[1983 Code; 2-6-1995]
A.
Disorderly Conduct. A person commits disorderly conduct when he knowingly:
1.
Does any act in such unreasonable manner as to provoke, make or aid
in making a breach of peace; or
2.
Does or makes any unreasonable or offensive act, utterance, gesture
or display which, under the circumstances, created a clear and present
danger of a breach of peace or imminent threat of violence; or
3.
Refuses or fails to cease and desist any peaceful conduct or activity
likely to produce a breach of peace where there is an imminent threat
of violence, and where the police have made all reasonable efforts
to protect the otherwise peaceful conduct and activity, and have requested
that said conduct and activity be stopped and explained the request
if there be time; or
4.
Fails to obey a lawful order of dispersal by a person known by him
to be a peace officer under circumstances where three or more persons
are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity,
which acts are likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience,
annoyance or alarm; or
5.
Assembles with three or more persons for the purpose of using force
or violence to disturb the public peace; or
6.
Appears in any public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol,
narcotics or other drug, not therapeutically administered, to the
degree that he may endanger himself or other persons or property,
or annoy persons in his vicinity; or
7.
Carries in a threatening or menacing manner, without authority of
law, any pistol, revolver, dagger, razor, dangerous knife, stiletto,
knuckles, slingshot, an object containing noxious or deleterious liquid,
gas or substance or other dangerous weapon, or conceals said weapon
on or about the person or vehicle; or
8.
Transmits in any manner to the fire department of any city, town,
Village or fire protection district a false alarm of fire, knowing
at the time of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground
for believing that such fire exists; or
9.
Transmits in any manner to another a false alarm to the effect that
a bomb or other explosive of any nature is concealed in such place
that its explosion would endanger human life, knowing at the time
of such transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing
that such bomb or explosive is concealed in such place; or
10.
Transmits in any manner to any peace officer, public officer
or public employee a report to the effect that an offense has been
committed, knowing at the time of such transmission that there is
no reasonable ground for believing that such an offense has been committed;
11.
Enters upon the property of another and for a lewd or unlawful
purpose deliberately looks into a dwelling on the property through
any window or other opening in it; or
12.
While acting as a collection agency as defined in the "Collection
Agency Act" or as an employee of such collection agency, and while
attempting to collect an alleged debt, makes a telephone call to the
alleged debtor which is designed to harass, annoy or intimidate the
alleged debtor.
B.
Disorderly House. Every common ill-governed, or disorderly house,
room or other premises kept for the encouragement of idleness, gaming,
drinking, fornication or other misbehavior, is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance, and the keeper and all persons connected with
the maintenance thereof, and all persons patronizing or frequenting
the same shall be fined not exceeding $500 for each offense.
C.
Disturbing Places of Worship. Any person who shall disquiet or disturb
any congregation or assembly met for religious worship by making a
noise, or by rude and indecent behavior or profane discourse within
the place of worship, or so near to the same as to disturb the order
and solemnity of the meeting, shall be fined not less than $25 nor
more than $500 for each offense.
D.
Inciting Riots. It is unlawful to create a clear and present danger
of a riot or assault, battery or other unlawful trespass against any
person or group of persons because of his or their race, religion,
color, national origin or ancestry, or to create a clear and present
danger of arson, vandalism, defacement or other unlawful trespass
against property because of the race, religion, color, national origin
or ancestry of the owner, possessor or authorized user or users of
said property, or in the case of a cemetery, of the decedent buried
therein.
E.
Mob Action.
1.
Consists of any of the following: The assembly of two or more persons,
without authority of law, for the purpose of doing violence to the
person or property of anyone 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.
2.
The term "person" as used in this section shall include one or more
individuals, copartnership, corporation, firms, organizations, associations,
leagues or other bodies.
3.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined
not less than $25, nor more than $500 for each offense.
A person commits an illegal act when he:
A.
Knowingly damages any property of another without his consent; or
B.
Recklessly by means of fire or explosive damages property of another;
or
C.
Knowingly starts a fire on the land of another without his consent;
or
D.
Knowingly injures a domestic animal of another without his consent;
or
E.
Knowingly deposits on the land or in the building of another, without
his consent, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound and
thereby intends to interfere with the use by another of the land or
building; or
F.
Damages any property, other than as described in Subsection B, with intent to defraud an insurer; or
G.
Knowingly shoots a firearm at any portion of a railroad train; or
H.
Knowingly damages the property of another without his consent by
defacing, deforming or otherwise damaging such property by the use
of paint or any other similar substance.
[1983 Code]
No person shall pass police and fire lines for the purpose of
gathering and editing spot news or photographing news events unless
such person is a legal holder of a press card as provided herein.
A.
Masking. It shall be unlawful for any person within the Village to
appear in public in any mask, cap, cowl, hood or other thing concealing
the identity of the wearer; provided, that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to persons attending or taking part in carnivals,
mask balls, public shows, entertainment or celebrations in the Village,
or under permission of the proper authorities of said Village, nor
to any person holding a written permit issued by the Village President.
B.
Burglar Tools. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his
possession any nippers of the description known as burglar's nippers,
picklock, skeleton key, key to be used with a bit, jimmy or other
burglar's instrument or tool of whatsoever kind or description, unless
it be shown that such possession is innocent or for a lawful purpose,
under a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense.
[1983 Code]
A.
Throwing Objects. No person shall throw, drop or place upon any baseball
park, athletic field or public park, or other place where games are
played any bottle or other glass receptacle or any broken bottle or
other broken instrument or thing. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor more
than $500 for each offense.
B.
Objects on Sills, Railings. It shall be unlawful for any person to
place or keep on any window sill, railing or balcony, top of porch
or any other projection from any house or other building in the Village,
any flowerpot, wooden box, bowl, pitcher or other article or thing
unless the same is securely and firmly fastened or protected so as
to render it impossible for any such pot, box, bowl, pitcher or other
article to fall into the public way. Any person violating this section
shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense.
C.
Fence Spikes. No owner, lessee or person in possession of any building
in this Village, shall erect, maintain or permit to be erected or
maintained on or about the stairway in, or the entrance to, such building
or on or about its exterior building line, or upon any portion of
the sidewalk adjacent to such building, any railing, fence, guard
or projection of any kind, upon which there shall be affixed or in
any manner attached so as to protrude therefrom any spike, nail or
other pointed instrument of any kind or description, unless such protrusion
shall be an integral part of the fencing located entirely on private
property; and unless any such protrusion projecting vertically upward,
shall be at least six feet in height above the ground; and unless
any such protrusion, projecting vertically downward, shall be not
more than six inches from the ground. Any person violating any of
the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor
more than $500 for each offense; and each day any such person shall
fail or neglect to remove from such railing, fence or other projection,
any such spike, nail or other pointed instrument after notice in writing
from the President and Board of Trustees so to do, shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense.
[1983 Code]
A.
Exhibiting Flags. No person shall carry in parade on any public way
in the Village, or exhibit in any licensed hall or public place of
amusement, or display or exhibit on any vehicle or on any building
or premises, or in any other manner in public within the Village any
flag containing matter that is obscene under state law or that is
calculated to provoke an immediate breach of the peace.
B.
Prohibited Signs. No person shall post, stick, stamp, tack, paint
or otherwise fix, or cause the same to be done by another person,
any notice, placard, bill, handbill, sign, poster, and advertisement
or other device calculated to attract the attention of the public
upon any building or part thereof, wall or part thereof, or window,
without first obtaining the written consent of the owner, agent, lessee
or occupant of such premises or structure; nor advertisement or notice
of any kind, or cause the same to be done, which exceeds 12 square
feet in area without first obtaining a permit so to do from the Board
of Trustees in accordance with the provisions of the chapter relating
to billboards and signboards. This section shall not apply to advertising
matter upon billboards owned or controlled by private individuals.
A.
Smoking Prohibition. Smoking, or the carrying of a lighted cigar,
pipe or cigarette is prohibited:
1.
In any retail store which has in its employ five or more full time
employees engaged in work at the same time on the premises except
for areas designated as smoking areas and except for areas set apart
for serving food or beverage, waiting and rest rooms, executive offices
and rooms and areas where merchandise is not exposed.
2.
In every theater, church, school or garage except in rooms designated
as smoking rooms or smoking areas.
3.
In every building or premises where the combustible nature and quantity
of contents are, in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department,
hazardous to life and property from fire.
B.
Smoking Receptacles. All smoking rooms or smoking areas as permitted
in premises designated in Subsection A1 above shall be provided with
smoking stands, ash trays or sand jars and shall be cleaned daily
and kept in sanitary condition at all times.
C.
Signs. "No Smoking" signs shall be conspicuously posted in every
room, building or premises where smoking is prohibited. The words
"No Smoking" on a sign shall be in letters of at least one inch in
size in a color which shall be in contrast to the background color
of said sign.
[2-6-1995]
A.
Prohibition. No person or persons, without good, undoubted and sufficient
excuse, shall loaf or loiter about any street, alley, sidewalk, park,
parking lot or other place or places frequented by the public in the
Village. No person shall, with other persons, congregate about or
upon any stairway, doorway, window or in front of any business or
dwelling house, theater, store, lecture room, church or elsewhere
in the Village and by so doing obstruct or interfere with the free
passage of persons entering or occupying any such building or premises,
or by his language, conversation or conduct, annoy, disturb or insult
any person or persons passing along the streets or alleys or other
public place or places frequented by the public in the Village, or
occupying, residing or doing business in any of said houses or places.
B.
Vehicular Loitering. It is unlawful for any group of three or more
persons to congregate and linger at any location on the premises of
a parking lot or in or around a parked or standing motor vehicle without
good, undoubted and sufficient excuse. Persons so congregating and
lingering shall be deemed guilty of loitering. No person shall drive
a motor vehicle onto such parking lot and then from the premises without
parking such motor vehicle, unless there is no unoccupied parking
space available on the premises.
C.
Posting. It shall be the duty of the proprietor who furnishes parking
to patrons to post on the premises in a conspicuous location at least
one sign bearing the following legend:
CRUISING IN OR CONGREGATING AND LINGERING OUTSIDE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE IS UNLAWFUL. NO UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE MAY BE LEFT ON THESE PREMISES
WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE BUSINESS OPERATOR.
[2-6-1995]
A.
ETCHING EQUIPMENT, ETCHING MATERIALS
LEGAL GUARDIAN
MINOR
PERSON
PROPERTY
VANDALISM
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following words as
used herein shall be construed to have the following meanings:
Includes any tool, device, equipment or substance that can
be used to make permanent marks on metal, glass, plastic, concrete
or stone.
Includes a person appointed guardian of the person or given
custody of a minor by a circuit court of this state or any other state,
but does not include a person appointed guardian only of the estate
of a minor, or appointed guardian or given custody of a minor under
the Illinois Juvenile Court Act.
Any person under the age of 18.
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company or organization of any kind.
Includes any real estate, including improvements thereon
and tangible personalty.
The wilful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement
or defacement of any public or private property including, but not
limited to, public buildings, sewers, water pipes, hydrants or other
Village property, or any tree, grass, shrub or walk in any public
way or public park. This offense includes, but is not limited to,
cutting, injuring, tearing, breaking, marking, drawing, painting or
defacing in any manner or form, when these actions are intended to
have the effect of causing damage to property.
B.
Possession Spray Can or Marker by Underage Persons Prohibited. No
person under the age of 18 shall possess within the Village any paint
in a spray can or any marker containing a fluid which is not water
soluble and has a point, brush, applicator or other writing surface
of 3/8 of an inch or greater. This prohibition shall not apply to:
1.
A child using paint or a marker while under the immediate supervision
of the child's parent(s) or legal guardian;
2.
A student using paint or a marker while under the immediate supervision
of the student's teacher;
3.
An employee using paint or a marker at the direction and under the
supervision of the employee's employer.
C.
Aiding or Assisting Underage Persons in Obtaining Paint Spray Cans
or Markers Prohibited. No person shall aid, assist or abet a person
under the age of 18 in obtaining possession of paint in a spray can
or any marker containing a fluid which is not water soluble and has
a point, brush, applicator or other writing surface of 3/8 of an inch
or greater. This prohibition shall not apply to:
1.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a spray paint container,
liquid paint or any marker containing a fluid which is not water soluble
and has a point, brush, applicator or other writing surface of 3/8
of an inch or greater, on the property of another in any public building
or upon any public facility. It shall be a defense to an action for
violation of this section that the owner, manager or other person
having control of the property, building or facility consented to
the presence of the paint or marker.
2.
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a spray paint container,
liquid paint or any marker containing a fluid which is not water soluble
and has a point, brush, applicator or other writing surface of 3/8
of an inch or greater, or any etching equipment or any etching materials,
on the public way with intent to use the same to deface any building,
structure or property.
E.
Trespass, vandalism.
1.
Trespass prohibited. No person shall enter into or upon any lot,
block, or tract of ground in the Village which is under cultivation,
or which is improved with a building used for dwelling, business,
commercial or other allied use, unless such person be an owner, lessee,
or person entitled so to enter, or the duly authorized agent thereof,
and any person found by the police in and upon any such premises shall
be treated as a trespasser unless he can produce satisfactory evidence
of ownership or right to be in and upon any such premises.
2.
Trespasses to property; vandalism. Statement of purpose. Acts of
vandalism resulting in damage to real or personal property within
this Village have increased, posing a threat to the value of property
and the welfare of residents. It is in the best interests of the Village
that such acts be prosecuted by the Village as a local offense, that
penalties therefor be imposed which are related to the nature of the
act and the type of offender, and that parents or legal guardians
or minors found guilty of such acts be held responsible for any monetary
penalty or order of restitution or reparation imposed. The diligent
pursuit of such interests will tend to increase parental supervision
of minors and reduce the incidence; of juvenile vandalism, thus advancing
the welfare of residents of the Village.
F.
Injuring or Obstructing Signal Systems. No person, unless duly authorized,
shall open any signal box unless it be to give an alarm of fire or
to communicate with the police on necessary business, nor break, cut,
injure, deface, derange or in any manner meddle or interfere with
any signal box or the firm alarm or police telegraph wires, or with
any Municipal electric wires, poles, conduits or apparatus.
G.
Defacing and Injuring Houses of Worship and Cemeteries. Any person
who wilfully defaces, mars, injures, destroys or removes any vault,
tomb, monument, gravestone, memorial of the dead, church, or synagogue
or any other structure constituting a place of worship of any religion,
sect or group, or any part of any contents thereof, or any fence,
tree, shrub or plant appurtenant thereto, shall be fined in accordance
with the penalty provisions of this section.
H.
Failure to Remove or Repair Vandalism. It shall be the duty of the
owner of private property located within the Village to remove or
repair vandalism within 24 hours after receipt of certified mail,
return receipt requested, a demand for removal/repair of vandalism
from the Police Department.
I.
Form of Demand. The demand for removal/repair shall take the following
form:
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LEGAL NOTICE
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To: (Land Owner of Record)
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From: Thornton Police Department You are hereby notified that your property located at _____ has suffered an act of vandalism as defined by § 10-1A-9A of the Municipal Code of the Village of Thornton and that said vandalism must be removed or repaired within 24 hours of your receipt of this notice.
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[Amended 2023]
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A.
Discharge any firearm, air gun, pellet gun, or BB gun in the Village;
provided that this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit any
officer of the law from discharging a firearm, air gun, pellet gun,
or BB gun in the performance of their official duty; any person from
discharging a firearm, air gun, pellet gun, or BB gun when lawfully
defending their person or property; or any person from discharging
a firearm, air gun, pellet gun, or BB gun upon the premises of a licensed
target or shooting range duly approved by the Village President and
Board of Trustees in accordance with the Village Code of Ordinances.
B.
Sell, store, possess, discharge, or set off any fireworks or give
any pyrotechnic display in the Village, except as approved by the
Village President and Board of Trustees in connection with public
exhibitions. All such public exhibitions shall be under the supervision
of a competent person and shall be supervised by the Police or Fire
Chief or some other member of the Police or Fire Department assigned
this duty by them. For the purposes of this section, "fireworks" shall
mean those regulated by the Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois (425
ILCS 30/1 et seq.) or other applicable state or federal law or regulation.
[12-3-2001]
A.
No person shall dump or deposit or cause to be dumped or deposited
on any lot or parcel of real estate within the Village, any garbage,
ashes, refuse, trash, miscellaneous waste, manure or other substance
that may contain disease germs or may be scattered by the wind, or
may decompose, or become filthy, noxious or unhealthful, except at
a sanitary landfill site, liquid waste handling facility or transfer
station for which a permit has been properly issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Code. Such dumping without a permit is hereby declared
to be a nuisance. Any person or business violating this provision
of this chapter will be fined not less than $1,000 and not more than
$2,000. Offenses may also be punishable as a misdemeanor by incarceration
in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months under the procedure
set forth in § 5/1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code
as amended, and under the provisions of the Illinois Code of Criminal
Procedure, as amended, in a separate proceeding. In addition to the
other penalties provided in this section, any person who violates
this section shall be liable to the Village for three times the amount
of all costs and expenses incurred by the Village in abating a nuisance.
In addition to any other penalty imposed under this chapter, if any
person or business performing work under any contract with the Village
is found guilty of violating this section, the Village may terminate
the contract by giving written notice of the termination to the person
or business. The contract shall be null and void upon delivery of
such notice. Any business license issued by the Village to any person
who violates this section two or more times within any ten-year period
shall be subject to revocation if the violation occurred in the course
of the business for which the license was issued.
B.
A motor vehicle that is used in the violation of this section shall be subject to seizure and impoundment under § 10-1A-14. The owner of record of such vehicle shall be liable to the Village for an administrative penalty of $500 in addition to fees for the towing and storage of the vehicle and in addition to any other penalties imposed under this section; provided that the penalty shall be $2,000 for any second or subsequent violation of this Subsection B within any ten-year period.
[12-3-2001; 9-3-2008(2)]
A.
Drugs. It is unlawful for any person to solicit or to attempt to
obtain cannabis or to possess cannabis as defined in the Illinois
Cannabis Control Act, as amended, or a controlled substance as defined
by the Illinois Controlled Substance Act, as amended.
B.
Impoundment. Any motor vehicle which is used in connection with a violation of § 10-1A-12A or that contains cannabis as defined by the Illinois Cannabis Act, as amended, or a controlled substance as defined by the Illinois Controlled Substance Act, as amended, or that contains drug paraphernalia as defined by the Illinois Drug Paraphernalia Act, 720 ILCS 600/1 et seq., as amended, or that is used in connection with any of the following violations (the violation of the Criminal Code of 1961, 720 ILCS 5/9-1, 5/9-2, 5/9-3.3, 5/11-6, 5/11-14, 5/11-15, 5/11-15.1, 5/11-16, 5/11-17, 5/11-18, 5/11-18.1, 5/11-19, 5/11-19.1, 5/11-19.2, 5/12-2, 5/12-3, 5/12-3.2, 5/12-4, 5/12-4.1, 5/12-4.2, 5/12-4.3, 5/12-4.4, 5/12-4.6, 5/12-4.7, 5/12-6, 5/12-7.1, 5/12-7.4, 5/12-13, 5/12-14, 5/12-15, 5/12-16, 5/12-16.2, 5/19-1, 5/19-2, 5/19-3, 5/19-4, 5/19-5, 5/20-1, 5/20-1.1, 5/20-2, 5/21-1, 5/21-2, 5/21-3, 5/21-4, 5/21-5, 5/21-6, 5/21-7, 5/24-1, 5/24-1.2, 5/24-2.1, 5/24-3.1, 5/24-3.3, or 5/33A-2, 150/5.1, or in violation of 720 ILCS 550/4, 550/5, 550/5.1, 550/5.2 or 550/8 of the cannabis control act or in violation of 720 ILCS 570/401, 570/401.1, 570/402 of the controlled substance act or similar provision of local ordinance, or in violation of 625 ILCS 5/11-501, 5/6-303, 5/6-101, 5/11-204 of the vehicle code) shall be subject to seizure and impoundment under § 10-1A-14 and the owner of record of said vehicle shall be liable to the Village for an administrative penalty not to exceed $500 plus any towing and storage fees as hereinafter provided.
Exception:
1.
Violation of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes where the suspension
is due to a vehicle emissions suspension and said suspension has not
been imposed for more than one year at the time of the stop.
2.
Violation of 625 Illinois Compiled Statutes where the driver's license
has not been expired for more than six months at the time of the stop.
[12-3-2001]
A.
Laser sight accessory, defined. "Laser sight accessory" means a laser
sighting device which is either integrated into a firearm or capable
of being attached to a firearm.
B.
No person shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lend, transfer
ownership of, acquire or possess any laser sight accessory in the
Village provided, that this section shall not apply to any members
of the armed forces of the United States, or the organized militia
of this or any other state, and peace officers as defined in this
Code to the extent that any such person is otherwise authorized to
acquire or possess a laser sight accessory and is acting within the
scope of his or her duties.
C.
Any motor vehicle that contains an unregistered firearm, a firearm that is not broken down in a nonfunctioning state, or a laser sight accessory is subject to seizure and impoundment under § 10-1A-14 and the owner of record of said motor vehicle shall be liable to the Village for an administrative penalty of $500 plus any towing and storage fees applicable under § 10-1A-14. This subsection shall not apply: (1) if the vehicle used in the violation was stolen at the time and the theft was reported to the appropriate police authorities within 24 hours after the theft was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered; (2) if the vehicle is operating as a common carrier and the violation occurs without the knowledge of the person in control of the vehicle; or (3) if the owner proves that the presence of the firearm or laser sight accessory was permissible pursuant to Illinois law.
[Amended 12-3-2001; 10-20-2003]
A.
Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle
is subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to §§ 9-12-4,
10-1A-11, 10-1A-12 and 10-1A-13 of this Code, the police officer shall
provide for the towing of the vehicle to a facility authorized by
the Village or its agents. Before or at the time the vehicle is towed,
the police officer shall notify any person identifying himself as
the owner of the vehicle or any person who is found to be in control
of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, of the fact of
the seizure and of the vehicle owner's right to request a vehicle
impoundment hearing to be conducted under this section.
B.
This subsection shall not apply: (1) if the vehicle used in the violation
was stolen at that time and the theft was reported to the appropriate
police authorities within 24 hours after the theft was discovered
or reasonably should have been discovered; or (2) if the vehicle is
operating as a common carrier and the violation occurs without the
knowledge of the person in control of the vehicle.
C.
Whenever the owner of record of a vehicle seized pursuant to this
section makes a request of the police department in writing for a
vehicle impoundment hearing after the seizure, a hearing officer shall
conduct the vehicle impoundment hearing within 24 hours after the
seizure, excluding Sundays and legal holidays. All interested persons
shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the vehicle
impoundment hearing. The formal rules of evidence will not apply at
the hearing, and hearsay evidence shall be admissible. If, after the
hearing, the hearing officer determines that there is probable cause
to believe that the vehicle is subject to seizure and impoundment
for a violation of the Municipal Code of the Village of Thornton,
the hearing officer shall order the continued impoundment of the vehicle
as provided in this section unless the owner of the vehicle posts
with the Village a cash bond in the amount not to exceed $500.
D.
Unless a hearing is held pursuant to Subsection C above, within 10 days after a vehicle is seized and impounded pursuant to this section, the Village shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the owner of record of the date, time and location of a hearing that will be continued by order of the hearing officer, no later than 30 days after the vehicle was seized. The hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer appointed by the Mayor. All interested persons shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the hearing. If, after the hearing, the hearing officer determines by a preponderance of evidence that the vehicle was used in the violation, the hearing officer shall enter an order finding the owner of record of the vehicle civilly liable to the Village for an administrative penalty in the amount not to exceed $500. If the owner of record fails to appear at the hearing, the hearing officer shall enter a default order in favor of the Village requiring the payment to the Village of an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed $500. If the hearing officer finds that no such violation occurred, the hearing officer shall order the immediate return of the owner's vehicle or cash bond.
E.
If an administrative penalty is imposed pursuant to this section, such penalty shall constitute a debt due and owing to the Village. If a cash bond has been posted pursuant to this section, the bond shall be applied to the penalty. If a vehicle has been impounded when such a penalty is imposed, the Village may seek to obtain a judgment on the debt and enforce such judgment against the vehicle as provided by law. Except as provided otherwise in this section, a vehicle shall continue to be impounded until the penalty is paid to the Village and any applicable towing and storage fees are paid, in which case possession of the vehicle shall be given to the person who is legally entitled to possess the vehicle, or (2) the vehicle is sold or otherwise disposed of to satisfy a judgment or enforce a lien as provided by law. If the administrative penalty and applicable fees are not paid within 30 days after an administrative penalty is imposed under Subsection D against an owner of record who defaults by failing to appear at the hearing, the vehicle shall be deemed unclaimed and shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law for the disposition of unclaimed vehicles. In all other cases, if the administrative penalty and applicable fees are not paid within 30 days after the expiration of time at which administrative review of the hearing officer's determination may be sought, or within 30 days after an action seeking administrative review has been resolved in favor of the Village, whichever is applicable, the vehicle shall be deemed unclaimed and shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law for the dispositions of unclaimed vehicles under § 4-208 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended, (625 ILCS 5/4-208).
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no owner,
lienholder or other person shall be legally entitled to take possession
of a vehicle impounded under this section until the civil penalty
and fees applicable under this section have been paid. However, whenever
a person with a lien of record against an impounded vehicle has commenced
foreclosure proceedings, possession of the vehicle shall be given
to that person if he or she agrees in writing to refund to the Village
the amount of the net proceeds of any foreclosure sale, less any amounts
required to pay all lienholders of record, not to exceed $500 plus
the applicable fees.
F.
For purposes of this section, the "owner of record" of a vehicle
is the record title holder.
[6-6-2005]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell,
offer for sale, or barter any ice cream, frozen dessert, soft drink,
soda water, candy, or merchandise of like character on the streets,
highways, alleys, or public ways within the Village from any vehicle.
B.
This section applies only to retail transactions.
C.
For purposes of this section, a vehicle is any device in, upon, or
by which a person or property is or may be transported, whether powered
by motor, person, or animal, including but not limited to any vehicle
that is subject to registration under the ILCS Ch. 525, Act 5 § 1-100
et seq.
[8-2-2010]
A.
No property owner, occupant or other person shall move or permit
to be moved snow or ice from private property onto the streets, highways,
alleys or public ways within the Village.
B.
Penalty. Any person found in violation of Subsection A shall be fined not more than $30 for the first violation, $60 for the second violation in any twenty-four-month period, $120 for the third violation in any twenty-four-month period, $240 for the fourth violation in any twenty-four-month period, and $480 for the fifth and subsequent violations in any twenty-four-month period.
[9-16-2019]
A.
No person shall consume or permit the consumption of recreational
cannabis at a cannabis business establishment as defined by Illinois
Cannabis Regulation Tax Act and the Municipal Code of the Village
of Thornton or any other business establishment within the Village
open to the public.
