It is unlawful for any person to commit a trespass in the City
upon either public or private property. For the purposes hereof, "trespass"
shall include, but not be limited to, the following acts:
A.
An entry upon the premises, or any part thereof, of another, including
any public property, in violation of a notice posted or exhibited
at the main entrance to the premises or at any point of approach or
entry thereto or in violation of any notice, warning or a protest
given orally or in writing by any owner or occupant thereof; or
B.
The pursuit of a course of conduct or action incidental to the making
of an entry upon the land of another by one other than the person
who trespasses upon the land of another which causes or contributes
to cause the trespass in violation of a notice posted or exhibited
at the main entrance to the premises or any point of approach or entry,
or in violation of a notice, warning or a protest given orally or
in writing by any owner or occupant thereof; or
C.
A failure or refusal to depart from the premises of another when
the owner or occupant thereof has requested, either orally or in writing,
the violator to depart the premises; or
D.
An entry into or upon any vehicle, aircraft or watercraft made without
the consent of the person having the right to the possession or control
thereof, or a failure or refusal to leave any such vehicle, aircraft
or watercraft after being requested to leave by the person having
such right.
It is unlawful for a person having personal management or control
of residential real estate, whether as a legal or equitable owner
of residential real estate or as a managing agent or otherwise, to
knowingly permit, by his gross carelessness or neglect, the physical
condition or facilities of the residential real estate to become or
remain so deteriorated that the health or safety of any inhabitant
thereof is in danger.
No person shall, in the City, throw or cast any stone or other
missile upon, at, or against any building, tree or other public or
private property, or at any person in any street, alley, avenue or
public place. It is unlawful to throw or deposit any glass, nails,
tacks or other similar articles on any street or alley in the City.
A.
It is unlawful for any person on the premises of any public place
in the City to:
(1)
Race the motor of any motor vehicle needlessly;
(2)
Needlessly bring to a sudden start or stop any motor vehicle;
(3)
Blow any horn of any motor vehicle or cause to be made any loud
or unseemly noise, nuisance or disturbance whereby the quiet and good
order of the premises or the neighborhood are needlessly disturbed.
B.
It is unlawful for any person entering the premises of any public
place in the City to:
(1)
Enter the premises of a public place with a motor vehicle of
any description and park such vehicle and leave the premises (thereby
leaving such vehicle parked and unoccupied) without the express consent
of the owner or operator of such public place; in which event, such
person shall be subject to parking citation and fine and/or the vehicle
may be impounded by the City and the person or owner of the vehicle
subject to the usual and customary impounding charges of the City;
(2)
Enter the premises of the public place in or upon a motor vehicle
and use the premises for cruising, racing as a short cut to another
street, alley or way or to annoy or endanger any person or persons
or endanger another or other vehicle or vehicles lawfully on the premises;
(3)
For three or more persons to congregate on the premises and
loiter or linger at, on or about the premises other than in a building
located on the premises or in a legally parked motor vehicle located
on the premises pursuant to lawful patronage or use of the premises;
and
(4)
For any person, while on the premises of a public place in the
City, in the presence or hearing of another, to curse, use profane
language or abuse another person or use any violent or abusive language
under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the
peace.
C.
For purposes hereof, private business establishments located within
the City, including, but not limited to, restaurants, drive-in restaurants,
taverns, stores, banks, and business offices, and nonresidential,
nonbusiness establishments, including, but not limited to, churches
and public property, including the City park, shall be regarded as
public places. A drive-in restaurant within the meaning hereof shall
be deemed to be a restaurant where meals, sandwiches, cold drinks,
beverages, ice cream or other food or drink is served directly to
or is permitted to be consumed by patrons in or upon motor vehicles,
including trucks, automobiles or motorcycles parked on the premises
thereof.
D.
It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of public places seeking
enforcement hereof to post on the premises of their public places,
in a conspicuous location, one or more signs bearing the following
legend in letters at least two inches or more high and readable:
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CRUISING IN OR CONGREGATING AND LOITERING OUTSIDE OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE ON THESE PREMISES IS UNLAWFUL. NO UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE MAY BE
LEFT ON THESE PREMISES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OR OPERATOR
HEREOF.
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E.
The corporate authority of the City declares the provisions hereof
to be for the purpose of preserving the public peace, health and safety
of public places in the City, as herein defined.
It is unlawful for any person to commit an act of vandalism
within the City.
A.
A minor who has been convicted of an act of vandalism hereunder is
required, within 90 days after being taken into custody, to provide
restitution. The parents or legal guardians of a minor who is convicted
of an act of vandalism are responsible for ensuring that the minor
will participate in the City police social worker program and provide
restitution. Any minor who engages in an act of vandalism and who
fails to participate in the City police social worker program shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $500. Any minor who engages
in an act of vandalism and who fails to provide restitution shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $500. The parent or legal guardian
of a minor shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 if the
minor engaged in an act of vandalism and fails to participate in the
City police social worker program or fails to provide restitution
as herein required.
B.
ACTS OF VANDALISM
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
LEGAL GUARDIAN
MINOR
PARENT
PERSON
PROPERTY
For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall be
applied:
Includes any of the following acts:
Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly damaging or destroying
any property of another person without his consent; or
Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly, by means of fire or explosive
device, damaging, defacing or destroying any property of another person;
or
Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly starting a fire on the
land of another person without his consent; or
Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly depositing on the land
or in the building of another person, without his consent, any stink
bomb, or any offensive-smelling compound and thereby interfering with
the use or occupancy by another of the land or building; or
Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly, without authority, entering
into or obtaining control over any building, house trailer, motor
vehicle, aircraft or watercraft, or any part thereof, of another person
without his consent.
Includes a foster parent, a person appointed guardian of
a person, or given custody of a minor by a Circuit Court of this state,
but does not include a person appointed a guardian only of the estate
of a minor, or appointed guardian, or given custody of a minor under
the Illinois Juvenile Court Act.
Includes a person who is above the age of 11 years but not
yet 18 years of age.
Includes the lawful father and mother of the minor child,
whether by birth or adoption.
Includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Includes any real estate, including improvements thereon,
and tangible personal property.
No person shall, on any City street, fly any kite or play any
game or engage in any amusement or practice having a tendency to injure
or annoy any person or obstruct traffic passing on the City streets
or on the City sidewalks.
Any scaffolds or ladders placed in such a position that they
overhang or can fall onto any public street, alley or other public
place in the City shall be firmly and properly constructed and safeguarded;
and it is unlawful to place or leave any tools or articles on any
such place in such a manner that the same can fall onto any City street,
sidewalk, alley or other public place from a height greater than four
feet.
It is unlawful to post or display any bills or advertisements
on any public property without first obtaining authority therefor
from the Mayor and the City Council; and it is unlawful to post any
bill or advertise upon any private property within the City without
first obtaining the consent of the owner therefor.
It is unlawful to place any movable article on any window ledge,
or other place abutting on a public street, alley or other public
place in the City at a height above four feet from the ground in such
a manner that the same can be or is in danger of falling onto such
street, alley, sidewalk or other public place.
It is unlawful to store, throw or discard any refuse, garbage,
material or matter of any kind on any City alley, City street, City
park or other public in the City.
It shall be deemed a nuisance and unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling,
building or other structure or within any unoccupied or abandoned
building, dwelling or other structure under his or its control, in
a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded
ice-box, refrigerator, safe or other container which has an airtight
door or lid, snap-lock or other lock device which may not be released
from the inside without first removing the door or lid, snap-lock
or other device from the ice-box, refrigerator, safe or container.
A.
It is
unlawful for any nonresident of the City to bring to the City for
deposit or to deposit in the City any garbage or trash or refuse for
purposes of having same picked up and removed for disposal from the
City by the City trash and/or refuse collection service serving the
residents of the City.
It is unlawful to permit or store any combustible refuse in
such a manner as to create a fire hazard.
A.
It is
unlawful to install or maintain any fuel, oil, gas or liquid gas tanks
in the City unless such tanks and all equipment connected therewith
are installed and maintained in accordance with the rules of the State
Fire Marshal or of any other state agency having jurisdiction thereof.
B.
Any
fuel, oil, gas or liquid gas tanks in the City which create a health
hazard due to their construction, installation, maintenance or otherwise
in the opinion of the Mayor or City Council, based upon the advice
of the City Fire Marshal, are declared a nuisance and may be abated
as such.
[Amended 1999 by Ord. No. 1775]
A.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to burn any leaves,
paper, rubbish or similar substances within the corporate limits of
the City, except in enclosed incinerators.
B.
It is unlawful for any person to burn any leaves, paper, rubbish,
trash or other substances upon any of the City streets, sidewalks,
alleys or other public property within the City; or to burn any paper,
rubbish, trash or other substances within the corporate limits of
the City; or to burn leaves, on private property, within the City,
except between sunrise and sunset of each day.
C.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to burn any construction
debris, materials or other substances which are the residue of or
a by-product existing or created by the construction of buildings
or other structures in the City, within the City, at any time.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
It is
unlawful to build or light any bonfire that is not fully contained
within a fire pit constructed of noncombustible materials such as
metal, stone, concrete, or masonry.
B.
Such
fire pits shall be located a sufficient distance away from structures,
streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public ways so as to avoid the
spread of fire and maintain the safety of persons in the City.
C.
Fire
pits shall be attended at all times by an adult over the age of 18
while a fire is burning.
D.
Fires
caused by embers blowing from a fire pit shall be deemed the responsibility
of the individual who set and attended the burning fire.
A.
It is unlawful for any person, whether as owner or occupant, to maintain
or permit the maintenance of any privy vault, cesspool or place where
human or animal excreta or sewage is kept or deposited, upon any premises
within the corporate limits of the City, except as otherwise provided
by the City Code.
B.
The City may regulate the repair and use of cisterns, cesspools,
pumps, culverts and drains within the City. The City may require that
wells and cisterns be sealed; and the maintenance of any privy vault,
cesspool or place where human or animal excreta or sewage is kept
or deposited is declared a nuisance and may be abated as such.[1]
