Section
General Provisions
153.01 Operation of equipment; machinery
153.02 Housing maintenance; occupancy
153.03 Land Use Plan
153.04 Required approval of a foundation survey
153.05 Anti-monotony controls
Building Code; Fire Protection District
153.20 Adoption of nationally recognized codes
153.21 Establishment and duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention and Enforcement
153.22 Definitions
153.23 Amendments to the BOCA National Building Code
153.24 Dangerous conditions
Uniform Building Code
153.35 Incorporation
153.36 Rules of construction
153.37 Definitions
153.38 Short title
153.39 Adoption of codes
153.40 Street numbers
153.41 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Building Code
153.42 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Residential Code
153.43 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Mechanical Code
153.44 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Fuel Gas Code
153.45 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the National Electrical Code
153.46 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the Illinois Plumbing Code
153.47 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Property Maintenance Code
153.48 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Fire Code
153.49 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the Illinois Accessibility Code
153.50 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the Urban-Wildland Interface Code
153.51 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
153.52 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Existing Building Code
153.53 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Energy Conservation Code
153.54 Additions, insertions, deletions and changes to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
153.55 Building construction hours of operation
153.56 Architectural plans required for single-family residential construction, additions and rebuilding
Board of Appeals for Code Enforcement
153.75 Board established
153.76 Membership
153.77 Powers of the Board
153.78 Rules of governance
153.79 Appeal procedure
153.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) Purpose of section. The purpose of this section is to protect public and private property and to provide for public and private safety from negligent, accidental or other causes of damage or injury as a result of equipment or machinery being operated within the corporate limits of the village.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING. Any structure designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons, animals or other property.
ERECTED. Set up, raised, built or moved into place upon a foundation.
LOT. A parcel of land occupied or suitable for occupancy by one main building or use, with its incidental buildings, including open spaces as may be required in connection with the buildings.
MACHINERY. Any type of contrivance, controlled either physically or by remote control, used to produce, increase, decrease or regulate the power of motors or engines so as to perform work.
MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY LINES. Municipal boundary lines shall be those lines which shall have been determined upon adoption by due process of law, and made a matter of record in the offices of the County Recorder.
OPERATE. The act, causing machinery or equipment to perform a function.
STRUCTURE. Anything erected, the use of which requires more or less permanent location on or in the ground.
USE OF CERTAIN WORDS. Words used in the present tense include the future. Words in the singular number include the plural number. The word SHALL is mandatory and not directory.
(C) General provisions.
(1) Things regulated. Things regulated: machinery or equipment operated within the corporate limits of the village in any manner so as to perform work in constructing, destructing, relocating, enlarging, altering or repairing any structure, lot, street or any real or personal property.
(2) Financial responsibility.
(a) The owner or operator of any machinery or equipment used within the corporate limits of the village shall show proof of financial responsibility as deemed necessary by the Village Mayor and Board of Trustees.
(b) This responsibility shall be shown either by deposit of a bond or other insurances showing financial responsibility in an amount sufficient to assure the village or its property owners against any claim for damages of any kind.
(3) Machinery or equipment condition. Machinery or equipment shall be in good repair and all safety equipment shall be operative and in place. When left unattended, all machinery or equipment shall be locked in a manner so as to prevent its operation.
(4) Fees. A fee, set and approved by the Village Board of Trustees, shall be charged by the village and the amount of the fee will be commensurate with the cost of work being done. Fees shall be set in the following manner:
Permits for 30 Calendar Days
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$2,000 or less | $5 |
$2,001 to $10,000 | $7.50 |
$10,001 and up | $12.50 |
Permits for One Calendar Year
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$2,000 or less | $10 |
$2,001 to $10,000 | $15 |
$10,001 to $50,000 | $25 |
$50,001 to $150,000 | $50 |
$150,001 and up | $100 |
(a) A permit may be issued to a firm, corporation, company or individual and is not transferrable; and
(b) The yearly permit will be issued and valid from April 1 and expires at midnight on March 31 of the following year unless withdrawn according to this section.
(D) Enforcement and penalties.
(1) This section shall be administered and enforced by the Village Zoning Enforcing Officer appointed by the Village Board. To that end, he or she shall have power to make such orders, requirements, decisions and determinations as are necessary with respect to applications for permits and the enforcement of this section.
(2) Any person, firm, company, corporation or any agent, employees or contractors of such, who violate, disobey, omit, neglect or refuse to comply with or resist enforcement of any of the provisions of this section, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $200 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months or both at the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(3) In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this section, the proper authorities in the village or any person the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by the violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding in equity:
(a) To prevent the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use;
(b) To restrain, correct or abate the violation;
(c) To prevent the occupancy of the building, structure or land; or
(d) To prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about the premises.
(E) Short title. This section may be referred to as the “Village Licensing Ordinance”.
(Ord. 736, passed 9-2-2003) Penalty, see § 153.99
(A) Purpose. The purpose of the section is to protect, preserve and promote the physical and mental health and social well-being of the people, to prevent and control incidence of diseases, to regulate privately- and publicly-owned dwellings for the purpose of maintaining adequate sanitation and public health, and to protect the safety of the people which shall be applicable to all dwellings now in existence or hereafter constructed.
(B) Responsibilities of owners and occupants.
(1) No owner or other person shall occupy or let to another person any dwelling or dwelling unit unless it and the premises are clean, sanitary, fit for human occupancy and comply with all provisions of this section.
(2) Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.
(3) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition that part or those parts of the dwelling unit and premises thereof that he or she occupies and controls.
(4) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and dispose of all his or her rubbish in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.
(5) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and dispose of all his or her garbage and any other organic waste which might provide food for insects and/or rats in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.
(6) Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, and/or rats, on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination whenever his or her dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding, the foregoing provisions of this division, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a ratproof or reasonable insect-proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(7) No occupancy of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall accumulate rubbish, boxes, lumber, scrap metal or any other material in such a manner that may provide a rat harborage in or about any dwelling or dwelling unit.
(8) No owner or occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store, place or allow to accumulate any materials that may serve as food for rats in a site accessible to rats.
(C) Inspections, powers and duties.
(1) The Village Board of Trustees shall enforce the provisions of this section and to make inspections and investigate complaints of alleged violations of the provisions of this ordinance of applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto; or when the Village Board has valid reason to believe that a violation of this section or any rules and regulations pursuant thereto has been or is being committed.
(2) Any person who refuses to allow inspection or fails to comply with any provision of this section shall be deemed to be in direct violation of this section and subject to the penalties herein provided.
(D) Notice of violation.
(1) Whenever the Village Board determines that any dwelling, dwelling unit or the premises surrounding any of these, fails to meet the requirements set forth in this section or in applicable rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, he or she shall issue a notice setting forth the alleged failures, and advising the owner, occupant, operator or agent that the failures must be corrected.
(2) This notice shall:
(a) Be in writing;
(b) Set forth the alleged violation of this section or of applicable rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto; and
(c) Provide a reasonable time for the correction of any violation alleged (which is ten days).
(3) At the end of the period of time allowed for the correction of any violation alleged, the Village Board shall reinspect the dwelling and or premises described in the notice.
(4) If, upon reinspection, the violations alleged are determined by the Village Board not to have been corrected, the Village Board will take action against the owner, occupant, operator or agent of the dwelling, dwelling unit or the premises.
(Ord. 400, passed 9-2-1986) Penalty, see § 153.99
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