[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
No person shall knowingly, without proper authorization, cut,
injure, damage, deface, destroy or tamper with any fire hydrant or
any public or private fire-fighting equipment, or any apparatus pertaining
to fire-fighting equipment, or intentionally open any fire hydrant
without proper authorization. [720 ILCS 5/21-1(a)(8), (9)]
A.
Offenses; exceptions.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection A(3) below, whoever commits any of the following commits a Class B misdemeanor:
(a)
Knowingly and without lawful authority enters or remains within
or on a building; or
(b)
Enters upon the land of another, after receiving prior to such
entry notice from the owner or occupant that such entry is forbidden;
or
(c)
Remains upon the land of another, after receiving notice from
the owner or occupant to depart; or
(d)
Presents false documents or falsely represents his or her identity
orally to the owner or occupant of a building or land in order to
obtain permission from the owner or occupant to enter or remain in
the building or on the land.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
(2)
For purposes of this Subsection A, this section shall not apply to being in a building which is open to the public while the building is open to the public during its normal hours of operation, nor shall this section apply to a person who enters a public building under the reasonable belief that the building is still open to the public.
(3)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever enters upon
any of the following areas in or on a motor vehicle (including an
off-road vehicle, motorcycle, moped, or any other powered two-wheel
vehicle) after receiving, prior to that entry, notice from the owner
or occupant that the entry is forbidden or remains upon or in that
area after receiving notice from the owner or occupant to depart commits
a Class A misdemeanor:
B.
A person has received notice from the owner or occupant within the meaning of Subsection A if he or she has been notified personally, either orally or in writing, including a valid court order as defined by ILCS Ch. 725, Act 5, § 112A-3, granting remedy (2) of ILCS Ch. 725, Act 5, § 112A-14(b), or if a printed or written notice forbidding entry has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance to the land or the forbidden part thereof.
C.
This section does not apply to any person, whether a migrant worker
or otherwise, living on the land with permission of the owner or of
his or her agent having apparent authority to hire workers on the
land and assign them living quarters or a place of accommodation for
living thereon, nor to anyone living on the land at the request of,
or by occupancy, leasing, or other agreement or arrangement with the
owner or his or her agent, nor to anyone invited by the migrant worker
or other person so living on the land to visit that person at the
place the person is so living on the land.
D.
A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this section if he
or she beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential or industrial
properties located within this Village. For the purpose of this subsection,
"unoccupied and abandoned residential or industrial property" means
any real estate in which the taxes have not been paid for a period
of at least two years, and which has been left unoccupied and abandoned
for a period of at least one year. "Beautifies" means to landscape,
clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions on or to board
up windows and doors.
E.
No person shall be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of unoccupied and abandoned residential and industrial property which that person beautifies pursuant to Subsection D of this section.
F.
This section does not prohibit a person from entering a building
or upon the land of another for emergency purposes. For purposes of
this division, "emergency" means a condition or circumstance in which
an individual is or is reasonably believed by the person to be in
imminent danger of serious bodily harm or in which property is or
is reasonably believed to be in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
G.
Subsection A(1)(d) does not apply to a peace officer or other Village official who enters a building or land in the performance of his or her official duties.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 16-16]
H.
Liability.
(1)
A person may be liable in any civil action for money damages to the owner of the land he or she entered upon with a motor vehicle as prohibited under Subsection A above. A person may also be liable to the owner for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The measure of damages shall be:
(a)
The actual damages, but not less than $250 if the vehicle is
operated in a nature preserve or registered area as defined in the
Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act;
(b)
Twice the actual damages if the owner has previously notified
the person to cease trespassing; or
(c)
In any other case, the actual damages, but not less than $50.
(2)
If the person operating the vehicle is under the age of 16, the owner
of the vehicle and the parent or legal guardian of the minor are jointly
and severally liable.
(3)
LAND
OWNER
VEHICLE
For purposes of this Subsection H, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
Includes, but is not limited to, land used for crop land,
fallow land, orchard, pasture, feed lot, timber land, prairie land,
mine spoil nature preserves and registered areas. "Land" does not
include driveways or private roadways upon which the owner allows
the public to drive.
The person who has the right to possession of the land, including
the owner, operator or tenant.
Has the same meaning as provided under the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
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(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 21-3)
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A.
It shall be unlawful to:
(1)
Knowingly damage any Village property.
(2)
Recklessly, by means of fire or explosion, damage Village property
without the Village's consent.
(3)
Knowingly start a fire on Village land.
(4)
Knowingly deposit on Village land or in a Village building any stink
bomb or any offensive-smelling compound which thereby tends to interfere
with the use by the Village of its land or buildings.
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(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 21-1)
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B.
For the purposes of this section, "property" means anything of value,
including, but not limited to, real estate, money, commercial instruments,
written instruments representing or embodying rights concerning anything
of value, labor, or services, things affixed to or found on land or
part of or affixed to any building, electricity, gas, or water.
A.
A person who knowingly sells, gives away, manufactures, purchases,
or possesses a jackrock or who knowingly places, tosses, or throws
a jackrock on public or private property commits a Class A misdemeanor.
B.
As used in this section, "jackrock" means a caltrop or other object
manufactured with one or more rounded or sharpened points, which,
when placed or thrown, presents at least one point at such an angle
that it is peculiar to and designed for use in puncturing or damaging
vehicle tires. It does not include a device designed to puncture or
damage the tires of a vehicle driven over it in a particular direction,
if a conspicuous and clearly visible warning is posted at the device's
location, alerting persons to its presence.
C.
This section does not apply to the possession, transfer, or use of
jackrocks by any law enforcement officer in the course of his or her
official duties.
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(ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, § 21-1.4)
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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly commit any
of the following:
A.
Obtain or exert unauthorized control over property or services of
the owner.
B.
Obtain by deception control over property or services of the owner.
C.
Obtain by threat control over property or services of the owner.
D.
Obtain control over stolen property knowing the property to have
been stolen by another or under any circumstances as would reasonably
induce him or her to believe that the property was stolen and:
(1)
Intend to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of
the property;
(2)
Knowingly use, conceal, or abandon the property in such manner as
to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit; or
(3)
Use, conceal, or abandon the property knowing this use, concealment,
or abandonment will probably deprive the owner permanently of any
use or benefit.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
It shall be unlawful for any person to, knowingly and with an
intent to injure or defraud, injure, alter, obstruct or prevent the
action of a gas, water or electric meter or to make a connection with
a gas or water pipe or electrical conductor that does not register
by a meter without the express written consent of the public body
or utility furnishing or transmitting the gas, water or electric current.
Any person violating this section commits a Class B misdemeanor.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, make, or cause to
be dug or made any hole, pit, ditch, vault, or other excavation in
or upon any street, lane, avenue, alley, sidewalk, or other public
place or dig, make, or cause to be dug or made any excavation upon
any lot adjoining or bounded by any street, lane, avenue, alley, public
place, or sidewalk and not cause the same to be fenced in with a substantial
fence at least three feet high, the boards or rails of which shall
not be more than one foot apart, and fail to place sufficient red
lights in conspicuous places in front of the fence during the night.
It shall be unlawful for any person to take, haul, carry away
or remove any sand or gravel or any material containing either sand
or gravel or both off or from any public park, street, avenue, alley,
or highway in the Village.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether licensed or unlicensed,
to post or in any manner affix or paint, or in any manner impose any
advertisement, sign, or notice of any kind on any curbstone, sidewalk,
street surface, tree, tree box, hydrant, bridge, road, or railroad
elevation or structure, nor shall the same be affixed on any building,
structure, or retaining wall without the consent of the owner.
B.
This section shall not be construed to apply to the posting of legal
notices required by Village, county, state, or federal law or rule
or regulation, if posted in the manner and in the places prescribed
by law.
[Added 2-27-1995 by Ord. No. 95-04]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any resident of the Village to dump motor
oil on the ground, in ditches, roadways, gullies, within the storm
sewer system, or to bury or burn motor oil, whether new or used.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any resident of the Village to attempt to
dispose of motor oil, whether new or used, through the regular garbage
or curbside pick-up available to Village residents.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any motor oil,
whether new or used, within the Village limits by dumping such motor
oil on the ground, in ditches, roadways, gullies, within the storm
sewer system, within the sanitary sewer system, or to bury or burn
motor oil.
