9-4-11: PUBLIC NUISANCES:

The maintenance of a public nuisance shall be unlawful. Every common, ill governed, or disorderly house, room, or other premises kept for the encouragement of idleness, gaming, drinking, fornication or other misbehavior, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the keeper and all persons connected with the maintenance thereof, and all persons patronizing or frequenting the same, shall be fined not to exceed the maximum sum prescribed herein. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-12: DISTURB LAWFUL ASSEMBLIES:

Any person who shall disquiet or disturb any congregation or assembly met for religious worship by making a noise, or by rude and indecent behavior or profane discourse within the place of worship, or so near to the same as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting, shall be fined not to exceed the maximum sum prescribed herein. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-13: WEAPONS:

   (A)   Possession, Discharge And Use:

      1.   The provisions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, specifically 720 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/24, subsection 24-1(a)(1) through (5), 24-1(a)(10), 24-1(a)(11), or 24-1(a)(13) as now existing or hereafter amended, except for those provisions which by their nature can have no application to the Village, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter with the same force and effect as if set forth at length herein.

      2.   No person shall fire or discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm within the village except upon premises used by a duly licensed shooting gallery, gun club or rifle club.

      3.   No cannon or piece of artillery shall be discharged or fired off in any public way or other public place within the village except upon the express permission of the village.

      4.   The provisions of this section shall not apply to sheriffs, or members of the police force, or other peace officers engaged in the discharge of their official duties, or to any person summoned by any of such officers to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace, while such person so summoned is engaged in assisting such officer.

      5.   No person shall sell, offer for sale, keep, possess, loan or give to any person any knife, the blade of which is released by a spring mechanism, including knives known as "switchblades", any blackjack, slingshot, sand club, sandbag, metal knuckles or bludgeons. No person shall sell, offer for sale, loan or give to any person eighteen (18) years of age or under, any type or kind of knife, any blade of which is two inches (2") in length or longer.

      6.   No person shall carry or possess any knife, the blade of which is released by a spring mechanism, including knives known as "switchblades", any blackjack, slingshot, sand club, sandbag, metal knuckles or bludgeons. No person eighteen (18) years of age or under shall carry or possess any knife, the blade of which is two inches (2") in length or longer.

      7.   No person shall carry or possess with intent to use same unlawfully against another a dagger, dirk, billy, dangerous knife, stiletto or other dangerous or deadly weapon.

      8.   No person shall carry concealed on or about his person a pistol, revolver, derringer or other firearm or dagger, dirk, stiletto, bowie knife, commando knife, any blade of which is released by a spring mechanism, including knives known as "switchblades" or any other type or kind of knife, any blade of which is more than two and one-half inches (2 1/2") in length, ordinary razor or other dangerous weapon except that no person eighteen (18) years of age or under shall carry concealed on or about his person any knife, the blade of which is two inches (2") in length or longer. This provision shall not apply, however, to the following officers while engaged in the discharge of their official duties: sheriffs, policemen or other duly constituted police officers, or to persons lawfully summoned by an officer to assist in making arrests or preserving the peace, while so engaged in assisting such officer.

      9.   No person shall at any time display, discharge or set off from or across any street, sidewalk, road, highway or public land, or any public place within the village or have in his possession for such purpose any toy firearm. A toy firearm is any device that resembles a firearm or device capable of discharging projectiles, but cannot discharge a projectile other than water. No person shall at any time discharge or set off any air rifle, toy cannon, or any gun that discharges projectiles either by air, spring, explosive, substance or any other force any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, BB gun, paintball gun, pellet gun, or any implement that is not a firearm.

      10.   The provisions of this ordinance regarding firearms shall not apply to any person in compliance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (430 ILCS 66).

   (B)   Gun Free School Zones:

      1.   It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.

      2.   Subsection (B)1 of this section shall not apply to the possession of a firearm:

         (a)   On private property not part of school grounds;

         (b)   If the individual possessing the firearm is duly licensed to do so pursuant to all applicable state and local laws;

         (c)   Which is:

            (1)   Not loaded; and

            (2)   In a locked container or a locked firearms rack which is atop a motor vehicle;

         (d)   By an individual for use in a program approved by a school in the school zone;

         (e)   By an individual in accordance with a contract entered into between a school in the school zone and the individual or an employer of the individual;

         (f)   By a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity; or

         (g)   That is unloaded and is possessed by an individual while traversing school premises for the purpose of gaining access to public or private lands open to hunting, if the entry on school premises is authorized by school authorities.

      3.   For the purposes of this subsection (B), the term "school" means any public, private or parochial institution as defined in section 5-1-7 of this code. The term "school zone" means in, on the grounds of, or within one thousand feet (1,000') of a public, private or parochial school.

      4.   The village shall post signs around school zones warning of the prohibition of the possession or discharge of firearms in a school zone. (Ord. 92-2309, 9-8-1992; amd. Ord. 2022-4977, 9-19-2022)

9-4-14: OFFENSES INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLES:

   (A)   No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked, nor shall any person accelerate a moving vehicle unless or until such movement can be made and is made with reasonable safety and without unnecessary noise of the engine or squealing or screeching of the tires on the pavement.

   (B)   Every motor vehicle driven or operated in the village shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler or exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise. No such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass or similar device. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle, and such original muffler shall comply with all the requirements of this section. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-15: CONCEAL IDENTITY:

It shall be unlawful for any person within the village to appear in public in any mask, cap, cowl, hood, or other thing concealing the identity of the wearer; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons attending or taking part in carnivals, masked balls, public shows, entertainments or celebrations in the village, or under permission of the proper authorities of said village, nor to any person holding a written permit issued by the mayor, nor to minors who go about the village "trick-or- treating", without accompanying malicious conduct. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-16: BURGLAR TOOLS, POSSESSION OF:

A person possesses burglary tools when he possesses any tool, key, instrument, device or any explosive suitable for use in breaking into any building, house trailer, watercraft, aircraft, vehicle, railroad car, or any depository designed for the safekeeping of property, or any part thereof, with intent to enter any such place and with intent to commit therein a felony or theft.

A person convicted of the possession of burglary tools shall be fined not to exceed the maximum sum prescribed herein. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-17: SIGNATURES FORGED ON PETITIONS:

Whenever it may be necessary, in order to procure a license, permit, grant or privilege of any kind, or to obtain a referendum vote on a proposition, to secure signatures to a petition for the same under the provisions of any law or ordinance affecting the whole or any part of the village, it shall be unlawful for any person, individual, or any firm or corporation by its members, officers or agents, to forge the signature or procure the forging of the signature to the same of any person who is by law qualified to sign such petition, or to sign or procure the signing of a fictitious name to such petition, or to procure the signature to the same of the person qualified to sign such petition by payment of money or other valuable thing to the person so signing. The signing or procuring of each false or fraudulent name to such petition shall be regarded as a distinct and separate offense. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)