[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Coal City as §§ 74.1 through 74.99 of the 1984 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was amended 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16 to repeal former Art. II, Size, Weight and Load, §§ 75-35
through 75-41.
It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner
to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway
any vehicle which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person
or property, or which is in violation of any provisions of this Title
VII or any laws of the state. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-101)
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
When operated
upon any highway in this state, every motorcycle shall at all times
exhibit at least one lighted lamp, showing a white light visible for
at least 500 feet in the direction the motorcycle is proceeding. However,
in lieu of such lighted lamp, a motorcycle may be equipped with and
use a means of modulating the upper beam of the head lamp between
high and a lower brightness. No such head lamp shall be modulated,
except to otherwise comply with this code, during times when lighted
lamps are required for other motor vehicles.
B.
All other
motor vehicles shall exhibit at least two lighted head lamps, with
at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, which satisfy
United States Department of Transportation requirements, showing white
lights, including that emitted by high-intensity-discharge (HID) lamps,
or lights of a yellow or amber tint, during the period from sunset
to sunrise, at times when rain, snow, fog, or other atmospheric conditions
require the use of windshield wipers, and at any other times when,
due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons
and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance
of 1,000 feet. Parking lamps may be used in addition to but not in
lieu of such head lamps. Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer
shall also exhibit at least two lighted lamps, commonly known as "tail
lamps," which shall be mounted on the left rear and right rear of
the vehicle so as to throw a red light visible for at least 500 feet
in the reverse direction, except that a truck tractor or road tractor
manufactured before January 1, 1968, and all motorcycles need be equipped
with only one such tail lamp.
Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed
and placed as to illuminate with a white light a rear registration
plate when required and render it clearly legible from a distance
of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp, together with any separate
lamp for illuminating a rear registration plate, shall be wired to
be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are
lighted. [ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-201(c)]
Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four
feet or more beyond the bed or body of the vehicle, there shall be
displayed at the extreme rear of the load at the times specified in
this chapter a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance
of at least 500 feet to the sides and rear. The red light or lantern
required under this section shall be in addition to the red rear light
required upon every vehicle. At any other time, there shall be displayed
at the extreme rear end of the load a red flag or cloth not less than
12 inches square. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-204)
It shall be unlawful to operate or park on any street any vehicle
not equipped with lights conforming to the requirement of state law,
provided that vehicles may be parked at nighttime without lights on
any street or portion thereof designated by ordinance as a place where
vehicles may be so parked at nighttime.
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot
lamp. Every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching
another vehicle that no part of the high-intensity portion of the
beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle, nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-207)
A.
Lamps required; exception.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1)
Every vehicle, other than an antique vehicle displaying an antique plate or an expanded-use antique vehicle displaying expanded-use antique vehicle plates, operated in this Village shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal sunlight, and which shall be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake, and which may, but need not be, incorporated with other rear lamps. During times when lighted lamps are not required, an antique vehicle or an expanded-use antique vehicle may be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of such vehicle of the same type originally installed by the manufacturer as original equipment and in working order. However, at all other times, except as provided in Subsection A(2) below, such antique vehicle or an expanded-use antique vehicle must be equipped with stop lamps meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(2)
An antique vehicle or an expanded-use antique vehicle, including
an antique motorcycle, may display a blue light or lights of up to
one inch in diameter as part of the vehicle's rear stop lamp
or lamps.
B.
Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with an electric turn signal
device which shall indicate the intention of the driver to turn to
the right or to the left in the form of flashing lights located at
and showing to the front and rear of the vehicle on the side of the
vehicle toward which the turn is to be made. The lamp showing to the
front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit a white or amber light,
or any shade of light between white and amber. The lamp showing to
the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit a red or amber light.
An antique vehicle or expanded-use antique vehicle shall be equipped
with a turn signal device of the same type originally installed by
the manufacturer as original equipment and in working order.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
C.
Every trailer and semitrailer shall be equipped with an electric
turn signal device which indicates the intention of the driver in
the power unit to turn to the right or to the left in the form of
flashing red or amber lights located at the rear of the vehicle on
the side toward which the turn is to be made and mounted on the same
level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable.
D.
Turn signal lamps must be visible from a distance of not less than
300 feet in normal sunlight.
E.
Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be equipped with electric
turn signals. Antique vehicles or expanded-use antiques vehicle need
not be equipped with turn signals unless such were installed by the
manufacturer as original equipment.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
F.
Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles may be equipped with a stop lamp
or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that display a red or amber light,
visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear in normal
sunlight, that flashes and becomes steady only when the brake is actuated.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-208)
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Any motor vehicle owned or fully operated by a firefighter may
be equipped with not to exceed two lamps which shall emit a blue light
without glare, which lights shall be used only when actually going
to a fire.
A.
Whenever the driver of any vehicle equipped with an electric driving
head lamp or head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or auxiliary driving
lamps is within 500 feet of another vehicle approaching from the opposite
direction, the driver shall dim or drop the head lamp or head lamps,
and shall extinguish all auxiliary driving lamps.
B.
The driver of any vehicle equipped with an electric driving head
lamp or head lamps, auxiliary driving lamp or auxiliary driving lamps
shall dim or drop the head lamp or head lamps and shall extinguish
all auxiliary driving lamps when there is another vehicle traveling
in the same direction less than 300 feet to the front of him or her.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-210)
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[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
Flashing
signals.
(1)
Every
bus used for the transportation of school children to and from school,
in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required
by this Title VII, shall be equipped with an eight-lamp flashing signal
system.
(a)
An eight-lamp flashing signal system shall have, in addition to a
four-lamp system, four alternately flashing amber lamps. Each amber
lamp shall be mounted next to a red lamp and at the same level but
closer to the center line of the school bus.
(b)
A four-lamp flashing signal system shall have two alternately flashing
red lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally on the same
level as practicable at the front of the school bus and two such lamps
mounted in the same manner at the rear.
(c)
Each signal lamp shall be a sealed beam at least 5 1/2 inches
in diameter and shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500
feet in normal sunlight. Both the four-lamp and eight-lamp system
shall be actuated only by means of a manual switch. There shall be
a device for indicating to the driver that the system is operating
properly or is inoperative.
(2)
A school
bus may also be equipped with alternately flashing head lamps, which
may be operated in conjunction with the eight-lamp flashing signal
system.
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(625 ILCS 5/12-805)
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B.
Strobe
lamps. A school bus manufactured on or after January 1, 2000, shall
be equipped with one strobe lamp that will emit 60 flashes to 120
flashes per minute of white or bluish-white light visible to a motorist
approaching the bus from any direction. The lamp shall be of sufficient
brightness to be visible in normal sunlight when viewed directly from
a distance of at least one mile.
(1)
The
strobe lamp shall be mounted on the rooftop of the bus with the light-generating
element in the lamp located equidistant from each side and either
at or behind the center of the rooftop. The maximum height of the
element above the rooftop shall not exceed 1/30 of its distance from
the rear of the rooftop. If the structure of the strobe lamp obscures
the light-generating element, the element shall be deemed to be in
the center of the lamp with a maximum height 1/4 inch less than the
maximum height of the strobe lamp unless otherwise indicated in rules
and regulations promulgated by the Department. The Department may
promulgate rules and regulations to govern measurements, glare, effectiveness
and protection of strobe lamps on school buses, including higher strobe
lamps than authorized in this subsection.
Except as otherwise provided in this Title VII:
A.
Red oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights are permitted only
on:
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1)
Local law enforcement vehicles and police vehicles of the state or
federal government;
(2)
Vehicles which are designated as ambulances and while responding
to an emergency call for the purpose of conveying sick or injured
persons;
(3)
Vehicles of local fire departments and fire-fighting vehicles of
the state or federal government;
(4)
A vehicle
operated by a police officer or county coroner and designated or authorized
by local authorities, in writing, as a law enforcement vehicle; however,
such designation or authorization must be carried in the vehicle;
(5)
A vehicle
operated by a fire chief who has completed an emergency vehicle operation
training course approved by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and
designated or authorized by local authorities, in writing, as a fire
department, fire protection district, or township fire department
vehicle; however, the designation or authorization must be carried
in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or activated only when
responding to a bona fide emergency;
(6)
Tow
trucks licensed in a state that requires such lights; furthermore,
such lights shall not be lighted on any such tow truck while the tow
truck is operating in the State of Illinois;
(7)
Vehicles
of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, vehicles of the Office
of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, vehicles of the Illinois Department
of Public Health, and vehicles of the Department of Nuclear Safety;
(8)
Vehicles
operated by a local or county emergency management services agency
as defined in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act;
(9)
School buses operating alternately flashing head lamps as permitted under § 75-10A of this chapter;
(10)
Vehicles
that are equipped and used exclusively as organ transplant vehicles
when used in combination with blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing
lights; furthermore, these lights shall be lighted only when the transportation
is declared an emergency by a member of the transplant team or a representative
of the organ procurement organization; and
(11)
Vehicles
of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that are used for
mine rescue and explosives emergency response.
B.
Amber oscillating, rotating or flashing lights are permitted only
on:
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(1)
Second division vehicles designed for towing or hoisting disabled
vehicles while actually being used for such purposes; furthermore:
(b)
Such lights shall be lighted when such vehicles are actually being
used at the scene of an accident or disablement;
(c)
If the towing vehicle is equipped with a flat bed that supports all
wheels of the vehicle being transported, the lights shall not be lighted
while the vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway;
(d)
If the towing vehicle is not equipped with a flat bed that supports
all wheels of a vehicle being transported, the lights shall be lighted
while the towing vehicle is engaged in towing on a highway during
all times when the use of headlights is required under 625 ILCS 5/12-201;
(2)
Motor vehicles or equipment of the state, the Village, and contractors
while engaged in maintenance or construction operations within the
limits of construction projects;
(3)
Vehicles or equipment used by engineering or survey crews while actually
engaged in work on a highway;
(4)
Vehicles of public utilities and municipal departments, or other
construction, maintenance or automotive service vehicles, except that
such lights shall be lighted only as a means for indicating the presence
of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching,
overtaking or passing while engaged in maintenance or construction
operations within the limits of construction projects;
(5)
Oversized vehicle or load moving under permit issued under the provisions
of state law by state authority;
(6)
The front and rear of motorized equipment owned and operated by the
state or any political subdivision thereof, which is designed and
used for removal of snow and ice from highways;
(7)
The front and rear of motorized equipment or vehicles that (i) are
not owned by the State of Illinois or any political subdivision of
the state, (ii) are designed and used for removal of snow and ice
from highways and parking lots, and (iii) are equipped with a snow
plow that is 12 feet in width; these lights may not be lighted except
when the motorized equipment or vehicle is actually being used for
those purposes on behalf of a unit of government;
(8)
Fleet safety vehicles registered in another state; furthermore, such
lights shall not be lighted except as provided for in 625 ILCS 5/12-212;
(9)
Law enforcement vehicles of state or local authorities when used
in combination with red oscillating, rotating or flashing lights;
(10)
Propane delivery trucks;
(11)
Vehicles used for collecting or delivering mail for the United
States Postal Service, provided that such lights shall not be lighted
except when such vehicles are actually being used for such purposes;
(12)
Vehicles of the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, provided
that such lights shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are
engaged in work for the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal;
(13)
Any vehicle displaying a slow-moving vehicle emblem as provided
in 625 ILCS 5/12-205.1;
(14)
All trucks equipped with self-compactors or roll-off hoists
and roll-on containers for garbage or refuse hauling. Such lights
shall not be lighted except when such vehicles are actually being
used for such purposes;
(15)
Vehicles used by a security company, alarm responder, or control
agency;
(16)
Security vehicles of the Department of Human Services; however,
the lights shall not be lighted except when being used for security-related
purposes under the direction of the superintendent of the facility
where the vehicle is located;
(17)
Vehicles of union representatives, except that the lights shall
be lighted only while the vehicle is within the limits of a construction
project; and
(18)
Such other vehicles as may be authorized by the Village Board.
C.
Blue oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights are permitted only
on the front of any motor vehicle owned or fully operated by a volunteer
firefighter, paid firefighters, part-paid firefighters or call firefighters
while responding to a fire call.
D.
Oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights located on top of police
vehicles in the Village shall be lighted whenever a police officer
is in pursuit of a violator of a traffic law, regulation, or ordinance.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, §§ 12-215 and 12-216)
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It shall be unlawful to drive any motor vehicle upon a street
unless the vehicle is equipped with good and sufficient brakes in
good working condition as required by the state traffic law, or to
operate any vehicle which is so loaded that the operator does not
have ready access to the mechanics operating the brakes of the vehicles.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-301)
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A.
Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a good and sufficient
audible signaling device in efficient working condition. The signalling
device shall be sounded when necessary to give warning of the approach
of a vehicle, but the horn or other signalling device shall not be
sounded for any purpose other than as a warning of impending danger.
B.
No motor vehicle other than an emergency vehicle shall be equipped
with a siren or gong signalling device.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-601)
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A.
Generally. Every motor vehicle driven or operated upon streets of
this Village shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler
or exhaust system in constant operation with an adequate muffler or
exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent
any excessive or unusual noise. No muffler or exhaust system shall
be equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device. No person shall
modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will
amplify or increase the noise of the vehicle above that emitted by
the muffler originally installed on the vehicle.
B.
Unnecessary noise. It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle which
makes unusually loud or unnecessary noise.
C.
Gas and smoke. It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle which
emits smoke or such amount of smoke or fumes as to be dangerous to
the health of persons or as to endanger the drivers of other vehicles.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-602)
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Every motor vehicle, operated singly or when towing another
vehicle, shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect
to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200
feet to the rear of the motor vehicle. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-502)
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
Restrictions
and prohibitions.
(1)
No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window
application, reflective material, nonreflective material or tinted
film upon the front windshield, except that a nonreflective tinted
film may be used along the uppermost portion of the windshield if
such material does not extend more than six inches down from the top
of the windshield.
(2)
No window treatment or tinting shall be applied to the windows immediately
adjacent to each side of the driver, except:
(a)
On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear of the driver's
seat are treated in a manner that allows less than 30% light transmittance,
a nonreflective tinted film that allows at least 50% light transmittance,
with a 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official metering
the light transmittance, may be used on the vehicle windows immediately
adjacent to each side of the driver.
(b)
On vehicles where none of the windows to the rear of the driver's
seat are treated in a manner that allows less than 35% light transmittance,
a nonreflective tinted film that allows at least 35% light transmittance,
with a 5% variance observed by any law enforcement official metering
the light transmittance, may be used on the vehicle windows immediately
adjacent to each side of the driver.
(c)
On vehicles where a nonreflective smoked or tinted glass that was
originally installed by the manufacturer on the windows to the rear
of the driver's seat, a nonreflective tint that allows at least 50%
light transmittance, with a 5% variance observed by a law enforcement
official metering the light transmittance, may be used on the vehicle
windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver.
(3)
No person shall install or repair any material prohibited by Subsection A(1) of this section.
(a)
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person from removing or altering any material prohibited by Subsection A(1) to make a motor vehicle comply with the requirements of this section.
(b)
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person from installing window treatment for a person with a medical condition described in Subsection B(2) of this section. An installer who installs window treatment for a person with a medical condition described in Subsection B(2) must obtain a copy of the certified statement or letter written by a physician described in Subsection B(2) from the person with the medical condition prior to installing the window treatment. The copy of the certified statement or letter must be kept in the installer's permanent records.
(4)
On motor vehicles where window treatment has not been applied to
the windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver, the use
of a perforated window screen or other decorative window application
on windows to the rear of the driver's seat shall be allowed.
(5)
Any motor vehicle with a window to the rear of the driver's seat treated in this manner shall be equipped with a side mirror on each side of the motor vehicle which is in conformance with § 75-15.
(6)
No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any objects placed or
suspended between the driver and the front windshield, rear window,
side wings or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the
driver which materially obstruct the driver's view.
(7)
Every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with a
device, controlled by the driver, for cleaning rain, snow, moisture
or other obstructions from the windshield; and no person shall drive
a motor vehicle with snow, ice, moisture or other material on any
of the windows or mirrors, which materially obstructs the driver's
clear view of the highway.
(8)
No person shall drive a motor vehicle when the windshield, side or rear windows are in such defective condition or repair as to materially impair the driver's view to the front, side or rear. A vehicle equipped with a side mirror on each side of the vehicle which are in conformance with § 75-15 will be deemed to be in compliance in the event the rear window of the vehicle is materially obscured.
B.
Exceptions.
(2)
Medical
conditions.
(a)
Subsections A(1) and (2) of this section shall not apply to window treatment, including but not limited to a window application, nonreflective material, or tinted film, applied or affixed to a motor vehicle for which distinctive license plates or license plate stickers have been issued pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/3-412, Subsection (k), and which:
[1]
Is owned and operated by a person afflicted with or suffering from
a medical disease, including but not limited to systemic or discoid
lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis,
or albinism, which would require that person to be shielded from the
direct rays of the sun; or
[2]
Is used in transporting a person when the person resides at the same
address as the registered owner of the vehicle and the person is afflicted
with or suffering from a medical disease which would require the person
to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun, including but not
limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial
actinic porokeratosis, or albinism.
(b)
Proof of condition.
[1]
The owner must obtain a certified statement or letter written by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois that such person owning and operating or being transported in a motor vehicle is afflicted with or suffers from such disease, including but not limited to systemic or discoid lupus erythematosus, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, or albinism. However, no exemption from the requirements of Subsection A(2) shall be granted for any condition, such as light sensitivity, for which protection from the direct rays of the sun can be adequately obtained by the use of sunglasses or other eye protective devices.
[2]
Such certification must be carried in the motor vehicle at all times.
The certification shall be legible and shall contain the date of issuance,
the name, address and signature of the attending physician, and the
name, address, and medical condition of the person requiring exemption.
The information on the certificate for a window treatment must remain
current and shall be renewed annually by the attending physician.
The owner shall also submit a copy of the certification to the Secretary
of State. The Secretary of State may forward notice of certification
to law enforcement agencies.
It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle which is so loaded
or in such condition that the operator does not have a clear vision
of all parts of the roadway essential to the safe operation of the
vehicle.
It shall be unlawful to operate on any street any motor vehicle
which is not equipped with tires conforming to the requirements of
state law.
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(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-401)
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[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
No person
shall operate any 1965 or later model motor vehicle of the first division
(other than a motorcycle) that is titled or licensed by the Secretary
of State unless the front seat of the motor vehicle is equipped with
two sets of seat safety belts.
B.
No person
under the age of 18 years shall operate any motor vehicle, except
a motor-driven cycle or motorcycle, with more than one passenger in
the front seat of the motor vehicle and no more passengers in the
back seats than the number of available seat safety belts, except
that each driver under the age of 18 years operating a second division
vehicle having a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less
that contains only a front seat may operate the vehicle with more
than one passenger in the front seat, provided that each passenger
is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
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[ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 12-603(b)]
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[Amended 11-13-2007 by Ord. No. 07-30; 10-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-35; 10-11-2010 by Ord. No. 10-36; 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty has been established shall be punished as provided in § 70-99.
