Kendall County, IL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Kendall County Code § 8-64 adopts the International Property Maintenance Code as the county's tool against substandard and blighted buildings in the unincorporated area, but rewrites several of the model code's core mechanics. Sec. 101's 'Title' becomes 'Kendall County,' Sec. 3 swaps the International Plumbing Code reference for the State of Illinois Plumbing Code, and Sec. 1 names Kendall County as the enforcing agency. The appeal path under Sec. 106 runs to the County Planning, Building and Zoning (PBZ) Committee rather than to a hearing officer: an aggrieved party has twenty days from the action to file a notice of appeal with the Code Official and the PBZ Committee, which convenes a subcommittee of two qualified construction-experienced members plus one PBZ member, can reverse, affirm or modify the Code Official's decision by majority vote, and must reduce every decision to writing filed with the Clerk of the County Board.

Sec. 107's violations clause, rewritten by the county, makes any failure to comply with the Property Maintenance Code an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of $50 to $1,000, with each day of a continuing violation a separate offense, and continuing work after a stop-work order carrying the same exposure; the State's Attorney can pursue other lawful remedies as well. 8 Motor Vehicles, 308 Rubbish and Garbage, 309 Pest Elimination, 310 Accessibility and 311 Storm Shelters, narrowing what a property-maintenance inspection in unincorporated Kendall County actually covers.