(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 1-1-99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Any person who violates §§ 6-6-1 to 6-6-4, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of $500. Any such offense may also be punished as a misdemeanor by incarceration in a penal institution other than a penitentiary for a term of up to 30 days or by a requirement to perform up to 1,000 hours of community service under the procedures set forth in 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1 and 65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1 (1992), as amended, in a separate proceeding. All actions seeking the imposition of fines only shall be filed as quasi-criminal actions subject to the provisions of the state’s Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. (1992), as amended.
(C) (1) A person violating § 6-6-17 shall be liable to a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $750. Each occasion of placing graffiti on the property of another is a separate offense.
(3) In addition any other remedy, either in the Code Hearing Department or the Circuit Court, for violation of §§ 6-6-15 to 6-6-18, the village may bring an appropriate action for injunction or other order of the Court or Code Hearing Officer to abate a graffiti nuisance.
(Ord. 326, passed 7-5-1994; Ord. 12-14, passed 12-4-2012)