Title
Ordinance approving an amendment to Chapter 94, Public Nuisance.
Staff Summary
* The State Statute regarding the Cannabis Control Act (720 ILCS 550/1 et seq.) defines cannabis and the possession of cannabis, in quantities greater than 10 grams, as being illegal.
* This change in State legislation decriminalizes the possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis.
* The Sheriff's Office is proposing a Lake County Ordinance that adopts the definition of cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia.
* This proposed ordinance will allow the Sheriff's Office to enforce an ordinance violation for the possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis.
* Offenders will be charged with ordinance violations and subject to progressive fines for repeat offenses.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, on October 9, 1984 the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Public Nuisance Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on May 12, 1987, May 13, 2003, July 12, 2011, September 13, 2011, April 8, 2014, and September 9, 2014, the Lake County Board amended the Lake County Public Nuisance Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-1092, counties have the authority to declare vehicles which have been inoperable for a period of at least 7 days or any longer period of time fixed by ordinance, to be nuisances, and to authorize fines to be levied for the failure of any person to obey a notice to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicle under his control; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-12002.1, this County Board has the authority to find that the proliferation of hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles poses a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Lake County, Illinois, and authorizes immediate removal, by a local law enforcement agency; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 720 ILCS 5/47-5, counties have the authority to declare what shall be public nuisances and to abate the same with respect to the territory within the county and outside the corporate limits of any city, village, or incorporated town; ...
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