VILLAGE OF RAPIDS CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTED JUNE 2003 LAST UPDATED FEBRUARY 2019 Prepared in Cooperation with the Village of Rapids City and Bi-State Regional Commission TABLE OF CONTENTS Title I Administration Chapter 1 General Provisions ................................................................................................. 1 Article 1 - Official Code .......................................................................................... 1 Article 2 - Savings Clause ...................................................................................... 3 Article 3 - Definitions .............................................................................................. 5 Article 4 - Seal ........................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 2 Personnel ............................................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Officers and Employees......................................................................... 1 Article 2 - Compensation ........................................................................................ 5 Article 3 - State Gift Ban Act .................................................................................. 6 Article 4 - State Officials and Employees Ethics Act .............................................. 8 Chapter 3 Board of Trustees................................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Rules of Order ....................................................................................... 1 Chapter 4 Elections ................................................................................................................. 1 Article 1 - Elections ................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 5 Municipal Taxes ..................................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax ...................................................... 1 Article 2 - Municipal Use Tax on Tangible Personal Property ............................... 2 Article 3 - Municipal Service Occupations ............................................................. 3 Article 4 - Municipal Utility Tax ............................................................................... 4 Chapter 6 General Boards and Commissions ........................................................................ 1 Article 1 - Planning and Zoning Commission ......................................................... 1 Chapter 7 Risk Management .................................................................................................. 1 Article 1 - Illinois Municipal League Risk Management Association (7-14-87) ...... 1 Chapter 8 Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights .......................................................... 1 Article 1 - Rights and Responsibilities Related to Locally Imposed and Administered Taxes ............................................................................... 1 Rapids City Code - i - Title II Community Protection Chapter 1 Public Offenses ...................................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - General Offenses ................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Common Nuisances ............................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Defined................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 3 Traffic Regulations ................................................................................................. 1 Article 1 - Regulations Governing Non-Moving Traffic........................................... 1 Article 2 - Regulations Governing Moving Vehicles ............................................... 4 Article 3 - Water-Borne Vessels ............................................................................. 9 Article 4 ............................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 4 Abandoned and Inoperative Vehicles .................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Definitions .............................................................................................. 1 Article 2 - Exceptions ............................................................................................. 2 Article 3 - General Provisions ................................................................................ 3 Article 4 - Removal of Abandoned and Inoperable Vehicles ................................. 4 Article 5 - Application to Court for Warrant to Remove .......................................... 6 Article 6 - Reports on Towed Vehicles ................................................................... 7 Article 7 - Reclaimed Vehicles and Disposal ......................................................... 8 Article 8 - Liability ................................................................................................. 10 Article 9 - Penalites .............................................................................................. 11 Chapter 5 Animal Control........................................................................................................ 1 Article 1 - Definitions .............................................................................................. 1 Article 2 - Protection and Control ........................................................................... 3 Article 3 - Enforcement .......................................................................................... 6 Article 4 - Dogs and Cats ....................................................................................... 7 Article 5 - Penalties .............................................................................................. 11 Chapter 6 Beer and Liquor Control ......................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - General Provisions ................................................................................ 1 Article 2 - Liquor Control Commissioner ................................................................ 4 Article 3 - General .................................................................................................. 5 Article 4 - Licensing Procedure .............................................................................. 8 Article 5 - Privileges Conferred by Various Classes of Licenses ......................... 14 Article 6 - Revocation and Suspension ................................................................ 16 Article 7 - Operation ............................................................................................. 17 Article 8 - Minors .................................................................................................. 19 Article 9 - Vicarious Liability ................................................................................. 21 Article 10 - Penalty ............................................................................................... 22 Rapids City Code - ii - Chapter 7 Property Nuisances ................................................................................................ 1 Article 1 - Weeds .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 8 Nuisance ................................................................................................................ 1 Article 1 - Camp Cars, Trailers, and Other Portable Buildings .............................. 1 Chapter 9 Nuisance ................................................................................................................ 1 Article 1 - Fire and Open Burning Control .............................................................. 1 Chapter 10 Banned Smoking Areas ......................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Banned Smoking Areas ......................................................................... 1 Title III Business Regulations Chapter 1 Licenses and Penalties .......................................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Administration ........................................................................................ 1 Article 2 - License Fees ......................................................................................... 7 Chapter 2 Specific Business Regulations ............................................................................... 1 Article 1 - Auctioneers ............................................................................................ 1 Article 2 - Hawkers and Peddlers........................................................................... 2 Article 3 - Tobacco ................................................................................................. 3 Article 4 - Municipal Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Ordinance .............................................................................................. 4 Article 5 - Utility Tax ............................................................................................. 10 Article 6 - Video Gaming .....................................................................................