Peoria, IL Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)
Key Facts
- Lead threshold
- 0.5% by weight or 0.7 mg/cm2
- Ban on lead paint use
- effective June 18, 1974
- Owner repair deadline
- 10 days from notice, extendable 30 days
- Minimum fine
- $50.00
- Maximum jail term
- 6 months
Summary
Peoria's health officer can inspect any dwelling for lead-bearing paint and order removal or covering of hazardous surfaces under Chapter 15, Article II of the City Code. Owners get ten days to make repairs once notified, and violators face a fine of at least $50.00 or up to six months in jail.
The health officer may, upon his own motion, inspect surfaces of dwellings or dwelling units for the purpose of determining the presence of lead-bearing substances. ... In those cases, where analysis reveals the presence of lead or its compounds in a quantity greater than the criteria for lead-bearing substances set forth in section 15-31, or in a quantity sufficient to be a hazard to the health and safety of the occupants of the dwelling or dwelling unit, the health officer shall notify the owner of such conditions and may order the elimination of the hazard. ... The owner shall be required to make the necessary repairs to eliminate the lead hazard within ten days from the date of mailing of the notice by the health officer. ... any owner, landlord, occupant, or other person who shall violate any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than as provided in section 1-5 of this Code, or be confined in jail not exceeding six months.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 119).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 15, Article II of the Peoria City Code, Sections 15-31 through 15-41, sets up a local lead paint control program layered on top of the state Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. 7 milligrams per square centimeter. Section 15-32 has banned selling, using or applying lead-bearing or toxic heavy metal coatings on any dwelling surface since June 18, 1974. Under Section 15-34, the health officer may inspect a dwelling's surfaces on the officer's own motion, and where flaking, peeling or chipped paint is found, the officer can take and analyze samples or use an in-situ analyzer approved by the board of health.
If analysis shows lead above the Section 15-31 threshold or a level hazardous to occupants, the health officer notifies the owner and may order the hazard eliminated; where a child has an undue lead absorption, the officer must order the owner to remove the lead materials or cover the surface with an acceptable, securely attached covering. Section 15-35 gives the owner ten days from the mailing of that notice to complete the necessary repairs, though the health officer may extend that by up to 30 days if the owner shows good faith and has made temporary repairs.
If the owner still fails to act, Section 15-36 lets the health officer do the work and bill the owner, with the corporation counsel authorized to sue for the cost. Section 15-37 lets a tenant escrow rent with the health officer until the hazard is fixed, and Section 15-39 bars an owner from evicting a tenant to dodge a corrective order.
Violations & Fines
Section 15-41 sets the penalty for violating any provision of the lead paint article at a fine of not less than $50.00, up to the maximum set in Section 1-5 of the Code, confinement in jail for up to six months, or both. Section 15-34(g) separately makes it a violation to refuse, impede or obstruct a health officer's inspection under this article.
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