Building Code Violation Notice Posting Act (50 ILCS 810/)

Chapter 50 — Local Government

Local Regulation

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Building Code Violation Notice Posting Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meaning in this Act:

"Municipality" means any city, village or incorporated town which has enacted a building code.

"County" means any county which has enacted a building code.

"Building code" means any municipal or county ordinance or resolution regulating the construction and maintenance of all structures within the municipality or county.

"Building code department" means the agency or officer of the municipality or county charged with administration of the building code.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2414.)

Sec. 2.

When the building code department of a municipality or county determines a building code violation exists it shall cause a notice of such violation to be posted in a conspicuous place near the main entrance of such building. The notice shall be at least 9 inches in height and 14 inches in width and at the top thereof in large letters shall state "Notice of Violation". The text of the notice shall contain a reference to the provision of the building code violated and may contain such other information respecting the nature of the violation as the building code department deems advisable.

Upon removal of the cause of the violation for which the notice is posted, the building code department shall forthwith remove the notice. Any other person removing any such notice or defacing such notice is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not to exceed $100.

(Source: P.A. 77-2546.)