(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess, use or deliver any cannabis, any substance containing cannabis, or any other substance the use and/or possession of which is illegal under any Illinois statute or code of city ordinance ("the illegal substance"). This section shall only apply to possession, use, and delivery of such substance in an amount not exceeding ten grams.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use, suffer, permit, or allow the violation of the provisions of this section in any motor vehicle, vessel, house, apartment, room, shed, yard, premises, or other area of which such person is the owner, lessee, permittee, bailee, legal possessor, or occupier thereof.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to permit his or her residence to be used by an invitee of the parent's child or the guardian's ward in a manner that constitutes a violation of this section. A parent or guardian is deemed to have permitted his or her residence to be used in violation of this section if he or she knowingly authorizes, enables, or permits such use to occur by failing to control access to the residence.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to remain in any motor vehicle, vessel, house, apartment, room, shed, yard, premises, or other area when said person knows or reasonably should know, that one or more other persons located in such motor vehicle, vessel, house, apartment, room, shed, yard, premises, or other area are in possession of cannabis, any substance containing cannabis prohibited by Illinois statute, or other illegal substance.
(E) Whenever a person is present within any motor vehicle, vessel, house, apartment, room, shed, yard, premises, or other area of which such person is the owner, lessee, permitee, bailee, legal possessor, or occupier at the time that a violation of the provisions of this section occurs therein, said presence shall be prima facie evidence that such person had knowledge of such violation.
(F) Notwithstanding anything contained in this subchapter to the contrary, pursuant to the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act, as it may be amended from time to time ("the Act"), the immunities and presumptions set forth in the Act related to the medical use of cannabis are hereby incorporated herein by reference to the extent applicable.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any person who knowingly possesses an item of drug paraphernalia with the intent to use it in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body, or in preparing cannabis for that use, is guilty of a violation of this section. This division does not apply to a person who is legally authorized to possess hypodermic syringes or needles under the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act.
(Ord. 1801, passed 10-18-2016)