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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 6, CHAPTER 3 OF THE CANTON
MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING MISDEMEANORS AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
TITLE 6, CHAPTER 3 OF THE CANTON MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING MISDEMEANORS.
WHEREAS, the Legal & Ordinance Committee of the City of Canton,
Illinois has determined that it is necessary, desirable and to the best
interests of the City of Canton to modify and amend certain sections of
Title 6, Chapter 3 of the Canton Municipal Code concerning misdemeanors
and to repeal and delete certain sections of Title 6, Chapter 3 of the
Canton Municipal Code concerning misdemeanors; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois has made
a similar determination.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CANTON, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
1. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
2. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-2 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
3. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-3 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
4. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-4 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
5. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-5 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
6. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-6 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
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Code.
7. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-7 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
8. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 1-8 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
9. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
10. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-2 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
11. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-3 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
12. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-4 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
13. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-5 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
14. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-6 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
15. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 2-7 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
16. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 3-12 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
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17. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
18. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-2 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
19. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 3 (A) and 3 (B) of the Canton
Municipal Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6-3-4-3: TRESPASSING:
(A) Trespassing Upon School Property: No person
shall go upon, into, pass through or over any
property or premises used for school purposes,
within the City, under a penalty of not less
than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided,
that this subsection shall not be so construed
as to apply to children while attending school,
teachers, janitors, and such other persons as
may go upon such property or premises for the
transaction of any lawful business.
(B) Trespassing on Public Parks: No person shall
injure nor in any manner interfere with or
disturb any tree, flower or shrub, or any
other thing in any park, nor injure, cut,
break or deface any seat, tree, lamps, shrub,
flower or other thing in such park, under a
penalty of not less than twenty five dollars
(.$25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
(.$500.00)."
20. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-4 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
21. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-5 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
22. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-6 (A) of the Canton Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6-3-4-6: BILL POSTING:
(A) Where Prohibited, Penalty: It shall be unlawful
for any person to post, paste, print, paint, nail
or otherwise fasten any handbill, sign, poster,
advertisement or notice of any kind whatsoever
(other than legal notices required to be posted
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by law, which may be posted upon telegraph, tele-
phone or electric light poles with the consent of
the owners thereof), or cause the same to be done,
on any curbstone, flagstone, or any other portion
or part of any sidewalk or street, or upon any
tree, lamppost, hitching post, telegraph pole,
telephone pole, electric light pole or pole used
to support trolley wires or other electrical
conductors, hydrant, bridge, public building,
fountain or bandstand or other public structure,
within the limits of the City; except such as
may be required by the provisions of this Code;
and no person shall paste, post, print, paint,
nail or otherwise fasten any handbill, sign,
poster, advertisement or notice of any kind,
or cause the same to be done, upon any private
wall, window, door, gate, fence, advertising
board or sign, or on any other private structure
or building, unless he is the owner, agent or
lessee thereof, without the consent of the owner
of such wall, window, door, gate, fence, advertising
board or sign, or other private building or struc-
ture. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this subsection shall be fined not less than
twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense."
23. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-6 (B) of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
24. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-6 (C) of the Canton Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Muni-
cipal Code.
25. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-6 (D) of the Canton Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Muni-
cipal Code.
26. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-6 (E) of the Canton Municipal
Code be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Muni-
cipal Code.
27. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-7 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
28. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-8 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
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29. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 4-9 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
30. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 5-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
31. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 5-2 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
32. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 5-3 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
33. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 5-4 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
34. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 6-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
35. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-1 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6-3-7-1: CRUELTY TO ANIMALS:
Whoever shall be guilty of cruelty to any animal in
any of the ways mentioned in this Section shall be
fined not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for
each offense, viz:
(A) By overloading, overdriving, overworking, cruelly
beating, torturing, tormenting, mutilating or
cruelly killing any animal, or causing or know-
ingly allowing the same to be done.
(B) By cruelly working any old, maimed, infirm, sick,
crippled or disabled animal, or causing or know-
ingly allowing the same to be done.
(C) By unnecessarily failing to provide any animal
in his charge of custody, as owner or otherwise,
with proper food, drink and shelter.
(D) By abandoning any old, maimed, infirm, sick or
disabled animal.
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(E) By carrying or driving, or causing to be carried
or driven or kept, any animal in an unnecessarily
cruel manner.
(F) By inhumanly, unnecessarily or cruelly leaving
tied out and exposed to the elements or without
proper blanket or covering, or without food
and drink, any animal, for an unreasonable
length of time taking into consideration the
hours of the day or night and the nature of
the temperature and weather."
36. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-2 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
37. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-3 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6-3-7-3: KILLING BIRDS:
It shall not be lawful for any person in the City,
at any time, to kill or attempt to kill, or to trap
or attempt to trap, net snare, harm or attempt to
harm any robin, bluebird, swallow, martin, mosquito-
hawk, whippoorwill, cuckoo, woodpecker, catbird,
brown thrasher, yellow-hammer, redbird, finch,
thrush, lark, yellowbird, oriole, bobolink, or any
song bird, nor shall it be lawful to rob or destroy
the nests of such birds, or of any or either of them;
and any person convicted of a violation of the pro-
visions of this Section shall forfeit and pay a
fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00)
nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each
offense."
38. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-4 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6-3-7-4: POISONOUS VINES:
Whoever shall plant any poison ivy or other poisonous
vine or plant within the City so near any public side-
walk, street or alley as to injuriously affect passers-
by, or whoever shall permit any such vine or plant
to so grow in or upon any premises owned or controlled
by him, shall be fined not less than twenty five dollars
(_$25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
for each offense."
39. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-5 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
40. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-6 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
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41. That Title 6, Chapter 3, Section 7-7 of the Canton Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby repealed and deleted from the Canton Municipal
Code.
42. That the remainder of Title 6, Chapter 3, Misdemeanors, of the
Canton Municipal Code remain in full force and effect.
43. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its
passage by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois and approval
by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois and
APPROVED by the Mayor thereof this ~ day of N 0 U~ rn ~~ ~ 1980.
APPROVED : ~~ .~-.,~- MAYOR
HARLAN E. CROUCH
ATTEST: CITY CLERK
NAN S. WHITES
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