A. Standard Penalty: Unless another penalty is specifically provided by this code for violation of any particular provision, section or chapter, any person violating any provision of this code, or any rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, or any provision of any code adopted herein by reference, shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), and the costs of prosecution 1 . This penalty section overrides any other lesser penalty set forth in this code.
A penalty imposed for violation of an ordinance may include, or consist of, a requirement that the defendant 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.
Each act of violation and each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense. (Ord. 37-95, 12-5-1995)
B. Commitment: The person upon whom any fine or penalty is imposed for violation of any provision of this code or any ordinance of the village, upon order of the court before whom the conviction is had, may be committed to the village or county jail as provided by law, or to any other place provided by ordinance for the incarceration of offenders until the fine, penalty and costs are fully paid. No imprisonment, however, shall exceed six (6) months for any one offense. (1976 Code § 1.06; amd. 1981 Code)
C. Incarceration, Bailable Offense: Any person incarcerated on a charge of violating a bailable provision of this code or any ordinance of the village, who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied upon conviction of such offense, shall be allowed a credit of five dollars ($5.00) for each day so incarcerated prior to conviction, but such credit shall not exceed the amount of the fine levied.
D. Applicability: The penalty provided by this section applies to the amendment of any section of this code or a code adopted herein by reference, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance.
E. Reference To Sections: Reference to a section of this code shall be understood also to refer to and include the penalty section relating thereto, unless otherwise expressly provided.
F. Failure Of Officers To Perform Duties: The failure of an officer or employee of the village to perform an official duty imposed by this code shall not subject such officer or employee to the penalty imposed for creating the duty.
G. Persons Unable To Pay Fines: Persons found guilty of violation of village ordinances who are unable to pay any fines assessed and who must be incarcerated as provided by law, shall be delivered to the sheriff of DuPage or Cook County for safekeeping in the county jail of DuPage or Cook County, and the village shall pay to DuPage or Cook County the sum provided by law from time to time for housing and feeding of such prisoners. (1976 Code § 1.06; amd. 1981 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1. |