§ 123.046 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.

   Any person desiring to conduct or carry on the business of funeral director or undertaker shall make application to the City Clerk for a license, setting forth the name of the applicant and the place where the applicant’s business is to be conducted or carried on. Upon the payment of a license fee, the City Clerk shall issue to the applicant a license, attested by the proper city authorities, authorizing the applicant to conduct or carry on the business of funeral director or undertaker at the place specified in the license.

(Prior Code, § 123.46)

§ 123.047 LICENSE FEE; EXPIRATION.

   (A)   The annual license fee to be paid by the applicant shall be $100, plus $10 for each person employed in the undertaking establishment except the proprietor.

   (B)   All licenses shall expire on the April 30 following the date of issuance. If the license is issued for less than one year, the amount of the license fee shall be reduced pro rata.

(Prior Code, § 123.47) (Ord. 1669, passed 4-14-1952; Ord. 2311, passed 3-23-1976)

§ 123.048 NEW CEMETERIES PROHIBITED.

   No cemetery or place for the burial of the dead shall be established within or adjacent to the city or within one mile of the corporate limits of the city.

(Prior Code, § 123.48) (Ord. 1714, passed 5-10-1954)

§ 123.049 ADDITIONS TO EXISTING CEMETERIES RESTRICTED.

   (A)   No addition shall be made to any cemetery now existing within the city or within one mile of the corporate limits of the city except with the express consent of the City Council, and then only upon a showing that the addition will not result in danger to human life or health and will not in any way tend to be or become a nuisance.

   (B)   This prohibition shall not apply to any tract of land dedicated to cemetery purposes.

(Prior Code, § 123.49) (Ord. 1714, passed 5-10-1954)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

§ 123.060 REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.

   The provisions relating to weights and measures as are adopted by the city are adopted by reference and incorporated as a part of this code as if fully set out herein.

(Prior Code, § 123.60)

Statutory reference:

   Related provisions, see 225 ILCS 470

FILMING ACTIVITIES

§ 123.075 COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS REQUIRED.

   No person shall use any public or private property, facility or residence within the city limits for the purpose of filming activities without having paid the permit fee and complied with the regulations hereinafter set.

(Ord. 2021-25, passed 7-27-2021)

§ 123.076 DEFINITION.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   FILM ACTIVITIES.

      (1)   Staging, shooting, filming, videotaping or other similar process conducted for the making of still photographs, motion pictures, television programs, commercial or nontheatrical productions that requires:

         (a)   The exclusive use of city streets, sidewalks or other portions of the public way for the staging of vehicles, equipment or crew personnel; or

         (b)   Special city services, including but not limited to:

            1.   Street closures;

            2.   Barricades, garbage cans, stages or special “no parking” signs;

            3.   Special electrical services;

            4.   Special police protection;

            5.   Special effects, pyrotechnics, stunts, rigging or similar activities regulated under this code or requiring permits or similar approvals from other city departments: or

            6.   A likely impact on the public.

      (2)   FILM ACTIVITIES do not include current news reporters, photographers or cameramen in the employ of a newspaper, news service or similar entity engaged in on the spot coverage or broadcasting of news events concerning those persons, scenes, or occurrences which are in the news and of public interest. FILM ACTIVITIES do not include the filming or digital visual recording of motion pictures or the taking of still photographs solely for private or family use.

(Ord. 2021-25, passed 7-27-2021)

§ 123.077 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.

   (A)   Any person desiring to conduct or carry on with filming activities within the city limits must apply for a film permit from the Mayor or his her designee.

   (B)   The film permit application shall set forth the inclusive dates and hours during which filming activities will take place; the specific location/locations of the filming activities, a brief description of the filming activities; the exact number of personnel involved, including the number of crew members, talent, volunteers and any other individuals that are part of the film production and will be present during filming activities, the exact amount and type of vehicles and equipment that will be involved in the filming activities, a description of any activity that may cause public alarm such as the use of animals, gunfire, pyrotechnics or drones; and the name, address, email address and telephone number of the person/persons in charge of the filming activities.

(Ord. 2021-25, passed 7-27-2021)