O-76-48ORDINANCE NO. 0 -76 -48
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN,
EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING
WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That this Code, consisting of Chapters 1
ONE: through 23,, inclusive, and printed and published
in book form, is hereby adopted and enacted as
the "Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield, Illinois," and
shall be treated and considered as a new and original compre-
hensive Code which shall supersede all other general and permanent
ordinances passed by the President and Board of Trustees on or
before March 25, 1976, except such as by reference thereto are
expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for
any purpose.
SECTION That all ordinances of a general and permanent
TWO: nature of the Village of Deerfield, enacted on
final passage on or before March 25� 1976, and not
in such Code, or recognized and continued in force by reference
therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of
such Code, except as hereinafter provided.
SECTION That the repeal provided for in Section Two hereof
THREE: shall not affect any offense or act committed or
done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any
contract or right established or accruing before the effective
date of such Code; nor shall such repeal affect any of the follow-
ing Codes or ordinances which are not contained in such Code and
which shall be excluded from inclusion therein and remain in full
force and effect:
Ordinances relating to annexations and boundaries
Franchise ordinances
Contract ordinances and ordinances authorizing the
execution of a contract
Ordinances vacating, dedicating, widening, paving,
naming or changing the names of streets, alleys,
parks or public ways
Ordinances fixing the grades of streets, curbs and
sidewalks
Ordinances relating to the leasing, transfer, acceptance,
sale or purchase of real estate or personal property
by or from the Village
Bond ordinances and ordinances pertaining to Village
indebtedness
Ordinances providing or guaranteeing the payment of
money
Ordinances relating to special assessment and special
taxation proceedings
Appropriation,.budget and tax levy ordinances
Ordinances fixing salaries of officers, employees and
appointees
Ordinances establishing personnel rules and regulations
and all other administrative ordinances or resolu-
tions of the President and Board of Trustees not in
conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this
Code
Ordinances regarding the establishment of Village tax
rates
The Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto
The Ordinance adopting an official Comprehensive Plan
for the Village
The Subdivision Control. Ordinance and amendments thereto
The Building Codes and amendments thereto
The Plumbing Code and amendments thereto
The Electrical Code and amendments thereto
The Fire Prevention and Life Safety Codes
Ordinances pertaining to the condemnation and the dis-
connection of property
Ordinances concerning the investment of surplus funds or
designating a depository for Village funds
Ordinances pertaining to the authorization of-motor fuel
tax, and Federal revenue sharing expenditures and
improvements
Ordinances accepting any plan or subdivision in the Village
or approving any planning unit development
Ordinances pertaining to the regulation of Burglar and
Holdup Alarm Businesses, Systems and Uses
SECTION That any and all additions or amendments to
FOUR: such Code, when passed in such form as to indi-
cate the intention of the President and Board of
Trustees to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be
incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Municipal
Code of the Village of Deerfield, Illinois," shall be understood
and intended to include such additions and amendments.
SECTION . That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in
FIVE: the Office of the Village Clerk, preserved in
looseleaf form. It shall be the express duty of
the Village Clerk, or someone authorized by her, to insert in
their designated places all amendments or ordinances which
indicate the intention of the President and Board of Trustees to
make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed
or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all
provisions which may from time to time be repealed by the Presi-
dent and Board of Trustees. This copy of such Code shall be
available for all persons desiring to examine the same and
shall be considered the official Municipal Code of the Village
of Deerfield, Illinois.
SECTION Whenever in such Code any act is prohibited
SIX: or is made or declared to be unlawful or a
misdemeanor or a violation of such Code, or
whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the
failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor
or a violation of such Code, where.no specific penalty is provided
therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code shall
.be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00). Each day any violation of any provision of this Code
shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION That in case of the amendment of any section of
SEVEN: such Code for which a penalty is not provided,
the general penalty as provided in Section Six
of this ordinance and Section 1.25 of such Code shall apply to
the section as amended or in case such amendment contains pro-
visions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned
general penalty is provided in another section in the same
chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall
be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty
is specifically repealed therein.
SECTION That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm
EIGHT: or corporation in the Village to change or amend
by additions or deletions, any part or portion
of such _Code, or to insert or delete.pages or portions thereof,
or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever
which will cause the law of the Village of Deerfield to be
misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation
violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section
1.25 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Deerfield,. Illinois.
SECTION That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
NINE: conflict herewith are, to the extent of such
conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION That this ordinance and the Code adopted by
TEN: same shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval in accordance
with law, as printed and published in book form by order of the
President and Board of Trustees.
AYES: Blumenthal, Gavin, Marty, Seidman, Stiehr, Swanson (6)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
PASSED this 7th day of September A.D. , 1976.
APPROVED this 7th day Of tember A.D. , 1976.
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK