[Adopted 12-17-1984 by Ord. No. 444 (Title 1, Ch. 4, of the 1978 Code)]
[Amended 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
Except as otherwise provided, any person convicted of a violation of any section or provision of this Code shall be fined a sum not to exceed $750 for any one offense, and the person may be confined in the Village or County jail for a period of not more than six months, or be both so fined and imprisoned.
[Amended 10-7-1991 by Ord. No. 505; 11-18-1991 by Ord. No. 508; 10-4-1999 by Ord. No. 564; 12-20-2010 by Ord. No. 649; 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
A. 
Issuance.
(1) 
Any officer or employee of the Village or any person or persons designated by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village may issue an ordinance violation citation to any person or persons accused of a violation of one or more of the following sections of this Code:
Chapter
Title
Sections
332, Art. III
Board of Trustees
§ 332-30
519
Streets and Sidewalks
§ 519-7; § 519-15
705
Vehicles and Traffic
§ 705-2 through and including § 705-11; § 705-58; § 705-68 through and including § 705-74; § 705-89; and § 705-90 through and including § 705-98
905, Art. IV
Dangerous Buildings
§ 905-17
972, Art. II
Plants and Weeds
§ 972-5 through and including § 972-9
1130
Health Regulations
§ 1130-3
1305, Art. I
Animals: Animal Control
§ 1305-1 through and including § 1305-7
1305, Art. II
Animals: Dog and Cats
§ 1305-9 through and including § 1305-15; § 1305-17
1305, Art. III
Animals: Chickens
§ 1305-27
1311
Curfew
§ 1311-1 through and including § 1311-3
1328
Fireworks
§ 1328-2
1349, Art. I
Nuisances: Storage of Motor Vehicles, Appliances and Machinery
§ 1349-2 through and including § 1349-5
1355
Offenses
§§ 1355-23 and 1355-24
1359
Open Burning
§ 1359-2
1388
Tobacco and Nicotine Products
§§ 1388-2 and 1388-3
(2) 
Said citation shall show the name and address of the accused offender and the date, time and location of the offense on a form as approved from time to time by the President and Board of Trustees. The citation shall further designate the Code section violated and shall include the issue or signature and date of issuance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the issuance of any citation for any alleged offense.
B. 
Settlement. Any alleged offender who receives such a citation may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such alleged offense by paying the Village the sum of $150 within 14 days of the date such citation was dated and received by the alleged offender. The President and the Village Board shall be empowered to designate a conspicuous place or places for such payments and to design or cause to be designed citations for the convenient payment thereof.
C. 
Repeat offenses. In the event any alleged offender receives a citation accusing the alleged offender of any violation listed in Subsection A of this section and having received one or more prior ordinance violation citations for the same offense within a period of 12 months, the fines for repeat offenses shall be doubled.
D. 
Failure to pay. In the event the alleged offender does not pay the appropriate sum as required above within 14 days, the original sum owed shall be doubled. In the event the alleged offender does not pay the aforementioned doubled sum within an additional 14 days, the entire sum shall be turned over to a collection agency chosen by the Village to pursue collection of all amounts due and payable to the Village.
The general penalty provided in this chapter shall be applicable to every section of this Code the same as though it were a part of each and every separate section. The citation procedures provided in this chapter shall be applicable to every subsection cited in § 100-20 of this article, the same as though it were a part of each of those separate subsections. Any person convicted of a violation of any section of this Code where any duty is prescribed or obligation imposed, or where any action which is of a continuing nature is forbidden or declared to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day such duty or obligation remains unperformed or such act continues, unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code.
[Added 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764]
A penalty imposed for violation of an ordinance may include, or consist of, a requirement that the defendant do one or both of the following:
A. 
Complete an education program, except that a holder of a valid commercial driver's license who commits a vehicle weight or size restriction violation shall not be required to complete an education program under this section.
B. 
Perform some reasonable public service work, such as but not limited to the picking up of litter in public parks or along public highways or the maintenance of public facilities.
In all cases where the same offense is made punishable or is created by different clauses or sections of this Code, the prosecuting officer may elect under which to proceed; but not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person for the same offense, provided that the revocation of a license or permit shall not be considered a recovery or penalty so as to bar any other penalty being enforced.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 1-4-5, Minimum fine, of the 1978 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-7-2021 by Ord. No. 764.
Whenever the doing of any act or the omission to do any act constitutes a breach of any section or provision of this Code and there shall be no fine or penalties specifically declared for such breach, the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
No provision of this Code designating the duties of any officer or employee shall be so construed as to make such officer or employee liable for any fine or penalty provided for a failure to perform such duty, unless the intention of the Board of Trustees to impose such fine or penalty on such officer or employee is specifically and clearly expressed in the section creating the duty.