The words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the same meanings and definitions as may hereinafter be defined or as may be found in 230 Illinois Compiled Statutes 15/0.01 et seq.:
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: A voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial and civic interest of a community.
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite number of the public.
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and operated to provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported schools.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION: An organization of persons having a common interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to lessen the burdens of government by caring for those that otherwise would be cared for by the government.
LABOR ORGANIZATION: An organization composed of workers organized with the objective of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.
MAYOR: The Mayor or President of the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Heyworth.
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: An organization or institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to any one as a result of the operation.
RAFFLE: A form of lottery, as defined in the Criminal Code of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, conducted by an organization licensed under this chapter in which:
A. The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a chance, represented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of numbers or by some other medium, one or more of which chances are to be designated the winning chance; and
B. The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or by some other method based on an element of chance by a random act or set of random acts on the part of persons conducting or connected with the raffle, except that the winning chance shall not be determined by the outcome of a publicly exhibited sporting contest.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION: Any church, congregation, society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious worship.
VETERANS' ORGANIZATION: An organization or association comprised of members of which substantially all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to confer a public benefit.
VILLAGE: The Municipality of the Village of Heyworth. (Ord. 2018-24, 6-7-2018)