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Kankakee code committee moves review of garbage‑bin enforcement to ordinance committee

Kankakee City Building and Code Safety Committee · January 16, 2026
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Summary

Members raised repeated complaints about trash bins left on streets beyond the 24‑hour window and voted to send a proposed change — changing enforcement to a single annual notice before fines — to the ordinance committee for drafting and coordination with planned multi‑unit tote discussions.

Kankakee City’s Building and Code Safety Committee voted Jan. 15 to send proposed changes to the city’s garbage‑bin enforcement process to the ordinance committee for further drafting and coordination with a planning‑board review of multi‑unit garbage totes.

The proposal grew out of repeated neighborhood complaints that residents leave wheeled garbage…

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