13-12-040 Violation of chapters enumerated in Section 13-12-010 – Penalty.

   Any violation of, or resistance to or interference with the enforcement of Section 13-12-010 or the Building Code as defined in Section 1-4-090(h), to which no other penalty provision is applicable shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00, and each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Prior code § 39-3; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-94, p. 59125; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)

13-12-050 Construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing without permit – Penalty.

   A.   It shall be unlawful for any person to:

      (i)   construct, alter, install, repair or raze any building, structure, premises or part thereof without having obtained any permit required by this Code; or

      (ii)   construct, alter, install, repair or raze any building, structure, premises or part thereof in a manner which is contrary to the drawings or plans which the appropriate department or city agencies approved when issuing any permit required by this Code; or

      (iii)   maintain or operate any building, structure, premises, mechanical installation, equipment or part thereof without any permit or certificate required by this Code.

   Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished, as follows:

      (1)   incarceration for a term not less than three days, nor more than six months, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended; and/or

      (2)   community service of not less than ten hours, nor more than 100 hours; and

      (3)   a fine in accordance with Section 13-12-040 for the first offense; and a fine of not less than $1,000.00, nor more than $3,000.00 for the second offense; and a fine of not less than $3,000.00, nor more than $5,000.00 for the third and each subsequent offense.

   A separate and distinct offense shall be committed for each permit which is required but has not been obtained, and each day that the violation continues.

   The above penalties shall be in addition to any fees imposed pursuant to Section 13-32-035.

   B.   It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to post any permit as required by Section 13-32-010 of this Code. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined in accordance with Section 13-12-040 for each day that work proceeds without the permit having been posted.

(Prior code § 39-4; Amend Coun. J. 7-31-90, p. 19353; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66565; Amend Coun. J. 8-30-00, p. 39652, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)

13-12-060 Architects, engineers, contractors, etc. – Failure to conform with code provisions – Penalty.

   (a)   Any architect, structural engineer, contractor or builder, individual or corporate, who has designed, constructed, repaired, altered, removed or demolished any building or any part or equipment thereof in violation of or in a manner which fails to conform with the provisions of this Code enumerated in Section 13-12-010 or the Building Code as defined in Section 1-4-090(h) shall each be fined in accordance with Section 13-12-040 for each and every violation of any of the said provisions existing in such design, construction, repair, alteration, removal or demolition.

   (b)   Any architect, structural engineer, expediter company or expediter who has submitted plans, drawings or calculations for the design, construction, repair, rehabilitation, addition, alteration or demolition of any building or any part or equipment thereof in violation of or in a manner which fails to conform with Section 13-12-010 or other provisions of this Code may have their ability to submit new applications or complete pending applications for a building permit or other permit issued by the department of buildings suspended for cause pursuant to section 13-32-045 of this Code.

   (c)   Any contractor or trade person who has constructed, repaired, altered, removed or demolished any building or any part or equipment thereof in violation of or in a manner which fails to conform to Section 13-12-010 or other provisions of this Code may have their ability to submit new applications or complete pending applications for a building permit or other permit issued by the department of buildings suspended for cause pursuant to section 13-8-130 of this Code.

(Prior code § 39-5; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 19; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)

13-12-070 Failure of property conformance with code – Request for injunction.

   If the appropriate official charged with the administration of any of the provisions of the code enumerated in Section 13-12-010 shall determine, upon due investigation, that any building or structure in the city fails to conform to the minimum standards of health and safety as set forth in the said provisions of this Code, and the owner or owners of such building or structure shall fail, after due notice, to cause such property to conform with said provisions of this Code, said official may, in addition to any other remedies, penalties or means of enforcement request the department of law to make application on behalf of the city to any court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction requiring compliance with said provisions of this Code or for such other order as the court may deem necessary or appropriate to secure such compliance. The department of law may then institute such proceedings on behalf of the city, as provided by law.

(Prior code § 39-6)

13-12-080 Failure to acquire permits for construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing – Stop work order.

   (A)   Any city official charged with responsibility for administering this Code shall without delay issue a stop work order directing that the following prohibited activities cease and desist immediately:

      (i)   Any construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing of any building, structure, premises, or part thereof which is being done or has been done without any permit required by this Code; or

      (ii)   Any construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing of any building, structure, premises or part thereof which is being done or has been done contrary to the drawings or plans which the appropriate department or agencies of the city approved when issuing any permit; or

      (iii)   Any maintenance or operation of any building, structure, premises, mechanical installation, equipment or part thereof which is being done without any permit or certificate required by this Code; or

      (iv)   Any construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing of any building, structure, premises or part thereof which is being done or has been done by workers lacking a license required under this Code for such work or which is being done or has been done by workers required by the Code to be listed on the building permit application who were not listed.

   No stop work order may be issued to prohibit any construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing of any building, structure, premises or part thereof that is performed pursuant to a valid permit issued by the building commissioner for any reason not specified in this section, unless such order is necessary to prevent an imminent threat to the safety of the public.

   Any city official who has reason to believe that (1) any construction, alteration, installation, repair or razing of a building, structure, premises or part thereof is being done or has been done in violation of a stop work order, or that (2) any building, structure, premises, mechanical installation, equipment or part thereof is being maintained or operated in violation of a stop work order shall immediately request the corporation counsel to seek without delay any remedy provided by the law.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly violate a stop work order, or to knowingly cause, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or direct another person to violate a stop work order, or to knowingly in any manner be a party to a violation of a stop work order.

   Any person who violates this subsection upon conviction shall be punished, as follows:

      (i)   incarceration for a term not less than three days, nor more than six months, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended; and

      (ii)   community service of not less than ten hours, nor more than 100 hours; and

      (iii)   a fine in accordance with Section 13-12-040 for the first offense; and a fine of not less than $1,000.00, nor more than $6,000.00 for the second offense; and a fine of not less than $6,000.00, nor more than $10,000.00 for the third and each subsequent offense.

   A separate and distinct offense shall be committed for each stop work order which is violated, and each day that a violation continues.

   (C)   It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly destroy, deface, remove, damage, impair, mar, cover or obstruct any stop work order which a city official has posted or affixed at a work site.

   Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished, as follows:

      (i)   incarceration for a term not less than three days, nor more than six months, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended; and

      (ii)   community service of not less than ten hours, nor more than 100 hours; and

      (iii)   a fine in accordance with Section 13-12-040.

(Prior code § 39-7; Amend Coun. J. 8-30-00, p. 39652, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-5-01, p. 66630, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.7; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 39840, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)

13-12-090 Remedies cumulative.

   The provisions of this Code for any penalty, legal remedy, or method of enforcement shall not have the effect of limiting or impairing the scope, operation or effectiveness of each or any other penalty, legal remedy, or method of enforcement available under law for the prevention, restriction, correction or abatement of, penalty for, or recovery of costs related to violations of the provisions of this Code enumerated in section 13-12-010.

(Prior code § 39-8; Amend Coun. J. 7-21-04, p. 28443, § 4)

13-12-100 Official right of entry – Interference unlawful.

   The appropriate officials charged with the administration of any of the provisions of this Code enumerated in Section 13-12-010, or any of them and their respective assistants, shall have the right to enter any building, or premises, and any and all parts thereof, at any reasonable time, and at any time when occupied by the public in order to examine such buildings or premises to judge of the condition of the same and to discharge their respective duties, and it shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with them in the performance of their duties.

(Prior code § 39-9)

13-12-110 Violation or noncompliance by a business – License revocation.

   Upon a report to the mayor by the building commissioner, president of the board of health, the fire commissioner or the superintendent of police, or any other appropriate official that any business for which a license is required by any provision of this Code is being conducted on premises wherein any requirement of the provisions of this Code enumerated in Section 13-12-010, or any proper order given by any such official in regard thereto, has been violated, or not complied with, the mayor may revoke the license of any such business and cause such business to be closed.

(Prior code § 39-10; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604)

13-12-120 Code violations – Closure of buildings or premises.

   (a)   The building commissioner, the president of the board of health, the fire commissioner, and the superintendent of police, or any one of them, and their respective designees, shall have the power, and it shall be their joint and several duty, to order any building or premises closed, or any structure or equipment thereof removed or its operation stopped, where it is discovered that there is any violation of any of the provisions of this Code enumerated in Section 13-12-010 which imperils life, safety or health, and to keep same closed, removed, or shut down until such provisions are complied with.

   The official who orders a building or portion thereof closed, removed or shut down shall cause a notice no less than 17 inches by 22 inches at each entrance thereto. The notice shall state substantially as follows:

   This building has been ordered closed by the City of Chicago due to code violations that threaten life, health or safety. Entry is forbidden except for necessary repairs and government inspection.

   The notice shall be dated, and shall bear the city seal. If only a portion of the building has been ordered closed, removed or shut down, the notice shall be modified to identify the affected portion, and shall also be affixed at each interior entrance to that portion. Any person who enters a building, structure or portion thereof in violation of a notice posted under this section shall be fined in accordance with Section 13-12-040. Any owner, manager, tenant or person in control of the premises who permits any person to enter in violation of a notice posted under this section shall be fined in accordance with Section 13-12-040 for each time a person is permitted to enter illegally.

   (b)   It is unlawful for any person to remove, cover or obliterate, any notice or notices lawfully posted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, without the written permission of the head of the department or agency responsible for posting the notice. Any person who removes, covers, obliterates, or defaces any sign posted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section without the necessary written permission shall be fined in accordance with Section 13-12-040.

(Prior code § 39-11; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 8498, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-11, p. 7537, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61858, Art. VIII, § 9)