Chapter 1. General Provisions 2. Board of Trustees 3. Village Administration 4. Municipal Purchasing 5. Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks 6. Water System 7. Sewer Use 8. Parks, Playgrounds and Swimming Pool 12. Nuisances 13. Dogs and Other Animals 22. Subdivisions 31. Licenses and Permits 32. Business Regulations 33. Municipal Occupation Taxes 34. Liquor 41. Traffic 42. Offenses Against Public Peace, Safety and Morals Appendix A Zoning Regulations Appendix B Flood Hazard Areas Appendix C Wage Ordinance

COLFAX, ILLINOIS

CHAPTER AND SECTION OUTLINE

Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. 01 Colfax Municipal Code 1. 02 Definitions 1. 03 Repeal of Ordinances 1.04 Ordinances Repealed not Reenacted 1. 05 Jurisdiction 1. 06 Penalties 1. 07 Responsibility for Acts 1. 08 Separability of Provisions 1. 09 Effective Date Chapter 2 BOARD OF, TRUSTEES 2. 01 Government of Village 2. 02 Elections and Terms of Village Board 2. 03 Salaries 2. 04 Board Meetings 2. 05 Committees 2.06 Order of Business 2. 07 Board of Trustees Procedure Chapter 3 VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION 3. 01 President 3. 02 Clerk 3. 03 Treasurer 3. 04 Village Attorney 3. 05 Health Officer 3. 06 Superintendent of Public Works 3. 07 Collector 3. 08 Officers and Employees 3. 09 Police Department 3. 10 Municipal and Fiscal Year 3. 11 Village Seal Chapter 4 MUNICIPAL PURCHASING 4. 01 Competitive Bids to be Obtained 4. 02 Exceptions to Competitive Bid Requirements 4. 03 Procedure in Contracts Over $4000 4. 04 Emergency Contracts 4. 05 Contracts or Purchase not Exceeding $50 4. 06 Contracts on Purchases of $50 to $4000 Chapter 4, cont'd. 4.07 Contracts Exempt from Purchasing Regulations 4. 08 Invalid Purchase Contracts Chapter 5 STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS 5.01 Names of Streets 5. 02 Numbering Buildings 5. 03 Damage to Streets 5. 04 Encroachments on Street 5. 05 Obstructing Streets 5. 06 Builders Occupying Street 5. 07 Materials in Streets 5. 08 Excavations and Work in Streets 5. 09 Laying of Pipe in Streets 5. 10 Moving Structures on Streets 5. 11 Debris in Streets 5. 12 Protection of Work in Streets 5. 13 Barbed Wire Fences 5. 14 Advertising on Streets 5. 15 Snow on Sidewalks 5. 16 Driveways 5. 17 Trees Chapter 6 WATER SYSTEM 6. 01 Water Department 6. 02 Definitions 6. 03 Application for Connection 6. 04 Application for Service 6. 05 Meters 6. 06 Metered Service 6. 07 Meter Failure 6. 08 Access to Premises 6. 09 Water Rates 6. 10 Liability of Customers for Payment of Bills 6. 11 Bills and Payments for Service 6. 12 Complaints 6. 13 Rules Governing Service 6. 14 Turning on Water or Resetting Meteri 6. 15 Fire Service 6. 16 Water Use Regulations 6. 17 Liability of Village 6. 18 Obstructing or Injuring Waterworks 6. 19 Unauthorized Use of Water 6. 20 Civil Liability Chapter 7 SEWER USE: USER CHARGE AND INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY SYSTEM 7. 01 Regulation of Sewer Use 7. 02 Use of Public Sewers Required 7. 03 Private Sewage Disposal 7. 04 Building Sewers and Connections 7. 05 Extension of Collecting Sewers 7. 06 Use of the Public Sewers 7. 07 Protection of Sewage Works from Damage 7. 08 Powers and Authority of Inspectors 7. 09 User Charge and Industrial Cost Recovery System 7. 10 Hearing Board, Penalties, Validity, Ordinances in Force Chapter 8 PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND OCTAVIA SWIMMING POOL 8. 01 Protection of Park Property 8. oa Operating Policy 8. 03 Use of Park Areas 8. 04 Octavia Swimming Pool 8. 05 Parking 8. 06 Tennis/Basketball Court Regulations 8. 07 Enforcement of Regulations Chapter 12 NUISANCES 12. 01 Public Nuisances Prohibited 12. 02 Public Nuisances Defined 12. 03 Abatement of Public Nuisances 12. 04 Cost of Abatement 12. 05 Thitch Elm Disease 12.06 Weeds 12.07 Garbage and Refuse 12.071 Garbage Pickup Fees 12.08 Abandoned and Inoperable Vehicles 12. 085 Unregistered Vehicles 12. 087 Inoperable Motor Vehicles 12. 09 Dangerous Buildings 12. 10 Unfit Dwellings Chapter 13 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS 13. 01 Definitions 13.02 Dogs at Large 13. 03 Impounding Dogs Chapter 13, cont'd. 13. 04 Redemption of Impounded Dogs 13.05 Fierce Dogs 13.06 Injury by Dogs 13. 07 Rabies 13.08 Dogs on Leash 13.09 Dogs in Public Places 13.10 Livestock and Poultry 13.11 Cruelty to Animals 13.12 Dangerous Animals 1313 Noisy Animals 13.14 Inoculation Against Rabies 13.15 Collar and Tag 13.16 Unauthorized Removal of Tag 13.17 Disruption of Garbage 13.18 Hindering Enforcement 13.19 Enforcement 13.20 Penalty Chapter 22 SUBDIVISIONS 22. 01 Subdivision Control 22. 02 Flat Invalid Without Approval 22. 03 Standards of Design and Required Improvements 22. 04 Standards of Design 22. 05 Required Improvements 22. 06 Variance in Standards 22. 07 Procedure for Approval of Subdivision 22. 08 Tentative Flat and Plan 22. 09 Final Plat 22.10 Suitability of Land for Subdividing 22.11 Acceptance of Streets, etc. by the Village 22.12 Division of Lands without Platting Unlawful 22.13 Approval of Subdivision of Small Tracts 22.14 Enforcement of Regulations Chapter 31 LICENSES AND PERMITS 31.01 Licenses or Permits Required 31.02 Application 31.03 Payment of Fee 31.04 Bond and Insurance Chapter 31, cont'd. 31. 05 Approval or Denial of Licenses 31.06 Certificates 31. 07 License and Permit Term 31.08 Exhibition of Certificate 31.09 Transfer 31.10 Renewal 31.11 Revocation 31.12 Hearing 31.13 Inspections Chapter 32 BUSINESS REGULATIONS 32. 01 Handbill Distributors 32. 02 Junk Dealers 32. 03 Pawnbrokers 32. 04 Peddlers 32. 05 Selling on Streets 32. 06 Solicitor's Certificates Chapter 33 MUNICIPAL OCCUPATION TAXES 33. 01 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax 33. 02 Municipal Service Occupation Tax Chapter 34 LIQUOR 34.01 Definitions 34.02 License Required 34.03 Restrictions on Licenses 34.04 Application for License 34.05 License Contents, Location 34.06 Classes of Licenses; Fees 34.07 Number of Licenses; Ownership 34.08 Duration of Licenses 34.09 Nature of License, Renewal 34.10 Change of Location 34.11 Sales to Minors, Drunkards, Spendthrifts 34.12 Display of License 34.13 Unobstructed View of Premises 34.14 Access to Dwelling Quarters from Licensed Premises 34.15 Sanitary Conditions 34.16 Employees 34.17 Closing Hours; Sundays; New Years 34.18 (repealed) 34.19 Credit Sales 34.20 Refilling Original Packages 34.21 Minimum Size Container Chapter 34, cont'd. 34.22 Gifts 34.23 Removal from Premises 34.24 Minors 34.25 Intoxication 34.26 Peddling Liquor 34.27 Local Liquor Control Commissioner 34.28 Complaint of Violations 34.29 Revocation of License 34.30 Responsibility of Owners of Premises 34.31 Acts of Agent or Employee 34.32 Public Drinking Chapter 41 TRAFFIC 41.01 State Traffic Laws Adopted 41.02 Speed Limits 41.03 Reckless, Negligent or Careless Driving 41.04 U-Turns 41.05 Through Streets and Stop Intersections 41.06 Yield Intersections 41.07 Lights on Parked Vehicles 41.08 Parking Vehicles for Sale 41.09 Loading Zones 41.10 Parking Prohibited 41.11 Limited Parking 41.12 Towing Away Vehicles 41.13 All Night Parking 41.14 Angle Parking 41.15 Parking on Private Property 41.16 Parking in Alleys 41.17 Responsibility of Owner 41.18 Bicycles and Motorcycles 41.19 Clinging to Moving Vehicles 41.20 Use of Coasters, Roller Skates and Similar Devices 41.21 Spilling Loads 41.22 Snowmobiles 41.23 Bicycle Riding on Sidewalks Schedule A Stop Signs Schedule B Yield Signs Schedule C No Parking Chapter 42 OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS 42.01 Disorderly Conduct 42.02 Firearms 42.03 Weapons Chapter 42, cont'd. 42.04 Fireworks 42.05 Fires 42.06 Barbed Wire Fences 42.07 Noise 42.08 Damaging Property 42.09 Littering 42.10 Pollution 42.11 Disorderly Houses 42.12 Obscene Material 42.13 Curfew for Minors

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