Title
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 2, NUISANCES, AND TITLE 8, CHAPTER 6, OFFENSES, OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE (GROUND FEEDING OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS)
Body
The Corporate Authorities of the Village of Orland Park find as follows:
1. Division 1 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code is entitled "Public Health, Safety and Welfare," and 65 ILCS 5/11-1-1 thereunder provides as follows: "The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass and enforce all necessary police ordinances;" and.
2. Municipalities in Illinois, pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-60-2, are empowered to define, prevent and abate nuisances; and
3. There are from time to time activities or conditions existing on public and private property within the Village which should be considered public nuisances; and
4. Such activities or conditions should be added to the list of enumerated public nuisances found in the Village Code; and
5. The Corporate Authorities hereby find that ground feeding of birds and animals is such an activity because of the large numbers of birds and/or animals attracted by such ground feeding, the possibility of rodent infestation, the resultant quantities of feces and other detritus and the danger of illness therefrom.
6. The Village of Orland Park is a home rule unit as defined in Article VII, Section 6, of the Illinois Constitution, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs and may regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; and
7. The defining of nuisances and the adoption of provisions to prevent and/or abate such nuisances are directly related to the Village's government and affairs and the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; and
8. Pursuant to the Village's powers as a home rule unit of government, the Corporate Authorities have determined that it is in the best interests of the Village and its citizens to declare ground feedi...
Click here for full text