O-64-03Ordinance No. 0 -64 -3
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, that:
The Municipal Code of Deerfield of 1963 be and the same is
hereby amended as follows:
There shall be added to Article VI of Chapter 10 thereof, the
following, to
be known
as Section 10.607 -
Injury to
Public Property:
1110.607
Injury to
Public Property.)
It shall
be unlawful to
inj,ure, deface or interfere with any property belonging to the
Village without proper authority from the Board of Trustees; any
,:.!personavi o;lati ng the provisions of this section shall be fined
not less than two dollars nor more than five hundred dollars
for each offense."
Section 20.322 of Chapter 20 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
" 20.322 Reckless or negligent driving.) It shall-be unlawful to
operate any vehicle in the Village in a reckless or wanton manner
so as to endanger life or property.
It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle im the Village in
a careless or negligent manner."
Chapter 20 of said Code is hereby amended by addint to Section
V thereof, the following, to be known as Section 20.517:
':'20.517 Abandoned Vehicles.) Any automobile or other vehicle
parked in any one place on amy public street or way in the Village
for a consecutive period of forty -eight hours or more shall be
considered abandoned, and the Chief of Police, as custodian of
lost and abandoned property, shall take possession of such vehicle
and dispose of it as provided by statute."
Chapter 27 of the said Code is hereby amended by adding thereto,
and inserting therein, following Article X thereof; the'foIlowing:
"Article XI. Curfew.
27.1101 Regulations.) It shall be unlawful for any person of
less than eighteen years of age to be present at or upon any public
assembly, building, place, street or highway at the following times
unless accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or other responsible
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companion at least twenty -one years of age unless engaged in a
business or occupation which the laws of this State authorize a
person (1,ess than eighteen years of age to perform:
1. Between 12 :01 A.M. and 6 A.M. on Saturday;
2. Between 12:01 A.M. and 6 A.M. on Sudd9y; and
3. Between 11 :00 P.M. on Sunday to Thursday, inclusive,
and 6 A.M. on the following day..
27.1102 Permitting person to violate curfew.) It shall be unlawful
for a parent, legal guardian or other person to knowingly permit a
person in his custody or control to violate the provisions of the
preceding section.
27.1103 Detaining child.) Each member of the police force while
on duty is hereby authorized to detain any person wilfully violating
the provisions of Section 27.1101 hereof until the parent or legal!
guardian of the child shall take him or'her into custody; but such
officer shall immediately upon taking custody of the child communi-
cate with the parent or legal guardian. .
27.1104 Delinquent or mendicant children.) If it shall appear
that any child taken into custody for a violation of Section 27.1101
hereof is growing up in mendicancy or.vagrancy, or is incorrigible,
for the lack of proper parental care or has no home, proper pro-
ceedings shall be taken to have such child placed in the care of
a State Institution as is provided by statute.
27.1105 Penalty.) Any person violating any provision of this
Article shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more.than
five hundred dollars for each offense."
Chapter 28 of the said Code is hereby amended by adding thereto,
following Section 28.029 thereof, the followi.ng:
1128.030 Liquor in Vehicles.) I't shall be unlawful for any person
to transport, carry, possess or have any alcoholic liquor, in or
uoontor about any motor vehicle in the Village except when such
liquor is in the original package or container with the seal unbroken.
28.031 Possession of Liquor by Minor.) It shall be unlawful for
any person, to whom the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited
because of his or her age, to have alcoholic 4;iquor in his or her
possession.
28.03 2 Noise.) - it shall be unlawful for any person within the
Village of Deerfield to make, continue, or cause to be made or
continued, any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise which either
annoys, disturbs, .injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, con-
venience, health, peace, of safety''of others, within the limits
of the Village.
The following acts, among others, are declared to be loud,
disturbing, and unnecessary noises in violation of this section,
but said enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
(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 plave of the Village, except es a danger
warning, the creation by means of any such signaling device of any
unreasonably loud or harsh sound; the sounding of any such device
for unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; the use of any
horn, whistle, or other device operated by engine exhaust; and
the use of any such signaling device when 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 such manner a's to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the
neighboring inhabitants, or with louder volume than is necessary
for the convenient hearing for the person or persons-who are in the
room, chamber, vehicle, or outdoor area, within the village limits,
in which or*where such machine or device is played, used or operated
and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such
set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device between the hours
of eleven o'clock P.M. and seven o'clock A.M. in such manner as to
be plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet from the location
of such set, instrument, or device shall be prima facie evidence
of a violation of this section.
(3) Loud speakers, Amplifiers for Advertisfing, etc. The
playing, using, operating, or permitting to be played, used or
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operated any radi:6receiviing set, musical instrument, phonograph,
loud- speaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or device for the
producing or reproducing of sound wyich 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 procured from
the Village Manager.
(4) Yelling, Shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting, hooting,
whistling, or singing on the public streets of the Village, partic-
ularly between the hours of eleven o'clock P.M. and seven o'clock
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 noise., shall disturb the comfort
or repose of persons in the vicinity.
(6) Steam Whistles. The blowing withi.n the limits of-the Village
of any steam whittle attached to any stationary boiler, except to
give notice of the time to begin or stop work; as a warning of fire,
danger or other emergency, or upon request of proper village auth-
orities.
(7) Engine Exhausts. The discharge into the open aie within
the Village of exhaust of any steam engine, gasoline engine, sta-
tionary 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 which will effectively prevent loud or
explosive noises therefrom.
(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 such manner or with materials of such
nature as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding,,rattling,
qr other noises.
(9) Loading, Unloading, Opening Boxes, etc. The creation
within the Village of loud and excessive noise in connection with
loading or unloading of any vehicle, or the ppening or destruction
of bales, boxes, crates,.containers or the likem without exercising
reasonable care to limit such noise and to confine the same.
(10) Construction, Repairing, etc. of Buildings and Streets.
Any activity in the construction of any building or structure
(including excavating, demolition, alteration, or repair, or the
laying or pavement, including but not limited to the making of an
excavation, clearing of land, and loading or unloading material,
equipment or supplies, anywhere'in the Village except between the
hours of 7 :30 A.M. and 7 P.M. on week days, other than Saturday,
and except between the hours of .8 :30 A.M. and 5 P.M. on Saturday;
provided that this ordinance shall not be construed to apply to
any person doing work on premises owned by him and not for
compensation.
it shall be unlawful to engage in any such work or activity on
a Sunday unless a permit for such Sunday work has first been issued.
Application for such permits shall be made in writing to the Village
Manager, and shall state the name of the applicant, and his business
address, the location of the proposed work, and the reason for
seeking a permit to do such work on Sunday, as well as the estimated
time of the proposed operations. No such special permit shall be
issued excepting where the public welfare will be enhanced by such
issuance, or will be harmed by failure to perform the work at the
times indicated.
Nothing in this secpion 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 excessive noise in the vicinity of any
school, institution of learning, church, court, or hospital, while
the same is in use, which unreasonably interferes with the workings
of such institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients
in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in the
vicinity of. any such buildings indicating that the same is a school,
hospital, court or church.
(12) Hawkers, Peddlers, etc. The shouting and crying within
the Village of peddlers, hawkers and vendors which 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 two hundred feet or any residence .
wherein are used machinery or other-apparatus which cause loud or
unusual noises, without exercising reasonable care to limit such
noise and to confine the same.
(15) Pile Drivers, Hammers, etc. The operation within the
Village between the hours of nine o'clock P.M. and seven o'clock
A.M., of any pile driver, steam shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick,
steam or electric hoist, or other appliance, the use of which is
attended by loud or unusual noises.
(16) Blowers, etc. The operation within the Village -of'any
noise - creating blower or power fan or any internal combustion
engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion
of operating gases or fluids,.unless the noise from such blower or
fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device
to deaden such noise.
28.033 Penalty.) Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Article shall be fined not less than
Five Dollars nor more than Five Hundred Dollars.for each offense;
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on, each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval and'publication as provided by law.
Passed this 20th day of January, 1964.
APPROVED: Ira K. Hearn, Jr.
Village President
l /gTTEST:
Village Clerk
Published: January 30, 1964 in the Deerfield Review.
Ordinance No. 0 -64 -3
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Deerfield, that:
The Municipal Code of Deerfield of 1963 be and the
same is hereby amended as follows:
There shall be added to Article VI of Chapter 10
thereof, the following, to be known as Section 10.607 -
Injury to Public Property:
"10.607 Injury to Public Property.) It shall be
unlawful to injure, deface or interfere with any
property belonging to-the Village without proper
authority from the Board of Trustees; any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be
fined not less than two dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars for each offense."
Section 20.322 of Chapter 20 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"20.322 Reckless or negligent driving.) It shall
be unlawful to operate any vehicle in the Village
in a reckless or wanton manner so as to endanger
life or property.
It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle in
the Village in a careless or negligent manner."
Chapter.20 of said Code is hereby amended by adding to
Section V thereof, the following, to be known as Section
20.517:
"20.517 Abandoned Vehicles.) Any automobile or
other vehicle parked in any one place on any public
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street or way in the Village for a consecutive
period of forty -eight hours or more shall be con-
sidered abandoned, and the Chief of Police, as
custodian of lost and abandoned property, shall
take possession of such vehicle and dispose of it
as provided by statute."
Chapter 27 of the said Code is hereby amended by adding
thereto and inserting therein, following Article X thereof,
the following:
"Article XI. Curfew.
27.1101 Regulations.) It shall be unlawful for any
person of less than eighteen years of age to be present
at or upon any public assembly, building, place, street
or highway at the following times unless accompanied
by a parent, legal guardian or other responsible
companion at least twenty -one years of age unless
engaged in a business or occupation which the laws of
this State authorize a person less than eighteen years
of age to perform:
1. Between 12:01 A.M. and 6 A.M. on
Saturday;
2. Between 12:01 A.M. and 6 A.M. on
Sunday; and
3. Between 11:00 P.M. on Sunday to
Thursday, inclusive, and 6 A.M.
on the following day.
27.1102 Permitting person to violate curfew.) It
shall be unlawful for a parent, legal guardian or
other person to knowingly permit a person in his
custody or control to violate the provisions of the
preceding section.
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27.1103 Detaining child.) Each member of the
police force while on duty is hereby authorized
to detain any person wilfully violating the pro-
visions of Section 27.1101 hereof until the parent
or legal guardian of the child shall take him or her
into custody; but such officer shall immediately
upon taking custody of the child communicate with
the parent or legal guardian.
27.1104 Delinquent or mendicant children.) If
it shall appear that any child taken into custody
for a violation of Section 27.1101 hereof is growing
up in mendicancy or vagrancy, or is incorrigible, for
the lack of proper parental care or has no home,
proper proceedings shall be taken to have such child
placed in the care of a State Institution as is
provided by statute.
27.1105 Penalty.) Any person violating any provision
of this Article shall be fined not less than ten
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each
offense."
Chapter 28 of the said Code is hereby amended by adding
thereto, following Section 28.029 thereof, the following:
"28.030 Liquor in Vehicles.) It shall be unlawful
for any person to transport, carry, possess or have
any alcoholic liquor, in or upon or about any motor
vehicle in the Village except when such liquor is
in the original package or container with the seal
unbroken.
28.031 Possession of Liquor by Minor.) It shall
be unlawful for any person, to whom the sale of
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alcoholic liquor is prohibited because of his
or her age, to have alcoholic liquor in his or
her possession.
28.032 Noise.) It shall be unlawful for any'person
within the Village of Deerfield to make, continue, or
cause to be made or continued, any loud, unnecessary
or unusual noise which either annoys, disturbs,
injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, conven-
ience, health, peace, or safety of others, within
the limits of the Village.
The following acts, among others, are declared
to be loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noises in
violation of this section, but said enumeration shall
not be deemed to be exclusive, namely:
(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 such signaling device of any
unreasonably loud or harsh sound; the sounding of any
such device for unnecessary and unreasonable period
of time; the use of any horn, whistle, or other device
operated by engine exhaust; and the use of any such
signaling device when 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, phono-
graph, television receiving set, or other machine or
device for the producing or reproducing of sound in
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such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, and
comfort of the neighboring inhabitants, or with
louder volume than is necessary for the convenient
hearing for the person or persons who are in the
room, chamber, vehicle,.or outdoor area, within
,the village limits, in which or where such machine
or device is played, used or operated and who are
voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any
such set, instrument, phonograph, machine, or device
between the hours of eleven o'clock P.M. and seven
o'clock A.M. in such manner as to be plainly audible
at a distance of fifty feet from the location of such
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 any radio receiving set,
musical instrument, phonograph,Iloud- speaker, 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 p irocured from the Village Manage..
4-ing, (4) Shouting, etc. Yelling, shouting,
hooting, whistling, or singing on the public streets
of the Village, particularly between the hours of
eleven o'clock P.M. and seven o'clock A.M. or at any
time or place so as to annoy or disturb the peace,
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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 noise, shall
disturb 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 of
the time to begin or stop work; as a warming 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 which will effectively prevent loud
or explosive noises therefrom.
(8) Defect in Vehicle or Load. The use within the
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Village of any wagon, cart, automobile, truck, motor-
cycle, or other vehicle so out of repair or loaded in
such manner or with material of such nature as to
create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling,
or other noises.
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(9) Loading, Unloading, Opening Boxes, etc. The
creation within the Village of loud and excessive
noise in connection with loading or unloading of any
vehicle, or the opening or destruction of bales, boxes,
crates, containers or the like, without exercising
reasonable care to limit such noise and to confine the
same.
(10) Construction, Repairing, etc. of Buildings and
Streets. Any activity in the construction of any build-
ing or structure (including excavating, demolition,
alteration, or repair, or the laying of pavement,, in-
cluding but not limited to the making of an excavation,
clearing of surface land, and loading or unloading
material, equipment or supplies, anywhere in the Village
except between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 7 P.M. on
week days, other than Saturday, and except between the
hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M. on Saturday; provided
that this ordinance shall not be construed to apply to
any person doing work on premises owned by him and not
for compensation.
It shall be unlawful to engage in any such work
or activity on a Sunday unless a permit for such Sunday
work has first been issued. Application for such
permits shall be made in writing to the Village Manager,
and shall state the name of the applicant and his busi-
ness address, the location of the proposed work, and
the reason for seeking a permit to do such work on
Sunday, as well as the estimated time of the proposed
operations. No such special permit shall be issued
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excepting where the public welfare will be
enhanced by such issuance, or will be harmed by
failure to perform the work at the times indi-
cated.
Nothing in this section 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 excessive
noise in the vicinity of any school, institution
of learning, church, court, or hospital, while the
same is in use, which unreasonably interferes with
the workings of such institution, or which disturbs
or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided
conspicuous signs are displayed in the vicinity of
any such buildings indicating that the same is a
school, hospital, court or church.
(12) Hawkers, Peddlers, etc. The shouting and
crying within the Village of peddlers, hawkers and
vendors which 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 two hundred
feet of any residence wherein are used machinery or
other apparatus which cause loud or unusual noises,
without exercising reasonable care to limit such
noise and to confine the same.
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(15) Pile Drivers, Hammers, etc. The operation
within the Village between the hours of nine o'clock
P.M. and seven o'clock A.M., of any pile driver, steam
shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric
hoist, or other appliance, the use of which is attended
by loud or unusual noises.
(16) Blowers, etc. The operation within the
Village of any noise - creating blower or power fan or
any internal combustion engine, the operation of which
causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases
or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan
is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler
device to deaden such noise.
28.033 Penalty.) Any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Article shall
be fined not less than Five Dollars nor more than Five
Hundred Dollars for each offense; and a separate offense
shall be deemed committed on each day during or on
which a violation occurs or continues.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by
law.
Passed this 20th day of January 10 1964.
APPROVEIl: (/
Village President
Attest:
Village Clerk
Published: Jant-y 303, 1964 in the Deerfield Review.