Arlington Heights § Section 8.1601 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Purpose This section establishes the purpose of the noise regulations article, which is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens by reducing, controlling, and preventing unreasonably loud and raucous sounds that disturb the peace and quiet. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1602 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Scope View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1603 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Definitions This section provides definitions for terms used throughout the Noise Regulations Article of the Arlington Heights municipal ordinance. It defines terms such as 'Emergency', 'Noise-sensitive area', 'Residential area', and others relevant to noise control. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1604 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section General Prohibitions This section of Arlington Heights' code prohibits anyone from making, allowing, permitting, continuing, or causing unreasonably loud or raucous noise that disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of reasonable persons. It also lists factors to consider when determining if a sound is unreasonably loud and raucous. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1605 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Noises Prohibited This section of the Arlington Heights Municipal Code prohibits specific noise-producing activities, including non-emergency signaling devices, emergency signaling devices under certain conditions, amplified personal devices, and public address systems, establishing thresholds and exceptions for each. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1606 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Exemptions This section outlines specific exceptions to noise regulations in Arlington Heights, including sounds from emergency repairs, alarms, public works projects, recreational and religious activities, and approved events. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Arlington Heights § Section 8.1607 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Penalties This section outlines the penalties for violating noise regulations, establishing escalating fines for repeat offenses within a 12-month period, including a mandatory administrative hearing for second offenses. Each violation or day of a continuous violation is considered a separate offense. View in Arlington Heights’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.101 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Loitering; police order to disperse This section prohibits loitering in public places when it obstructs passage or interferes with lawful business. It empowers police to order individuals causing such conditions to disperse, with failure to comply constituting a violation. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.102 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Disorderly conduct This ordinance defines and prohibits disorderly conduct, outlining specific actions such as violent behavior, fighting, interfering with lawful occupations, damaging public property, failing to obey dispersal orders, and making harassing phone calls or false reports. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.103 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Reckless conduct This section defines and prohibits reckless conduct that causes bodily harm or endangers the safety of an individual. The law applies regardless of whether the underlying act is lawful or unlawful. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.104 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Intoxication View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.105 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Abusive or obscene language This section prohibits individuals from cursing, abusing, or using obscene or indecent language towards another person in public spaces within Bannockburn. The language must be used under circumstances that are reasonably likely to provoke a breach of the peace. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.106 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Assault, battery, and fighting This section prohibits assault, battery, and fighting in public places within the Village of Bannockburn. It defines assault as conduct causing reasonable apprehension of battery and battery as intentional or knowing causes of bodily harm or insulting/provoking physical contact without legal justification. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.107 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Cheating View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.108 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Riotous or noisy assemblages This section prohibits causing or participating in riotous or noisy assemblages in public places. It also makes property owners liable for knowingly permitting gatherings of two or more people, including minors, where alcohol is illegally possessed or consumed, or where other specified disruptive or dangerous activities occur that endanger public peace and safety. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.109 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Hunting View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.110 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Combustible refuse View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.111 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Open burning This section outlines regulations for open burning in Bannockburn, requiring permits for burning on public property and written notification with specific restrictions for burning on private property, with certain exceptions for indoor fireplaces and enclosed outdoor fire devices. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.112 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Disturbing assemblages View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.113 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Scaffolds, tools and articles This section mandates that scaffolds and ladders overhanging public areas must be safely constructed and secured. It also prohibits placing tools or articles in a manner where they could fall onto public ways from a height exceeding four feet. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.114 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Climbing utility and sign poles View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.115 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Articles on windows This ordinance prohibits placing any movable object on a window ledge or similar exterior surface if it is located more than four feet above ground and poses a risk of falling into a public street, alley, or other public area. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.116 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Obstructing stairways or exits This section prohibits any person from obstructing or allowing the obstruction of stairways, aisles, corridors, or exits in various public and multi-tenant buildings. The obstruction must interfere with the free use of these pathways. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.117 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes This section prohibits the abandonment or discarding of refrigerators, iceboxes, or ice chests with attached lids or doors that can be latched shut, especially in places accessible to children. Owners or managers are also prohibited from knowingly permitting such items to remain in this condition. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.118 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Noise This ordinance prohibits any loud, raucous, or jarring noise that annoys or disturbs the peace, comfort, or safety of others. It specifically lists vehicle horns, amplified sound devices, and music/radios played at excessive volumes or during quiet hours as violations. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.119 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Interference with police officers This section prohibits individuals from resisting, obstructing, or interfering with police officers performing their duties. It also makes it illegal to assist someone in custody to escape or attempt an escape. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.120 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Illegal use of badges, uniforms and police signals This section prohibits any individual not affiliated with the Bannockburn Police Department, or not specifically authorized by the Chief of Police, from using official police badges, uniforms, or signaling methods. It aims to prevent impersonation and maintain public trust in law enforcement. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.121 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Exterior lighting This section declares any property violating exterior lighting restrictions outlined in the Bannockburn Zoning Code as a public nuisance. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.122 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Tennis court use; illumination This ordinance restricts the use and illumination of tennis courts near residential districts to prevent nuisances. It sets specific hours for use and limits illumination levels, especially concerning neighboring properties. View in Bannockburn’s full code →
Bannockburn § 141.201 Public Safety & Law Enforcement Section Gambling This section prohibits gambling and related activities within Bannockburn. It specifically forbids gambling, possession of gambling devices with unlawful intent, maintaining or patronizing gambling houses, and advertising such establishments. View in Bannockburn’s full code →