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