For the purpose of this Article
II, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
LEGAL GUARDIAN
A person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor by
a Circuit Court of the state or by the appropriate court of another
jurisdiction, but shall not include a person appointed as guardian
or given legal custody of a minor under the Juvenile Court Act.
MINOR
A person who is above the age of 11 years but not yet 19
years of age.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
PARENT
The natural or legally adoptive father or mother of any minor
child.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously
injure, deface, destroy, interfere, or otherwise destroy or damage
any property belonging to another, whether public or private, within
the Village. Any person committing the above act or acts shall be
guilty of the offense of willful and malicious destruction of property.
All money collected under this Article
II as damages shall be paid to or for the benefit of the owner or owners of the property damaged or destroyed or to the person who suffered the damage or loss sustained by the act of willful and malicious destruction of property involved.