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Village of Bannockburn, IL
Lake County
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A. 
No person shall loiter, loaf, wander, stand, or remain idle either alone or in consort with others in a public place in any manner so as to:
(1) 
Obstruct any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building by hindering or impeding or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians.
(2) 
Commit in or upon any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building any act or thing which is an obstruction or interference to the free and uninterrupted use of property or with any business lawfully conducted by anyone in or upon the facing or fronting on any public street, public highway, public sidewalk, or any other public place or building, all of which prevents the free and uninterrupted ingress, egress, and regress therein, thereon, and thereto.
B. 
When any person causes or commits any of the conditions enumerated in Subsection A, a police officer or any law enforcement officer shall order that person to stop causing or committing those conditions and to move on or disperse. Any person who fails or refuses to obey those orders shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
A person commits disorderly conduct when the person knowingly does any of the following acts in an unreasonable manner so as to provoke, make, or aid in making a breach of the peace:
A. 
Any person who shall act in a violent or tumultuous manner toward another so that any person is placed in fear of safety of his or her life, limb, or health;
B. 
Any person who shall cause, provoke, or engage in any fight, brawl, or riotous conduct so as to endanger the life, limb, health, or property of another;
C. 
Any person who by acts of violence interferes with another's pursuit of a lawful occupation;
D. 
Any person who damages, befouls, or disturbs public property or property of another so as to create a hazardous, unhealthy, or physically offensive condition;
E. 
Any person who fails to obey a lawful order of dispersal by a person known by the person to be a peace officer under circumstances where persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity, which acts are likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm;
F. 
Any person who commits any act in an unreasonable manner so as to alarm or disturb another person and provoke a breach of the peace;
G. 
Any person who, with intent to annoy, abuse, torment, harass, or embarrass another person, makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues;
H. 
Any person who transmits, in any manner, to a fire department serving the Village or fire protection district, a false alarm of fire, knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that a fire exists;
I. 
Any person who transmits, in any manner, to any peace officer, public officer, or public employee, a report to the effect that an offense has been committed, knowing at the time of the transmission that there is no reasonable ground for believing that an offense had been committed;
J. 
Any person who enters upon the property of another person and for a lewd or unlawful purpose deliberately looks into a dwelling on the property through any window or other opening in it.
A person who causes bodily harm to, or endangers the bodily safety of, an individual by any means commits reckless conduct if that person performs recklessly the acts which cause the harm or endanger safety, whether they otherwise are lawful or unlawful.
No person in an intoxicated condition shall be on or in any street, alley, or other place open to the public.
No person shall, in the presence or hearing of another person, curse or abuse that person or use obscene or indecent language to that person concerning himself or herself under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace in any street, alley, or in any other place open to the public in the Village.
A. 
No person shall attempt or commit assault on or in any street, alley, or other place open to the public in the Village. A person commits an assault when, without lawful authority, he or she engages in conduct which places another in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.
B. 
No person shall attempt or commit battery on or in any street, alley, or other place open to the public in the Village. A person commits a battery if he or she intentionally or knowingly, without legal justification and by any means, causes bodily harm to an individual or makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual.
C. 
No person shall engage in fighting on or in any street, alley, or other place open to the public in the Village.
No person shall obtain possession of any goods, property, or thing of value by any false proceedings or by cheating or by fraud of any kind.
A. 
No person shall cause or participate in a riotous, turbulent, disorderly, or noisy assemblage of persons in the streets or other public places within the Village.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any real property within the Village knowingly to authorize, permit, or enable such property to be used for a gathering of two or more persons where any one or more of the persons is a minor and any of the following factors apply:
(1) 
The owner of the real property knows that any such minor is in possession of or is consuming any alcoholic beverage; and
(2) 
The consumption or possession of the alcohol by the minor is not otherwise permitted under Illinois law.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any real property within the Village to knowingly cause, permit, host, authorize, enable, suffer, or condone any assemblage of minors or other persons at such property which endangers the peace and safety of residents of the Village or violates Subsection B of this section.
(1) 
Acts which are hereby declared to endanger the peace and safety of the residents of the Village shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) 
Possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, intoxicated persons, and others prohibited by Village ordinance and/or Illinois statute from possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
(b) 
Use or clear evidence of use of cannabis or other controlled substances prohibited by federal, state, or local law.
(c) 
Illegal use of fireworks as provided under Illinois law, including without limitation 425 ILCS 35/1.
(d) 
Noise in violation of § 141-118, including, but not limited to, music, loud, raucous yelling, shouting, and obscene or abusive language.
(e) 
Fighting, battery, assaults, or threats or the throwing of objects capable of causing physical injury or property damage.
(f) 
Depositing of trash, garbage, or hazardous material upon public or private property, except trash or garbage other than household hazardous waste that is deposited in a proper receptacle approved for the disposal of trash.
(g) 
Trespass of person or parked vehicles by minors or other persons attending an assemblage upon private property.
(h) 
Any circumstances and conditions which, taken as a whole, constitute a condition of encouraging and contributing to the delinquency of minors as defined in § 141-705 of this Code.
(2) 
The owner of real property on which any of the aforementioned activities take place shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have violated this Subsection C by failing to exercise proper responsibility for those committing any of those acts set forth in Subsection C(1) and the minors or other persons shall be deemed to have committed the acts with the knowledge and permission of the owner, in violation of this section.
(3) 
Upon being given notice by any member of the Police Department of the existence of any of the activities set forth in § 141-108, an owner shall immediately act to terminate the assemblage. Failure to do so shall constitute a further violation of this section.
(4) 
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified below shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
MINOR
A person who is above the age of 11 years, but not yet 21 years of age.
OWNER
A person either holding title to, leasing, residing in or in any way having a possessory interest in real property within the Village.
No person shall hunt or engage in killing any animal other than as prescribed by law or ordinance in the Village.
No person shall store or permit to be stored any combustible refuse in any way that creates a fire hazard, or store or throw any refuse of any kind on any street, alley, or other public place.
A. 
Permit required for open burning on public property. Any governmental body, or any individual on behalf of a governmental body, seeking to perform open burning activities on public property shall obtain an open burning permit in accordance with the provisions of the International Fire Code adopted by the Village as set forth in Chapter 109, Article V, of the Village Code, as amended from time to time. In addition, any permit for open burning on public property shall be conditioned upon compliance with regulations contained in the International Fire Code and subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Village.
[Amended 5-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-12]
B. 
Notification required for open burning on private property. Unless otherwise excepted under Subsection C, written notice shall be required for all open burning on private property. The written notice must be filed at the Village Hall during regular business hours prior to any open burning on private property. The written notice shall include, at a minimum, the name, address, and telephone number for the owner of the property at which the open burning is to take place and the date that the open burning is to take place. In addition, all open burning on private property shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) 
All open burning shall be located at least 25 feet from all adjoining property lines;
(2) 
A competent person age 21 years or older shall be present at all times during the burning of the fire; and
(3) 
All open burning shall be commenced after dawn and extinguished by dusk on any day.
C. 
Exceptions. Notwithstanding the permit requirement contained in Subsection A, open burning shall be allowed without a permit in the following circumstances:
(1) 
A fire maintained in an indoor fireplace.
(2) 
A fire maintained outdoors in a fully or partially enclosed device designed and intended for conducting and controlling fires, such as a barbecue unit, fireplace, or hearth; provided that:
(a) 
A competent person 21 years or older is present at all times during the burning of the fire;
(b) 
The fire is located at least 25 feet from all adjoining property lines; and
(c) 
The fire is commenced after dawn and extinguished by dusk on any day.
(3) 
A recreational fire; provided that (a) a competent person 21 years or older is present at all times during the burning of the fire; (b) the fire is located at least 25 feet from all adjoining property lines; and (c) the fire is commenced after dawn and extinguished by 11:59 p.m. on any day. For the purposes of this section, a "recreational fire" shall be defined as an outdoor fire no greater than three feet in diameter and utilized to cook food for human consumption.
D. 
Prohibited open burning. The following open burning shall be prohibited on any property within the Village:
(1) 
The open burning of leaves or grass clippings; and
(2) 
Any smoldering fire or any open fire that emits dense or excessive smoke.
[Amended 5-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-12]
No person shall disrupt or disturb any lawful assemblage or gathering in the Village by disorderly or violent conduct.
A. 
Any scaffolds or ladders placed in a position so that they overhang or can fall onto any public street, alley, or other public place or way in the Village shall be firmly and properly constructed and safeguarded.
B. 
No person shall place or leave any tools or articles on any place in a manner so that the tools or articles can fall onto any street, sidewalk, or other public way from a height greater than four feet.
No person shall climb upon any telegraph pole, telephone pole, electric light pole, or sign pole (unless in the performance of his or her duties).
No person shall place any movable article on any window ledge or other place abutting on a public street, alley, or other public place at a height above four feet from the ground, in such a manner that the article can be or is in danger of falling onto the street, sidewalk, or other public place.
No person shall obstruct or permit the obstruction of any stairway, aisle, corridor, or exit in any office building, factory, hotel, school, church, theater, assembly hall, lodge, or other public hall, or any building used by two or more tenants or families, in a manner so as to interfere with the free use of that stairway, aisle, corridor, or exit.
No person shall abandon or discard in any place accessible to children any refrigerator, icebox, or ice chest of a capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more that has an attached lid or door which may be opened or fastened shut by means of an attached latch, nor shall any person, being the owner, lessee or manager of the place, knowingly permit an abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox, or ice chest to remain there in that condition.
A. 
No person shall make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any loud, raucous, or jarring noise that either annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, convenience, health, peace, or safety of persons within the area of audibility.
B. 
The following acts, among others, are hereby declared to be loud, raucous, or jarring noises and a nuisance in violation of this section:
(1) 
Horns, signaling devices, etc. The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, or other vehicle on any street or public place of the Village, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any signaling device of any unreasonably loud and raucous sound; the sounding of any device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; the use of any horn, whistle, or other device operated by engine exhaust; and the use of any signaling device where traffic is for any reason held up.
(2) 
Radios, phonographs, etc. The playing, using, operating, or permitting to be played, used, or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, television receiving set, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in a manner that disturbs the peace, quiet, and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants, or with louder volume than is necessary for the convenient hearing of the person or persons who are in the room, chamber, vehicle, or outdoor area, within the Village limits, in which or where the machine or device is played, used, or operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet from the location of the set, instrument, or device shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(3) 
Loud speakers, amplifiers for advertising, etc. The playing, using, operating, or permitting to be played, used, or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets of the Village for the purpose of commercial advertising or of attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure, except when a permit has been first issued by the Village Manager.
(4) 
Yelling, shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets of the Village, particularly between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or at any time or place so as to annoy or disturb the peace, quiet, comfort, or repose of persons in any office, or in any dwelling, hotel, or other type of residence, or of persons in the vicinity, within the limits of the Village.
(5) 
Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal or bird shut up or tied up in any yard, enclosure, stable, house, or other place within the Village which, by barking, howling, crying, singing, or causing frequent or long-continued loud and raucous noise, disturbs the comfort or repose of persons in the vicinity.
(6) 
Steam whistles. The blowing within the limits of the Village of any steam whistle attached to any stationary boiler, except to give notice during weekdays of the time to begin or stop work; as a warning of fire, danger, or other emergency; or upon request of proper Village authorities.
(7) 
Engine exhausts. The discharge into the open air within the Village of exhaust of any steam engine, gasoline engine, stationary internal combustion engine, or other engine, or other kind or type of engine, motor boat, or motor vehicle, except through a muffler or other device that effectively prevents loud, raucous, or explosive noises.
(8) 
Defect in vehicle or load. The use within the Village of any wagon, cart, automobile, truck, motorcycle, or other vehicle so out of repair or loaded in a manner or with material of a nature so as to create loud and raucous grating, grinding, rattling, or other noises.
(9) 
Loading, unloading, opening boxes, etc. The creation within the Village of loud and raucous noise in connection with the loading or unloading of any vehicle, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes, crates, containers, or similar items, without exercising reasonable care to limit and confine the noise.
(10) 
Construction, repairing, etc., of buildings and streets.
(a) 
Any activity in the construction of any building or structure (including excavating, demolition, alteration, or repair), or the laying of pavement, including but not limited to the making of an excavation, clearing of surface land, and loading or unloading of material, equipment, or supplies, anywhere in the Village except between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays; provided that this subsection shall not be construed to apply to any person doing work on premises owned by that person and not for compensation.
(b) 
No person shall engage in any such work or activity on a Saturday or Sunday unless a permit for the work has first been issued. Application for permits shall be made in writing to the Village Manager, and shall state the name and business address of the applicant, the location of the proposed work, and the reason for seeking a permit to do work on a Saturday or Sunday, as well as the estimated time of the proposed operations. No special permit shall be issued except where the public welfare will be enhanced by its issuance, or will be harmed by failure to perform the work at the times indicated.
(c) 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any work necessary to prevent injury to persons or property at any time.
(11) 
Schools, courts, churches, and hospitals. The creation within the Village of any loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of any school, institution of learning, church, court, or hospital, while that institution is in use, that unreasonably interferes with the workings of that institution, or that disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in the vicinity of any institution indicating that it is a school, hospital, court, or church.
(12) 
Hawkers, peddlers, vendors, etc. The shouting and crying within the Village of peddlers, hawkers, and vendors that disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
(13) 
Drums, etc. The use within the Village of any drum or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention by the creation of noise to any place of business or entertainment or place of public assembly.
(14) 
Factories, machinery, etc. The operation within the Village of any factory within 200 feet of any residence that uses machinery or other apparatus that causes loud and raucous noises without exercising reasonable care to limit and confine the noise.
(15) 
Pile drivers, hammers, etc. The operation within the Village between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. on weekdays or on any Saturday, Sunday, or holiday of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam, or electric hoist, or other appliance, the use of which is attended by loud and raucous noise.
(16) 
Blowers, etc. The operation within the Village of any noise-creating blower or power fan or any internal combustion engine that causes loud and raucous noises due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the noise from the blower or fan is muffled and the engine is equipped with a muffler device to deaden the noise.
(17) 
Refrigerated vehicles, etc. The operation within the Village of any refrigerated vehicle for the purpose of commercial storage is prohibited.
(18) 
Miscellaneous. The operation of any machinery, apparatus, or equipment, other than for recreational, household, lawn, or garden use, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. on weekdays or on any Saturday, Sunday, or holiday in, or within 200 feet of, any residential district of the Village, wherein such operation can be heard beyond the boundaries of the property on which the machinery, apparatus, or equipment is being used.
(19) 
Generator testing. The operation within the Village of a private electric generator for routine testing and maintenance purposes more frequently than one time per week, unless otherwise expressly approved in writing by the Chief of Police of the Village for purposes of ensuring the functionality of such generator.
No person shall:
A. 
Resist any officer of the Police Department in the discharge of the officer's duties;
B. 
In any way obstruct, interfere with, hinder, or prevent an officer of the Police Department from discharging the officer's duties, or offer or endeavor to do so;
C. 
In any manner assist any person in the custody of any member of the Police Department to escape or attempt to escape from custody, or attempt to rescue any person in custody.
No person, other than a member of the Police Department or one authorized by the Chief of Police, shall use those badges and uniforms prescribed for the use of the Police Department, or make use of the whistles, calls, or other modes of signaling that are used by the Police Department.
Any building, structure, or property that is illuminated in contravention of the exterior lighting restrictions contained in § 260-901D(10) of the Bannockburn Zoning Code is hereby declared a public nuisance.
A. 
Tennis courts located in, or within 150 feet of, a residential district and not fully enclosed in a building shall not be used between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. The use of these tennis courts other than between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. is hereby declared a nuisance.
B. 
No tennis court not illuminated as of July 11, 1988, shall thereafter be illuminated, and no tennis court illuminated as of that date shall thereafter be illuminated to any greater extent than the illumination in place as of that date. No tennis court may be illuminated between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., and illumination of any tennis court between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. is hereby declared a nuisance.
C. 
No tennis court allowed to be illuminated pursuant to Subsection B shall be illuminated to a level exceeding 25 footcandles within the area bounded by the base and side lines of the court. The level of illumination of these tennis courts upon neighboring properties, at the lot line, shall not exceed one footcandle. The illumination of a tennis court at a level greater than that described herein is hereby declared a nuisance.