Rockford, IL Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Any person found to have violated any provision of this article shall be subject to a minimum fine of $50.00 per day, per violation, in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies available to the city. Such other remedies include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:(1)Injunctive relief;(2)Application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a receiver;(3)Demolition;(4)Condemnation;(5)Contracting for the repair or purchase of the premises; or(6)Foreclosure of any lien the city may have thereon.(b)A separate and distinct offense shall be committed each day on which such person or persons shall violate the provisions of this chapter.(c)The city may enforce this article in its administrative adjudication system or through filing an appropriate action in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois.(d)Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the city from immediately condemning as provided for in this code, a building or taking other immediate action upon a determination that the building is a public nuisance or poses an imminent danger to the occupants of the building, or the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. No. 2019-17-O, Att., 1-14-2019)