The city shall have one-half as many wards as the total number of Aldermen to which the city is entitled. The City Council, from time to time, shall divide the city into that number of wards. The number of Aldermen for the city is fixed at eight at this time, and the number of wards for the city is fixed at four at this time, and the boundaries for each ward of the city shall henceforth be as follows:
(A) Ward I. Ward I shall include all that part of the city lying within the area enclosed by a line beginning at the intersection of the westerly boundary line of the city and a line which is an extension of the centerline of Veterans Drive, thence east along said line and said centerline of Veterans Drive and extending along a line which is an easterly extension of said centerline to its intersection with the centerline of Main Street, thence south along the centerline of Main Street to the centerline of Third Street, thence east along the centerline of Third Street and an extension thereof to the centerline of Rogers Street, thence north along the centerline of Rogers Street and the extension of said centerline to the northern boundary line of the city and including all of the territory of the city lying north of the point of beginning and west of the point of ending previously described.
(B) Ward II. Ward II shall include all that part of the city lying within the area enclosed by a line beginning at the westerly boundary line of the city and the centerline of Park Street (Illinois Route 156), thence easterly along the centerline of Park Street to the centerline of Church Street, thence south along the centerline of Church Street to its connection with the centerline of Kasey Lane, thence easterly along the centerline of Kasey Lane to its connection with the centerline of Brittany Lane, thence south along the centerline of Brittany Lane until it makes an easterly turn of approximately 90º and thence along an extension of said centerline of Brittany Lane to its intersection with the centerline of Market Street, thence south along the centerline of Market Street to the most southerly boundary line of the city east of Market Street, thence easterly to the most easterly boundary line of the city, thence northerly to the centerline of Legion Drive (Old Red Bud Road), thence along the centerline of Legion Drive until its intersection with the centerline of Hartman Street, thence west along the centerline of Hartman Street to its intersection with the centerline of Market Street, thence north along the centerline of Market Street to its intersection with the centerline of Third Street, thence east along the centerline of Third Street, to its intersection with the centerline of Main Street, thence north along the centerline of Main Street to a line which is an extension of the centerline of Veteran's Drive, thence west along said line to the centerline of Veteran's Drive and thence continuing west along the centerline of Veteran's Drive and continuing west along an extension of the centerline of Veteran's Drive to the western boundary line of the city.
(C) Ward III. Ward III shall include all that part of the city lying within and west and south of a line beginning at the intersection of the westerly boundary line of the city and the centerline of Park Street (Illinois Route 156), thence east along the centerline of Park Street to the centerline of Church Street, thence south along the centerline of Church Street to its connection with the centerline of Kasey Lane, thence east along the centerline of Kasey Lane to its connection with the centerline of Brittany Lane, thence south along the centerline of Brittany Lane until it makes an easterly turn of approximately 90º, thence along an extension of said centerline of Brittany Lane to the intersection of the centerline of Market Street, and thence south along the centerline of Market Street to the most southerly boundary line of the city west of Market Street.
(D) Ward IV. Ward IV shall include all that part of the city lying within and easterly of a line beginning at a point which is the extension of the centerline of Rogers Street and an intersecting line which is an extension of a line that marks the east/west line of the city's most northerly boundary line, thence south along the extension of the centerline of Rogers Street to the centerline of Rogers Street, thence south along the centerline of Rogers Street to the intersection of an extension of the centerline of Third Street, thence west along said line and along the centerline of Third Street to the intersection of the centerline of Market Street, thence south along the centerline of Market Street to its intersection with the centerline of Hartrnan Street, thence west along the centerline of Hartman Street to the centerline of Legion Drive to the most easterly boundary line of the city.
(1993 Code, § 1-4-2) (Ord. 675, passed 4-19-1982; Am. Ord. 1193, passed 8-27-2001)