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Kankakee code committee moves review of garbage‑bin enforcement to ordinance committee
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 bins on sidewalks, in alleys and in streets beyond the current 24‑hour before/after pickup window, making snow removal and alley access difficult. Committee members described how the existing notice‑and‑recheck procedure can allow a bin to remain in place for several days without a fine because of how pickup schedules and recheck timing align.
Members argued for a rule that would give each property one formal notice per year and then allow enforcement for subsequent violations; several members voiced support during discussion, and the motion to place the item on the ordinance committee agenda was moved and seconded.
Director Nelson and other staff said they will bring the item forward in time to coordinate with ongoing Planning Board conversations about centralized tote systems for multi‑unit properties.
Committee chair called for the committee to revisit the item next month with ordinance language or an ordinance‑committee report. No final ordinance was adopted at the Jan. 15 meeting; the committee only referred the matter for further drafting and discussion.
