Schaumburg, IL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Village Code § 96.05(A)-(C)
- Accumulation limit
- 7 days, automatic violation
- Notice window
- 48 hours to remove after notice
- Enforcement
- Director of community development
- Cost recovery
- Lien filed with Cook County Recorder
- Penalty
- $100-$50,000 per day (§10.99)
Summary
Letting trash pile up long enough to draw rats or vermin is a code violation in Schaumburg. Section 96.05 makes any refuse accumulation over seven days an automatic violation, and once community development staff spot vermin-attracting trash, the property owner gets forty-eight hours to clear it before the Village steps in.
(A)It shall be unlawful for any person to burn refuse, other than in incinerators approved by the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois; or to bury refuse within the corporate limits of the village; or to permit refuse to accumulate in any manner so as to create a nuisance or to attract flies, vermin or rats. Any refuse accumulated for more than seven (7) days shall be considered a violation of this chapter, notwithstanding any other provision herein contained.(B)...Whenever the director or other duly authorized employee of the village observes that refuse is attracting flies, vermin or rats and/or such refuse has accumulated for more than seven (7) days, they shall serve written notice upon the owner or occupant of any such premises whereon such refuse is located. Such notice shall inform such person of the violation and shall order removal of said refuse within forty-eight (48) hours from the time notice is so served.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
05 of the Garbage and Refuse chapter is Schaumburg's core rodent and vector control tool for private property. It bans burning refuse outside an Illinois EPA-approved incinerator, bans burying refuse anywhere in the village, and separately bans letting refuse pile up in a way that creates a nuisance or attracts flies, vermin or rats. The Code does not leave accumulation to interpretation: any refuse sitting on a property for more than seven days is automatically a violation, whether or not an inspector has actually documented rodent activity.
05(B)(1) requires written notice to the owner or occupant giving forty-eight hours to remove it. If the owner or occupant misses that forty-eight-hour deadline, the Village can remove the refuse itself and bill the property owner for the cost. 05(B)(3) lets the director file a lien against the property within sixty days, recorded with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, covering the legal description of the property, the cost of the removal, and the date the expense was incurred. 05(C) preserves the Village's separate right to file a complaint in court for the same violation instead of, or in addition to, the notice-and-lien process.
Violations & Fines
A refuse accumulation that sits more than seven days, or that attracts flies, vermin or rats sooner, is a violation of Section 96.05 punishable under the Village's general penalty, Section 10.99, up to $50,000 per day. Ignoring the forty-eight-hour removal notice adds a second consequence: the Village removes the refuse itself and can file a lien against the property for the cost within sixty days.
Frequently Asked Questions
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