For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AIR GUN. Any air rifle, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, pellet gun or any similar implement that is not a firearm which impels a pellet constructed of hard plastic, steel, lead or other hard material with a force that reasonably is expected to cause bodily harm or property damage.
FIREARM. Any item as defined by 430 ILCS 65/1.1.
PROJECTILE-TYPE WEAPON. Includes, but is not limited to, “wrist rockets”, slingshots or any other similar implement capable of propelling any type projectile.
PUBLIC PLACE. Shall include any of the following places within the village:
(1) Any publicly owned land, roadway, sidewalk or building;
(2) Any public place of accommodation or amusement;
(3) The common area of any apartment or condominium complex; or
(4) Any businesses open to the public.
WEAPON. Shall have the following meaning:
(1) Any instrument which, by reason of its design, is primarily intended for use as a weapon, such as, but not limited to, firearm, dagger, stiletto, stun gun or taser, noxious liquid gas or substance, nunchucks, bill, police baton, cross-bow or bow and arrow. A
STUN GUN or TASER, as used in this definition, means any device which is powered by electrical charging units, such as batteries, and which fires one or several barbs attached to a length of wire and which, upon hitting a human can send out current capable of disrupting the person’s nervous system in such a manner as to render him or her incapable of normal functioning;
(2) Any knife having a fixed or locking blade which is three or more inches in length; or
(3) Any instrument which could be used as a weapon and is carried or possessed in such a manner as to indicate intent on the part of the possessor to use it as a weapon.
(Ord. 2002-06-33, passed 6-17-2002)