[Amended 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-04-02]
(A) Unless another penalty is provided for specific violations in other
chapters of the Village Code, any person convicted of a municipal
ordinance violation shall be fined not less than $100 and not more
than $750.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration,
Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(B) For subsequent municipal violations, the Village shall seek imposition
of a fine of not less than $25 more than the fine previously imposed
upon the same person for the same offense.
(C) Whoever commits an offense in violation of any section of this Code
or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or procures its commission
is punishable as a principal.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-06-03]
(A) The Village may offer to any person or corporation issued a municipal
ordinance violation an opportunity to settle the matter, in accordance
with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 574, without the ordinance violation(s)
being submitted to the Fayette County Clerk's Office.
(B) If offered an opportunity to settle by the Village, in order to accept
the offer, the defendant must pay at the Village Clerk's office the
entire settlement amount at one time within 30 days of the settlement
offer date. The Village Clerk shall not accept partial payments. The
Village Clerk shall not accept payments after the thirty-day period.
(C) If the entire settlement offer is not accepted within the requisite
thirty-day time period, the violation(s) will be submitted to the
Fayette County Circuit Clerk and formally adjudicated through the
Fayette County Circuit Court, which may add court costs to the ordinance
violation penalty.
(D) The offer to settle must not be less than $100 and not more than
$750.
(E) The settlement offer for subsequent municipal violations may not
be less than $25 more than a previously accepted offer to settle or
fine previously imposed by the Fayette County Circuit Court.
In all actions for violation of any municipal ordinance where
the fine would not be in excess of $750 and no jail term could be
imposed, service of summons may be made by the municipal clerk by
certified mail, return receipt requested, whether service is to be
within or without the state.
The failure of any officer or employee to perform any official
duty imposed by this Code shall not subject such officer or employee
to the penalty imposed for violation of this Code, unless a penalty
is specifically provided for.
When a person is convicted of a violation of any section of
this Code, any license previously issued to him by the Village may
be revoked by the court or by the Village Board.