For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENT. A person acting on behalf of another.
ANOTHER. When used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
BOARD. Unless otherwise indicated, shall mean the Village Board of Trustees of the village.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES or VILLAGE BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Kansas.
CODE, THIS CODE, or THIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. The “Revised Code of Ordinances” of the Village of Kansas, Illinois.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES. The Mayor and the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Kansas, Illinois.
COUNTY. The County of Edgar, Illinois.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
COUNTY BOARD. The County Board of Edgar County, Illinois.
(5 ILCS 70/1.07)
COURT. Construed to mean any court of competent jurisdiction.
DECREE. Synonymous with JUDGMENT.
(5 ILCS 70/1.24)
ELECTORS. Persons qualified to vote for elective officers at municipal elections.
(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2)
EMPLOYEES. Whenever reference is made in this code to a village employee by title only, this shall be construed as though followed by the words “of the village”.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Words used for an executive or ministerial officer may include any deputy or other person performing the duties of that officer, either generally or in special cases.
(5 ILCS 70/1.08)
FEE or FEES. A sum of money charged by the village for carrying on of a business, profession, or occupation.
FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year for the village shall begin on April 1 of each year and end on March 31 of the following year.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
HERETOFORE or HEREAFTER. HERETOFORE means any time previous to the day on which the ordinance, resolution, or statute takes effect; HEREAFTER means at any time after that date.
(5 ILCS 70/1.17)
HIGHWAY, ROAD, or STREET. May include any road laid out by authority of the United States, or of this state, or of any town or county of this state, and all bridges thereupon.
(5 ILCS 70/1.16)
ILCS. Illinois Compiled Statutes, 1992, as heretofore and hereafter amended.
KEEPER or PROPRIETOR. Includes all persons, whether acting by themselves, or as a servant, agent, or employee.
KNOWINGLY. Imports only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. It does not require any knowledge of the unlawfulness of such act or omission.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
LAND or REAL ESTATE. Includes rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
LEGAL HOLIDAY. The holidays as authorized and recognized by the Village Board in the employee agreement.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
LICENSE. The permission granted for the carrying on of a business, profession, or occupation.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
MAY. The act referred to is permissive. (See SHALL.)
MAYOR. The Village President or President of the Village Board of Trustees.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
MISDEMEANOR. Any offense deemed a violation of the provisions of this code which is a lesser offense than a felony as defined by state law.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
MONTH. A calendar month.
(5 ILCS 70/1.10)
MUNICIPAL CODE. The Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5.
NEGLECT, NEGLIGENCE, NEGLIGENT, and NEGLIGENTLY. Imports a want of such attention to the nature of probable consequences of the act or omission as a prudent person ordinarily bestows in acting in his or her own concern.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
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 the community.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OATH. Includes affirmation, and SWEAR includes affirm.
(5 ILCS 70/1.12)
OCCUPANT. When applied to a building or land shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OFFENSE. Any act forbidden by any provision of this code or the omission of any act required by the provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OFFICERS. Whenever reference is made in this code to a village officer by title only, this shall be construed as though followed by the words “of the village”.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OFFICIAL TIME. Central Standard Time shall be the official time for the transaction of the village business, except during applicable Daylight Savings Time set by national or state standards when the official time shall be advanced one hour. All clocks and other timepieces in or upon public buildings or other premises maintained by or at the expense of the village shall be set and run at the official time prescribed by this definition.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OPERATOR. As used in this code shall mean the person who is in charge of any operation, business, or profession.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
OWNER. When applied to a building or land 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.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
PERSON. Any legal person; includes associations, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures, and bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals.
(5 ILCS 70/1.05)
PERSONAL PROPERTY. Includes 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.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
POLICE FORCE. Includes those persons in the employ of a village as members of the Department of Police, who are or shall hereafter be appointed and sworn as POLICE OFFICERS.
(5 ILCS 70/1.20)
POLICE OFFICERS. Police officers employed and in the service of the Village of Kansas.
PREMISES. As applied to property, includes land and buildings.
PROPERTY. Includes real, personal, mixed estates, and other interests.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Includes school districts; units of legal government; the village, county, state, or federal governments, officers, and agencies thereof, or any commissions or committees thereof; or any duly authorized public official.
PUBLIC PLACE. Includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of merchandise, public accommodation, or amusement.
REAL PROPERTY. Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
REGISTERED MAIL. Includes certified mail and CERTIFIED MAIL includes registered mail.
RETAILER. Unless otherwise specifically defined shall be understood to relate to the sale of goods, merchandise, articles, or things in small quantities direct to the consumer.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
SIDEWALK. The portion of the street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians.
(625 ILCS 5/1-188)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS. The meaning ascribed in Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970.
(5 ILCS 70/1.29)
STATE. Unless otherwise indicated, the State of Illinois.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
STREET. Where the context admits, includes alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, squares, and other public thoroughfares.
TENANT or OCCUPANT. As applied to premises, includes any person holding a written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of the premises, alone or with others.
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The meaning established in Article VII, § 1 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970.
(5 ILCS 70/1.28)
VILLAGE. The Village of Kansas, Illionis.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
WEEK. Seven consecutive days.
WHOEVER. Includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private.
WHOLESALER and WHOLESALE DEALER. Unless otherwise specifically defined, shall be understood to relate to the sale of goods, merchandise, articles, or things in quantity to persons who purchase for the purpose of resale.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
WILLFULLY. When applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, implies simply a purpose or willingness to commit the act or make the omission referred to. It does not require any intent to violate law or to injure another or to acquire an advantage.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
WRITTEN or IN WRITING. May include printing and any other mode of representing words and letters, but when the written signature of any person is required by law to any official or public writing or bond required by law, it shall be in the proper handwriting of such person or, in case he or she is unable to write, by his or her proper mark.
(Prior Code, § 1-1-14)
YEAR. A calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word YEAR alone is equivalent to the expression “year of our Lord”.
(5 ILCS 70/1.10)