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Changes to the Code - 2002

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Section 12.5 added 12/16/02 by Ordinance 4847

That Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new division being Division 5 entitled Regulations on Cross-Connection Control. A copy of said Division 5 is marked Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 7.15 amended 12/16/02 by Ordinance 4846

That Section 7.15-3 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

SEC. 7.15-3. It shall be the duty of the Director of Water to cause surveys and investigations to be made of industrial and other the customer properties served by the public water supply to determine whether actual or potential hazards to the public water supply may exist. Such surveys and investigations shall be made a matter of public record and shall be repeated at least every two (2) years, or as often as the Director of Water shall deem necessary. Records of such surveys shall be maintained and available for review for a period of at least five (5) years.

That Section 7.15-4 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is here further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

SEC. 7.15-4. The Director, or his authorized agent Plumbing Inspectors, or authorized Cross Connection Control Device Inspector, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Town for the purpose of verifying the presence or absence of cross-connections, and that the Water Director, or his authorized agent Plumbing Inspectors, or authorized Cross Connection Control Device Inspector, shall have the right to enter at any reasonable time any property served by a connection to the public water supply or distribution system of the Town for the purpose of verifying information submitted by the customer regarding the required cross-connection control inspection. On demand the owner, lessees or occupants of any property so served shall furnish to the Director of Water any information which he may request regarding the piping system or systems or water use of such property. The refusal of such information, when demanded, shall, within the discretion of the Director of Water, be deemed evidence of the presence of improper connections as provided in this Division.

Section 18.1-19 B 2 amended 12/16/02 by Ordinance 4845

That from and after April 1, 2003, Section 18.1-19 B. 2. of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

  1. Bona fide personal illness, injury, or medical appointments of an eligible employee’s spouse, or children, or parent provided all of the following conditions are met:
     
    1. For Custodial Parent:
       
      1. The employee’s child is under eighteen (18) years of age.
      2. The spouse or child resides with the employee.
      3. The employee’s presence with the spouse, or children, or parent is required;
      4. Prior approval is obtained; and
      5. Is limited to four five (4 5) days per fiscal year. This time is not cumulative from fiscal year to fiscal year.
         
    2. For Non-Custodial Parent:
       
      1. The employee’s child is under eighteen (18) years of age.
      2. The employee’s presence with the child is required.
      3. Prior approval is obtained; and
      4. Is limited to two (2) days per fiscal year. This time is not cumulative from fiscal year to fiscal year.

    The foregoing age restriction shall not apply for children who, due to a permanent disability, are incapable of caring for themselves. Medical appointments should be scheduled before or after an employee’s workshift or on a non-work day. (Subsection (2) Amended 3/7/94 by Ord. No. 4214)

Chapter 7 amended 12/16/02 by Ordinance 4842

That Section 7.7-1 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding the following:

The adequacy of the water service charge shall be reviewed not less often than annually by a certified public accountant for the Town in an annual audit report. The water service shall be revised periodically to reflect a change in local capital costs, operation, maintenance and replacement costs.

That Division 7 of Chapter 7 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new subsection 9 to read as follows:

SEC. 7.7-9  ACCESS TO RECORDS. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or their authorized representative, shall have access to any books, documents, papers and records of the Town of Normal which are applicable to the Town of Normal system of user charges for the purpose of making audit examinations, excerpts and transcriptions thereof to insure compliance with the terms of any grant or loan received by the Town of Normal from said agencies.

That Division 7 of Chapter 7 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new subsection 10 to read as follows:

SEC. 7.7-10 APPEALS. The method of computation of rates and service charges established for user charges in this division shall be made available to a user within ten (10) days of receipt of a written request for such computation. Any disagreement over the method used or in the computations thereof shall be remedied by the City Manager, or his designee, within ten (10) days after notification of a formal written appeal outlining the discrepancy.

That Division 1 of Chapter 7 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding the following definitions:

  1. Federal Act means the Federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Acts Amendments.
     
  2. Administrator means the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
     
  3. State Act means the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.
     
  4. Director means the Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
     
  5. State Loan shall mean the State of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of water works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such loans as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
     
  6. Town means the Town of Normal.
     
  7. Approving Authority means the President and Board of Trustees of the Town of Normal.
     
  8. Person shall mean any and all persons, natural or artificial including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
     
  9. Shall is mandatory; may is permissible.
     
  10. ppm means parts per million by weight.
     
  11. Milligrams per Liter shall mean a unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water analysis.
     
  12. pH shall mean the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
     
  13. Curb Cock shall mean a shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water-supply lines of a building. Also called curb stop.
     
  14. Easement shall mean an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
     
  15. Service Box shall mean a valve box used with a curb cock.
     
  16. Water Service Charge shall be the charge levied on all users of the Water Facilities. The service charge shall consist of the total of the Basic User Charge and the Local Capital Cost if applicable.
     
  17. User Charge shall mean a charge levied on users of water works for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement.
     
  18. Basic User Charge shall mean the basic assessment levied on all users of the public water system.
     
  19. Debt Service Charge shall be the amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of outstanding debt for the Water Department.
     
  20. Capital Improvement Charge shall mean a charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the water works.
     
  21. Local Capital Cost Charge shall mean charges for costs other than the Operation, Maintenance and Replacement costs. Such charge shall consist of debt service and capital improvement costs.
     
  22. Replacement shall mean expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term “operation and maintenance” includes replacement.
     
  23. Useful Life shall mean the estimated period during which the water works will be operated.
     
  24. Water Fund is the principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.

Section 6.1-3 amended 12/16/02 by Ordinance 4840

That Section 6.1-3 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new sub-section C. to read as follows:

  1. Battalion Chief. The Battalion Chief position hereby created shall be filled by the appointment of the Fire Chief with the consent of the Municipal Manager in the manner provided by the Personnel Code of the Town. Any person holding a position appointed by the Board who accepts an appointment to the position of Battalion Chief may relinquish the board-appointed position or may be treated as being furloughed thereof. A person appointed to the position of Battalion Chief need not be a person previously holding a position in the Town’s Fire Department by reason of appointment by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners.

Section 25.7-2 A amended 11/18/02 by Ordinance 4833

That from and after January 1, 2003, Section 25.7-2 A. of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows:

  1. There is hereby levied and imposed a tax of 2 1/2% 6% (two and one-half six percent) of the rent charged for the privilege and use of renting a hotel or motel room within the Town of Normal for each twenty-four (24) hour period or any portion thereof for which a daily room charge is made; provided, however, that the tax shall not be levied and imposed upon any person who rents a hotel or motel room for more than thirty (30) consecutive days or to a person who works and lives in the same hotel or motel.

Section 25.11-2 A amended 11/18/02 by Ordinance 4832

That from and after January 1, 2003, Section 25.11-2 A. of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows:

  1. Alcoholic liquor: Alcoholic liquor is defined in the same manner as the term is defined in SEC. 4.2-1 of the Municipal Code, Town of Normal, Illinois, 1969, as amended, except, however, the term shall not include alcoholic liquor beverages purchased for immediate consumption on the premises where sold.

Section 25.15 added 11/18/02 by Ordinance 4831

That the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new Division 15 to Chapter 25 of the Municipal Code entitled "Food and Beverage Tax." A copy of said Division is marked Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 18.1-21 amended 11/4/02 by Ordinance 4828

That Sec. 18.1-21 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

SEC. 18.1-21 INSURANCE PROGRAM. The Town has provided for all regular full time employees group insurance programs to provide coverage in the areas of Life, Health and Dental plans. The Town shall pay 40% 50% of dependent health and dental care premiums for those employees who are covered by this Section and who have elected to pay for the remainder of the dependent premiums.

The Town shall also provide health and dental care plans for regular part time and regular temporary employees. The Town shall pay one-half (1/2) of the premium for employee coverage and 20% of the dependent coverage for those employees eligible herein and who have elected to pay for the remainder of the premiums.

Section 15.17 amended 10/21/02 by Ordinance 4825

That Division 17 of Chapter 15 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 12.3-1 amended 10/21/02 by Ordinance 4824

That Section 12.3-1 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Normal, Illinois, 1969, as amended, is amended by adding the following language at the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all materials attached to water supply mains, including water piping up to the outlet valve of a backflow preventative device must be installed by a licensed plumber. All fire hydrants and water pipes downstream of the backflow prevention device used exclusively for fire protection, shall be installed by a licensed plumber or a sprinkler fitter.

Section 18.1-1 S amended 10/21/02 by Ordinance 4823

That Sec. 18.1-1 S. of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

  1. Overtime: Approved time actually worked in excess of the number of scheduled hours in a regularly scheduled work day. period, provided, where Federal Fair Labor Standards Act permits the exclusion of all or part of time actually worked from overtime pay, then such time actually worked shall not be considered overtime even though the total time actually worked without the Fair Labor Standards Act exclusion is in excess of the number of hours in a regularly scheduled work period. Paid leave from work is exclusive from determining overtime pay, as allowed by FLSA.

Section 15.18 added 10/21/02 by Ordinance 4822

That a new Division 18 is added to Chapter 15 of the Municipal Code of Normal 1969 as amended. Said Division is to read as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Section 10.13 added 10/7/02 by Ordinance 4817

That Chapter 10 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new Division 13 entitled Town/Student Liaison Committee to read as set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

SEC. 10.13-1 CREATION. There is hereby established a Town/Student Liaison Committee of and for the Town of Normal.

SEC. 10.13-2 COMPOSITION. The Town/Student Liaison Committee shall consist of a total of seven (7) members to be appointed annually by the Mayor. The seven members of the Committee shall be composed of four (4) student members including the President of the Student Government Association (SGA), the Governmental Relations Director of SGA, and two (2) other student representatives to be designated by the President of the SGA. The remaining members on the Committee shall consist of three (3) members of the Normal Town Council designated by the Mayor. The Chairperson of the Committee shall be the senior member of the Town Council serving on the Committee, with the President of the SGA serving as the Vice Chairperson.

SEC. 10.13-3 PURPOSE. The Town/Student Liaison Committee shall be established for the following purposes:

  1. To foster open and honest communication between Illinois State University student leaders and Town of Normal officials.
     
  2. To provide a forum for the ongoing informal exchange of information and ideas between Illinois State University students and the Town of Normal.
     
  3. To solicit feedback from each group regarding policies that may come before either the Normal Town Council or the Student Government Association.
     
  4. To foster and promote improved understanding and relations between the students of Illinois State University and all other residents of the Town of Normal.

SEC. 10.13-4 STAFF AND FUNDING. The Committee may expend such funds as the corporate authority may from time to time appropriate and may utilize the services of the Town Staff to the extent authorized by the Municipal Manager.

SEC. 10.13-5 REGULAR MEETINGS. All meetings shall be held at that call of the Chairperson, or Vice-Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson, and will ordinarily be on a monthly basis. The date, time and location of each meeting shall be established by the Committee at their previous meeting. All meetings shall be open to the public in compliance with the open meetings act and notice of meetings shall be provided as required.

Section 21.3 amended 10/7/02 by Ordinance 4816

That Section 21.3 of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois, 1969, as amended be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows by adding thereto Section 21.3-9 and Section 21.3-10:

SEC. 21.3-9 MOSQUITO BREEDING.

  1. Standing Water as Public Nuisance. All stagnant water in which mosquitoes can multiply is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. All items containing stagnant water which can serve as a breeding ground for mosquitoes are hereby declared to be a public nuisance. This includes, but is not limited to, bottles, cans, buckets, swimming pools, clogged gutters or any other places containing stagnant water. The outdoor storage of tires for more than seven (7) consecutive days is declared a public nuisance. The foregoing declarations of public nuisances shall not apply to ditches, drainage ways, detention basins, lakes, streams and natural land formations where water may collect.
     
  2. It shall be unlawful for any property owner, lessee, tenant or other person otherwise in control of property to allow a public nuisance as set forth in Section 21.3-9(A) to exist on any property owned, leased, used, occupied or in which such person otherwise has an interest to remain on such property.
     
  3. Nuisance Abatement: In the event of a violation of SEC. 21.3-9 (A), the Building Commissioner or his designee, shall notify, in writing, such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent to remove such public nuisance. In the event such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent cannot be located after reasonable inquiry, posting shall be sufficient notice. The notice shall state that unless such nuisance is so abated or removed by a specified date, the Town will cause it to be abated or removed, that the cost thereof will be charged to the owner, occupant, or person causing, permitting or maintaining the nuisance, and that such cost shall be a lien upon the real property where the nuisance was abated or removed. Such notice shall also state that the failure of such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent to abate the nuisance as required by such notice shall be deemed an implied consent for the Town to abate or remove such nuisance. Such implied consent shall be deemed to form a contract between such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent and the Town. If such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent fails to abate any nuisance within the time limit specified in such notice, the Town may proceed to abate such nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement as to each particular lot or tract, and such expense shall be charged and paid by such owner, occupant, person in control, or agent.
     
  4. Administrative Expense: In addition to the expenses set forth in SEC. 21.3-9(C), the Town shall charge a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee to cover a portion of the administrative costs incurred for removal of the nuisance. Where the Town causes the removal of pubic nuisances from more than one lot in the same subdivision and said lots are owned by the same persons, then the Town shall charge a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee for the first such lot and a five dollar ($5.00) fee for each additional lot.
     
  5. Lien or Personal Judgment: If the costs of abating or removing the nuisance remains unpaid, the Town at its option, may file a lien upon the real property where the nuisance was abated or removed, or commence proceedings in the Circuit Court seeking a personal judgment from the owner of or persons interested in such property where the nuisance was abated or removed.
     
    1. Lien: When the Town exercises its right to file a lien upon the real property where the nuisance was abated or removed, the Town must file a Notice of Lien in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of McLean County. Such Notice shall consist of a sworn statement setting out:
       
      1. A description of the real estate, sufficient for identification;
         
      2. The amount of money representing the cost and expense incurred or payable for the service, and;
         
      3. The date or dates when such cost or expense was incurred by the municipality. This lien shall be superior to all other liens except taxes, provided, however, it shall not be valid as to any purchaser whose right in and to such real estate have risen subsequent to the date on which such costs were incurred and prior to the filing of such Notice and a lien of the Town shall not be valid as to any mortgages, judgment, creditor, or other lien or whose rights in and to such real estate arise prior to the filing of such Notice. Upon payment of the costs and expenses by the owner or any other person interested in such property, after the Notice of Lien has been filed, the lien shall be released by the Town and the release may be filed of records as in the case of filing the Notice of Lien. The lien may be enforced by proceeding to foreclosure, as provided by law.
         
    2. Personal Judgment: When the Town exercises its right to obtain a personal judgment against an owner, occupant, person in control, or agent for the cost of abatement or removal of a nuisance, the Town shall file an action in the Circuit Court against any person or persons to whom notice was sent as authorized in SEC. 21.3-9(C).

      Said action shall be based upon the implied consent by said persons to form a contract with the Town for the abatement or removal of said nuisances. The action authorized by this paragraph shall be in addition to, and without waiver, of any other remedy.

  • SEC. 21.3-10 PENALTY. Any person found guilty of violating, disobeying, omitting, neglecting or refusing to comply with or resisting or opposing the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, except when otherwise specifically provided, upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each day upon which said person shall continue any such violation or permit any such violation to exist.
     

  • Section 18.1-5 B amended 10/7/02 by Ordinance 4815

    That Section 18.1-5 B. of the Municipal Code Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

    SEC. 18.1-5 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.

    1. The Town of Normal is an equal opportunity employer. The Town encourages and fosters the employment of all properly qualified persons regardless of age, race, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, religion, political opinion or affiliation, mental or physical disability, marital status, or unfavorable discharge from military service, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act. This policy applies to all terms and conditions, and privileges of employment.
       
    2. No person shall be hired as a regular employee in a department of the Town in which there is a regular employee who has a degree of affinity or consanguinity to the applicant as close as or closer than that possessed by first cousins, except as allowed required by law and except where the regular employee enters into a nepotism agreement obligating the regular employee to retire or resign from employment effective upon the new hire successfully completing probation. (Subsection B Added by Ord. No. 4076 August 3, 1992)

    Section 22.4-11 A amended 9/3/02 by Ordinance 4809

    That Section 22.4-11 A. of the Municipal Code, Town of Normal, Illinois 1969, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as follows with strikeouts indicating deletions in text and underscores indicating additions to text:

    1. Solicitation on highways shall be allowed only at the following intersections:

      Willow and School Vernon and Grandview
      Vernon and Fell Hovey and Cottage
      Adelaide and Hovey Raab and Linden