Reminders To Woodstock Illinois City Council Members

MUNICIPAL CODE WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS



1.3.2: DEFINITIONS, GENERAL:



NEGLIGENT: The word "negligent".....imports a want of such attention to the nature of probable consequences of the act or omission as a reasonable prudent man bestows in acting in his own concern.



NUISANCE: Anything offensive or obnoxious to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of the City: or any act or thing repugnant to, or creating a hazard to, or having a detrimental effect on the property of another person or to the community.



PERSONAL PROPERTY: Includes every description of money, goods, chattels, effects, evidence of rights in action and all written instruments by which pecuniary obligation, right to title of property is created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, defeated, discharged or diminished and every right of interest therein.





1.4.1: GENERAL PENALTY:



Any person violating any provision of this Code, or any rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, or a provision of any code adopted herein by reference shall, unless another penalty is specifically provided, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than five dollar ($5.00) nor more that five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for a term not exceeding six (6) months. Each act of violation and each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate offence. (1963 Code, 1.09; amd. 1986 Code)



1.4.3: RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS



Each person concerned in the commission of an act prohibited by this Code, whether he directly commits the act, or prosecutes, counsels, aids or abets in its commission, may be prosecuted and, on conviction, is punishable as if he had directly committed such act. (1963 Code 1.08)