SECTION 2.1003. FINE AND PENALTY SCHEDULE.

   Except as may otherwise be provided within this Code of Ordinances or by law, any person violation the Village of Mettawa Code of Ordinances shall be fined and/or subject to the penalties as set forth in the following Schedule of Fines and Penalties:

   FINE/PENALTY SCHEDULE

Code Chapter and Article	Section	Fine Amount
Chapter 5: Streets and Parks
Article X. Administration and Enforcement	5.1004 Penalties for Misdemeanor	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
Chapter 7: Offenses and Miscellaneous Regulations
Article III. Dutch Elm Disease	7.305 Penalty	-   Not less than fifteen dollars ($15) for each offense
Article VII. Solicitors and Canvassers	7.711 Penalty	-   Not less than one thousand dollars of ($1,000) nor more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500)
Article X. Fireworks	7.1003 Penalties	-   Not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each and every offense, depending upon the seriousness and frequency of the violations; and any person who violated the provisions of Section 7.1001 of this Article with Class B fireworks shall be fined not less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each and every offense
Article XI. Video Gaming	7.1102 Violations; Penalties	-   Not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each and every offense, depending upon the frequency of the violations;
Article XIII. Unpaid Charges and Assessments and Disclosure of Interests	7.1303 Violation; Penalty	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Article XIII. Unpaid Charges and Assessments and Disclosure of Interests	7.218 Penalty	-   Not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months or be both so fined and imprisoned
Chapter 8: Private Individual Onsite Sewage Disposal Systems
Article XIV. Sanctions	8.1401 Violations; Penalty	-   Not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense
Chapter 9: Building Code
Article XV. Occupancy Certificate; Penalties	9.1505 Penalties and Unlawful Continuance	A.2.   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense B.2.   Not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense
Chapter 10: Signs
Article VII. Enforcement	10.702 Penalty	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Chapter 11: Health and Sanitation; Recapture
Article III. Regulations of the Collection of Solid Waste	11.308 Declaration of Nuisances-Penalty	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than on thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Article VI. Violations	11.601 Penalties	B.   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense C.   Not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each offense
Chapter 12: Animal Regulations
	12.120 Impoundment	-   Shall impose upon the owner a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) that may at the discretion of the animal owner be paid to the Village Clerk within seventy-two (72) hours in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty
	12.124 Violations and Penalties	-   Shall be deemed be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500)
Chapter 15: Zoning Regulations
Article XIV. Enforcement	15.1405 Penalties	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Chapter 16: Subdivision Regulations
Article V. Enforcement	16.506 Penalty
Article VIII. Violations	16.801 Penalty	-   Not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Chapter 17: Telecommunications
Article 1. General	17.108 Penalties	-   Not Less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense
Chapter 18: Alcoholic Beverages
Article V. Revocation and Suspension of Licenses	18.504 Penalties Following Hearing Before the Local Liquor Control Commissioner	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first violation within a twelve month period; fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the second violation within twelve (12) months of the first violation; and twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the third and all subsequent violations within (12) months of the first violation
Article VI. Violations and Penalties	18.601 Penalties and Misdemeanor	C.   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense D.   Not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) and a second or subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500)
Chapter 19: Taxation
Article I. Hotel-Motel Tax	19.106 Penalty	-   One thousand ($1,000) for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues
Article II. Real Estate Transfer Tax	19.207 Interest and Penalties	-   One percent (1%) per month, commencing as the first day following the day when the tax become due. In addition, a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the tax and interest due shall be assess and collected against any person failing to pay the tax imposed upon said person under the terms of this subchapter
	19.209 Penalty Tax Violation	A.   Not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) B.   Not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
Chapter 20: Village Code
Article IV. Violations	20.401 General Penalty; Supervision	-   Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand ($1,000)

 

(Ord. 883, passed 7-18-2023)