Unless another penalty is expressly provided for in a section of this Code, and a citation "P" ticket is not given for such violation, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $750.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 30, General Provisions, Art. 2).
(A) 
Applicable sections. Whenever a police officer is authorized to arrest a person without a warrant because of a violation of any section or provision of this Municipal Code in respect to any of the following sections, said police officer may, in lieu of the filing of the complaint in court, in the first instance issue to such alleged violator, a citation:
[Amended 8-22-2006 by Ord. No. 10-2006[1]]
(1) 
Advising said person that he has violated a specified ordinance;
(2) 
Requesting him to make payment in an amount applicable to said alleged violation as set forth below as settlement of said violation claim; and
(3) 
Informing him that upon failure to so settle, a complaint will be filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County charging him with such violation.
Section
Settlement Amount
PARKING - Violation of all sections: Chapter 14
All parking violations committed within a 12-month period, except violations of § 14.134(A) (Handicapped Zones)
$50
For each violation of § 14.134(A) (Handicapped Zones)
$250
NO VEHICLE STICKER — IMPROPER VEHICLE STICKER OR FAILURE TO PURCHASE OR DISPLAY VEHICLE STICKER - Violation of all sections: Article 38, Chapter 11
$50
BICYCLE - Violation of all sections: Article 7, Chapter 14
All bicycle violations committed within a 12-month period
$20
For each and every offense thereafter committed within said period, for each such offense
Additional sum of $10
SPEED - Violation of Article 4, Chapter 14
15 miles or less over speed limit
$50
TRAFFIC - Violations not otherwise provided for - Violations of Chapter 14
$50
ILLINOIS VEHICLE CODE (IVC) - Violation of the following sections:
IVC Section
Description
Settlement Amount
3-413
Display of registration plates, registration stickers and driveway decal permits
$50
11-1406
Obstruction to driver's view
$50
11-1407
Improper opening of door into traffic
$50
11-1410
Coasting on downgrade
$50
11-1411
Following fire apparatus
$50
12-101
Unsafe motor vehicle
$50
12-201(a)
Driving without lighted lamp (motorcycle)
$50
12-201(b)
Driving without lights when required
$50
12-201(b)
No tail-lights
$50
12-201(b)
No red tail-light
$50
12-201(b)
Only one red tail-light
$50
12-201(c)
No rear registration light
$50
12-205.1
No lights when required (specific vehicle)
$50
12-208
No signal lamp or device
$50
12-211
Improper lighting
$50
12-212
Illegal lights (red or flashing)
$50
12-215
Illegal use of oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights
$50
12-301
Defective or no brakes
$50
12-401
Use of illegal tires (studs)
$50
12-405(c)
Use of unsafe tire
$50
12-501
No safety glass
$50
12-502
Mirrors
$50
12-503(a), (c), (e)
Obstruction of driver's view
$50
12-503(d)
No windshield wiper or cleaning device
$50
12-601
Defective horn
$50
12-602
Muffler (loud; excessive noise; no muffler)
$50
12-603
No seat belts
$50
12-606
Tow trucks (identification)
$50
12-607
Vehicle suspension system
$50
12-608
Vehicle bumpers
$50
12-610
Wearing headset receiver while driving
$50
12-702(a)
No flags, flares, warning devices carried
$50
12-702(c)
No flags, flares, warning devices displayed
$50
12-703
Dripping oil on roadway
$50
12-710
Inadequate or no splash guards
$50
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 30, General Provisions, Art. 2).
(B) 
Settlement.
(1) 
Pursuant to said citation, the person so accused of said violation may settle and compromise the violation claim in respect to such Code violation by paying to the municipality the applicable amount as shown in the schedule set forth as the settlement amount in Subsection (A) above, within a period to be specified in said citation, not more than 10 days of the time said alleged offense was committed.
(2) 
Such payment shall be made in accordance with the instructions contained in the aforesaid citation, at the office of the desk officer of the police station, who shall issue a receipt for the money so received and promptly remit said amount to the City Collector, to be forwarded to the City Treasurer to be credited to the proper municipal fund.
(C) 
Final notice; penalty. In the event that the person to whom said citation is issued fails to settle and pay said violation within the time specified in the citation, a final notice shall be mailed to him. When, in fact, the final notice has been mailed, the violation may then be settled and compromised by paying two times the amount set forth in the schedule in Subsection (A) above within the time specified in the final notice.
(D) 
Issuance of complaint. In the event that the person to whom the citation is issued fails to settle and pay said violation claim within the time specified in the final notice (if one is served or mailed to him), then the police officer is authorized to cause the citation (notice to appear or "P" ticket) to be served upon said alleged violator and is authorized to file the same as a complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County and prosecute the same. The officer, as an alternative, may file a formal complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County in lieu of the citation.
(E) 
Court penalty; settlement before court date. In the event that payment is not made within the time prescribed in the final notice and the citation or a complaint is filed in the Circuit Court, payment of any fine and costs shall be in such amounts as may be determined and established by the Circuit Court, but not to exceed the sum of $500 for any one violation; provided that the offenses may be settled and compromised for the amount specified in the notice to appear at least three working days before the court date. Such amount shall be two times the amount set forth in the schedule set forth in Subsection (A) above.
(F) 
Correction of violation. The payment of an amount as settlement herein will not excuse securing of and the payment of a license fee provided for in this Code or correction of the violation. Proof of correction must be furnished before settlement is accepted.
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of the City or by state law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation as provided for in this chapter.
In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any such law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred. The lessor of any vehicle, whether or not a registered owner, shall be responsible for such parking violation and subject to the penalty therefor.
(A) 
Members of the Police Division are hereby authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Division, or otherwise maintained by the City under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
(1) 
When any vehicle is left unattended where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction of traffic.
(2) 
When a vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
(3) 
When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a definite hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic.
(4) 
When any vehicle is left upon a street in violation of § 14.136, Parking prohibited on snow routes.
(5) 
When any vehicle is left parked upon a street in a marked "Tow Away Zone."
(6) 
When any vehicle is left parked on the street in violation of any specific section which does not provide for a method of immediate tow, the vehicle shall be towed by giving reasonable notice that it will be towed. A minimum of one hour's and not more than 24 hours' notice shall be given that said vehicle will be towed by posting a notice on the windshield of the vehicle. Said notice shall merely state the "vehicle will be towed if not removed within ____ hours" or "a second or more violation of this section will subject the vehicle to immediate tow."
(7) 
When any vehicle otherwise constitutes an immediate threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public.
(B) 
Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage.
(C) 
Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this section and does not know, and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then and in that event the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the state department whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal, and name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(D) 
The owner or person entitled to custody of the vehicle shall pay, in case of redemption, the actual cost and expense of said removal and a reasonable storage charge in addition to any fine. On written notice to the City, however, he shall be entitled to a post-tow hearing as to his liability for the charges and the lawfulness of the tow pursuant to Article 20.
The Chief of Police shall make a monthly report to the City Council regarding the number of citations issued, the disposition of those citations and the revenues received as a result of the citations.
All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the City treasury and deposited in a corporate fund.