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Village of Granville, IL
Putnam County
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No person shall appear in any place exposed to the public view within the Village in a state of nudity, or in an indecent or lewd state of dress, or shall make any indecent exposure of his or her person, or be guilty of any lewd or indecent act.
A. 
Distribution of obscene materials. No person shall bring within the limits of the Village, or shall sell or offer to sell, or shall give away, or shall make, draw, print or publish within the Village any material which is obscene as defined in 720 ILCS 5/11-20.
B. 
Obscene performances. No person shall exhibit or perform, or shall assist in exhibiting or performing any indecent, obscene or lewd play, exhibition or other representation, or shall permit the same to be performed, in any building or premises controlled by him.
C. 
Obscene writing. No person shall, in any place open to public view, write, mark, draw, cut or make any obscene or indecent word, sentence, design or figure.
No person shall keep a common or ill-governed or disorderly house.
A. 
No person shall keep or maintain within the Village any bawdy house, place of prostitution, or any place for the practice of fornication, or shall knowingly permit any building or place owned by him, or under his control, to be used for that purpose.
B. 
No person shall be an inmate of any bawdy house, place of prostitution, or any place for the practice of fornication within the Village, or shall in any way contribute to the support thereof.
No person shall keep any gambling place as defined in 720 ILCS 5/28-3, or any place where betting is done, within the Village, or shall knowingly permit any such gambling place to be so kept, in or upon any building or premises owned or controlled by him or her. No person shall procure or permit any persons to come together in any house or place occupied or owned by him or her, or under his or her control, for the purpose of playing for money or other valuable things at any game.
No person shall be an inmate of any gambling place as defined in 720 ILCS 5/28-3 within the Village, or shall be in any way connected therewith, or shall frequent the same, or shall be found therein. No person shall commit gambling as defined in 720 ILCS 5/28-1.
[Amended 12-1-2020 by Ord. No. 726[1]; 2-1-2022 by Ord. No. 740A]
A. 
The Village hereby adopts the provisions of the Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and to the extent that any provision of other and prior ordinances of the Village of Granville is in conflict herewith, the provisions of this section shall prevail.
B. 
The Village shall charge a licensing fee for all video gaming terminals located in establishments in the Village legally permitted to have such gaming terminals as defined by the Video Gaming Act in the amount of $250 per video gaming terminal, per year, beginning January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, and following years.
C. 
No establishment having a video gaming terminal shall have more than six gaming terminals per place of business, with a separate fee for each terminal.
D. 
Gaming terminals shall be permitted in Class A liquor license establishments in the Village of Granville, Putnam County, Illinois and in licensed fraternal establishments and licensed veterans establishments.
E. 
Compliance. Each establishment having a license allowed by this section is obligated to permit officers of the Village of Granville to inspect during business hours each licensed terminal to determine compliance with state statutes and this section.
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Editor's Note: Section 3 of this ordinance stated that any person, firm, or corporation that violates any provision of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined not less than $100 and not more than $500 for each offense.
No person shall in any manner, or by any means, be guilty of cruelty to any dumb animal, or shall be guilty of turning out or abandoning any old, decrepit or worthless animal upon the public streets of the Village.