(A) A “Safe School Zone” is hereby established to be any area in the city which is on or within 1,000 feet of the real property of any school or public park, at a school-related activity, or on or within 1,000 feet of any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school or school district to transport students to or from school or a school related-activity regardless of the time of day or time of year.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SCHOOL. A public or private elementary or secondary school, community college, college or university.
SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITY. Any sporting, social, academic or other activity for which students’ attendance or participation is sponsored, organized or funded, in whole or in part, by a school or school district.
(C) All unlawful activities which occur or take place within a Safe School Zone, as defined in division (A) hereof, shall be eligible for any and all enhanced penalties under the Juvenile Court Act, being ILCS Ch. 705, Act 405, §§ 1-1 et seq., the State Criminal Code, being ILCS Ch. 720, Act 5, §§ 1-1 et seq., and the State Controlled Substances Act, being ILCS Ch. 720, Act 570, §§ 100 et seq.
(D) The following offenses shall be subject to enhanced penalties:
(1) The delivery, by a person 18 years of age or older, of a controlled, counterfeit or look-alike substance to a person under 18 years of age;
(2) The sale or giving of any firearm of a size which may be concealed upon a person to any person under 18 years of age;
(3) The sale or giving of any firearm to a person under 21 years of age who has been convicted of a misdemeanor of other than a traffic offense or has been adjudged a delinquent;
(4) The sale or giving of a firearm of any size to a person under 18 years of age who does not possess a valid firearm owner’s identification card;
(5) The sale, manufacture, purchase or carrying of any bludgeon, blackjack, sling shot, metal knuckles, throwing star, knife or compressed gas;
(6) The carrying or possession of a dagger, billy, dangerous knife, razor, stiletto, broken bottle or other piece of glass, stun gun or taser or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument of like character, with the intent to use the same unlawfully against another person;
(7) The carrying or possession of a pistol, revolver, stungun, taser or other firearm, in a vehicle, or concealed on or about the person, except when a person is on his or her land or in his or her abode or fixed place of business; and
(8) The possession of any device or attachment of any kind designed, used or intended for use in silencing the report of any firearm.
(1999 Code, § 604.06) (Ord. 00-35, passed 8-22-2000)