Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-1) Sec. 1-1-1. This Code shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Municipal Code. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-10) Sec. 1-1-10. It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Code, by Illinois statute, or by the Illinois Constitution to municipalities may be exercised by those municipa…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-11) Sec. 1-1-11. Contractual assessments; renewable energy sources. A municipality may enter into voluntary agreements with the owners of property within the municipality to provide for contractual assessments to finance the installation of distributed generation r…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-12) Sec. 1-1-12. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator; posting and publication. (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each municipality that maintains a website must post on the municipality's websit…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-13) Sec. 1-1-13. Web-based signature. A municipality may allow a person to sign any document with a web-based signature if the municipality uses a secure web-based platform. This Section does not apply to a nominating or candidate petition or a referendum petition.…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2) Sec. 1-1-2. Definitions. In this Code: (1) "Municipal" or "municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated town in the State of Illinois, but, unless the context otherwise provides, "municipal" or "municipality" does not include a …

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2.1) Sec. 1-1-2.1. The president of a village or incorporated town may be referred to as mayor or president of such village or incorporated town. (Source: P.A. 76-1911.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-3) Sec. 1-1-3. All existing municipalities which were incorporated or which changed their corporate organization under "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, as amended, and all existing …

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-4) Sec. 1-1-4. This Code shall apply generally to all municipalities which are treated as properly incorporated under this Code as provided in the first paragraph of Section 1-1-3 and to all municipalities which are incorporated under this…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-5) Sec. 1-1-5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may exercise jointly, with one or more other municipal corporations or governmental subdivisions or districts, all of the powers set forth in this Code unless expressly provided…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-6) Sec. 1-1-6. Town under special charter superseding civil township; powers. The corporate authorities of any town incorporated under a special charter that has superseded a civil township shall have the powers enumerated in the following…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-7) Sec. 1-1-7. Power of municipality to contract with school boards, hospitals, commercial and industrial facilities, and owners of shopping centers or apartment complexes. The corporate authorities of any municipality shall have the power…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-7.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-7.1) Sec. 1-1-7.1. Any municipality may establish community based committees which shall consist of community leaders, and such committees shall coordinate all State and federal economic programs except where otherwise prohibited by fede…

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-8) Sec. 1-1-8. Whenever this Code requires or authorizes the submission of a proposition or question to referendum, whether initiated by action of the corporate authorities or by petition, upon such initiation, the proposition or question …

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-9) Sec. 1-1-9. If a municipality which is a home rule unit under Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution by reason of having a population of more than 25,000 suffers a loss in population so that its population determined as provided i…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-1) Sec. 1-2-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, to carry into effect the powers granted to municipalities, with such fines or penalties as may be…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-1.1) Sec. 1-2-1.1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass ordinances, not inconsistent with the criminal laws of this State, to regulate any matter expressly within the authorized powers of the municipality, or incidenta…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.2) Sec. 1-2-1.2. Felony DUI prosecutions prohibited. (a) A unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may not enforce any ordinance that prohibits driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or compounds, or any c…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-1.5) Sec. 1-2-1.5. Ordinances penalizing tenants who contact police or other emergency services prohibited. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: "Contact" includes any communication made by a tenant, landlord, guest, neighbor, or other individual to police or …

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-11) Sec. 1-2-11. (a) A sheriff may serve any process or make any arrest in a municipality or a part of a municipality located in the county in which the sheriff was elected that any officer of that municipality is authorized to make under…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-12) Sec. 1-2-12. Any person incarcerated on a charge of violating a bailable municipal ordinance who does not supply bail and against whom a fine is levied upon conviction of such offense, shall be allowed a credit of $2.00 for each day s…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-12.1) Sec. 1-2-12.1. (Repealed). (Source: Reenacted by P.A. 102-687, eff. 12-17-21. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-23.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-2) Sec. 1-2-2. The ordaining clause of ordinances in cities shall be: "Be it ordained, by the City Council of ....." The ordaining clause of ordinances in villages shall be: "Be it ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Vil…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-3) Sec. 1-2-3. The mayor may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the city council, one or more competent persons to prepare and submit to the city council, for adoption or rejection, an ordinance to revise the city ordinances. T…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-3.1) Sec. 1-2-3.1. Building codes. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, any municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000 adopting a new building code or amending an existing building code must, at least 30 da…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-4) Sec. 1-2-4. All ordinances of cities, villages and incorporated towns imposing any fine, penalty, imprisonment, or forfeiture, or making any appropriation, shall (1) be printed or published in book or pamphlet form, published by authori…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-5) Sec. 1-2-5. The municipal clerk shall record, in a book used exclusively for that purpose, all ordinances passed by the corporate authorities. Immediately following each ordinance the municipal clerk shall make a memorandum of the date …

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-6) Sec. 1-2-6. The contents of all municipal ordinances, the date of passage, and the date of publication or posting, where required, may be proved by the certificate of the municipal clerk, under the seal of the corporation. Whenever muni…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-7) Sec. 1-2-7. All actions brought to enforce any fine, imprisonment, penalty, or forfeiture under any ordinance of any municipality, shall be brought in the corporate name of the municipality, as plaintiff. No prosecution, recovery, convi…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-8) Sec. 1-2-8. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances, when collected, and all other money collected for a municipality shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality, at such times and in such manner as…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-9) Sec. 1-2-9. Except as provided in Section 1-2-9.1 of this Act, in all actions for the violation of any municipal ordinance, the first process shall be a summons or a warrant. A warrant for the arrest of an accused person may issue upon …

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-9.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-9.1) Sec. 1-2-9.1. Service by certified mail. In all actions for violation of any municipal ordinance where the fine would not be in excess of $750 and no jail term could be imposed, service of summons may be made by the city clerk by ce…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2-9.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-2-9.2) Sec. 1-2-9.2. Service of notice of violation of ordinance governing parking or standing of vehicles in cities with a population over 500,000. In cities with a population over 500,000, the notice of violation of an ordinance governin…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-1) Sec. 1-2.1-1. Applicability. This Division 2.1 applies to municipalities that are home rule units and to non-home rule municipalities that adopt the provisions of this Division. (Source: P.A. 103-260, eff. 1-1-24.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-10) Sec. 1-2.1-10. Impact on home rule authority. This Division shall not preempt municipalities from adopting other systems of administrative adjudication pursuant to their home rule powers. (Source: P.A. 90-516, eff. 1-1-98.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-2) Sec. 1-2.1-2. Administrative adjudication of municipal code violations. Any municipality may provide by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication of municipal code violations to the extent permitted by the Illinois Constitution. A "system of admini…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-3) Sec. 1-2.1-3. Administrative adjudication procedures not exclusive. The adoption by a municipality of a system of administrative adjudication does not preclude the municipality from using other methods to enforce municipal ordinances. (Source: P.A. 90-516, eff…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-4) Sec. 1-2.1-4. Code hearing units; powers of hearing officers. (a) An ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall provide for a code hearing unit within an existing agency or as a separate agency in the munic…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-5) Sec. 1-2.1-5. Administrative hearing proceedings. (a) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall afford parties due process of law, including notice and opportunity for hearing. Parties shall be served …

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-6) Sec. 1-2.1-6. Rules of evidence shall not govern. The formal and technical rules of evidence do not apply in an adjudicatory hearing permitted under this Division. Evidence, including hearsay, may be admitted only if it is of a type commonly relied upon by rea…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-7) Sec. 1-2.1-7. Judicial review. Any final decision by a code hearing unit that a code violation does or does not exist shall constitute a final determination for purposes of judicial review and shall be subject to review under the Illinois Administrative Review…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-8) Sec. 1-2.1-8. Enforcement of judgment. (a) Any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, or part of any fine, other sanction, or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial review procedures under the Illinois Admin…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.1-9) Sec. 1-2.1-9. Impact on existing administrative adjudication systems. This Division shall not affect the validity of systems of administrative adjudication that were authorized by State law, including home rule authority, and in existence prior to the effectiv…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-1) Sec. 1-2.2-1. Applicability. This Division 2.2 applies only to municipalities that are non-home rule units. Nothing in this Division 2.2 allows a non-home rule municipality to pursue any remedies not otherwise authorized by statute. A non-home rule municipalit…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-10) Sec. 1-2.2-10. Code hearing department. The corporate authorities of any municipality may adopt this Division and establish a code hearing department within an existing code enforcement agency or as a separate and independent agency in the municipal governmen…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-15) Sec. 1-2.2-15. Hearing procedures not exclusive. In any municipality where this Division is adopted, this Division does not preclude the municipality from using other methods to enforce the provisions of its code. (Source: P.A. 90-777, eff. 1-1-99.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-20) Sec. 1-2.2-20. Instituting code hearing proceedings. When a police officer or other individual authorized to issue a code violation finds a code violation to exist, he or she shall note the violation on a multiple copy violation notice and report form that in…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-25) Sec. 1-2.2-25. Subpoenas; defaults. At any time prior to the hearing date, the hearing officer assigned to hear the case may, at the request of either party, direct witnesses to appear and give testimony at the hearing. If on the date set for hearing the defe…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-30) Sec. 1-2.2-30. Continuances; representation at code hearings. No continuances shall be authorized by the hearing officer in proceedings under this Division except in cases where a continuance is absolutely necessary to protect the rights of the defendant. Lac…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-35) Sec. 1-2.2-35. Hearing; evidence. At the hearing a hearing officer shall preside, shall hear testimony, and shall accept any evidence relevant to the existence or non-existence of a code violation. The strict rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedin…