Title
Ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms in unincorporated Lake County.
Staff Summary
· Counties have been given statutory authority to create an ordinance via State Statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1117 to regulate the discharge of firearms.
· There is a need to regulate and prohibit the discharge of firearms in residential areas within unincorporated Lake County and to provide administrative adjudication as an additional enforcement mechanism.
· This is part of an overall package of ordinance amendments and proposed ordinances by the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, 55 ILCS 5/5-1117, statutorily bestows the capability upon a County Board to establish an Ordinance to regulate or prohibit the discharge of firearms in any residential area within unincorporated Lake County; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-43005, specified counties, including Lake County, were given authority to create a system of administrative adjudication for any violation of a county ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2011, the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Administrative Adjudication Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that this ordinance be adopted and be made effective May 1, 2015.
DATED, at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 14th day of April, A.D., 2015.