Every town writes its own rules, and Christopher, Illinois's live in its municipal code — 159 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- 1. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTOPHER ILLINOIS
- 2. CITY OF CHRISTOPHER DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2022)
- 3. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 4. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 5. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 6. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 7. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 8. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 9. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 10. TABLE F- LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 11. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 12. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 13. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 14. PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
- 15. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 16. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 17. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 18. CHAPTER 206 Wards and Boundaries
- 19. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 20. CHAPTER 220 Council
- 21. CHAPTER 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 22. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 23. CHAPTER 230 Mayor
- 24. CHAPTER 232 City Attorney
- 25. CHAPTER 234 City Clerk
- 26. CHAPTER 236 City Treasurer
- 27. CHAPTER 238 Superintendent of Streets (Repealed)
- 28. CHAPTER 240 Zoning Administrator
- 29. CHAPTER 242 Building Inspector
- 30. CHAPTER 244 City Engineer
- 31. CHAPTER 246 Police Department
- 32. CHAPTER 248 Volunteer Fire Department
- 33. CHAPTER 249 Department of City Maintenance
- 34. CHAPTER 250 Sewer Department (Repealed)
- 35. CHAPTER 252 Water Department (Repealed)
- 36. CHAPTER 254 Civil Defense Organization
- 37. CHAPTER 256 Officers and Employees Generally
- 38. CHAPTER 258 Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
- 39. CHAPTER 260 Administrative Resolution of Certain Alleged Violations
- 40. TITLE EIGHT - Boards and Commissions
- 41. CHAPTER 270 City Planning and Economic Development Commission
- 42. CHAPTER 272 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 43. CHAPTER 274 Board of Library Directors
- 44. CHAPTER 276 Traffic Commission
- 45. CHAPTER 278 Economic Development Commission
- 46. CHAPTER 280 Building Commission
- 47. CHAPTER 282 Local Ethics Commission
- 48. TITLE TEN - Judiciary
- 49. CHAPTER 290 Circuit Court of Franklin County
- 50. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 51. TITLE TWO - General Provisions; Administration and Enforcement
- 52. CHAPTER 420 Definitions
- 53. CHAPTER 422 Traffic Commission
- 54. CHAPTER 424 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 55. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 56. CHAPTER 440 Public Ways
- 57. CHAPTER 442 Traffic Control Devices
- 58. CHAPTER 444 Pedestrians
- 59. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 60. CHAPTER 460 Operation Generally
- 61. CHAPTER 462 DWI; Reckless Driving; Speed
- 62. CHAPTER 464 Accidents
- 63. CHAPTER 466 Safety and Equipment
- 64. CHAPTER 468 Bicycles
- 65. CHAPTER 470 Abandoned Vehicles
- 66. TITLE EIGHT - Parking
- 67. CHAPTER 480 Parking Generally
- 68. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 69. CHAPTER 606 Alcoholic Beverages
- 70. CHAPTER 608 Animals
- 71. CHAPTER 618 Fair Housing
- 72. CHAPTER 620 Gambling
- 73. CHAPTER 652 Nuisances
- 74. CHAPTER 656 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 75. CHAPTER 658 Offenses Relating to Property
- 76. CHAPTER 662 Peace Disturbances
- 77. CHAPTER 668 Railroads
- 78. CHAPTER 672 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 79. CHAPTER 674 Sex Related Offenses
- 80. CHAPTER 682 Weapons and Explosives
- 81. CHAPTER 684 Weeds
- 82. PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 83. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 84. CHAPTER 804 Alcoholic Beverage Sales
- 85. CHAPTER 808 Billiards and Pool
- 86. CHAPTER 810 Billposters
- 87. CHAPTER 812 Circuses, Carnivals and Shows
- 88. CHAPTER 820 Garages and Service Stations
- 89. CHAPTER 824 Itinerant Vendors
- 90. CHAPTER 832 Junk Dealers
- 91. CHAPTER 848 Massage Establishments
- 92. CHAPTER 856 Oil and Gas Drilling
- 93. CHAPTER 860 Food Truck Vendors, Peddlers, and Transient Merchants
- 94. CHAPTER 864 Roller Skating Rinks
- 95. CHAPTER 868 Rummage Sales and Flea Markets
- 96. CHAPTER 870 Fireworks Displays
- 97. CHAPTER 872 Gaming Machines
- 98. CHAPTER 874 Raffles
- 99. TITLE FOUR - Taxation
- 100. CHAPTER 880 Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax
- 101. CHAPTER 884 Municipal Service Occupation Tax
- 102. CHAPTER 888 City Use Tax
- 103. CHAPTER 890 Municipal Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee
- 104. CHAPTER 892 Locally Imposed and Administered Tax Rights and Responsibility
- 105. CHAPTER 894 Home Rule Motor Fuel Tax
- 106. PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVIES CODE
- 107. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 108. CHAPTER 1020 Streets
- 109. CHAPTER 1022 Sidewalks
- 110. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 111. CHAPTER 1040 Water
- 112. CHAPTER 1042 Sewers (Repealed)
- 113. CHAPTER 1043 Sewers
- 114. CHAPTER 1044 Private Sewage Disposal Systems (Repealed)
- 115. CHAPTER 1046 Gas
- 116. CHAPTER 1048 Electricity
- 117. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 118. CHAPTER 1060 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 119. CHAPTER 1062 Public Library
- 120. CHAPTER 1064 Christopher City Lake No. 1 (Old Reservoir) and Christopher City Lake No. 2 (New Reservoir)
- 121. PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 122. TITLE TWO - Planning
- 123. CHAPTER 1220 City Planning and Economic Development Commission
- 124. TITLE FOUR - Zoning
- 125. CHAPTER 1260 Definitions
- 126. CHAPTER 1262 Districts and Map Generally
- 127. CHAPTER 1264 General Provisions
- 128. CHAPTER 1266 A-1 Agricultural Districts
- 129. CHAPTER 1268 R-1 One-Family Residential Districts
- 130. CHAPTER 1270 R-2 One-Family Residential Districts
- 131. CHAPTER 1272 R-3 One and Two-Family Residential Districts
- 132. CHAPTER 1274 R-4 Multifamily Residential Districts
- 133. CHAPTER 1276 B-1 Secondary Business Districts
- 134. CHAPTER 1278 B-2 Primary Business Districts
- 135. CHAPTER 1280 M-1 Light Industrial Districts
- 136. CHAPTER 1282 M-2 General Industrial Districts
- 137. CHAPTER 1284 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 138. CHAPTER 1286 Additional Requirements, Exceptions and Modifications
- 139. CHAPTER 1288 Zoning Administrator
- 140. CHAPTER 1290 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 141. CHAPTER 1292 District Changes, Ordinance Amendments and Penalty
- 142. PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 143. TITLE TWO - Building Standards
- 144. CHAPTER 1420 National Building Code
- 145. CHAPTER 1422 Illinois State Plumbing Code
- 146. CHAPTER 1424 National Electrical Code
- 147. TITLE FOUR - Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- 148. CHAPTER 1440 Billboards and Signboards
- 149. CHAPTER 1446 Encroachments on Public Rights of Way
- 150. CHAPTER 1448 Fire Limits
- 151. CHAPTER 1450 Flood Damage Prevention
- 152. CHAPTER 1452 Numbering of Buildings
- 153. CHAPTER 1456 Signs, Awnings and Porches
- 154. CHAPTER 1458 Unsafe Buildings
- 155. CHAPTER 1459 Mobile Home Parks
- 156. TITLE SIX - Housing
- 157. CHAPTER 1460 B.O.C.A. National Property Maintenance Code
- 158. CHAPTER 1461 Mandatory Residential Dwelling Inspection Program
- 159. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE