Dolton CHAPTER 123: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES § 123.999

(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.999 of this code of ordinances.


(B) (1) In addition to any other remedy or penalty specified for a violation of any particular provision of §§ 123.001 through 123.009 of this chapter, any person found to be in violation shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200, nor more than $1,500, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed to be committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.


(2) Nothing in §§ 123.001 through 123.009 of this chapter shall prevent the village from taking any action available under this code or any other application regulation. Further, nothing in §§ 123.001 through 123.009 of this chapter shall prevent the village from taking any emergency action permitted by law when any portion of a rental unit and/or multiple dwelling residential rental structure is a danger to person or property.


(C) (1) Any short-term residential rental owner or other person or entity who violates any of the provisions set forth or referenced in §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter shall be subject to the following penalties:


(a) A fine of $3,000 for a first offense within a 12-month period and a fine of $6,000 for a second or subsequent offense within a 12-month period;


(b) Each day that a violation of §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter continues shall be considered a separate and distinct offense and a fine shall be assessed for each day a provision of §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter is found to have been violated. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the escalation of fines as set forth above shall not occur until a prior adjudication of a violation against the same individual or entity has been entered; and


(c) Continued violations of §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter are subject to an injunction to enforce §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter.


(2) The notice of a violation of the provisions set forth or referenced in §§ 123.020 through 123.023 of this chapter shall be served in any of the following manners:


(a) Personal service of process by handing the notice of violation to the respondent, or their employees or agents, by any authorized village official, police officer or code enforcement officer;


(b) Personal service of process as authorized by the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/2203;


(c) Mailing the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested to the respondent’s last known address, or in the case of a business, to the address for the registered agent or the address for its principal place of business;


(d) E-mailing the notice to the short-term residential rental owner’s last known email address when the respondent is the short-term residential rental owner; and


(e) Posting the notice upon the property where the violation is found when the respondent is the short-term residential rental owner.


(Ord. 07-417, passed 10-1-2007; Ord. 20-014, passed 11-2-2020; Ord. 23-011, passed 8-7-2023)