A. For any person accused of violating any provision of this code where such code violation is also specified and shown in the schedule set forth in subsection B of this section, such person so accused may settle and compromise the violation claim by paying to the Village the applicable amount as shown in the schedule set forth in subsection B of this section within seven (7) calendar days of the date of notice of the Code violation alleged. Such payment may be made at the Village Hall and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall promptly be turned over to the Director of Finance. Should such person so accused fail to settle and compromise the violation claim within said seven (7) calendar day period as herein provided, the person so accused may settle and compromise the violation claim within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of notice of the Code violation alleged by paying to the Village a sum equal to two (2) times the applicable amount as shown in the schedule set forth in subsection B of this section for each such violation, all in the manner as provided herein. Any Code violation not settled and compromised pursuant to this subsection may proceed to hearing as authorized by law.
B. Settlement pursuant to subsection A of this section of the following specified Code violation claims shall be by payment of the appropriate settlement fee as provided in the following schedule (which includes the sections or subsections of the Code where regulations are set forth): (Ord. 4-2006, 2-21-2006)
Violations | Section Of The Code | Fees
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Violations | Section Of The Code | Fees
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Violations with respect to prohibiting and restricting the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle in any designated area: | ||
1. Exterior storing of abandoned or nonoperating vehicles | $ 25.00 | |
2. Stopping, standing or parking alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such parking would be obstructing traffic | 25.00 | |
3. Stopping, standing or parking at any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking | 25.00 | |
4. Parking outside of pavement markings, where present | 5-2-12D3 | 25.00 |
5. Standing or parking in front of a public or private driveway | 25.00 | |
6. Standing or parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant | 25.00 | |
7. Parking within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance when properly signposted | 25.00 | |
8. Parking on the streets during snow removal | 50.00 | |
9. Parking on the streets during street cleaning | 25.00 | |
10. Failure to purchase a vehicle license | 50.00 | |
11. Failure to display a vehicle license | 50.00 | |
12. Displaying vehicles "For Sale" | 25.00 | |
13. Parking for washing, greasing or repairing vehicles, except emergency repairs | 25.00 | |
14. Unlawfully parking or standing in loading zones | 25.00 | |
15. Parking on Village streets between the hours of 2:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. | 25.00 | |
16. Unlawfully stopping, standing or parking in an alley | 25.00 | |
17. Parking in, upon or along any designated fire lane | 7-2-3 | 25.00 |
18. Unauthorized use of parking places reserved for persons with disabilities | 350.00 | |
19. Standing or parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection | 50.00 | |
20. Unlawful parking of semitrailers | 250.00 | |
21. Prohibited parking or storage of a recreational vehicle | 10-11-7C | 25.00 |
22. Unlawful parking of a truck in any Business District except when engaged in active loading/unloading operations | 25.00 | |
23. Unlawful off street parking of a vehicle on other than a driveway, parking pad or other approved off street parking area | 10-11-7 | 25.00 |
24. Unlawful storage or parking of a vehicle in a residential district | 10-11-7 | 25.00 |
25. Parking on a sidewalk | 25.00 | |
26. Parking within an intersection | 25.00 | |
27. Parking on a crosswalk | 25.00 | |
28. Parking within 30 feet upon the approach to flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway | 25.00 | |
29. Parking on the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge or curb of a street | 25.00 | |
30. Parking upon a bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel | 25.00 | |
31. Parking in a loading zone, bus stand or taxicab stand, or on a narrow street | 25.00 | |
32. Parking by "backing in" (parking must be "head in") as pertaining to the Bretman parking lot and Marion Court area | 25.00 | |
33. Making repairs, oil changes, or other maintenance as pertaining to the Bretman parking lot and Marion Court area | 25.00 | |
Violations with respect to regulation of garbage and yard waste: | ||
1. Dumping any garbage or yard waste material of any kind in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway, park or other public or private place in the village | 50.00 | |
2. Placing of landscape waste containers, garbage containers, recyclable containers and bulk items sooner than 12 hours prior to scheduled collection | 25.00 | |
3. Unauthorized dumping of refuse | 50.00 | |
Violations with respect to public sidewalks, public streets and public ways: | ||
1. Failure to remove rubbish or excavated material on public sidewalks or streets | 50.00 | |
2. Unlawful deposit of snow within the public right of way | 100.00 | |
3. Unlawful deposit of debris | 25.00 | |
4. Unlawful discharge of wastewater | 25.00 | |
Violations with respect to construction of buildings and accessory structures: | ||
1. Failure to purchase building permit | $100.00 plus 2 times cost of permit | |
Violations with respect to water usage: | ||
1. Unlawful sprinkling or other unlawful use of water | $ 25.00 | |
2. Unlawful use of fire hydrant | 500.00 | |
Violations with respect to zoning: | ||
1. Failure to purchase sign permit | 10-18-13 | $100.00 plus 2 times cost of permit |
2. No business license | $ 75.00 | |
3. Prohibited signs | 10-18-5 | 25.00 |
4. Temporary signs | 10-18-6A | 25.00 |
5. Violation of general provisions relating to signs with respect to signs located on property zoned for residential use | 10-18-9 | 25.00 |
6. Unlawful outdoor storage | 100.00 | |
7. Conducting prohibited home occupations | 50.00 | |
8. Failure to comply with home occupation standards | 50.00 | |
Violations with respect to possession and/or purchase of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or electronic cigarettes by a person less than 21 years of age: | ||
1. Sale or delivery to persons under 21 years of age | 100.00 | |
2. Possession by persons under 21 years of age | 75.00 | |
Violations with respect to disorderly conduct and loitering: | ||
1. Disorderly conduct | 75.00 | |
2. Loitering | 75.00 | |
3. Littering in public place | 75.00 | |
Violations with respect to property maintenance: | ||
1. Failure of owners of land within the Village to maintain property free of nuisance greenery | 50.00 | |
2. Obstructing, dumping or polluting watercourses and water supplies | 50.00 | |
3. Failure of owner or occupant to have placed upon every house, building or structure, so as to be clearly visible from the street, figures showing the number of the house, building or structure | 9-4-1; PM 304.3 | 25.00 |
4. Failure to maintain sanitary drainage system | 50.00 | |
5. Violation of the rules and regulations of the Illinois Pollution Control Board | 500.00 | |
6. Failure to maintain heating requirements | 9-4-1; PM 602.3 | 25.00 |
7. Creating or permitting a public nuisance | 9-4-1; PM 302.1 | 50.00 |
8. Permitting an insect infestation | 9-4-1; PM 307.1 | 50.00 |
9. Overcrowding | 9-4-1; PM 405.5 | 50.00 |
10. Failure to maintain safe means of egress | 9-4-1; PM 702.1 | 50.00 |
11. Failure to maintain exit signs | 9-4-1; PM 702.5 | 25.00 |
12. Improperly locked doors | 9-4-1; PM 702.11 | 25.00 |
13. Failure to maintain fire suppression system | 9-4-1; PM 705.2 | 100.00 |
14. Failure to maintain fire extinguishers | 9-4-1; PM 705.4 | 100.00 |
15. Failure to maintain or tampering with smoke detectors | 9-4-1; PM 705.5 | $25.00 per detector |
16. Failure to maintain fire alarm system | 9-4-1; PM 705.6 | $100.00 |
17. Improperly stored hazardous material | 9-4-1; PM 703.2 | 100.00 |
C. The department supervisor of any police officer, Code Enforcement Officer, or other individual authorized to issue Code violations pursuant to this Code shall have the authority to dismiss without prejudice any notice of Code violation issued pursuant to this Code at any time prior to any hearing date on such Code violation. (Ord. 4-2006, 2-21-2006; amd. Ord. 48-2007, 10-9-2007; Ord. 82-2010, 10-26-2010; Ord. 34-2019, 5-28-2019; Ord. 1-2020, 1-28-2020)