1. Mail your fine to the Gurnee Police Department.
2. Pay your fine, in person, at the Police Department.
3. Pay your fine online using a credit card (scroll down).
4. Request an Administrative Hearing. 

Gurnee Police Department
100 N. O'Plaine Road
Gurnee, IL 60031
Phone: (847) 599-7000

1. Click here for the link to E-pay. The first web page you access will be a greeting from Mayor Kovarik. Scroll down near the bottom and click on Parking Ticket/Ordinance Violation.
2. On the next page, enter your Parking Ticket or Ordinance Violation number and the amount you are paying, along with your name, address, phone and credit card information. Your Parking Ticket/Ordinance Violation number is located in the box found in the upper right-hand corner of the bill. Click "Submit Payment."
3. A confirmation will be displayed showing amount paid, convenience fee applied, and the total amount to be charged to your credit card.
4. If everything is correct, click "Submit." Your payment will not be processed until you click on submit to verify the charges. If the information is not correct and you want to make changes, you can cancel the transaction or go back and correct information.

On the next business day, the Village will receive notification of your payment and will post the payment to your account.

A convenience fee will be charged to all users of the Internet E-Pay Program. For example, a $100.00 fine would be assessed a $2.75 convenience fee. When using this payment option, you will always be told the amount of the convenience fee to be assessed. At that point you are able to complete the transaction, cancel the transaction, or change any of the information you have entered. You are not required to register to use this service. This service can be used every time you receive a Parking Ticket or Ordinance Violation or only on an as needed basis.

Residential customers may pay their water bills online using a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover credit card or a debit card.  You must have your Account Number to pay online.  This service is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 

As of November 7, 2012, residential and commercial customers now use different sites to input their account numbers for payment. If you need to pay a Commercial Water Bill, please visit Commercial Water Bill Payment Methods.

Payment Steps

There are 6 steps to the online payment process:

Step 1: When you click the "Pay Your Water Bill Online Here" link below, you will be taken to the following page. Please input your account number without dashes and click continue.

Step 2: Enter the amount you wish to pay and select the payment method. Don't forget to check the box by customer name. Click continue.

Step 3: Enter your payment and billing information. Click continue.

Step 4: Check the box if you agree to the terms and conditions, then click continue.

Step 5: Review your order. If everything is correct, click "Process Payment" at the bottom of the page. NOTE: Your payment will not be processed unless you click "Process Payment."

Step 6: Copy/print your confirmation/receipt number.Your payment is not complete until you receive a confirmation/receipt number.

Please allow 2-3 business days for the payment to update to your account.

PAY WATER BILL ONLINE HERE

Residential and business customers may enroll in the Village’s Water Bill Automatic Bank Debit program in which the amount of your water bill will be deducted automatically from your checking or savings account.

Participants in this payment service will continue to receive a water statement on a bi-monthly basis. The statement will be sent to let you know in advance the amount to be deducted from your account. On the bill due date, the water bill payment will be deducted automatically from the checking or savings account you have authorized the Village to use. There is no fee for automatic bank debiting.

Residential and commercial customers may pay their water bills via mail.

When you receive your water bill from the Village of Gurnee and have a balance due, you also receive a return envelope.  Simply place your check, along with the remittance stub from your invoice, in the envelope and mail to:

Be sure to include your Account Number on your check and allow sufficient time for mailing and processing.  If you mail your payment directly to Village Hall, this may delay processing of your payment. 

Plowing operations commence when the snow begins to accumulate and temperatures indicate that no melting will occur. The Village has developed a priority system for plowing the roadway system. Mainline or “collector” streets are given first priority. Examples of these streets are Almond Road, First Street, Lawson Boulevard and Dada Drive. Local streets, which are the side streets that feed into the collectors, are given second priority. Dead ends and cul-de-sacs are given third priority, and may not be salted during an initial call out. The extent of the response to a snow event will be determined by the Public Works “Snow Boss” based on existing weather conditions, pavement temperatures, time of day, and forecast.

Salting is necessary to accelerate snow melt and prevent melted snow from turning to ice. Once ice forms and becomes bonded to the pavement, it becomes very difficult to remove. Salt use is minimized for environmental benefits and to reduce the impact on the local watershed. Public Works utilizes liquid ice melting chemicals to pre-treat granular salt before spreading it on the roadway. Pre-wetting the salt helps reduce scattering off the target roadway, increases the effectiveness of salt at lower temperatures, and provides the necessary moisture speed up the ice melting process.

Snow that accumulates across the side road at an intersection must be pushed back to allow visibility and to clear the entire street radius so vehicles may turn off of or onto a roadway.  The snowplow operator will typically push snow onto the corner in the direction the truck is traveling. Depending on route design and the flow of traffic, some corners may get more snow than others. It is not practical to equally distribute snow on opposite corners.

If there is an accumulation of snow at a corner where there is a bus stop, children may need to move up the street in order to board the school bus. Please instruct children not to climb on the piles that have accumulated at the corners. If a snow pile on a particular corner becomes a sight clearance problem at an intersection, please call the Public Works Department and the snow will be removed as time permits.

The Public Works Department clears sidewalks within the Village Center area and along routes such as Almond Road and O'Plaine Road and sections of Rte 132. Sidewalk clearing is typically completed within 72 hours after a snow event.

The Village of Gurnee is bisected by a number of State of Illinois and Lake County arterial highways, but the Village does not maintain any roads that fall under the jurisdiction of another agency. The roadways identified below are NOT the responsibility of the Village of Gurnee.

Rt. 132 (Grand Ave.), Rt. 41 (Skokie Highway), Rt. 21 (Milwaukee Ave.), Rt. 120 (Belvidere Rd.), and Rt. 45 are plowed and maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). They can be reached at 847-244-0034.

Hunt Club Road, Washington Street, O’Plaine Road, Greenleaf Avenue (south of Washington), Dilley’s Road (north of Rt. 132), Gages Lake Road, Delany Road (north of Rt. 41), Sunset Ave and Stearns School Road are plowed and maintained by the Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT). They can be reached at 847-377-7400.

While it’s frustrating to shovel your driveway only to have the plow come by and push snow back at the base, it is not feasible to plow the street so that your driveway remains completely “snow free.” Roadway design, the type of equipment that is utilized and the severity of snow events all factor into the size of the windrow left in the plow's wake. This problem is magnified in cul-de-sacs because there is often limited parkway space for snow storage, and centrifugal force causes the snow to move off of the plow toward the outside of the circle.

To minimize snow deposits at the end of your driveway, try not to create large piles of snow in the parkway on the upstream side of the driveway and never shovel or blow snow into the street.

The following tips, when followed, help ensure snow and ice control operations proceed smoothly:
 
When clearing sidewalks and driveways, do not shovel, blow or plow snow onto the roadway. Village ordinance prohibits placing snow onto the roadway once it has been cleared. Placing snow in the street requires additional staff time to clear the roadway system and you could be liable for damages or injuries resulting from this practice.

When it starts to snow, park your vehicle off of the street. This allows crews to clear the entire roadway and prevents the car from being plowed in, ticketed, or towed.

Please try to clear the snow around fire hydrants. This simple step could save precious time during an emergency.

Please remove portable basketball hoops, benches and decor from the street right-of-way. The Village is not responsible for damage to these items resulting from our snow removal operations.

Check that your mailbox and post are in good repair and that they are behind the curb, not leaning out over the street. For specifications on mailbox placement, please reference the Mailbox Replacement Policy.

The Village of Gurnee Adopt-A-Roadway program allows community groups an opportunity to support anti-litter efforts by adopting a section of Village roadway for a two year period for the purpose of trash collection. Roadway sections are between ½ and 2 miles in length and groups are required to conduct litter collection at least 2 times annually.
  
During litter collections, groups must provide one adult supervisor, 21 years of age or older, for every five youths under the age of 18 and no one under the age of 10 may participate in litter collections due to safety concerns. Litter collections can only be conducted between one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset, in fair weather during non-rush hour traffic times.
 
Roadways in the Adopt-A-Roadway Program are:
 
Almond Road (Washington to Dada)
Almond Road (Dada to Grand)
Cedar Avenue
Cemetery Road (Tri-State Parkway to Washington)
Dada Drive (Hunt Club to Almond)
Dada Drive (Almond to Knowles)
Depot Road
Fuller Road (North of Grand)
Knowles Road
Leonard Drive (Gages Lake to Crossland)
Morrison Drive
Northwestern Avenue
Old Grand Avenue
St. Paul Avenue
Tri-State Parkway
 
To participate in the Adopt-A-Roadway program, please download the application. To find out which Village roadways are available, please contact us at 847-599-6800.
 
For those parties interested in adopting a state or county highway, please contact the Illinois Department of Transportation at 217-782-6953, or the Lake County Division of Transportation at 847-377-7400.

Public Works conducts repair and replacement of the Village’s sidewalks and curb sections that are designated as unsafe or hazardous situations. Large or numerous cracks, settlements, heaved or displaced sections, and areas that hold water for more than 48 hours after a rainfall are typical conditions that may trigger a repair.

Learn more about Public Sidewalk Ponding.

Learn more about Public Sidewalk Settlement Trip Hazards.

Routine maintenance and repairs are necessary to ensure the conveyance of storm water through the Village’s network of ditches, storm sewers, detention basins and tributaries. Some of the most common maintenance conducted by Public Works are repairs to deteriorating catch basins, pipes that have separated due to settlement, and jet rodding of storm pipes that have been clogged by roots or other debris. Completing this work reduces the likelihood of flooding, sinkholes and future deterioration of the storm sewer system.

The Village’s network of underground storm sewer consists of concrete structures, catch basins, and piping. Catch basins are located under steel grates where the water is channeled to them by means of curbing, ditch lines, or fields, and also "trap" some of the litter, dirt and large debris that get washed into the system.  Piping in our community ranges in size from 4” to 60” depending on the amount of water flow and volume that will be traveling through it. These pipes are made of different materials such as concrete (RCP), plastic (PVC), or steel (CMP) which carry the storm water runoff and melting snow to rivers, streams, retention ponds, and detention basins.

The purpose of traffic control signs or devices is to promote roadway safety and efficiency by providing orderly movement of all road users on any street and highway throughout the United States. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) contains the basic principles that govern the design and use of traffic controls signs or devices for all streets and highways open to public travel regardless of the type, class, or the public agency jurisdiction. The MUTCD specifies the design, placement, operation, maintenance, and uniformity of all traffic control signs or devices
 
Gurnee Public Works is responsible for the fabrication, installation, care and maintenance of close to 3,800 traffic control signs throughout the Village. The Lights and Signs crew is currently working to upgrade all of the Villages traffic control signs to meet the new reflectivity and size standards laid out in the MUTCD.

1. Include a copy of the proposal
   
2. Download the Building Application Short Form

Layout of bath existing and proposed. Include layout of entire bath showing location of electrical outlets and switches, toilets, sink and shower/tub.

Include a list of all pertinent contractors.
Two (2) sets of complete plans (include riser and railing details)

Download the Bathroom Remodel Requirements

Download the Building Application Short Form

Include copy of Plat of Survey. Draw in placement of deck or patio with dimensions.

Sign and submit deck requirements sheet.

Include a plan that shows deck construction.

Include a copy of Plat of Survey.  Highlight the location of the fence.

Verify that you have completed all Zoning Ordinance Requirements. Please review requirements.

Submit a copy of the proposal with specifications from the contractor.

Copy of proposal

Include a copy of Plat of Survey. Indicate where the garage is to be located.

Include a plan/drawing of the structure, indicating foundation and framing of structure.

Two (2) sets of complete plans.

Include a copy of Plat of Survey. Indicate where the gazebo is to be located.

If gazebo is detached, submit a drawing showing foundation, framing, etc. If gazebo is attached (even by a deck), Illinois Architecture stamped plans must be submitted depicting construction.

Include copy of Plat of Survey, showing placement of generator.

Include Proposal from Contractor

Download the Generator Requirements

Download the Building Application Short Form

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1. Submit a copy of your Plat of Survey indicating:
      --Location of the proposed pool
      --Distance from pool to adjacent lot lines, house, and easements
   
2. Include proposal from contractor
   
3. Download Hot Tub Requirements
   
   
4. Download Electrical Requirements
   
   
5. Download Building Application Short Form 

1. Include the layout of both the existing and proposed kitchen
   
2. Include layout of entire kitchen showing location of electrical outlets and switches.
   
3. Include a list of all pertinent contractors and proposals.
   
4. Include two (2) sets of complete plans.
   
5. Download the Kitchen Remodel Requirements
   
   
6. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Include a copy of Plat of Survey
   
2. Include proposal from contractor
   
3. Download the Lawn Irrigation Requirements
   
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Provide a layout of space.
   
2. Gurnee Mills tenants also need copy of lease and location map.
   
3. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Include a copy of Plat of Survey. Draw in the placement of the patio with dimensions.
   
2. Include Proposal from contractor.
   
3. Download the Deck-Patio Requirements
   
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form 

1. Include a copy of the Plat of Survey, showing pergola size & placement
   
2. Include a copy of the Proposal from the contractor
   
3. Download the Detached Accessory Requirements
   
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Include a copy of the proposal from the contractor.
   
2. NOTE:  Not more than one layer of asphalt or fiberglass shingles shall be applied over an existing asphalt or fiberglass shingle roof; asphalt or fiberglass shingles shall not be applied over existing wood shingles or shakes. No second layer of wood shingles or shakes is permitted.  Asbestos – cement shingles are prohibited.
   
3. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Include a copy of Plat of Survey. Indicate where the shed is to be located.
   
2. Include a plan/drawing of the structure, indicating foundation and framing of structure.
   
3. Download the Detached Accessory Requirements
   
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Include a copy of the proposal from the contractor
   
2. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Submit a copy of your Plat of Survey indicating:
      --Location of the proposed pool
      --Distance from pool to adjacent lot lines, house, and easements
   
2. Download Pool Requirements
   
   
3. Download Electrical Requirements
   
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form
   

1. Include a copy of the proposal and written letter of intent from licensed plumber
   
2. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Provide a copy of the contract with contractor performing said work, detailing window styles, sizes, and locations, and including energy (U-factor) ratings for each window or window style. If you are doing the work yourself, then provide a copy of the order giving this information.  
   
2. For residential properties, the maximum permitted U-factor for windows, doors, sidelights and patio doors is 0.30. 
   
3. For commercial properties, the maximum permitted U-Factor is 0.38 for fixed fenestration, 0.45 for operable fenestration, and 0.77 for entrance doors.
   
4. Download the Building Application Short Form

1. Download the Clearing Grading Application

1. Provide a copy of the contract
2. Provide a copy of Plat of Survey showing proposed width and length

3. Driveway Permit Application

1. Submit required proposal and drawings.
   
2. Download the Checklist for Obtaining a Sign Permit
   
   
3. Download the Sign Type Definitions
   
   
4. Download the Sign Provisions
   
   
5. Download the General Ground Sign Application
   
   
   
   

1. Checklist for Obtaining a Sign Permit
   
   
2. Download the Sign Provisions
   
   
3. Download the Sign Type Definitions
   
   
4. Download the Wall Sign Permit

1. Download Sign Type Definitions
   
   
2. Download General Sign Provisions
   
   
3. Download the Checklist for Sign Permit
   
   
4. Download the Temporary Sign Permit

1. Download the Temporary Use Permit Application (PDF)
   
2. Download the Temporary Use Permit Supplemental Handout (PDF)

Yes. For-profit businesses may renew their licenses online through the Citizen Self Service portal at https://eservice.gurnee.il.us/MSS/citizens/BusinessLicenses/Default.aspx

To renew not-for-profit business licenses, please fill out and return the renewal form that was mailed to you.

To apply for a new business license, new businesses and not–for-profit organizations should print out a business license application from the Village of Gurnee’s website at http://www.gurnee.il.us/business/license/about and send the completed application to the address listed on the form.

For more information about Business Licenses, please visit http://www.gurnee.il.us/business/license/about.

No. Currently, only for-profit business license renewals are eligible for online payment through the Citizen Self Service portal at https://eservice.gurnee.il.us/MSS/citizens/BusinessLicenses/Default.aspx.

To renew not-for-profit business licenses, please fill out and return the renewal form that was mailed to you.

New businesses and not–for-profit organizations should print out a business license application from the Village of Gurnee’s website at http://www.gurnee.il.us/business/license/about and send the completed application to the address listed on the form.

For more information about Business Licenses, please visit http://www.gurnee.il.us/business/license/about.