Section
10.01 Title of code
10.02 Definitions
10.03 Section headings
10.04 Rules of construction
10.05 Official time
10.06 Revivor; effect of amendment or repeal
10.07 Reference to other sections
10.08 Conflicting provisions
10.09 Amendments to code
10.10 Severability
10.11 Reference to public office or officer
10.12 Errors and omissions
10.13 Ordinances repealed
10.14 Ordinances unaffected
10.15 Ordinances saved
10.16 Technical codes
10.17 Historical and statutory references
10.99 General penalty
For the purpose of this code the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANOTHER. When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES or VILLAGE BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the village.
COUNTY. Macon County, Illinois.
COUNTY BOARD. The County Board of Macon County, Illinois.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.07)
COURT. Construed to mean any court of competent jurisdiction.
DECREE. Synonymous with JUDGMENT.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.24)
ELECTORS. Persons qualified to vote for elective officers at municipal elections.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 1-1-2)
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Words used for an executive or ministerial officer may include any deputy or other person performing the duties of that officer, either generally or in special cases.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.08)
HERETOFORE or HEREAFTER. HERETOFORE means any time previous to the day on which the ordinance, resolution, or statute takes effect; HEREAFTER means at any time after that date.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.17)
HIGHWAY, ROAD or STREET. May include any road laid out by authority of the United States, or of this state, or of any town or county of this state, and all bridges thereupon.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.16)
ILCS. Illinois Compiled Statutes, 1992, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
KEEPER or PROPRIETOR. Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves, or as a servant, agent or employee.
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
MAYOR. The President of the Village of Argenta.
MONTH. A calendar month.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.10)
MUNICIPAL CODE. The Illinois Municipal Code, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5.
OATH. Includes affirmation, and SWEAR includes affirm.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.12)
OWNER. When applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner, purchaser and seller under a contract and/or deed, or tenant in common of the whole or part of the property, and includes any beneficiary of a land trust which owns property.
PERSON. Any legal person; includes associations, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures and bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.05)
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes all property except real.
POLICE OFFICERS. Police officers employed and in the service of the Village of Argenta. POLICE FORCE shall be construed to include those persons in the employ of a village as members of the Department of Police, who are or shall hereafter be appointed and sworn as POLICE OFFICERS.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.20)
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates and other interests.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes school districts; units of legal government; the village, county, state or federal governments, officers and agencies thereof, or any commissions or committees thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation or amusement.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SIDEWALK. That portion of the street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 1-188)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. The meaning ascribed in Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.29)
STATE. The State of Illinois.
STREET. Where the context admits, includes alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, squares and other public thoroughfares.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of the premises, alone or with others.
THIS CODE or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. The village code hereby adopted, and as hereinafter modified by amendment, revision and by the adoption of new titles, chapters or sections.
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The meaning established in § 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.28)
WEEK. Seven consecutive days.
VILLAGE. The Village of Argenta.
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents and employees; and all officials, public or private.
WRITTEN or INWRITING. Includes printing, electronic and any other mode of representing words and letters; but when the written signature of any person is required by law on any official or public writing or bond, required by law, except as otherwise provided by law it shall be:
(1) The proper handwriting of that person, or in case he or she is unable to write, his or her proper mark; or
(2) An electronic signature as defined in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, ILCS Ch. 5, Act 175, §§ 1-101 et seq.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.15)
YEAR. A calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word YEAR alone is equivalent to the expression “Year of Our Lord.”
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.10)
(A) Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative or judicial definition or otherwise, shall be construed accordingly.
(B) As used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires, the following rules will be followed:
(1) The singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.03)
(2) Words of one gender shall include the other genders.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.04)
(3) Words in the present tense shall include the future.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.02)
(4) AND may be read OR, and OR may be read AND, if the context admits.
(C) The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday as defined or fixed in any statute now or hereafter in force in this state, and then it shall also be excluded. If the day succeeding Saturday, Sunday or a holiday is also a holiday or a Saturday or Sunday, then the succeeding day shall also be excluded.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.11)
(D) When the law requires an act to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, the requirement shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.
(E) Words purporting to give joint authority to three or more municipal officers or other persons shall be construed as giving authority to a majority of the officers or persons.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.09)
(F) These rules of construction shall not apply to any provision of this code which shall contain any express provision excluding that construction, or when the subject matter or context of this code may be repugnant thereto.
(G) All general provisions, terms, phrases, and expressions shall be liberally construed in order that the true intent and meaning of the President and Board of Trustees may be fully carried out.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 1.01)
(H) The provisions of any ordinance, in so far as they are the same as those of any prior ordinance, shall be construed as a continuation of the prior provisions, and not as a new enactment.
(ILCS Ch. 5, Act 70, § 2)
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