ORDINANCE 3085

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Illinois empower and authorize the political subdivision to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS:

Section 1. The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Greenville, Illinois."

Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS

CODE OF ORDINANCES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty

11. City Standards

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

30. City Council

31. City Officers and Employees

32. City Organizations

33. Police Department

34. Personnel Policies

35. Emergency Management

36. Finance and Revenue

37. Ethics

38. Fee Schedule

TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

50. General Provisions

51. Garbage and Refuse

52. Sewers

53. Wastewater Pretreatment

54. Water

55. Electricity

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

70. General Provisions

71. Rules of Operation

72. Parking Regulations

73. Bicycles, Toy Vehicles and Motorized Vehicles

74. Pedestrians

75. Equipment; Loads

76. Motor Vehicle Offenses

77. Traffic Schedules

78. Parking Schedules

TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

90. Abandoned and Junked Motor Vehicles

91. Animals

92. Cemeteries

93. Fire Prevention and Protection

94. Health and Sanitation

95. Lakes and Reservoirs

96. Streets and Sidewalks

97. Trees

TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

110. General Business Regulations

111. Amusements

112. Junk Dealers

113. Pawnbrokers

114. Peddlers and Solicitors

115. Taxicabs

116. Tobacco

117. Bed and Breakfast Establishments

118. Liquor Control

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

130. General Provisions

131. Offenses Pertaining to Property

132. Offenses Against Public Order

133. Offenses Against Justice and Public Administration

134. Offenses Against Public Morals

135. Gambling Offenses

136. Offenses Against Public Health and Safety

137. Weapons

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

150. Building Regulations

151. Comprehensive Plan and Map

152. Sign Regulations

153. Unified Development Code

Table

TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

I. Annexations

II. Vacations, Closings and Dedications

III. Zoning Amendments

IV. Contracts, Franchises and Agreements

V. Sale or Purchase of Property

VI. Taxing; Development and Redevelopment

PARALLEL REFERENCES

References to Illinois Compiled Statutes

References to 2000 Code References to Ordinances

Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

Section 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.

Section 5. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

Section 6. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.

Adopted this 8th day of March, 2016, at a regular meeting of the City of Greenville's City Council with a quorum present upon a vote of the Council as follows:

	Yes	Nays	Absent
Jes Adam		X
John Gillard	X
Mike Heath	X
Roger Sanders	X
Alan Gaffner	X

/s/ Alan Gaffner

ALAN GAFFNER, MAYOR

ATTEST:

/s/ Sue Ann Nelson

SUE ANN NELSON, CITY CLERK

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