Bolingbrook, IL Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- Public works and engineering director
- Base obstruction fine
- $50 to $500
- Parkway-restoration fine
- $15 to $500 per day
- Governs
- Streets, sidewalks, parkways
Summary
It is unlawful in Bolingbrook to obstruct any street, sidewalk or public way without either specific authorization in Chapter 44 or a permit from the public works and engineering director under Code § 44-1. Damaging the parkway outside a permitted project, or leaving it unrestored, brings its own separate fine.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, create or maintain any obstruction of any street, roadway, sidewalk or other public way, except as may be specifically authorized by this chapter or allowed under permit issued by the public works and engineering director. ... It is unlawful for any person to injure, disturb or damage any parkway, unless the same shall occur under any permit issued pursuant to the ordinances of the village. Where such injury, disturbance or damage occurs pursuant or incidental to work carried on under such a permit, immediately upon the completion of such work, the parkway shall be restored to its original condition. In the event of failure to make such restoration, in addition to all other conditions and consequences provided elsewhere in this Code, the person responsible for such restoration by the terms of the respective permit shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $15.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and each day that such parkway shall remain in disrepair after the completion of the work shall be considered a separate offense.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 44's general obstruction rule, Sec. 44-1, makes it unlawful for any person to cause, create or maintain any obstruction of a street, roadway, sidewalk or other public way, except as specifically authorized by the chapter or allowed under a permit issued by the public works and engineering director. That permit requirement extends to specific private uses of the right-of-way spelled out elsewhere in the article: Sec. 44-4 bars injuring, disturbing or damaging any parkway unless it occurs under a permit issued pursuant to village ordinances, and requires the permit holder to restore the parkway to its original condition immediately after the permitted work is finished.
00 per offense, with each day the parkway remains in disrepair after work is done counted as a new offense (Sec. 44-4). Related right-of-way permits appear throughout the same article: Sec. 44-5 bars laying or burying water, gas or sewer pipe in any street or public place without a permit first issued, and Sec. 44-6 bars erecting or maintaining poles and wires over or under a street or public place without one. Larger utility construction projects in the right-of-way, such as new gas, electric or telecommunications lines, go through the separate, more detailed permitting scheme in Article XIV, Sec. 10-343, administered by the public works director.
Violations & Fines
Anyone who obstructs a street, sidewalk or public way without authorization or a permit, or who damages a parkway without restoring it, is subject on conviction to a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 for each violation under Sec. 44-7, and unrestored parkway damage adds a separate $15 to $500 per-day penalty under Sec. 44-4.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I place anything on the sidewalk or parkway in front of my Bolingbrook house?
What if my contractor damages the parkway while working under a permit?
Who issues right-of-way permits in Bolingbrook, the police or public works?
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