CHAPTER 42
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE,
SAFETY AND MORALS
42. 01 DISORDERLY CONDUCT. No person shall engage in disorderly conduct in the village. Any of the following acts constitute disorderly con duct:
1. Making, aiding or assisting in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance, breach of the peace or diversion tending to a breach of the peace.
2. Assaulting, striking or deliberately injuring another person.
3. Engaging in or aiding or abetting any fight, quarrel or other disturbance.
4. Disturbing any religious service, funeral, public or private meeting, place of amusement, or assembly of persons.
5. Collecting in crowds for unlawful purposes, or for any purpose to the annoyance or disturbance of other persons.
6. Loitering continuously in public places or being idle or disso lute and going about begging.
7. Being intoxicated in public places, or in any place to the annoyance and disturbance of other persons.
8. Resisting or obstructing the performance of one known to be a police officer or any authorized act within the police officer's official capa city; or impersonating a police officer.
9. Assisting any perstn in custody of police to escape or furnish ing any weapon, drugs, liquor to any such person.
10. Assembling with two or more other persons for the purpose of using force or violence to disturb the public peace.
11. Failing to obey a lawful order of dispersal by a person known to be a peace officer, where three or more persons are committing acts of disorderly conduct in the immediate vicinity, which acts are likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance or alarm.
12. Lodging in or being in out-houses, sheds, barns, stables or unoccupied buildings, or being a vagrant.

13. Engaging in any fraudulent scheme, device or trick to obtain money or other valuable thing, or the practice of fortune telling, palmistry, card reading, astrology, clairvoyancy or other scheme to obtain money or other value.
14. Giving any false alarm of fire, danger or disturbance to any person, or false information to any peace officer or fireman or any village officer.
15. Making a telephone call with intent to annoy another, whether or not conversation ensues.
16. Engaging in obscene or indecent activities or entertainment, or any lewd or lascivious behavior, or appearing in public in a state of nudity.
17. Maintaining or being in houses of ill fame or gaming houses, or engaging in or soliciting unlawful sexual actions.
18. Using any obscene, profane, threatening or inciting language in any public place.
19. Throwing stones or missiles in public places or at any person or property, or using brandishing or threatening to use any missile, or dangerous weapon or object.
20. Damaging or defacing trees, bushes, gardens, fences, win dows, signs, buildings, monuments, or vehicles or engaging in any acts of vandalism.
21. Abusing, beating or cruelly injuring any animal, or attempting to kill or wound any bird other than a sparrow, crow, or blackbird.
42. 02 FIREARMS. No person shall discharge any firearms or do any hunting in the village. This shall not apply to peace officers in line of duty, or any person acting in self defense.
42. 03 WEAPONS. (a) A person who is not a village officer, shall not carry about his person any concealed pistol, switchblade, knife, razor, slingshot, metal knuckles or any other weapon or thing of deadly character.
(b) No person shall sell, give or transfer any such weapon to any minor person.

42. 04 FIREWORKS. No person shall sell, offer for sale, use or explode any fireworks in the village except the Board of Trustees may grant a permit for a public display of fireworks under such conditions as it may impose under the provisions of Chapter 127-1/2, Section 128 of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
42. 05 FIRES. No person shall start or maintain any fire in any street, sidewalk, park or public place, or any place within 30 feet of any building or structure.
42. 06 BARBED WIRE FENCES. No person shall maintain any fence containing barbed wire along or near any public sidewalk.
42. 07 NOISE. No person shall disturb peace and quiet of any other per son by creating excessive noise on his or any property. Excessive noise shall include but not by way of limitation any of the following:
1. Loud playing of phonographs, radios, television sets, or music machines, or musical instruments.
2. Barking or howling dogs or cats.
(b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle on any street, alley or public drive, in such a manner as to cause or produce unnecessarily loud excessive or unusual noise by the racing of the motor, by lack of amuffler or use of a muffler cut out; by tire friction upon rapid turning or weaving, by spinning of the wheels from a standing or slow moving position by a sudden unnecessary motor acceleration, or by the continuous sounding of the horn or other signal devices. (2/1/82)
42. 08 DAMAGING PROPERTY. No person shall damage destroy or deface any public or private property without permission of the owner.
42:09 LITTERING. No person shall litter any public or private property with paper or other debris or foreign matter. Any stored or traits- ported materials susceptible to blowing or scattering shall be adequately covered or protected to prevent littering.
42.10 POLLUTION. No person shall pollute the air or any water course by excessive discharge of waste products or foreign matter.

42. 11 DISORDERLY HOUSES. No person shall, within the village or within three miles of the outer limits of the village, keep, maintain, fre quent, or be an inmate of or connected therewith, or contribute to the sup port of any disorderly house or house of ill fame or assignation, or any place used for the practice of fornication or adultery; or knowingly suffer or permit any house or other premises owned or occupied by him or under his control to be used for any such purposes.
42. 12 OBSCENE MATERIAL. No person shall exhibit, sell or offer to sell any obscene or immoral publication, print, pictures or illustrations.
42. 13 CURFEW FOR MINORS. (a) No person less than 17 years of age shall be present at or upon any public assembly, building, place, street or highway at the following times unless accompanied and supervised by a parent, legal guardian or other responsible companion at least 18 years of age approved by a parent or legal guardian or unless engaged in a business or occupation which the laws of the State of Illinois authorize a person less than 17 years of age to perform:
1. Between 12:01 a. m. and 6:00 a. m. Saturday;
2. Between 12:01 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sunday; and
3. Between 11:00 p.m. on Sunday to Thursday, inclusive, and
6:00 a. m. on the following day.
(b) A parent, legal guardian or other person shall not knowingly permit a person in his custody or control to violate subparagraph (a) of this section.