Fine |
Fine | |
Abandoned, Dilapidated Buildings and Demolition | |
Any structure which has been damaged by fire or other structures that have become rundown, dilapidated, decayed as to endanger the safety of the public, or provide harborage for rodents, insects or other like vermin or pests | $500 |
To own or keep a dwelling unit unfit for human habitation due to lack of repair or unsanitary conditions | $500 |
Failure to comply with a demolition order within the time prescribed, the County Code Administrator shall cause the structure to be demolished and removed within designated time period. Cost of demolition and removal fees shall be charged against the real estate and a lien filed upon the real estate | |
Abandoned, hazardous vehicles | |
To cause a derelict vehicle or other like vehicle of conveyance to remain on any public or private property, except in state licensed salvage yards. An abandoned vehicle as defined as that which is not currently licensed and not in mechanical condition for operation. Exception: members of the United States Armed Forces who are stationed on duty outside of the state and did not have the opportunity to make application or renew the license and registration of the vehicle in a timely manner | $500 for each vehicle |
Animal Pests | |
All diseased animals running at large | $500 |
To store or maintain any kennel, stable, barn, house, coop or other areas where pets are kept in a manner which may harbor insects or dangerous to individuals | $300 |
Animals | |
To cause the carcass of any animal or any offal, filth or noisome substance to be collected or deposited in any place under his or her ownership or control to the prejudice of others | $300 |
To throw or deposit any carcass of an animal or other filth in any watercourse, lake, pond, well or common sewer, street or public highway | $300 |
Health Hazards | |
Any human-made hole, cistern, well or depression on any property which may endanger the safety of the public | $150 |
Any private sewage disposal system that is unsafe, failed or constitutes a health hazard, unsanitary condition, or is otherwise dangerous to human life | $200 |
Illegal Dumping, Junk | |
To illegally dump abandoned furniture, vehicles, appliances, chemicals, used tires, demolition debris, pipes, garbage or the like in pastures, streams, ravines, or along roadsides | $750 |
Junk storage: to store, keep, or maintain outside of building debris, household fixtures and appliances; old iron or metal; used lumber, bricks, blocks or other building salvage materials; parts; and machinery or equipment not in an operable condition, where such matter is an actual danger or detriment to life, safety, health or peaceful enjoyment of the property of surrounding property owners; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to a properly licensed junkyard, land used for agricultural purposes or other permitted outdoor storage use which is in full compliance with all of the county ordinances and state regulations | $750 |
Open Burning | |
No person shall place in any container or dump any material which may be likely to take fire, be set afire or allow the open burning of refuse or any other waste, construction debris, tires, commercial waste, garbage or conduct any salvage operation by open burning. Exceptions: landscape waste, cooking and campfires on private property and public areas where specified, agricultural waste as defined in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 237.120(a)(1) | $500 |
State EPA law and county ordinances prohibit the burning debris of any kind other than yard waste | $1,500 (via IEPA) |
Waters | |
Stagnant water: to permit foul or stagnant water to pond or stand upon any premises that pose a potential breeding place for mosquitoes. Ponds related to farming are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter | $500 |
To corrupt or render unwholesome or impure the water of any spring, river, stream, pond or lake | $500 |
Weeds | |
Any person who may permit, suffer or allow “weeds”, as herein defined in Part 220 of the Illinois Noxious Weed Law, being 505 ILCS 100/ and Ill. Admin. Code Tit. 8, Ch. I, Subch. f, pt. 220, upon private or public property | $250 |
Any person who may permit the growth of grasses 12 in. or more upon private or public property | $150 |
(Ord. passed 12-12-2017; Ord. revised 2-21-2020; Ord. revised 10-15-2021; Ord. revised 8-8-2023)