Chapter 65 — MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-75-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-75-5) Sec. 11-75-5. If, in the judgment of the corporate authorities, the public interest requires that any building erected in the leased space be removed so that a street, alley, or public place may be restored to its original condition…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-1) Sec. 11-76-1. Any city or village incorporated under any general or special law which acquires or holds any real estate for any purpose whatsoever, except real estate granted to a municipality as commons by a grant which has been co…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-2) Sec. 11-76-2. An ordinance directing a sale, or a lease of real estate for any term in excess of 20 years, shall specify the location of the real estate, the use thereof, and such conditions with respect to further use of the real e…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-3) Sec. 11-76-3. When the ordinance has been adopted and the consideration paid or secured, as provided in Section 11-76-2, the mayor, or president, and the municipal clerk, may convey the real estate and transfer it, by proper deed of…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4) Sec. 11-76-4. Whenever a city or village incorporated under any general or special law, other than a city or village of 500,000 or more population, owns any personal property which in the opinion of a simple majority of the corporat…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4.1) Sec. 11-76-4.1. Sale of surplus real estate. The corporate authorities of a municipality by resolution may authorize the sale or public auction of surplus public real estate. The value of the real estate shall be determined by a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-4.2) Sec. 11-76-4.2. Surplus property; alternative method of sale. (a) This Section applies to any municipality with a population of less than 20,000 which is situated wholly or partially within a county that has an unemployment rate…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-5) Sec. 11-76-5. If, in the opinion of the corporate authorities of a municipality with a population not exceeding 100,000 which is situated upon the banks of a navigable river, the land owned by the municipality for the purpose of a p…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76-6) Sec. 11-76-6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may enter into a lease for a period of not to exceed 5 years for such equipment and machinery as may be required for corporate purposes when authorized by the affirmative …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-1) Sec. 11-76.1-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants have the power by ordinance adopted by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the elected corporate authorities th…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-2) Sec. 11-76.1-2. Whenever and as often as a municipality enters into a lease or purchase agreement, the governing body of such municipality shall provide by ordinance for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-3) Sec. 11-76.1-3. After the ordinance providing for the lease or purchase of real or personal property has been passed, it shall be published at least twice within 30 days after its passage in one or more newspapers published in t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.1-4) Sec. 11-76.1-4. Whenever a petition signed by the electors of any specified municipality equal in number to 10% or more of the total number of registered voters in the municipality, is filed with the municipal clerk of any such …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-1) Sec. 11-76.2-1. A public hearing on a proposal to exchange real estate shall be held, pursuant to a 3/4 vote of the members of the corporate authorities of a municipality then holding office. No exchange of real estate shall be …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-2) Sec. 11-76.2-2. Upon action being duly adopted pursuant to Section 11-76.2-1 above, a public hearing shall be held by the corporate authorities at a time and place to be designated by them upon such proposal, pursuant to notice …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-3) Sec. 11-76.2-3. After the conclusion of said public hearing, the corporate authorities of the municipality may by a 3/4 vote of the corporate authorities then holding office authorize the exchange as proposed, or as modified as …

(65 ILCS 5/11-76.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-76.2-4) Sec. 11-76.2-4. When the ordinance has been adopted, an exchange agreement entered into and consideration secured, as provided under such authorized exchange, the mayor or president, and the municipal clerk, may convey the real …

(65 ILCS 5/11-77-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-77-1) Sec. 11-77-1. The corporate authorities in every municipality, incorporated under any law of this state, have the power, by ordinance: (1) To convey, grant, transfer, or sell to the United States of America, or to any proper agency …

(65 ILCS 5/11-77-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-77-2) Sec. 11-77-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may donate, sell, lease, or convey any land heretofore acquired to the State or any agency thereof, to be used as a site for an armory for the National Guard or Naval Mili…

(65 ILCS 5/11-78-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-1) Sec. 11-78-1. Any city or village, whether incorporated under a general or special law, which holds any real or personal estate which has been conveyed to it for school or academy purposes by ordinance or resolution of the corporate…

(65 ILCS 5/11-78-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-2) Sec. 11-78-2. If any real estate conveyed by virtue of Section 11-78-1 ceases at any time to be used for school purposes for a period of 3 years, the school officers, holding the title to the real estate, shall convey the real estat…

(65 ILCS 5/11-78-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-3) Sec. 11-78-3. If real or personal estate is under the control of trustees, appointed or elected by virtue of any general or special law of this state, when it is conveyed as specified in Section 11-78-1, the duties of those trustees…

(65 ILCS 5/11-78-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-78-4) Sec. 11-78-4. When authorized by ordinance, any municipality incorporated under a special charter, holding title to or having an interest in any real estate, may sell and convey the real estate, or the municipality's interest therei…

(65 ILCS 5/11-79-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-79-1) Sec. 11-79-1. In addition to all the rights and powers conferred on any municipality under this Code or any other Acts to acquire, under lease or otherwise, any real or personal property for corporate purposes, the corporate authori…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-1) Sec. 11-8-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and maintain for reasonable charges electrical appliances in public or private buildings for fire and police protection upon application of the custodian of pub…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-2) Sec. 11-8-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may prevent the dangerous construction, installation and condition of chimneys, fireplaces, hearths, stoves, furnaces, pipes, ovens, boilers, fuel conduits, electric wiring a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-3) Sec. 11-8-3. For the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire, the corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe the limits within which wooden buildings shall not be erected, placed, or repaired, without permissi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-4) Sec. 11-8-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prevent the storage of turpentine, tar, pitch, resin, hemp, cotton, gunpowder, nitroglycerine, petroleum, or any of their products, and other similar combust…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-5) Sec. 11-8-5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prohibit the keeping of any lumber or coal yard, or the placing, piling, or selling of any lumber, timber, wood, coal, or other combustible material within t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-8-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-6) Sec. 11-8-6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate persons engaged in the business of servicing, repairing or refilling fire extinguishers. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-1) Sec. 11-80-1. All provisions of this Code relating to the control of streets, alleys, sidewalks and all other public ways are subject to the provisions of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", as now and hereafter amended, and the Illinois H…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-10) Sec. 11-80-10. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prevent the depositing of ashes, offal, dirt, garbage, or any other offensive matter in, and to prevent injury to streets, alleys, or other municipal p…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-11) Sec. 11-80-11. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for and regulate cross-walks, curbs, and gutters. However, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1973, all new curbs which are provided for by …

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-12) Sec. 11-80-12. The corporate authorities of each municipality may authorize the construction of and may regulate mills, mill-races, and feeders on, through, or across the streets and other municipal property. (Source: Laws 1961, p…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-13) Sec. 11-80-13. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the use of sidewalks, the construction, repair, and use of openings in sidewalks, and all vaults and structures thereon and thereunder, including telephone…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-14) Sec. 11-80-14. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prevent the use of streets, sidewalks, and public property for signs, sign posts, awnings, awning posts, telegraph poles, watering places, racks, posti…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-15) Sec. 11-80-15. Street advertising; adult entertainment advertising. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may license street advertising by means of billboards, sign boards, and signs and may regulate the character an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-16) Sec. 11-80-16. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prohibit the exhibition or carrying of banners, signs, placards, advertisements, or handbills on the sidewalks, streets, or other municipal property. (…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-17) Sec. 11-80-17. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prevent the flying of flags, banners, or signs across streets or from houses. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-18) Sec. 11-80-18. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the numbering of buildings and lots. No change in the numbering of buildings and lots shall be effective until 30 days after the election authorities havin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-19) Sec. 11-80-19. The corporate authorities of each municipality may name originally and then may change the name of any street, avenue, alley, or other public place. No change in the name of any street, avenue, alley or other public…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-2) Sec. 11-80-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the use of the streets and other municipal property. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-20) Sec. 11-80-20. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate traffic and sales upon the streets, sidewalks, public places, and municipal property. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-21) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-21) Sec. 11-80-21. The corporate authorities by condemnation or otherwise may extend any street or alley over or across, or may construct any sewer under any railroad track, or through the right-of-way or land of any railroad company.…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-23) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-23) Sec. 11-80-23. The corporate authorities of each municipality may employ and fix the compensation of persons to serve as school crossing guards, on a part-time basis, by directing traffic and protecting children crossing the stree…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-24) Sec. 11-80-24. Collocation of small wireless facilities. (a) A municipality may propose that a small wireless facility be collocated on an existing utility pole within 200 feet of the wireless providers proposed location within its public rights-of-way under …

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-25) Sec. 11-80-25. Municipal use of utility pole for municipal public safety. (a) As used in this Section: "Communications space" has the meaning given to that term in the National Electric Safety Code as published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics E…

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-2a) Sec. 11-80-2a. In areas zoned for residential use, the corporate authorities may restrict part of each street for "residents parking only". (Source: P.A. 79-545.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-3) Sec. 11-80-3. The corporate authorities of each municipality may prevent and remove encroachments or obstructions upon the streets and other municipal property. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-80-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-80-4) Sec. 11-80-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the lighting of streets and other municipal property. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)