§ 34.18 RESTITUTION.

   (A)   In addition to any other disposition or sentence which may be imposed upon a defendant, pursuant to the provisions of this section or any other section of the code of the city, the court may order the defendant to make restitution to the victim.

   (B)   If restitution is part of the disposition by the court, restitution shall be made to the victim in accordance with the following:

      (1)   A pre-sentencing hearing shall be held to assess the financial capacity of the defendant to make restitution as well as to determine the amount and conditions of payment at the court's discretion.

      (2)   Restitution shall be made in an amount not to exceed the actual out-of-pocket expenses or loss to the victim proximately caused by the conduct of the defendant to be payable over a period not to exceed one year.

      (3)   Cash bond in excess of actual court costs may be used for restitution.

      (4)   Where the conditions of payment have not been satisfied, the court at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the period of payment may impose an additional period. The length of the additional period shall not be more than one year. Only the conditions of payment shall continue to apply during such additional period. The court shall retain all of the incidents of the original sentence, including the authority to modify or enlarge the conditions, and to revoke the sentence if the conditions of payment are violated during such additional period.

('72 Code, § 11.070) (Ord. passed 7-15-85)

COURTESY CITATION PROGRAM

§ 34.30 ESTABLISHING COURTESY CITATION PROGRAM.

   (A)   Following are sections of the Polo Code of Ordinances which shall be subject to the Courtesy Citation Program.

Violations	Section
Uncovered garbage	50.03
Wind blown rubbish	50.04
Deposit litter on streets	50.05
Tampering/altering with water system	52.007
Handicapped parking violation	72.12(A)(1)
Handicapped parking/fraudulent use	72.12(A)(2)
Parking following snowfall (business district)	72.28(A)
Snow emergency (odd-even parking)	72.29
Unlawful depositing of snow into alley or roadway	72.29(D)
Unlawful depositing of snow blocking a public sidewalk	72.29(E)
Unlawful depositing of snow on neighboring park way or other private property or blocking the vision at an intersection	72.29(E)
Riding bicycle on sidewalk (uptown)	73.10
Use of roller skates - coasters on roadway	71.102
Other 7-day parking regulations (2008) ordinance book	Ch. 72
Pushing disabled vehicle	75.14
Semi parking prohibited (residential)	72.16
Abandoned vehicle	90.02
Dog running at large	92.02
Dangerous dog	92.03
Disturbing dog (barking)	92.07
No leash	92.06
Failure to remove dog defecation	92.08
Harboring vicious animal	92.01
Failure to wear registration tag	92.21
Failure to register dog	92.20
Maintaining a kennel (more than 3 dogs)	92.25
Unlawful burning	94.02
Blowing grass in street	50.05
Grass height regulation (more than 8 inches)	95.21
Failure to remove snow from sidewalk	96.015
Playing games upon street	96.037
Failure to number house	96.098
Possession/consumption of open alcohol container in public place	112.44
Curfew	132.10
Permitting curfew	132.11
Disorderly conduct (alarm, disturb, beach of peace)	132.01(A)(1)
Dumping litter	136.02
Accumulation of litter	136.04
Discharging air rifle	137.12
Possession of tobacco by minor	138.03(A)
Permitting possession of tobacco by minor (parent)	138.03(B)
Snowmobiles	Ch. 77
Parking on the wrong side of the street (i.e., driver's side of motor vehicle to the curb or parkway)
Golf Carts and UTVs	Ch. 80
2-hour overtime parking uptown (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)	$5
Wrong side of street - left side to curb	$10
Odd-even snow emergency	$10
No parking zone	$10

 

   (B)   (1)   The first violation of an offense listed in § 34.30 shall result in a written warning.

      (2)   For a second violation within a 12-month period, the offender will be issued a courtesy citation and shall be assessed a $50 penalty.

      (3)   A separate offense is committed upon each day such duty or obligation remains unperformed or such act continues, unless specifically provided in this code.

      (4)   Any penalty which is not paid in full within 14 days after the citation is issued shall then become $75.

      (5)   Provided the person who committed an offense listed in § 34.30 does not commit the same offense within the 12 months following, the warning will be not be considered for a subsequent penalty for the same offense.

      (6)   For a person who receives a citation requiring the payment of a monetary penalty, when the penalty has been paid in full, if the person does not commit the same offense within 12 months thereafter, then if the person commits the same offense thereafter, he or she will first be issued a warning before the issuance of a citation.

      (7)   If a person is issued a citation requiring the payment of a monetary penalty, and the person fails to pay the penalty within 30 days after issuance of the citation, the city reserves the right to file an ordinance violation case in the Circuit Court of Ogle County and to request such remedies as are permitted in such case.

(Ord. 11-12, passed 7-18-11; Am. Ord. 20-03, passed 3-16-20; Am. Ord. 22-12, passed 9-6-22)