O-11-02VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 -76 (FIRE LANES)
AND SECTION 22 -76A (HANDICAPPED PARKING)
OF CHAPTER 22 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC)
OF THE DEERFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE
AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, this
18th day of January , 2011.
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and
Cook Counties, Illinois, this
18th day of January , 2011.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22 -76 (FIRE LANES)
AND SECTION 22 -76A (HANDICAPPED PARKING)
OF CHAPTER 22 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC)
OF THE DEERFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the Chief of the Deerfield Police Department has submitted his
recommendation that the compromise penalty for unlawful parking in fire lanes be increased from
twenty -five dollars ($25.00) to fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense; and,
WHEREAS, the Chief of the Deerfield Police Department has submitted his further
recommendation that the penalty for unlawful parking in a designated handicapped parking area be
increased from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), and that the
cost for towing and storage of impounded vehicles be increased as provided herein; and,
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield concur in the
recommendations of the Chief of Police;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, in
the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: That Section 22 -76 (Fire Lanes) of Article 12 (Parking Regulations) of
Chapter 22 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield, as amended; be
and the same is hereby amended to read as follows (additions are indicated by underscoring and
deletions are indicated by str-i ethi",,,y,, markings):
Sec. 22-76. Fire Lanes:
Oa It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to park a vehicle or to leave a
vehicle unattended in any area designated by the corporate authorities as a fire lane.
Fire lanes are established for the express purpose of providing unrestricted access for
emergency vehicles, and the driver of any vehicle within a fire lane shall
immediately, upon becoming aware of the presence of an emergency vehicle
approaching or entering said fire lane, or upon the direction of a police officer,
remove such vehicle from said lane. Such areas designated as fire lanes are set forth
in Section.22 -167, Exhibit G, of this Chapter.
Lb In lieu of the penalty provisions prescribed in Section 22 -80 of this Article,
any person violating any provision of this Section shall be assessed a fine in the
amount of not less than twentyy e ae"ars ($25 nn` fifty dollars ($50.00) for each
offense.
SECTION 2: That Paragraph (b) of Section 22 -76A (Limitations on Parking in Areas
Designated "Handicapped Parking ") of Article 12 (Parking Regulations) of Chapter 22 (Vehicles and
Traffic) of the Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield, as amended, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows (additions are indicated by underscoring and deletions are indicated by
oti,,�n ,,
� markings):
(b) In lieu of the penalty provisions prescribed in Section 22 -158 of this Chapter,
any person violating any provision of this Section shall be assessed a fine in the
amount of not less than ene ' uRdfed dallafs ($1 nn nm two hundred fifty dollars
250. for each offense and any such person may have his vehicle towed away
from any parking area designated as a handicapped parking area and, thereafter, said
vehicle shall be impounded by the Village and be assessed an impounding charge of
thirty dollars ($30.00) and a storage cost of five dollars ($5.00) per day or fraction
thereof for each day the vehicle is impounded.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance, and each of its terms, shall be the effective legislative act
of a home rule municipality without regard to whether such Ordinance should: (a) contain terms
contrary to the provisions of current or subsequent non - preemptive state law; or, (b) legislate in a
manner or regarding a matter not delegated to municipalities by state law. It is the intent of the
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corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield that to the extent that the terms of this Ordinance
should be inconsistent with any non - preemptive state law; this Ordinance shall supersede state law in
that regard within its jurisdiction.
SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
PASSED this 18th day of January , 2011.
AYES: Benton, Jester, Oppenheim, Seiden, Struthers (5)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: Farkas (1)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
APPROVED this 18th day of January , 2011.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Village Presid t