ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 3085
COUNTY OF ILLINOIS - COUNTY OF BOND
CITY OF GREENVILLE
   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