(A) Then entire geographical area of the village as the same lies within its corporate limits is declared to be target zones of gang activity.
(B) Gang activity coincides with the presence of individuals and groups loitering upon and along the public rights-of-way and public places aforedescribed.
(C) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GANG LOITERING. Remaining in any one place under circumstances that would warrant a reasonable person to believe that the purpose or effective behavior is to enable a street gang to establish control over identifiable areas, to intimidate others from entering those areas or to conceal illegal activities including, but not limited to, violations of the Criminal Code of the state including, but not limited to, assault, battery, intimidation, theft and narcotics-related activities including violation of the Cannabis Control Act, being 720 ILCS 550/1 et seq. and violation of the state’s Controlled Substances Act, being 720 ILCS 570/100 et seq.
PUBLIC PLACE. The public way and any other location open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned.
(D) If a police officer of the village observes an individual or group engaged in gang loitering in any public place, the geographical limits of which have been hereinabove specified, the police officer shall inform all such persons that they are engaged in gang loitering within an area in which gang loitering is prohibited, and order such persons to disperse and remove themselves from within sight and hearing of the place at which the order was issued and inform those persons that they will be subject to arrest if they fail to obey the order promptly or engage in further loitering within sight or hearing of the place at which the order was issued during the next six hours.
(Prior Code, § 27-2-31) (Ord. 12-449, passed 7-2-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99