(A) The Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq., as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted by reference to be applied within the corporate limits of the city to the extent permitted by law and to the extent that its subject matter is not regulated by this Code or inconsistent with any lawful provisions of this Code.
(B) All references in sections of the Illinois Vehicle Code to “this Code” shall be to sections of the Illinois Vehicle Code. References to a state employee or official may be to a corresponding city employee or official where such reference is applicable or necessary.
(C) All citations so issued in the name of the city and referred to in the uniform traffic ticket or complaint as an ordinance violation. Any provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code adopted herein may be cited by placing “70.001” before the appropriate Illinois Vehicle Code section (e.g., “70.001:11-502, City of Sparta Code”).
(D) The penalties for violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code as adopted by this provision shall be set forth in § 70.999 of this chapter.
(1994 Code, § 70.01) (Ord. 11-05, passed 11-14-2011)