Adopting Ordinances
Ordinance No. 1605
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF MADISON, ILLINOIS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the City of Madison, Illinois (hereinafter referred to as the "City") have determined that the present ordinances of the City are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the City and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Municipal Code, 65 ILCS 5/1-2-3, grants authority to the City to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities have authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF MADISON, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Adoption. The general ordinances of the City as revised, amended, restated, codified and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "City of Madison, Illinois Code of Ordinances."
SECTION 2: Table of Contents -- Arrangement of Titles. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty
11. City Wards
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. City Council
31. City Officials
32. Departments, Boards and Other Organizations
33. Taxation
34. Fire Department
35. Police Department
36. Code and Ordinance violations
37. City Policies
38. Personnel
39. Emergency Services and Disaster Agencies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Garbage
51. Sewers
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Motor Vehicle Licenses
72. Winter Emergencies
73. Administration and Enforcement
74. Traffic Schedules
75. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Abandoned, Inoperable or Wrecked Vehicles
91. Streets and Sidewalks
92. Trees and Shrubs
93. Fire Code; Prevention
94. Fair Housing
95. Health and Sanitation; Nuisances
96. Parks and Recreation
97. Animals
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. General Licensing Provisions
111. Alcoholic Beverages
112. Plumbing Services
113. Food and Drink Regulations
114. Apartments and Rental Property; Lodging
115. Temporary Sales
116. Parking Lots
117. Adult Businesses
118. Laundries
119. Tobacco Regulations
120. Junk and Second-Hand Dealers
121. Fuel Sales and Distribution
122. Amusements
123. Auctioneers
124. Telecommunications
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Offenses
131. Weapons
132. Offenses Against Public Health and Safety
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. General Provisions
151. General Building regulations; Construction
152. Minimum Housing Standards
153. Flood Damage Prevention
154. Mobile Homes
155. Zoning
156. Subdivisions
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table I. Demolitions and Repairs
II. Annexations and Detachments
III. Contracts and Agreements; Real Estate Transactions
IV. Franchise Agreements
V. Easements and Encroachments
VI. Street and Sidewalk Closings and Vacations
VII. Street Renamings
VIII. Construction; Improvements
IX. Zoning Map Changes
X. Tax Increment Development Areas
XI. Enterprise Zones
XII. Dedications and Acceptances
SECTION 3: Reveal of Prior Ordinances, Effect. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any rights established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance or resolution of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
SECTION 4: Copy to be on File with City Clerk. Upon the adoption and approval by the corporate authorities of said Code of Ordinances, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of said Code of Ordinances in the office of the City Clerk.
SECTION 5: Presumptive Evidence. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all the provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained as of the date of passage.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication, passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY A MAJORITY ROLL-CALL VOTE OF THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF MADISON, ILLINOIS, HOLDING OFFICE THIS 11TH DAY OF MARCH, A.D., 2003, AS FOLLOWS:
ALDERPERSON AYE NAY ABSENT
ELEANOR L. ARMOUR x
JEFFERY BRIDICK x
TED OSTRENGA x
SUE MILLER x
STEVE HAMPSEY x
MICHAEL VRABEC x
R. WILLIAMS-GARDNER x
NORRIS HORTON x
MAYOR
JOHN W. HAMM x
John W. Hamm /s/
Mayor
Mayor
Alexis Rozycke-Lux /s/
City Clerk
City Clerk