Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11.19.2-2) Sec. 11-19.2-2. Code hearing unit. The corporate authorities of any municipality having a population of 100,000 or more inhabitants may establish by ordinance a code hearing unit within an existing code enforcement agency or as …

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-3) Sec. 11-19.2-3. Hearing procedures not exclusive. In any municipality where this Division is adopted, this Division shall not preclude the municipality from using other methods to enforce the provisions of its Code. (Source: P.A…

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-4) Sec. 11-19.2-4. Instituting code hearing proceedings. When a sanitation inspector observes or otherwise discovers a code violation, he shall note the violation on a violation notice and report form, indicating the name and addre…

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-5) (was 65 ILCS 5/19.2-5) Sec. 11-19.2-5. Subpoenas - Defaults. At any time prior to the hearing date the hearing officer assigned to hear the case may, at the request of the sanitation inspector or the attorney for the municipality, or the respondent or his at…

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-6) Sec. 11-19.2-6. Representation at code hearings. The case for the municipality may be presented by the sanitation inspector, by any other municipal employee or by an attorney designated by the municipality. However, in no event …

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-7) Sec. 11-19.2-7. Hearing - Evidence. The hearing officer shall preside at the hearing, shall hear testimony and accept any evidence relevant to the existence or non-existence of a code violation upon the property indicated. The s…

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-8) Sec. 11-19.2-8. Findings, Decision, and Order. At the conclusion of the hearing the hearing officer shall make a determination on the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing whether or not a code violation exists. The det…

(65 ILCS 5/11-19.2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-19.2-9) Sec. 11-19.2-9. Administrative review. The findings, decision and order of the hearing officer shall be subject to review in the circuit court of the county where the municipality is located, and the provisions of the Administra…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-1) Sec. 11-20-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and regulate markets and markethouses. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-10) Sec. 11-20-10. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the construction, repair, and use of cesspools, cisterns, hydrants, pumps, culverts, drains, and sewers and may regulate the covering or sealing of wells o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-10.5) Sec. 11-20-10.5. Boil order; notification of certified local public health department required. If a municipality, or any department or agency of the municipality, issues a boil order, then the municipality must notify any certified local public health depa…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-11) Sec. 11-20-11. The corporate authorities of each municipality may adopt reasonable regulations for the control and eradication of a fungus disease of elms caused by Graphium ulmi, commonly known as Dutch elm disease or elm blight,…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-12) Sec. 11-20-12. Removal of infected trees. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the treatment or removal of elm trees infected with Dutch elm disease or ash trees infected with the emerald ash borer (A…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-13) Sec. 11-20-13. Removal of garbage, debris, and graffiti. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the removal of garbage, debris, and graffiti from any parcel of private property within the municipality i…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-14) Sec. 11-20-14. Companion dogs; restaurants. Notwithstanding any other prohibition to the contrary, a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more may, by ordinance, authorize the presence of companion dogs in outdoor areas of restaurants where food is …

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-15) Sec. 11-20-15. Lien for removal costs. (a) If the municipality incurs a removal cost under Section 11-20-7, 11-20-8, 11-20-12, or 11-20-13 with respect to any underlying parcel, then that cost is a lien upon that underlying parcel. This lien is superior to al…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-15.1) Sec. 11-20-15.1. Lien for costs of removal, securing, and enclosing on abandoned residential property. (a) If the municipality elects to incur a removal cost pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 11-20-7, subsection (d) of Section 11-20-8, subsection (d) of…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-16) Sec. 11-20-16. Retail food establishments. (a) A municipality in a county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants must regulate and inspect retail food establishments in the municipality. A municipality must regulate and inspect retail food estab…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-2) Sec. 11-20-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the sale of all beverages and food for human consumption except the wholesale sale of alcoholic beverages and except as provided in "An Act relating to the sa…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-3) Sec. 11-20-3. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for and regulate the inspection of all food for human consumption and tobacco. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-4) Sec. 11-20-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the cleansing and purification of waters, watercourses, and canals, and, when necessary to prevent or abate a nuisance, may provide for the drainage and fi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-5) Sec. 11-20-5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of diseases, including the regulation of plumbi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-6) Sec. 11-20-6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the destruction of weeds at the expense of the owners of the premises on which the weeds are growing. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-6.5) Sec. 11-20-6.5. Milkweed classification. (a) For purposes of this Section, "milkweed" means Asclepias syriaca or other native Asclepias species. (b) The corporate authorities of a municipality may not classify milkweed as a noxious or exotic weed. (c) A muni…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-7) Sec. 11-20-7. Cutting and removal of neglected weeds, grass, trees, and bushes. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the removal of nuisance greenery from any parcel of private property within the munic…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-8) Sec. 11-20-8. Pest extermination; liens. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide pest-control activities on any parcel of private property in the municipality if, after reasonable notice, the owners of that pa…

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-9) Sec. 11-20-9. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and prohibit the running at large of horses, asses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, geese, and dogs, and may impose a tax on dogs. (Source: Laws 1961, p. …

(65 ILCS 5/11-21-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-21-1) Sec. 11-21-1. The corporate authorities of every municipality with a population of less than 100,000 may provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of public comfort stations. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 555.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-21-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-21-2) Sec. 11-21-2. "Public comfort station" means an institution where waiting rooms, rest rooms, toilet rooms for men and women, lavatories, check rooms, drinking water, and similar facilities are freely available for the convenience of…

(65 ILCS 5/11-21-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-21-3) Sec. 11-21-3. In establishing, equipping, and maintaining public comfort stations the municipality specified in Section 11-21-1 may construct, purchase, lease, or accept donations of ground sites, buildings, rooms, and the necessary…

(65 ILCS 5/11-21-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-21-4) Sec. 11-21-4. A tax of not to exceed .0333% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on the assessed value of all taxable property within each municipality, which has established a public comfort station,…

(65 ILCS 5/11-21.5-5) Sec. 11-21.5-5. Local emergency energy plans. (a) Any municipality, including a home rule municipality, may, by ordinance, require any electric utility (i) that serves more than 1,000,000 customers in Illinois and (ii) that is operating within the corporate …

(65 ILCS 5/11-22-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-22-1) Sec. 11-22-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may erect, establish, and maintain hospitals, nursing homes and medical dispensaries, all on a nonprofit basis, and may locate and regulate hospitals, medical dispensaries…

(65 ILCS 5/11-22-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-22-2) Sec. 11-22-2. In the event any municipality has established a public hospital in accordance with the provisions of this Division 22 and in the further event the corporate authorities shall determine that the hospital is no longer ne…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-1) Sec. 11-23-1. Whenever at least 100 electors of a city with a population of less than 100,000 present a petition to the city clerk of the city asking that an annual tax, not to exceed .06% of the value, as equalized or assessed by t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-10) Sec. 11-23-10. Any person desiring to donate property for the benefit of such a hospital may vest the title to the property so donated in the board of directors created under this Division 23. That board or its successor shall hol…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-11) Sec. 11-23-11. All physicians who are recognized as legal practitioners by the Department of Professional Regulation shall have equal privileges in treating patients in such a hospital. (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-12) Sec. 11-23-12. All public hospitals which were established and maintained, or purchased and maintained, under "An Act in relation to the establishment, purchase and maintenance of public hospitals in cities of less than one hundre…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-13) Sec. 11-23-13. The corporate authorities of any city with a population of less than 100,000 which has established a public hospital is authorized to issue and sell revenue bonds payable from the revenue derived from the operation …

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-14) Sec. 11-23-14. The corporate authorities of any such city availing itself of the provisions of Section 11-23-13 shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the building or buildings, or addition or extension thereto, to b…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-15) Sec. 11-23-15. Revenue bonds issued on or after March 1, 1965 under Sections 11-23-13 and 11-23-14 may be redeemed by the municipality issuing them on such terms, at such time, upon such notice and with or without premium all as m…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-2) Sec. 11-23-2. In case an annual hospital tax has been levied and collected under this Division 23 for 3 or more consecutive years, and the city has not established or maintained, or purchased and maintained, a hospital in accordance…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-3) Sec. 11-23-3. In the event any municipality has established a city public hospital in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-23-1 and in the further event the corporate authorities shall determine that the hospital is no longe…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-4) Sec. 11-23-4. When such a city council has decided to establish and maintain, or to purchase and maintain, a public hospital under this Division 23, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a board of 3 direct…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-5) Sec. 11-23-5. Immediately after their appointment the directors shall meet to organize by the election of one of their number president and one as secretary and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. They…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-6) Sec. 11-23-6. The corporate authorities of a city specified in this Division 23 may provide that bonds of the city be issued for the purpose of (1) constructing and equipping a hospital building or buildings, (2) purchasing and main…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-7) Sec. 11-23-7. Every hospital established or purchased under this Division 23 shall be maintained for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city in which it is established who are sick, injured, or maimed. But every inhabitant of tha…

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-8) Sec. 11-23-8. The board of directors, in the name of the city, shall receive and collect from such inhabitants or persons the compensation specified in Section 11-23-7 as often as once in each month. The board shall pay over to the …

(65 ILCS 5/11-23-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-23-9) Sec. 11-23-9. When such a hospital is so established or purchased, the physicians, nurses, attendants, patients, all persons approaching or coming within the limits of the hospital, and all furniture and other articles used or broug…

(65 ILCS 5/11-24-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-24-1) Sec. 11-24-1. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this Division 24, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the following: (1) "Public hospital" means any hospital established and supported by any city of…