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)

9-4-18: BENEFITS, NAME OF BENEFICIARY ON PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS:

No person shall use any ticket, poster, placard, badge or other advertisement in the promotion of any dance, bazaar, picnic, game, theater or other entertainment or performance purporting to be given for charitable purposes unless the names of the persons or organizations intended to be benefited by the receipts from such entertainment or performance are stated on such ticket, poster, placard, badge or other advertisement. (Ord. 719, 11-15-1977)

9-4-19: RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND ATTEMPTED UNLAWFUL PURCHASE:

   (A)   Unlawful Possession And Consumption By Persons Underage:

      1.   No person under the age of twenty one (21) years shall consume, purchase or accept delivery of alcoholic liquor or have alcoholic liquor in his or her possession within the village; provided the possession and dispensing, or consumption by a person under the age of twenty one (21) years, of alcoholic liquor in the performance of a religious service or ceremony, the consumption by a person under the age of twenty one (21) years, under the direct supervision and approval of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of such underage person in the privacy of the parent's or guardian's home, or the possession and delivery of alcoholic liquors in the course of a person's employment when otherwise authorized by this code or by the Illinois municipal code is not prohibited.

      2.   No person after purchasing or otherwise obtaining alcoholic liquor shall sell, give or deliver such alcoholic liquor to another person under the age of twenty one (21) years, except as otherwise allowed in this code and the Illinois municipal code.

   (B)   Parental Responsibility: It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to knowingly suffer or permit any minor child of which he or she may be the parent or guardian to violate any provision of this chapter.

   (C)   Responsibility Of The Owner Or Occupant Of Premises: No person shall knowingly permit a gathering at a residence which he or she occupies of two (2) or more persons where any one or more of the person(s) is under twenty one (21) years of age and the following factors also apply:

      1.   The person occupying the residence knows that any such person under the age of twenty one (21) is in possession of or is consuming any alcoholic beverage; and

      2.   The possession or consumption of the alcohol by the person under twenty one (21) is not otherwise permitted by this act.

For the purposes of this subsection where the residence has an owner and a tenant or lessee, there is a rebuttable presumption that the residence is occupied only by the tenant or lessee.

   (D)   False Identification:

      1.   No person shall transfer, alter or deface any identification card issued by a public officer in the performance of his official duties; or use the identification card of another; carry or use a false or forged identification card; or obtain an identification card by means of false information.

      2.   No person shall purchase, accept delivery or have possession of alcoholic liquor by the use of an altered, forged or defaced identification card or by the use of an identification card of another person.

      3.   No person shall misrepresent his or her age for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcoholic liquor.

   (E)   Hotel And Motel Room Rental: No person shall rent a hotel or motel room from the proprietor or agent thereof for the purpose of or with the knowledge that such room shall be used for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person or persons under the age of twenty one (21) years. (Ord. 92-2239, 1-20-1992)

   (F)   Possession; Presence Of Alcohol Within Body: For the purpose of this section, "possession" shall include, but not be limited to, the presence of any amount of alcohol within the body of a person. (Ord. 95-2616, 2-20-1995)

9-4-20: PENALTY, SECTIONS 9-4-1 THROUGH 9-4-19:

   (A)   Any person found to have violated any provision of sections 9-4-1 through 9-4-18 of this chapter, shall be fined as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, “Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures” for each offense.

   (B)   Any person found to have violated any provision of section 9-4-19 of this chapter shall be fined as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, “Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures” for each offense. (Ord. 96-2776, 5-20-1996; amd. Ord. 2021-4921, 9-20-2021)

9-4-21: VANDALISM:

   (A)   Definitions: As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified have the meanings ascribed to them:

      LEGAL GUARDIAN: A person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor by a circuit court of the state, but does not include a person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor under the juvenile court act.

      MINOR: A person who is above the age of eleven (11) years but not yet nineteen (19) years of age.

   (B)   Damage To Property: It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully, maliciously or negligently break, deface, injure or destroy any property within the village, whether such property is owned by the state, county, village or any other governmental body or owned by any private person.

   (C)   Parents' Responsibility: The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor residing with such parent or legal guardian shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have failed to exercise proper parental responsibility and said minor shall be deemed to have committed the acts described below with the knowledge and permission of the parent or guardian, in violation of this section, upon the occurrence of the events described in subsections (C)1, (C)2 and (C)3 of this section:

      1.   An unemancipated minor residing with said parent or legal guardian shall either be adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts causing injury to a person or property or shall have incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt in violation of any ordinance, law or statute prohibiting wilful and malicious acts causing injury to a person or property; and

      2.   Said parent or legal guardian shall have received a written notice thereof, either by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, with a certificate of personal service returned from the police department of the village, following said adjudication or nonjudicial sanction; and

      3.   If at any time within one year following receipt of the notice set forth in subsection (C)2 of this section, said minor is either adjudicated to be in violation of any ordinance, law or statute, as described in subsection (C)1 of this section, or shall have incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt of violation of any ordinance, law or statute as described in subsection (C)1 of this section.

   (D)   Penalty: Any person convicted of any violation of the provisions of this section shall be fined as established by Title 1, Chapter 20, “Fees, Fines, Insurance, Guarantees, and Regulatory Measures” for each offense. (Ord. 661, 11-16-1976; amd. Ord. 2021-4921, 9-20-2021)