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The owner of a building or commercial storefront that is vacant is subject to incarceration for a term not to exceed 6 months if the building or commercial storefront is found by the building official to be vacant and open on three or more days within any 365-day period.
(Amend Coun. J. 6-12-24, p. 13412, Art. II, § 5)
The owner of a building or commercial storefront that is vacant is subject to incarceration for a term of not less than 30 days where an individual suffers a severe injury or death as a result of any condition on the premises of the vacant building or within the vacant commercial storefront that is a violation of the Chicago Construction Codes. For purposes of this provision, “severe injury” means any physical injury that results in loss of soft tissue; a broken bone; hospital admittance; impairment of any bodily function; or disfiguring laceration.
(Amend Coun. J. 6-12-24, p. 13412, Art. II, § 5)
The owner of a building or commercial storefront that is vacant that is not secured as required by Chapter 12 of the Chicago Minimum Requirements for Existing Buildings is subject to incarceration for a term of not less than 30 days where a forcible felony occurs in the vacant building. For purposes of this provision, “forcible felony” has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code of 2012, 720 ILCS 5/2-8.
(Amend Coun. J. 2-19-20, p. 14473, Art. I, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 6-12-24, p. 13412, Art. II, § 5)
Notwithstanding other provisions of the Chicago Construction Codes, whenever, in the opinion of the building official, there is imminent danger to life or property due to an unsafe condition caused by a violation of the Chicago Construction Codes, the building official may order temporary work to be done, including the boarding up of openings, to abate the imminent danger, whether or not the procedures described in the Chicago Construction Codes have been followed, and may cause such other action to be taken as the building official deems necessary to meet such emergency.