RECODIFICATION August 2012

CODE OF ORDINANCES
City of
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS

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This copy of the Evanston Code is issued as a "replacement" copy and contains all ordinances deemed advisable to be included at this time through Ordinance No. 31-0-12, adopted March 26, 2012. See the Code Comparative Table for further information.

This copy replaces all existing copies of the Code as published through Supplement No. 2012. Future supplements will commence with "Supplement No. 1."

CITY CODE
of
EVANSTON
ILLINOIS

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VOLUME I

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Recodified 2012

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Supplemented by Municipal Code Corporation

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PREFACE

The City of Evanston, Illinois Municipal Code, originally published by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., in 1979, was kept current by regular supplementation by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., its successor in interest.

Beginning with Supplement of August 2010, Municipal Code Corporation will be keeping this Code current by regular supplementation.

This 2012 recodification includes all amendatory legislation through Ord. No. 31-0-12, adopted March 26, 2012, and was accomplished under the supervision of Shelly Hayes, Editor.

In parentheses following each section is a legislative history identifying the specific sources for the provisions of that section. This legislative history is complemented by an ordinance disposition table, following the text of the Code, listing by number all ordinances, their subjects, and where they appear in the codification; and beginning with Supplement of August 2010, legislation can be tracked using the "Code Comparative Table", included at the back of this Code.

A subject-matter index, with complete cross-referencing, locates specific Code provisions by individual section numbers.

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8-O-12

AN ORDINANCE

Adopting "The Evanston City Code, 2012"

WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, (the "City") is a home rule unit of government under the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and

WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 6a of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 confers certain powers upon home rule units, among which are the powers to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare; and

WHEREAS, in 1979, the City adopted a municipal code ("City Code") for the purposes of carrying into effect and discharging all powers and duties conferred by law upon the City, its officers, and employees, and to promote the public health, safety, and welfare of its residents; and

WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the current City Code needs to be significantly amended and updated to satisfy its purposes; and

WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the purposes of the City Code will be accomplished by adopting the 2011 amendments and revisions to said Code, which are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, and were provisionally adopted pursuant to Ordinances 47-O-11, 48-O-11, 49-O-11, and 50-O-11, which the City Council adopted, respectively, on June 13, 2011, July 11, 2011, September 12, 2011, and September 26, 2011; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:

SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2: The City Council hereby adopts "The Evanston City Code, 2012", to read as set forth in Exhibit A, with the following exceptions: Title 6, which shall remain unchanged from the current City Code; ordinances adopted during 2011 and/or 2012 that would amend or otherwise revise any of the contents of Exhibit A; and any references or citations contained in Exhibit A, which shall be updated in the course of the republication process.

SECTION 3: All general ordinances or parts of general ordinances in conflict with the provisions of said Evanston City Code, 2012, except those specifically saved from repeal or otherwise excepted by the terms of said Evanston City Code, 2012, as set forth therein, are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4: This Ordinance 8-O-12 shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 5: The findings and recitals herein are declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.

Introduced: January 9, 2012

Adopted: January 23, 2012

Approved: January 25, 2012

Elizabeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor

Attest:

Rodney Greene, City Clerk

Approved as to form:

W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel

EXHIBIT A

Amended City Code Titles 1-5, 7-11
as Provisionally Adopted Pursuant to
Ordinances 47-O-11, 48-O-11, 49-O-11, and 50-O-11