Naperville, IL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2024 IPMC
- Enforcer
- City Manager or designee
- Fine
- $50-$500 per day
- Post-demolition restoration
- Within 30 days
- Supersedes
- Former dangerous buildings chapter
Summary
Naperville enforces the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code against substandard and dangerous structures, letting the City Manager order repairs or demolition and fining violators up to $500 a day.
For purposes of supplementing the provisions and regulations contained in this Title, the City hereby adopts by reference the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code (hereafter referred to as the IPMC), as amended by the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes specified in this Article, as the Property Maintenance Code for the City, for the purpose of adopting minimum standards to regulate residential and nonresidential structures, buildings, and premises within the City.2.One (1) copy of the 2024 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code shall be maintained on file for public inspection in the office of the Department of Transportation, Engineering, and Development Business Group. (Ord. No. 02-31, 2-19-2002, eff. 4-8-2002; Ord. No. 06-301, 12-19-2006, eff. 1-1-2007; Ord. No. 08-056, 3-18-2008; Ord. No. 12-159, § 1(Exh. A), 12-18-2012; Ord. No. 18-141, § 2, 12-4-2018; Ord. No. 26-010, § 2, 2-17-2026)
5-1H-2: - APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS OR REGULATIONS: 1.The adoption of these regulations shall not be construed as preventing the enforcement of, or as repealing the provisions of any ordinance, regulation, standard or code adopted by the City which is more restrictive than the provisions of this Article.2.In the event any provisions of this Article conflict with any applicable ordinance, regulation, standard or code adopted by the City, the more restrictive shall be applicable. (Ord. No. 99-83, 6-1-1999)
5-1H-3: - AMENDMENTS:
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 101).
Full Breakdown
Naperville's property maintenance article adopts the 2024 IPMC by reference to set minimum standards for residential and nonresidential structures, buildings, and premises citywide, superseding the former Chapter 3 dangerous buildings ordinance. The City Manager or a designee enforces the code, can order corrective work, and after any authorized demolition requires the owner to clear debris, restore the grade, and spread at least four inches of topsoil with grass seed or sod within 30 days. Violators face a fine of $50 to $500, with each day of continued noncompliance a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Fines of $50 to $500 per day a violation continues after notice; the City Manager can also order repair, demolition, or post-demolition site restoration and pursue the standard code-enforcement appeal process.
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