Nuisance to the Village or nuisance IS THE VILLAGE

Are you planning on fixing up the outside of your home this year?  Have you been getting prices from contractors?  Don't forget to figure in the village costs in fines you will get for making your home look nice.  The Village enacted ordinance fines last year called "nuisances" that allow them to charge you heavily for repairs made to the home.  One resident is fighting the costs and asks that more of you do.  Here is why...

Say you want to replace your windows and it will take your contractors 5 days to do all of them.  The outside of your home will suffer in the "poor looks" category during the fixing time.  When cited, the Village will charge you a cost of $2,850.00.  That is more than the cost of windows!  You see, each day it is not completed is another fine that increases with time.  See chart below to determine what you will be cited for with the ordinances in place before you beautify your home. 

Do you have grubs?  It will take a while to plant seeds and grow them.  Do you know this past summer residents were hit hard with these fines for planting new grass?  One guy was hit with fines for building a deck in the back yard, even though he had a privacy fence.  His bill was astronomical!

We want people to fix up their homes.  Apparently with these steep fines, Bolingbrook officials do not want you to.  If they did, the fines would be lower.  Maybe they are just needing the money to pay back those high bonds!

Section 27-306. PENALTY:
A . (Ordinance 09-018, 03.10.09) In addition to the judicial abatement remedy set forth hereinabove, any person who is an owner or occupant of any property determined in a judicial action, or in an administrative proceeding under Article 3 of Chapter 7 of the Municipal Code, to constitute a public nuisance who has intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently permitted or suffered such property to become, be used as or exist as a public nuisance shall be fined as follows. For each violation of any of the provisions of Article 3 of this Chapter during any 12 month period, the fine shall be as follows:
1 st offense One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
2nd offense Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00)
3rd offense Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
4th and subsequent offenses One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)