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Village of Brownstown, IL
Fayette County
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No person shall, by violent conduct, disturb any police officer in the discharge of his duties; nor shall any person assault, strike, or fight with any police officers in the discharge of his/her duties or permit such conduct in or upon any house or premises in the Village owned or possessed by him/her or under his/her management and control. Abusive or vulgar language in the presence of an officer does not evoke into a crime unless the language provokes a breach of the peace or constitutes fighting words evoking some violent response.
No person in the Village shall falsely represent himself to be an officer of the Village or shall, without being duly authorized by the Village, exercise or attempt to exercise any of the duties, functions or powers of the Village officer, or hinder, obstruct, resist or otherwise interfere with any Village officer in the discharge of the duties of his office, or attempt to prevent any such officer from arresting any person, either by force or by giving notice to such person, or attempt to rescue from such officer any person in his custody, or impersonate any of the members of the police force of this Village, or maliciously or with the intention of deceiving any person, wear the uniform of or a uniform similar to that worn by the members of the Police Department, or use any of the signs, signals or devices adopted and used by the Police Department.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully interrupt or disturb any funeral assembly, funeral procession, school, any assembly met for the worship of God or any other assembly met for a lawful purpose by any offensive behavior, or by any disorderly conduct.
It shall be illegal for persons to assemble unlawfully in the following situations:
(A) 
The use of force or violence disturbing the public peace by two or more persons acting together and without authority of law; or
(B) 
The assembly of two or more persons to do an unlawful act; or
(C) 
The assembly of two or more persons, without authority of law, for the purpose of doing violence to the person or property of any one supposed to have been guilty of a violation of the law, or for the purpose of exercising correctional powers or regulative powers over any person by violence.
No person shall disturb the good order of society, or the peace of any private family, or of any congregation within the Village by any noise or amusement, or by vulgar or profane language, or by any disorderly or immoral conduct.
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Editor's Note: Former § 27-2-6, Barbed Wire and Electric Fences, of the prior Village Code was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I); see now § 33-2-17.
It shall be unlawful for any person to fraudulently enter, without payment of the proper admission fee, any theater, ballroom, lecture, concert or other place where admission fees are charged; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the free admission of police officers engaged in the performance of police duties to any place of public entertainment or amusement.
[Amended 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-05-01]
No person under 21 years of age shall buy any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms. No person shall sell, buy for, distribute samples of or furnish any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco or tobacco in any of its forms to any person under 21 years of age. For the purpose of this section, "smokeless tobacco" means any tobacco products that are suitable for dipping or chewing.
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Editor's Note: Former § 27-2-9, Smokeless Tobacco, of the prior Village Code, as amended 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-05-01, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I); see now § 27-2-8.
(A) 
It shall be unlawful for a pedestrian to stand upon any sidewalk or public way, except as near as reasonably possible to the building line or curbline if such standing interferes with the use of said sidewalk by other pedestrians.
(B) 
It shall be unlawful to impede or interfere with another person's use of a public way.
It shall be unlawful to rescue or attempt to rescue or shall abet or encourage the rescue or escape of any person from the custody of any officer or other person legally having him in charge, or shall molest or interfere with any officer or other person so legally having him in charge, or shall, in any manner, aid, abet or encourage the rescue or the attempt to escape from any person legally committed thereto, or shall supply or attempt to supply any such person with any weapon or with any implement or means whereby an escape might be affected, or with any intoxicating liquors, drugs or other article(s) without the consent of the officer in charge.
It shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any offense or in lawful custody to escape or attempt to escape from custody.
It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain any food, drink, goods, wares, or merchandise under false pretenses, or to enter public places and call for refreshments or other articles and receive and refuse to pay for same, or to depart without paying for or satisfying the person from whom he received the food, goods, wares, and/or merchandise.
It shall be unlawful for any person to rent, use, or allow to be used, any building or property owned by him, for any purpose whereby riotous or disorderly persons are gathered.
It shall be unlawful for any person, in any way or manner, to aid, abet, counsel, advise or encourage any other person in the commission of any of the acts mentioned herein or in any manner encourage the commission of such offense hereby defined.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to post notices or advertisements in violation of § 33-2-14 of the Village Code.
No person shall, in the Village, be found in a state of intoxication or drunk in any street or other public place, or shall be found drunk lying or roving about the streets, alleys, or sidewalks of this Village or the private grounds of any of the inhabitants thereof, or being drunk as aforesaid, shall disturb the peace, order and quiet of the Village, or the peace and quiet of the citizens thereof by loud and unusual noises, disorderly conduct, indecent language or behavior or in any other manner.
No person shall beg or solicit alms within the Village without having obtained permission in writing from the Mayor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
No person shall, within the Village, carry or wear under his clothes, or concealed about his person, any pistol or colt, or sling-shot, or cross knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any switchblade knife or razor, bowie knife, dirk knife or dirk, dagger or any other dangerous or deadly weapon. This section does not apply to the officers or members of the Police Department, nor to any sheriff or deputy sheriff or constable of this state, nor to any United States Marshal, or to any person who has a valid state license to carry a concealed firearm.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearm, bow and arrow or air gun in the Village or so that the bullet, arrow, missile or projectile therefrom enters the Village without written permission from the Mayor, provided that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law to discharge a firearm in the performance of his duty, nor to prevent any citizen from discharging a firearm when lawfully defending his person or property, nor to prevent the discharge of bow and arrow by students upon school grounds while under the direct and immediate supervision of teachers or other school supervisory personnel.
No person shall, upon any Village street, fly any kite or play any game of ball or engage in any amusement or practice having a tendency to injure or annoy any person passing in the streets or on the sidewalks.
(A) 
Nitroglycerine; Dynamite, Etc. No person shall have, keep, possess, or store at or in any place within the Village, any nitroglycerine, dynamite or giant powder, or any form or combination of any of them.
(B) 
Blasting Powder, Etc. No person shall keep, possess or store any gun or blasting powder or any gun or explosive cotton at or in any one place in the Village in any quantity exceeding five pounds.
No person in the Village shall throw or cast any rock or stone or any other missile upon or at any building, tree, or other public or private property, or at any person in any street, avenue, alley or public place.
No person in the Village shall deface, destroy, or in any way, injure any public property, or any other apparatus of the Village.
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Editor's Note: Former § 27-2-25, Fortune Telling, of the prior Village Code was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I).
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or discard in any place accessible to children any refrigerator, icebox or ice chest of a capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more, which has an attached lid or door which may be opened or fastened shut by means of an attached latch. The owner, lessee, or manager of such place who knowingly permits such abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or ice chest to remain there in such condition shall be guilty of violating this Code.
It shall be illegal for any person to engage in Halloween practice commonly called "trick or treat" by calling at the homes or dwelling places within the Village, either masked or unmasked, except on a day designated by the Village Board and no later than 8:00 p.m.
(A) 
Established. It shall be unlawful for a person less than 17 years of age to be present at or upon any public assembly, building, place, street or highway at the following times, unless accompanied and supervised by a parent, legal guardian or other responsible companion at least 18 years of age, approved by a parent or legal guardian or unless engaged in a business or occupation which the laws of this state authorize a person less than 17 years of age to perform:
[Amended 7-19-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-07-03]
(1) 
Between 10:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, inclusive and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
(2) 
Between 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, inclusive and 6:00 a.m. on the following day.
(B) 
Responsibility of Parents and Guardians. It shall be unlawful for a parent, legal guardian or other person to knowingly permit a person in his custody or control to violate Subsection (A) of this section.
(C) 
It is a defense to prosecution for a violation of this section if the minor was:
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I)]
(1) 
Accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian or other person in custody or control of the minor;
(2) 
On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(3) 
In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel;
(4) 
Engaged in an employment activity or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(5) 
Involved in an emergency;
(6) 
On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department about the minor's presence;
(7) 
Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a government or governmental agency, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by a government or governmental agency, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
(8) 
Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
(9) 
Married or had been married or is an emancipated minor under the Emancipation of Minors Act.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 750 ILCS 30/1 et seq.
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, obtain, possess or pickup any recyclable item(s) from any receptacle or collection point where service is provided by an authorized waste hauler licensed by the municipality or from any specified recycling center within the Village limits unless said person is acting as an agent for the Village or acting as an agent for a waste hauler licensed by the Village.
[Amended 12-20-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-12-01]
(A) 
It shall be unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, display for sale, barter, exchange, gift, or otherwise transfer to another any synthetic cannabinoid or product containing synthetic cannabis or any product marketed as containing any synthetic cannabis.
(B) 
Synthetic cannabinoids and products containing synthetic cannabis are those substances with a chemical structure or pharmacological effect substantially similar to the active ingredient of marijuana, or tetrahydrocannabinoid (THC), or any product marketed as containing ingredients with a chemical structure or producing a pharmacological effect substantially similar to THC, whether described as tobacco, potpourri, herbs, incense, spice, aromatic, or any combination thereof for any purpose, regardless of how marked.
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Editor's Note: Former § 27-2-31, Prohibition Upon Possession of Cannabis and Drug Paraphernalia, of the prior Village Code, as amended 12-20-2016 by Ord. No. 16-12-02, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, Administration, Art. I, General Code Provisions, Div. I); see now Art. X of this chapter.