(A) Consumption and possession unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to consume cannabis while upon any public street, public alley, public sidewalk or public parking lot within the corporate limits of the city unless authorized by Illinois state law.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PUBLIC ALLEY. A public way within a block, generally giving access to the rear of lots or buildings and not used for general traffic circulation.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT. Any place available to the general public or the customers of a place, establishment or business open to the general public, whether or not publicly owned, used for the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
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PUBLIC SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians, and also including any grassways or other areas between that portion of a street actually improved, designed and used for vehicular traffic and the adjacent property lines not subject to a right-of-way.
PUBLIC STREET. The entire width between boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
(Ord. 9395, passed 12-9-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99