Bolingbrook, IL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- Intl. Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Ed.
- Vacant dwelling report deadline
- 5 days from vacancy
- Base violation fine
- $75.00 per day, Pm-106.4
- Escalating fine schedule
- $100 to $1,000, Pm-103.5.3
- Enforcing office
- Code enforcement department
Summary
Bolingbrook's property maintenance code lets the code official order occupants out of a building in imminent danger of collapse, placard unsafe structures as not approved for occupancy, and require vacant, blighted structures to be closed up or demolished at the owner's cost.
(11)Pm-109.1 Imminent danger. When, in the opinion of the code official, there is imminent danger of failure or collapse of a building or structure which endangers life, or when any structure or part of a structure has fallen and life is endangered by the occupation of the structure, or when there is actual or potential danger to the building occupants or those in the proximity of any structure because of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors or defective or dangerous equipment, the code official, after receiving approval from a supervisor, the building commissioner and the mayor (or village attorney), is hereby authorized and empowered to order and require the occupants to vacate the premises forthwith.
Full Breakdown
The village adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, at Code of Ordinances section 26-20, with local revisions listed in section 26-21. 1, when the code official believes a building is in imminent danger of failure or collapse and life is endangered, the official, after getting approval from a supervisor, the building commissioner and the mayor or village attorney, can order occupants to vacate immediately and post a notice at each entrance stating the structure is unsafe and occupancy is prohibited. 2 lets the code official post a condemnation placard on a vacant, unfit structure and have it closed up, with the cost charged against the property as a lien if the owner fails to act.
5 makes it unlawful to occupy a placarded structure. 1 requires owners of vacant property to file a vacant dwelling report with the development services department within five days, listing the address, owner, titleholder or mortgage company, a responsible contact, and the reason for vacancy. 3 escalates general article violations from $100 for a first offense up to $1,000 for a fourth or later offense within 12 months.
Violations & Fines
Occupying a placarded structure, failing to file the required vacant dwelling report within five days of vacancy, or ignoring an order to vacate an imminently dangerous building violates chapter 26 article II. The base penalty under Pm-106.4 is $75.00 per day of violation, while the escalating schedule at Pm-103.5.3 runs from $100.00 for a first offense to $1,000.00 for a fourth or subsequent offense within a 12-month period.
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