ADOPTING ORDINANCE
GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 18-07
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF SPARTA, ILLINOIS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Sparta, Illinois, 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 municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Illinois empower and authorize the political subdivision 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 City Council of the City of Sparta has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Sparta, Illinois, of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of Sparta as revised, amended, restated, codified and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Sparta, Illinois".
Section 2. Said Code of Ordinances as adopted herein shall consist of the following Titles:
"SPARTA, ILLINOIS
CODE OF ORDINANCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
11. City Standards
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. City Council
31. City Officials and Employees
32. Organizations
33. Police Department
34. Fire Department
35. Emergency Management Agency
36. Funds
37. Taxation
38. Elections
39. Equal Employment Policy
40. Investment Policy
41. Locally Imposed and Administered Tax Rights and Responsibilities
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Garbage and Rubbish
51. Water and Sewer System; Rates
52. Sewers
53. Water
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Schedules
72. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Abandoned Vehicles
91. Animals
92. Cemeteries
93. Civil Emergencies
94. Fair Housing Policy
95. Fire Prevention
96. Health, Safety and Sanitation
97. Noise
98. Parks and Recreation
99. Plants and Weeds
100. Streets and Sidewalks
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Licensing Provisions
111. Alcoholic Beverages
112. Amusements
113. Itinerant Merchants and Transient Vendors
114. Taxicabs
115. Adult Use Licensing and Regulation
116. Contractors
117. Medical Providers
118. Motor Vehicle Service Stations
119. Licensing and Regulation of Other Businesses
120. Raffles
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Provisions
131. Offenses Pertaining to Property
132. Offenses against Public Order
133. Offenses against Public Justice and Administration
134. Offenses against Public Morals
135. Offenses against Public Health and Safety
136. Weapons
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations
151. Electrical Code
152. Flood Damage Prevention
153. Plumbing Code
154. Subdivision Code
155. Zoning
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Illinois Compiled Statutes
References to 1994 Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
INDEX
Section 3. 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 right 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 issue 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 of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained or covered by the Code.
Section 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Council of the City of Sparta and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 5. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6 hereafter, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is property signed, attested, recorded and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
Section 6. This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary of the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Sparta, Illinois, on the 26th day of December, 2018, and deposited and filed in the office of the City Clerk of said City on that date.
AYES: Hanna, Kelley, Klausing, Stephens, Schlimme
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
Angie Peters /s/
City Clerk
Approved by the Mayor of the City of Sparta, Illinois, on the 27th day of December, A.D. 2018.
Jason Schlimme /s/
Mayor
ATTEST:
Angie Peters /s/
City Clerk