A. Clinging To Moving Vehicles: Any person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle, motor driven cycle, coaster, sled, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall not attach the same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any street or roadway. (2013 Code § 6-1-10)
B. Transporting Alcoholic Liquor: No person shall transport, carry, possess or have any alcoholic liquor in or upon or about any motor vehicle except as permitted by state statute. (2013 Code § 6-1-11)
C. Damage To Public Ways And Property: It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or damage any public highway or street or any bridge, culvert, sign, signpost, or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street for the protection thereof or for protection or regulation of traffic thereon by any unusual, improper or unreasonable use thereof, or by carelessly driving or using any vehicle thereon, or by mutilating, defacing or destruction thereof.
D. Engine Braking:
1. No person shall operate or cause to be used or operated within the Village an engine braking system that emits excessive noise on any commercial vehicle within the corporate limits of the Village. For the purposes of this section, an engine braking system shall be deemed to be any device which uses the force of the engine in any commercial vehicle to slow or alter the speed of the vehicle by the application of force to the drive train thereof, including but not limited to engine brakes, exhaust brakes, or other similar systems. A commercial vehicle shall be deemed to be emitting excessive noise if the vehicle is operating an engine braking system, and if the vehicle is not equipped with an adequate sound muffling system on the exhaust thereof. It is a defense to this paragraph that the driver used an engine braking system that emits excessive noise in an emergency to avoid a collision with a person or another vehicle on the roadway.
2. Excessive engine braking noise signs. In accordance with Section 12-602.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, the City Engineer or his designees shall cause signs to be erected and maintained that prohibit the driver of a commercial vehicle, as defined in Section 1-111.8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/1-111.8), from operating or actuating any engine braking system that emits excessive noise. The sign shall state, “EXCESSIVE ENGINE BRAKING NOISE PROHIBITED.”
E. Snow Or Ice Removal: No person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, shall plow or remove or cause to be plowed or removed ice or snow from any shopping center, parking lot, commercial or institutional service area or driveway or any other public or private service area or driveway and deposit such ice or snow upon a public highway or along the shoulder or edge of a public highway. This prohibition shall not pertain to a residential driveway or sidewalk. (2013 Code § 6-1-12; amd. Ord. O-22-05, 4-5-2022; Ord. O-23-02, 1-24-2023)