A. 
It shall be unlawful to gamble or attend any gambling resort or to make any bet, lottery or gambling hazard, or to buy or sell any chances or tickets in any gambling game, arrangement or device except the state lottery.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to possess any gambling device or paraphernalia with the intent to use the same for an unlawful purpose; and any such device or paraphernalia kept with such intent may be confiscated by any member of the Police Department.
C. 
It shall be unlawful to maintain or patronize any establishment maintained for a gambling house or resort.
D. 
It shall be unlawful to advertise any gambling house or resort in any street, alley or other public place within the Village.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to be guilty of disorderly conduct or of any conduct tending toward a breach of the peace.
It shall be unlawful for any person to be in an intoxicated condition on or in any street, alley or other public place in the Village.
It shall be unlawful to use profanity in any street, alley or other public place in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any indecent or immoral act; or to appear in any public place not properly or decently garbed.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any assault or battery or to fight in any public place in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly start or spread any false alarm of fire in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to obtain possession of any goods, property or thing of value by any false proceedings or by cheating or by fraud of any kind.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in killing any animal other than as prescribed by law in the Village.
It shall be unlawful to permit or store any combustible refuse in such a way as to create a fire hazard, or to store or throw any refuse of any kind on any alley, street or other public place in the Village.
It shall be unlawful to cast, throw or propel any missile on any street, alley or public place; and it shall be unlawful to throw or deposit any glass, nails, tacks, or other similar articles, on any street, sidewalk or alley in the Village.
It shall be unlawful to advertise any unlawful business or article in the Village and it shall be unlawful to injure or deface any lawful advertisement or notice.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV)]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FIRE/BURNING
When the terms "fire" or "burning" are used in the article, they shall not be construed to mean or include a fire in a furnace, stove, boiler, fireplace or barbecue grill, or small recreational fires, including campfires, in a device designed to hold a small fire, such as an outdoor fireplace, or commercially manufactured steel or ceramic portable fireplace, including chimineas, and portable fire pits, and used according to the manufacturer's directions, provided such uses creates no fire hazard.
LAWN WASTE
Shall include but not be limited to items such as grass, leaves, vegetables, garden by-products, flowers and animal solids.
OPEN BURNING
The combustion of any matter in the open without originating in or passing through equipment for which a permit has been issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Clean Air Act CCCPP).
RUBBISH
Items such as paper, plastic, rubber, food products, metal, glass, combustible liquids, construction materials and asphalt products.
B. 
Controls:
(1) 
Size. A bonfire/open fire shall not be more than three feet by three feet by three feet in dimension.
(2) 
Material. Fuel for a bonfire/open fire shall consist of seasoned dry wood, dry twigs or branches. Prohibited fuels for bonfires/open fires include rubbish and lawn waste.
(3) 
Location.
(a) 
No bonfire/open fire shall be permitted on sidewalks, public streets, alleys, rights-of-way or highways under any circumstances.
(b) 
No bonfire/open fire shall be so close to buildings or other structures as to endanger them.
(4) 
Conditions.
(a) 
Weather. No burning shall be done at any time or place where wind conditions create a nuisance to anyone, or the property of anyone in the vicinity.
(b) 
Supervision. Any bonfire/open fire shall be constantly attended by an adult until the fire is extinguished.
(c) 
Control. No burning shall be done unless an adequate water supply/fire extinguisher is readily available to the bonfire/open fire site to control the fire.
(5) 
Burning moratorium. When conditions warrant, the Fire Chief and/or the Village Administrator may declare a burning moratorium for a specified period of time, during which all bonfires/open burning is prohibited.
(6) 
Exemptions. Exceptions to the above controls of bonfire/open fires may be permitted in the performance of official duties by the Dwight Fire Chief or his designee when necessary.
It shall be unlawful to discharge any firearms, air gun or spring gun in the Village or so that the bullet there from enters the Village, provided that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any officer of the law to discharge a firearm in the performance of duty nor to any citizen to discharge a firearm when lawfully defending their person or property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bathe at any public place or in any public place or any place open to public view unless such person is adequately garbed in a bathing suit or unless such place is specifically constructed for such a purpose and has separate facilities for males and females.
It shall be unlawful to post any bills or advertisements on any public property without the authority of the President and Board of Trustees, and it shall be unlawful to post any bill or advertisement on any property without the written consent of the owner thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation by him or herself, or his/her or its agents, or servants to distribute, cast, throw or place or cause to be distributed, cast, thrown or placed in, upon or along any of the streets, alleys or other public places of the Village, or upon the porches or yards of private residences therein or within any dwelling or building in the Village, any samples of merchandise or medicinal preparations for the purpose with the intent of advertising or making known in a general or promiscuous manner any business, occupation, proposition, medical treatment, medicine or other article whatsoever.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale, or to circulate, pass from one person to another or expose in any public place or anywhere in view of a store or place frequented by the public, any immoral, indecent or obscene publications, printed or written matter or picture or other representation.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to keep any such publication, printed or written matter, picture or other representation in any place frequented by or where it may come into possession of minors, or to disclose or expose any such material to a minor.
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 Village shall be firmly and properly constructed and safeguarded, and it shall be unlawful to place or leave any tools or article on any such street, sidewalk, alley or other public place, at a height greater than four feet.
It shall be unlawful to place any moveable article on any window ledge, or other place abutting on a public street, alley or other place 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 shall be unlawful to blow or cause to be blown or sounded any steam whistle of any stationary or steam engine except as a signal for starting or stopping work or in emergencies to avoid injury to persons or property.
It shall be unlawful to obstruct or permit the obstruction of any stairway, aisle, corridor or exit in any office building, factory, hotel, school, church, theater, assembly hall, lodge or other public hall, or any building used by two or more tenants or families in such a manner that it interferes with the free use of such stairway, aisle, corridor or exit.
It shall be unlawful for vagrants to frequent any depot, store, theater, street, alley, sidewalk, park or other public place or any place frequented by the public in the Village. Any person found sleeping in any such place, and who has no established domicile or residence shall be a vagrant. It shall be unlawful to beg for any item or money or to solicit as a prostitute any place in the Village.
Any person who shall loiter in the streets or in or about any public grounds, public places or buildings for any illegal or immoral purpose, or who shall with the evident intent or purpose of annoying, disturbing or insulting other persons by any acts, gestures or language, which, when viewed in its entirety, show no lawful intent or purpose; or which evident an intent or purpose of annoying, disturbing or insulting other persons by any such acts, gestures or language; or who shall idly and without lawful business or purpose remain upon the public streets, sidewalks, public ways and places; shall be guilty of the offense of loitering.
It shall be unlawful to install or maintain any fuel oil, gas or liquid gas tanks in the Village unless such tank and all equipment connected therewith is installed and maintained in accordance with the rules of the State Fire Marshal or of any other state agency having jurisdiction thereof.
It shall be unlawful to make or cause to be made any noise or sounds of such volume or of such a nature as to cause annoyance to residents of the Village. It shall be unlawful to disturb the peace by the making of any unnecessary noise.
It shall be unlawful to permit any unused or abandoned refrigerator, icebox or deepfreeze or other freezers to remain in any place accessible to any child without first removing the doors or breaking the hinges of the door or doors of any such icebox, refrigerator or freezer.
It shall be unlawful to throw or deposit any landscape waste, glass, nails, tacks or other similar articles on any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be supported and/or elevated by any device other than the wheels and tires fastened as designed for the vehicle while unattended in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, obtain, possess or pickup any recyclable item placed out for collection as part of the Village of Dwight's recycling collection program, unless said person is licensed as the Village of Dwight's recycling collection contractor.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article, shall be fined as designated in the Fine Rate Schedule[1] for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
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Editor's Note: See § 1-12 of the Village Code.