Palatine — Ch. 12 Existing Structures Maintenance and Occupancy § 12-129

(a) Penalties. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty for such offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or which a violation occurs or continues. Fees shall be paid as established by ordinance or resolution of the village council.
(b) Rental dwelling fees.
(1) License fees. There is hereby established an annual rental dwelling license fee. The fees shall be as provided in the village fee schedule.
(2) Re-inspection fees. There is hereby established re-inspection fees associated with rental dwelling units authorized by this Code. Re-inspections shall be performed, as necessary, after each compliance date set forth in the inspection report. Re-inspections necessitated by the continued existence of violations shall be assessed a fee per rental dwelling unit and common areas to be inspected as provided in the village fee schedule. No rental dwelling license shall be issued unless such fees are paid in full.
(3) Cancellation and absentee fees. There are hereby established unauthorized cancellation and absentee fees. When an owner or agent fails to keep a scheduled inspection or re-inspection, when access to the units is not obtained or cannot be safely conducted during the scheduled inspection or re-inspection, or when the owner or agent fails to cancel a scheduled inspection or re-inspection by 4:00 p.m. on the previous day for inspections scheduled for the next morning and by 11:00 a.m. on the day of inspection for afternoon inspections. All inspections not cancelled in this manner shall be charged a minimum fee as provided in the village fee schedule. Such fee shall be assessed per building or property, not for each individual rental dwelling unit. No rental dwelling license shall be issued unless said fees are paid in full.
(4) Late charge fees. There are hereby established late charge fees. When an owner or agent fails to obtain a rental dwelling license after the first 30 days and before 60 days of the expiration of said license, a late charge fee as provided in the village fee schedule shall be assessed. After 60 days from the expiration of the license, the property will be considered to be unlicensed, in addition to the late charge fee as provided in the village fee schedule previously assessed, an additional late fee as provided in the village fee schedule shall be assessed and be subject to the penalty as stated in subsection (a) of this section. No rental dwelling license shall be issued unless such fees are paid in full.