A. Definitions: Whenever any of the following terms are used in this section, they shall have the meanings indicated:
JUVENILE: A person who has attained ten (10) years of age but who has not yet reached eighteen (18) years of age.
LEGAL GUARDIAN: A person appointed guardian or given custody of a juvenile by a circuit court of this state or any other state, but does not include a person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor under the Illinois juvenile court act.
PARENT: The lawful father or mother of an unemancipated juvenile, whether by birth or adoption.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY: Any real estate, including improvements thereof, and personalty, whether tangible or intangible. (1976 Code § 9.44.010)
B. Prohibited Acts: No person shall commit any of the following acts within the corporate limits of the village:
1. Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly damage, deface or destroy any property of another person without his consent; or
2. Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly, by means of fire or explosive device, damage, deface or destroy any property of another person; or
3. Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly start a fire on the land of another person without his consent; or
4. Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly deposit on the land or in a building of another person, without his consent, any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound, and thereby interfere with the use and occupancy by another of the land or building; or
5. Maliciously, recklessly or knowingly and without authority, enter into any building, house trailer, motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft, or any part thereof, of another person without his consent. (1976 Code § 9.44.020)
C. Responsibility And Liability Of Parent Or Guardian:
1. The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated juvenile who resides with such parent or legal guardian is liable for actual damages due to the wilful or malicious acts of such juvenile which cause injury to a person or property.
2. A juvenile shall be deemed to have committed the offense or offenses enumerated in subsection B of this section with the knowledge, consent, acquiescence and permission of the parent or legal guardian, in violation of this section.
3. The parent or legal guardian shall be liable for fine, requirement of restitution or reparation imposed by a court upon the minor defendant for violation of this section. (1976 Code § 9.44.030)
4. The sanctions of this section shall apply after a parent or legal guardian shall have received a written notice thereof, either by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, with a certificate of personal service returned, from the police department prior to the institution of any judicial sanction or penalty. (1976 Code § 9.44.040)
D. Penalties: The following penalties shall be imposed upon any person convicted of a violation of this section:
1. Such restitution or reparation as the court may require, in an amount not to exceed actual loss or damage to property or pecuniary loss. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude additional civil remedies available to a complaining party for any sum not recovered. (1976 Code § 9.44.060)
2. In addition to or in lieu of restitution or reparation, as provided in subsection D1 of this section, a fine as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code for each such offense. Said fine may be imposed upon the parent or legal guardian. (1976 Code § 9.44.060; amd. 2016 Code)