[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
A person
commits a petty theft when the value of the property is $500 or less
and he knowingly:
(1)
Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner;
or
(2)
Obtains by deception control over property of the owner; or
(3)
Obtains by threat control over property of the owner; or
(4)
Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have
been stolen by another or under such circumstances as would reasonably
induce him to believe that the property was stolen; and:
(a)
Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit
of the property;
(b)
Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the property in such a
manner as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit;
(c)
Uses, conceals or abandons the property, knowing such use, concealment
or abandonment probably will deprive the owner permanently of such
use or benefit.
(5)
Obtains
or exerts control over property in the custody of any law enforcement
agency which any law enforcement officer or any individual acting
in behalf of a law enforcement agency explicitly represents to the
person as being stolen or represents to the person such circumstances
as would reasonably induce the person to believe that the property
was stolen;
B.
It shall be unlawful to commit a petty theft.
(720 ILCS 5/16-1)
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
Any of
the following acts by a person shall be a violation of this chapter:
(1)
Knowingly to damage any property of another;
(2)
Recklessly, by means of fire or explosive, to damage property of
another;
(3)
Knowingly to start a fire on the land of another;
(4)
Knowingly to injure a domestic animal of another;
(5)
Knowingly
to deposit on the land or in the building of another any stink bomb
or any offensive-smelling compound and, thereby, intend to interfere
with the use by another of the land or building;
(6)
Knowingly
to damage any property, other than as described in 720 ILCS 5/30-1,
Subsection (a), Paragraph (2), with intent to defraud an insurer;
(7)
Knowingly
to shoot a firearm at any portion of a railroad train;
(8)
Knowingly,
without proper authorization, to cut, injure, damage, deface, destroy,
or tamper with any fire hydrant or any public or private fire-fighting
equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to fire-fighting equipment;
or
(9)
Intentionally,
without proper authorization, to open any fire hydrant.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A.
A person
commits criminal damage to government-supported property when he or
she knowingly:
(1)
Damages
any government-supported property without the consent of the state
or Village;
(2)
By
means of fire or explosive damages government-supported property;
(3)
Starts
a fire on government-supported property without the consent of the
state or Village; or
(4)
Deposits
on government-supported land or in a government-supported building,
without the consent of the state or Village, any stink bomb or any
offensive-smelling compound and thereby intends to interfere with
the use by another of the land or building.
B.
For the
purposes of this section, "government-supported" means any property
supported in whole or in part with state funds, funds of a unit of
local government or school district, or federal funds administered
or granted through state agencies.
(720 ILCS 5/21-1.01)
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful to willfully, maliciously, or negligently
break, deface, injure or destroy any telephone pole, post or wire,
or any electric light post, pole, or electric conductor, wire or lamp
or any other thing connected with the same or belonging thereto, or
any water main, gas main, pipe or hydrant or lamp or lamppost, or
anything belonging to or connected therewith or with any of them.
It shall be unlawful for any person in any manner or form to
deface, disfigure, damage or destroy any of the street signs or parts
thereof located in the Village.
It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and without lawful
authority alter, destroy, deface, remove or conceal any public notice,
posted according to law, during the time for which the notice was
to remain posted. (720 ILCS 5/32-9)
No person shall operate, between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and
6:00 a.m. of any day, on any property zoned for residential use,[1] any electrical device which emits an audible sound and
is designed or used for the purpose of killing insects out-of-doors.
[Added 11-24-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-1459]
A.
No person other than the Public Works Director or his duly authorized
agent shall set, repair, or interfere with any water or gas supply
or meter; and if it shall be found that the water or gas supply or
water or gas meter is being tampered with by any unauthorized person,
the owner or occupant of the premises at which such meter is located
shall be held responsible along with the individual tampering with
said meter, and the water or gas supply to such premises may be cut
off. If the water or gas supply is cut off for such cause, it shall
not again be turned on until the owner, the violator, or occupant
of the premises shall have paid to the Village the cost and expense
of cutting off and turning on such water supply and the further sum
as defined in the penalty below.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: The term "Superintendent of Public Works" was
changed to "Public Works Director" pursusant to Ord. No. 21-1495,
adopted 8-18-2021.
B.
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this section shall be fined $750 for each offense, and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Larceny. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting
institution of larceny charges against any person stealing water from
the Village by bypassing a meter, tampering with a meter or by any
other means.
