenced within six (6) months after issuance shall expire by limitation, and a new development permit shall be secured before work is started. (1999 Code § 12.09)

      5.   Other Permits: The code official shall inform the applicant of any and all other local, state and federal permits that may be required for this type of development activity. The code official shall not issue the development permit unless all required federal and state permits have been obtained. (1999 Code § 12.06; amd. 2005 Code)

   B.   Use Permit:

      1.   Permit Required: It shall be unlawful to use or occupy any buildings or any development site or any part thereof hereafter constructed in the SFHA without first making application for obtaining a use permit from the code official.

      2.   Request For Permit; Issuance Or Denial: Request for a use permit shall be submitted to the code official upon completion of the work authorized in the development permit issued for the project in question. If, upon final inspection of a building or development site, the code official finds that the work has been performed in accordance with the approved application and plans of the development permit, a use permit may be issued. If final inspection reveals otherwise, a use permit may not be issued until all deficiencies are corrected. (1999 Code § 12.07; amd. 2005 Code)

   C.   Permit Fees: Fees for permits shall be as follows:

      1.   Use Permit: For a use permit: No fee.

      2.   Development Permit: For a development permit for clearing debris, demolishing buildings or removing buildings out of the SFHA: No fee.

      3.   Building Permit:

         a.   For construction of a building valued at more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00): One hundred dollars ($100.00). (1999 Code § 12.13)

         b.   For construction or reconstruction of a building valued at less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) and for any other development project that requires three (3) site inspections by the code official: Seventy five dollars ($75.00). (1999 Code § 12.13; amd. 2005 Code)

      4.   Other Developments: For improvements made to an existing building, for installing a manufactured home on a permanent site and for any other development project: Fifty dollars ($50.00). (1999 Code § 12.13)

   D.   Permit Review; Approval Or Denial: The code official shall examine each application for a permit within three (3) days after filing. If, after examination, it appears that the proposed development or use of the site will be in compliance with this chapter and such other ordinances and resolutions passed by the board of trustees applicable thereto, the code official shall approve such application and issue the appropriate permit as soon as practicable. If the examination reveals otherwise, the application shall be rejected, and the code official's findings shall be noted in a written report to be attached to the application. A copy of the report shall be provided to the applicant upon request. (1999 Code § 12.08; amd. 2005 Code)

   E.   Inspections: All work for which a permit is required shall be subject to inspection by the code official or duly authorized representative. It shall be unlawful to refuse to permit the code official or the representative to enter such premises or structure at any reasonable time to make an inspection. It shall be unlawful to interfere with or hinder the code official or the representative when in the performance of his duties. (1999 Code § 12.10; amd. 2005 Code)

   F.   Revocation Of Permit: The code official may revoke a permit in case there has been any false statement and misrepresentation as to a material fact in the application or plans on which the permit was based. The code official may revoke a permit when work is performed contrary to the provisions of the application or plans on which the permit is based. When a permit is revoked, the code official shall inform the permittee in writing of the specific steps the permittee must take in order to have the permit reissued. It shall be unlawful to continue any work authorized by a permit after revocation of that permit and until the permit is reissued or until a new permit is issued. (1999 Code § 12.11; amd. 2005 Code)

   A.   No development in the SFHA shall create a damaging or potentially damaging increase in flood heights or velocity or threat to public health and safety.

   B.   Within all riverine SFHAs, the following standards shall apply:

      1.   In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a development permit for a site located in a floodway (or in a riverine SFHA where no floodway has been identified) shall not be issued unless the applicant first obtains a permit, or written documentation that a permit is not required, from the Illinois department of transportation, division of water resources, issued pursuant to 615 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/5 et seq.

      2.   The following activities may be constructed without the individual permit required in subsection B1 of this section:

         a.   The construction of wells, septic tanks and underground utility lines not crossing a lake or stream.

         b.   The construction of light poles, signposts and similar structures.

         c.   The construction of sidewalks, driveways, athletic fields (excluding fences), patios and similar surfaces which are built at grade.

         d.   The construction of properly anchored, unwalled open structures such as playground equipment, pavilions and carports.

         e.   The placement of properly anchored buildings not exceeding seventy (70) square feet in size nor ten feet (10') in any dimension (i.e., animal shelters and tool sheds).

         f.   The construction of additions to an existing building which does not increase the first floor area by more than twenty percent (20%), which additions are located on the upstream or downstream side of the existing building and which do not extend beyond the sides of the existing building that are parallel to the flow of floodwater.

      3.   The total cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the base flood elevation more than one foot (1') for the affected hydraulic reach of the stream and will not increase flood damage or potential flood damage.

   C.   Public health standards in an SFHA:

      1.   No development in an SFHA shall include locating or storing chemicals, explosives, buoyant materials, flammable liquids, pollutants or other hazardous or toxic materials below the FPE unless such materials are stored in a storage tank or floodproofed building constructed according to the requirements of subsection 11-1-7B4 of this chapter.

      2.   New and replacement sanitary sewer lines and on site waste disposal systems may be permitted, provided all manholes or other aboveground openings located below the FPE are watertight. (1999 Code § 12.14)

   A.   Application Of Provisions: In addition to the damage prevention requirements of section 11-1-6 of this chapter, all buildings to be located in the SFHA shall be protected from flood damage below the FPE. This building protection requirement applies to the following situations:

      1.   Construction or placement of a new building valued at more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

      2.   Structural alterations made to an existing building that increase the floor area by more than twenty percent (20%) or the market value of the building by more than fifty percent (50%).

      3.   Reconstruction or repairs made to a damaged building that are valued at more than fifty percent (50%) of the market value of a building before the damage occurred.

      4.   Installing a manufactured home on a new site or a new manufactured home on an existing site. This subsection A4 does not apply to returning a manufactured home to the same site it lawfully occupied before it was removed to avoid flood damage.

      5.   Installing a travel trailer on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days. (1999 Code § 12.15)

   B.   Methods Of Protection: The building protection requirement may be met by one of the following methods. The code official shall maintain a record of compliance with these building protection standards as required in subsection 11-1-3B of this chapter. (1999 Code § 12.15; amd. 2005 Code)

      1.   A residential or nonresidential building may be constructed on permanent landfill in accordance with the following:

         a.   The fill shall be placed in layers no greater than one foot (1') deep before compaction.

         b.   The lowest floor (including basement) shall be at or above the FPE. The fill should extend at least ten feet (10') beyond the foundation of the building before sloping below the FPE.

         c.   The fill shall be protected against erosion and scour during flooding by vegetative cover, riprap or bulkheading. If vegetative cover is used, the slopes shall be no steeper than three (3) horizontal to one vertical.

         d.   The fill shall not adversely affect the flow of surface drainage from or onto neighboring properties.

      2.   A residential or nonresidential building may be elevated in accordance with the following:

         a.   The building or improvements shall be elevated on crawl space, walls, stilts, piles or other foundation; provided, that the walls have permanent openings no more than one foot (1') above grade and that the walls and floor are not subject to damage by hydrostatic pressures associated with the base flood.

         b.   The foundations and supporting members shall be anchored and aligned in relation to flood flows and adjacent structures so as to minimize exposure to known hydrodynamic forces such as currents, waves, ice and floating debris.

         c.   All areas below the FPE shall be constructed of materials resistant to flood damage. The lowest floor (including basement) and all electrical, heating, ventilating, plumbing and air conditioning equipment and utility meters shall be located at or above the FPE. Water and sewer pipes, electrical and telephone lines, submersible pumps and other waterproofed service facilities may be located below the FPE.

      3.   Manufactured homes and travel trailers to be installed on a site for more than one hundred eighty (180) days shall be elevated at or above the FPE in accordance with subsection B1 or B2 of this section and anchored to resist flotation, collapse or lateral movement by being tied down in accordance with the rules and regulations for the Illinois mobile home tie down act issued pursuant to 210 Illinois Compiled Statutes 120/1 through 120/6.

      4.   Only a nonresidential building may be floodproofed in accordance with the following:

         a.   A registered professional engineer shall certify that the building has been designed so that below the FPE, the structure and attendant utility facilities are watertight and capable of resisting the effects of the base flood. The building design shall take into account flood velocities, duration, rate of rise, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces, the effects of buoyancy and impacts from debris and ice.

         b.   Floodproofing measures shall be operable without human intervention and without an outside source of electricity.

      5.   In the case of garages or sheds constructed ancillary to a residential use, wet floodproofing meeting the following conditions shall be sufficient:

         a.   The garage or shed must be nonhabitable; and

         b.   The garage or shed must be used only for the storage of vehicles and tools and cannot be modified later into workshops, greenhouses, living areas, etc.; and

         c.   The garage or shed must be located outside of the floodway; and

         d.   The garage or shed must be on a single-family lot and be accessory to an existing principal structure on the same lot; and

         e.   Below the base flood elevation, the garage or shed must be built of materials not susceptible to flood damage as provided in FEMA technical bulletin 2-93; and

         f.   All utilities, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, etc., must be elevated above the flood protection elevation; and

         g.   The garage or shed must have at least one permanent opening on each wall no more than one foot (1') above grade with one square inch of opening for every square foot of floor area as provided in FEMA technical bulletin 1-93; and

         h.   The garage or shed must be less than seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) in market value or replacement cost, whichever is greater, or less than six hundred (600) square feet; and

         i.   The structure shall be anchored to resist flotation and overturning; and

         j.   All flammable or toxic materials (gasoline, paint, insecticides, fertilizers, etc.) shall be stored above the flood protection elevation; and

         k.   The lowest floor elevation should be documented and the owner advised of the flood insurance requirements. (1999 Code § 12.15)

   A.   The board of trustees shall take into account flood hazards, to the extent that they are known, in all official actions related to land management, use and development.

   B.   New subdivisions, manufactured home parks, travel trailer parks, annexation agreements, planned unit developments (PUD) and additions to manufactured home parks and subdivisions shall meet the requirements of sections 11-1-6 and 11-1-7 of this chapter. Plats or plans for new subdivisions, manufactured home parks and a PUD shall include a signed statement by a registered professional engineer that the plat or plan accounts for changes in the drainage of surface waters in accordance with the plat act, 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes 205/2.

   C.   Proposals for new subdivisions, manufactured home parks, travel trailers, a PUD and additions to manufactured home parks and subdivisions shall include base flood elevation data and floodway delineations. Where this information is not available from an existing study filed with the Illinois state water survey, the applicant shall be responsible for calculating the base flood elevation and the floodway delineation and submitting it to the state water survey for review and approval as best available regulatory data. (1999 Code § 12.16)

   D.   The placement of site runoff storage, detention or retention facilities within floodplain areas is discouraged.

      1.   However, site runoff storage or detention requirements of the village may be fulfilled by providing site runoff storage within flood fringe areas provided that the following provisions are met:

         a.   The placement of a site runoff storage facility in a flood fringe area shall require compensatory storage for 1.1 times the volume below base flood elevation occupied by the site runoff storage facility including any berms. The release from the storage facility shall still be controlled in accordance with this code. The operation of the site runoff storage facility during rainfall events and periods of high stream flow and backwater events shall be considered in the design of the storage facility. The applicant shall submit the necessary hydraulic and hydrologic calculations demonstrating the proper operation of the storage facility for all stream flow and floodplain backwater conditions.

         b.   Excavations for compensatory storage along watercourses shall be opposite or adjacent to the area occupied by detention. All floodplain storage lost below the 10-year floodplain elevation shall be replaced below the 10-year floodplain elevation. All floodplain storage lost above the 10-year floodplain elevation shall be replaced above the 10-year floodplain elevation. All compensatory storage excavations shall be designed and constructed to have positive drainage and drain freely and openly to the watercourse.

      2.   Site runoff storage facilities shall only be placed in the floodway provided the following provisions are met:

         a.   On stream storage facilities are discouraged but allowable if they provide regional public benefits and if they meet the other provisions of this code pertaining to water quality and flood control. If on stream storage facilities are used for watershed greater than one square mile, then the applicant shall use dynamic modeling to demonstrate that the design will not increase the water surface elevation of any properties upstream or downstream of the property.

         b.   Impoundment of the stream as part of on stream storage shall meet the following provisions:

            (1)   The migration of indigenous fish species which require access to upstream areas as a part of their life cycle, such as for spawning, shall not be prevented.

            (2)   The on stream storage facility shall not cause or contribute to the degradation of water quality or stream aquatic habitat.

            (3)   The design shall include gradual bank slopes, appropriate bank stabilization measures, and a sediment control basin placed upstream of the storage facility.

            (4)   The design shall not involve any stream channelization or the filling of wetlands.

            (5)   The design shall include the implementation of an effective nonpoint source management program through the upstream watershed which shall include, at minimum, runoff reduction best management practices in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations and the village environmental policy, as such regulations and policy may be amended from time to time, a permanent sediment control basin for all development sized to hold the volume of a two (2) year, twenty four (24) hour event, and a program to control nonpoint sources at the source for prior development constructed without appropriate storm water best management practices.

            (6)   The storage facility shall not be located downstream of any wastewater discharge.

            (7)   The storage facility shall comply with the provisions of Illinois regulations contained at 17 Illinois administrative code 3702 and 3708. (Ord. 2007-01, 2-13-2007)

   A.   Authority: Whenever the standards of this chapter place an undue hardship on a specific development proposal, the applicant may apply to the village zoning official for a variance. The village zoning official shall review the applicant's request for a variance and shall submit his recommendation to the board of trustees. The board of trustees may attach such conditions to the granting of a variance as it deems necessary to further the intent of this chapter.

   B.   Reasons For Granting Variance Request: No variance shall be granted unless the applicant demonstrates that:

      1.   The development activity cannot be located outside the SFHA.

      2.   An exceptional hardship would result if the variance was not granted.

      3.   The relief requested is the minimum necessary.

      4.   There will be no additional threat to public health or safety or the creation of a nuisance.

      5.   There will be no additional public expense for flood protection, rescue or relief operations, policing or repairs to roads, utilities or other public facilities.

      6.   The provisions of subsection 11-1-5A5 of this chapter are not met.

      7.   The provisions of subsection 11-1-6B of this chapter are not met.

   C.   Effects And Risks Of Approved Variances: The village zoning official shall notify an applicant in writing that a variance from the requirements of section 11-1-7 of this chapter that would lessen the degree of protection to a building will:

      1.   Result in increased premium rates for flood insurance up to amounts that may be as high as twenty five dollars ($25.00) for one hundred dollars ($100.00) of insurance coverage.

      2.   Increase the risks to life and property.

      3.   Require that the applicant proceed with the knowledge of these risks and that the applicant acknowledge in writing the assumption of the risks and liability.

   D.   Historic Landmarks: Variances to the building protection requirements of section 11-1-7 of this chapter requested in connection with the reconstruction, repair or alteration of a site or building included on the National Register of Historic Places or the Illinois Register of Historic Places may be granted using criteria more permissive than the requirements of subsection B of this section. (1999 Code § 12.17)

The degree of flood protection required by this chapter is considered reasonable for regulatory purposes and is based on available information derived from engineering and scientific methods of study. Larger floods may occur or flood heights may be increased by manmade or natural causes. This chapter does not imply that development either inside or outside of the SFHA will be free from flooding or damage. This chapter does not create liability on the part of the village or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damage that results from reliance on this chapter or any administrative decision made lawfully hereunder. Further, nothing contained within this title purports to alter or affect any regulatory programs promulgated by any state or federal agency except to the extent that the village has authority to impose additional or separate regulations, or to enforce existing regulations or regulations to be adopted by such state or federal agencies. Nothing contained within this code shall release any person from obtaining appropriate review, approval or permit(s) from other agencies including, but not limited to, the Illinois department of natural resources. (Ord. 2007-01, 2-13-2007)

Nothing in this chapter shall require changes in the plans, construction or designated use of a building or other development project or portion thereof which has been otherwise lawfully authorized, or the construction of which shall have been actually begun and which entire building or development project shall be completed within one year of the effective date hereof. (1999 Code § 12.12)

   A.   Determination Of Violation; Notice: Failure to obtain a permit for development in the SFHA or failure to comply with the requirements of a permit or conditions of a variance resolution shall be deemed to be a violation of this chapter. Upon due investigation, the village attorney may determine that a violation of the minimum standards of this chapter exists. The village attorney shall notify the owner in writing of such violation. (1999 Code § 12.19; amd. 2005 Code)

   B.   Penalties: If such owner fails, after ten (10) days' notice, to correct the violation:

      1.   The village may make application to the circuit court for an injunction requiring conformance with this chapter or make such other order as the court deems necessary to secure compliance with this chapter. (1999 Code § 12.19)

      2.   Any person who violates this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (1999 Code § 12.19; amd. 2005 Code)

      3.   A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.

   C.   Notice Of Possible Insurance Cancellation: The village attorney shall inform the owner that any such violation is considered a wilful act to increase flood damages and therefore, may cause coverage by a standard flood insurance policy to be suspended.

   D.   Other Actions: Nothing herein shall prevent the village from taking such other lawful action to prevent or remedy any violations. Any costs connected therewith shall accrue to the person or persons responsible. (1999 Code § 12.19)