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No person shall fire or discharge any cannon, gun, fowling piece, pistol or firearm of any description, or fire, explode or set off any combustible or explosive material within the limits of the Village without permission from the Mayor, which permission shall limit the time and place for the firing and shall be subject to revocation by the Mayor or Village Board at any time after it is granted. (1976 Code § 130.033)
A. Definitions:
AIR RIFLE: Any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, pellet gun or any implement which impels a pellet constructed of hard plastic, steel, lead or other hard materials with a force that reasonably is expected to cause bodily harm.
ARROW: A slender shaft, usually pointed at one end and feathered at the other, for shooting from a bow.
BOW: A flexible, curved strip of wood, plastic, metal, or other material with a string or cord connecting the two (2) ends, designed for shooting arrows.
DEALER: Any person, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of selling at retail or renting any of the articles defined in this chapter.
SLINGSHOT: A Y-shaped piece of wood, plastic, metal, or other material with an elastic or similar band attached to the upper tips for the purpose of shooting stones or other projectiles.
B. Sale Or Use Of Air Rifles, Bows And Arrows And Slingshots: It is unlawful for: (1976 Code § 130.035)
1. Any dealer to sell, lend, rent, give or otherwise transfer any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years where the dealer knows or has cause to believe the person to be under eighteen (18) years of age or where the dealer has failed to make reasonable inquiry relative to the age of the person and the person is under eighteen (18) years of age.
2. Any person to sell, give, lend or otherwise transfer any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot to any person under eighteen (18) years of age except where the relationship of parent and child, guardian and ward or adult instructor and pupil exists between such person and the person under eighteen (18) years of age, or where such person stands in loco parentis to the person under eighteen (18) years of age. (1976 Code § 130.035; amd. 2003 Code)
3. Any person to carry any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot on the public streets, roads, highways or public lands within the Village, unless the person carries the rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot unloaded, disassembled, broken down or dismantled in such a manner as to make same inoperable.
4. Any person to discharge any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot in the Village except on a safely constructed target range, or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances when the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and then only if it is used in such manner as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, it is lawful for any person to have in his possession any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot, if it is:
a. Kept within his house of residence or other private enclosure;
b. Used by the person if he is a duly enrolled member of any club, team or society organized for educational purposes and maintaining as part of its facilities or having written permission to use an indoor or outdoor target range, and then only if the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is actually being used in connection with the activities of the club, team or society; or
c. Used in or on any private grounds or residence under circumstances when the air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot is fired, discharged or operated in such a manner as not to endanger persons or property and then only if it is used in such manner as to prevent the projectile from passing over any grounds or space outside the limits of such grounds or residence.
6. The provisions of this subsection B do not prohibit sales of air rifles, bows and arrows or slingshots:
a. By wholesale dealers or jobbers;
b. To be shipped out of the State;
c. To be used at a target range operated in accordance with subsection B5 of this section or by members of the armed services of the United States or veterans' organizations.
7. Any police officer shall seize, take, remove or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner, any air rifle, bow and arrow or slingshot sold or used in any manner in violation of this subsection B. (1976 Code § 130.035)
A person commits the offense of criminal housing management when, having personal management or control of residential real estate, whether as legal or equitable owner of residential real estate or as a managing agent or otherwise, he knowingly permits, 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 is endangered. (1976 Code § 130.036)
A. Fireworks Prohibited:
1. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
1.3G FIREWORKS: | Those fireworks used for professional outdoor displays and classified as fireworks UN0333, UN0334, or UN0335 by the United States Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. 172.101. |
CONSUMER DISTRIBUTOR: | Any person who distributes, offers for sale, sells, or exchanges for consideration consumer fireworks in Illinois to another distributor or directly to any retailer or person for resale. |
CONSUMER FIREWORKS DISPLAY or CONSUMER DISPLAY: | The detonation, ignition, or deflagration of consumer fireworks to produce a visual or audible effect. |
CONSUMER OPERATOR: | An adult individual who is responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the consumer fireworks display and who has completed the training required in section 2.2 of this Pyrotechnics Use Act, 425 ILCS 35/1, as amended. |
CONSUMER RETAILER: | Any person who offers for sale, sells, or exchanges for consideration consumer fireworks in Illinois directly to any person with a consumer display permit. |
DISPLAY FIREWORKS: | 1.3G or special effects fireworks or as further defined in the pyrotechnic distributor and operator licensing act. |
FIRE CHIEF: | The chief of the first fire protection district of Antioch. |
FIREWORKS: | Means and includes any explosive composition or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges, toy cannons in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles, bombs or other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing any explosive compound; or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance, or containing combustible substances producing visual effects. The term "fireworks" shall not include snake or glow worm pellets; smoke devices; sparklers; trick noisemakers known as "party poppers", "booby traps", "model rockets", "snappers", "trick matches", "cigarette loads" and "auto burglar alarms"; toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion; and toy pistol paper or plastic caps which contain less than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture; the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times, or as otherwise defined by the fireworks regulation act of Illinois, 25 ILCS 30/1, et seq., amended. Fireworks shall also include the definition of "consumer fireworks" as provided for in the section 1 of the Pyrotechnics Use Act, 425 ILCS 35/1, as amended. |
FLAME EFFECT: | The detonation, ignition, or deflagration of flammable gases, liquids, or special materials to produce a thermal, physical, visual, or audible effect before the public, invitees, or licensees, regardless of whether admission is charged, in accordance with national fire protection association 160 guidelines, and as may be further defined in the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing Act, 225 ILCS 227/1, et seq. |
PERSON: | An individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, company, consortium, joint venture, commercial entity, state, municipality, or political subdivision of a state or any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States and any officer, agent, or employee of these entities. |
PUBLIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY: | Includes consumer fireworks displays and pyrotechnic displays as defined herein. |
PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY: | The detonation, ignition, or deflagration of display fireworks or flame effects to produce visual or audible effects of an exhibitional nature before the public, invitees, or licensees, regardless of whether admission is charged, and as may be further defined in the Pyrotechnic Distributor and Operator Licensing Act, 225 ILCS 227/1, et seq. |
SPECIAL EFFECTS FIREWORKS: | Pyrotechnic devices used for special effects by professionals in the performing arts in conjunction with theatrical, musical, or other productions that are similar to consumer fireworks in chemical compositions and construction, but are not intended for consumer use and are not labeled as such or identified as "intended for indoor use". "Special effects fireworks" are classified as fireworks UN0431 or UN0432 by the United States Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. 172.101. |
2. Except as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership, or corporation to knowingly possess, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any display fireworks, flame effects, or consumer fireworks or pyrotechnics without a permit issued by the fire chief, subject to any and all required approvals or inspections of the office of the state fire marshal.
3. Setting off or otherwise exploding fireworks in any manner without a permit is prohibited.
4. The regulations provided for in this article shall be in addition to and supplemental to any other provisions relating to the use, sale, possession, explosion or display of fireworks in this code, including but not limited to those provisions found in section 9-1-2 of this code.
B. Nitroglycerine, TNT Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or store any nitroglycerine or the explosive commonly known as TNT in the village in any quantities, except for medicinal purposes or laboratory purposes, and for such purposes no more than one (1) ounce shall be stored in any one building or premises.
C. Storage Of Explosives: All explosives must be stored or kept in accordance with the rules of the office of the state fire marshal, the fire prevention code of the village and the provisions of this division and any other applicable provisions of this code.
D. Fireworks Sales: No person shall sell, barter or exchange any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, roman candles, skyrockets or other articles intended for pyrotechnic display within the limits of the village. No person shall sell, barter or exchange any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, roman candles, skyrockets or other articles intended for pyrotechnic display within one-half (1/2) mile of the village limits and, for the purpose of enforcement of this section, jurisdiction of the village shall extend to and include all places within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits of the village. Any person who shall rent or lease any real estate or improvements thereon, or who shall knowingly permit any person to occupy or use any real estate or improvements thereon, within the limits of the village, or within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate limits, for the purpose of sale, barter or exchange of any of the articles or things enumerated in this section shall be subject to the fine and other penalties provided in subsection F of this section.
E. Penalty: Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be fined as provided in section 6-2-10 of this chapter for each offense. In addition to the penalty provided in this subsection, the chief of police or other police officers of the village may seize all such articles or things as may be made by such sale, barter or exchange and confiscate the same. (Ord. 21-08-28, 8-11-2021)
A. Removal: No person shall remove or license or permit the removal of a grocery cart or shopping cart from the premises and/or parking lot of the business establishment which furnished said cart. (1976 Code § 96.001)
B. Abandonment: No person shall abandon or leave unattended any grocery cart or shopping cart upon any public street, sidewalk or public way within the Village, or upon the private property of any person adjoining or abutting any public way or sidewalk within the Village, other than the premises where said cart was originally obtained. (1976 Code § 96.002)
C. Nuisance Declared: Abandoned or unattended grocery carts or shopping carts, whether on public or private property other than the property of the business establishment which furnished the carts, are hereby declared to be a nuisance. (1976 Code § 96.003)
D. Impoundment: Any member of the Police Department is authorized to remove or have removed any grocery cart or shopping cart left at any place within the Village which reasonably appears to be in violation of this section, or which reasonably appears to be abandoned or left unattended, as defined herein. Such grocery cart or shopping cart shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes 1030/1 et seq. (1976 Code § 96.004)
E. Signs Posted: A copy of this section shall be posted in a conspicuous place in or upon every business establishment which provides grocery carts or shopping carts for the use of its customers or patrons. (1976 Code § 96.005)
Refer to subsection 1-3-1A of this Code for a schedule of fines applicable to specifically identified offenses. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter that is not listed on the schedule set forth in subsection 1-3-1A of this Code or who fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter or any regulation promulgated pursuant hereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine as provided in the general penalty in section 1-3-1 of this Code, and each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, the Village shall have the right to such other remedies available to it at law and in equity, including, but not limited to, such injunctive relief as necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
A. When a person violates section 6-2-5-5 of this chapter, the arresting officer shall have the discretion to divert the case to the Village's "teen court" for peer review adjustment, including the imposition of community service in lieu of a monetary fine. (Ord. 10-04-07, 4-5-2010)