Advice for dealing with county and winning time

[Giedre Basov]

I need fast advice on what options I have. I have a commercial lot that has a small one story building that's been there for years. I was planning to rebuild in the same spot. Now someone has filed a complaint because they don't like they way it looks (the lot is in a route that has no other businesses it homes next to it) and county decided that it needs to be demolished in 21 days or I'll need to pay $500 a day until it's away. I don't have money for the fee or to demolish the building. On top of that it's winter and everything will be frozen. Can and if so how can I get maximum time extension? The lot is in an unincorporated Will county in Illinois. Any suggestions would help. Thank you in advance.

[Carini Rochester]

Call up a phone number on the document they sent you and ask for an extension giving the arguments you stated in your post. Hire a demolition contractor to write a statement that he can't do the work until there is warmer weather, he's not scheduling any work like that until spring. Find out how long it will take to verify that there is no asbestos in the building. That may take a month or two. You may need to get permits, from the utility providers for capping/abandoning the sewer, water, natural gas, electricity, which will take time. Twenty-one days does not seem like a reasonable time-frame.