Whenever the following words or terms are used in this Code, they shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them, unless the context makes such meaning repugnant thereto:
AGENT: | A person acting on behalf of another. |
BOARD: | Unless otherwise indicated, the Board of Trustees of the Village. |
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES: | The Village President and Board. |
COUNTY: | The Counties of DuPage and Cook, State of Illinois. |
FEE: | A sum of money charged by the Village for the carrying on of a business, profession or occupation. |
FISCAL YEAR: | In 2019, the fiscal year of the Village shall begin on May 1 and end on December 31. The 2020 fiscal year, and all fiscal years thereafter, shall be from January 1 through December 31. |
LICENSE: | The permission granted for the carrying on of a business, profession or occupation. |
MAYOR: | See Village President. |
MISDEMEANOR: | Any offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in other than a penitentiary for less than one year may be imposed 1 . |
NUISANCE: | Anything offensive or obnoxious to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of the Village; or any act or thing repugnant to, or creating a hazard to, or having a detrimental effect on the property of another person or to the community. |
OCCUPANT: | As applied to a building or land, this term shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land, whether alone or with others. |
OFFENSE: | Any act forbidden by any provision of this Code or the omission of any act required by the provisions of this Code. |
OFFICIAL TIME: | The official time within the Village for the transaction of all Village business shall be the official time as is now or may hereafter be established from time to time for the City of Chicago, Illinois. All legal or official proceedings of the Board of Trustees and all official business of the Village shall be regulated as to time in accordance with the provisions of this Section; and when, by ordinance, resolution or action of any officer or board of the Village, an act must be performed at or within a prescribed time, it shall be performed according to the official time as herein prescribed. All clocks or other time pieces in or upon public buildings or other premises maintained at the expense of the Village shall be set and run according to the official time provided in this Section. |
OPERATOR: | The person who is in charge of any operation, business or profession. |
OWNER: | As applied to a building or land, this term shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or lessee of the whole or of a part of such building or land. |
PERSONAL PROPERTY: | Every description of money, goods, chattels, effects, evidence of rights in action and all written instruments by which any pecuniary obligation, right or title to property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged or diminished and every right or interest therein. |
STATE: | State of Illinois. |
STREET: | This term shall include alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, public squares, public places and sidewalks. |
TENANT: | As applied to a building or land, this term shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land, whether alone or with others. |
VILLAGE PRESIDENT: | The President of the Village may be referred to as "Mayor" or "President" of the Village. (1965 Code, sec. 9-8.08; amd. 1981 Code; Ord. 4-2-1996; Ord. O2019-24, 8-6-2019) |
Notes
| 1 | S.H.A. 730 ILCS 5/5-1-14. |