§ 66-210. Enforcement.

(a)

Parental responsibility.

(1)

Generally. The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated minor shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to have failed to exercise proper parental responsibility, and such minor shall be deemed to have committed the acts described below with the knowledge and permission of the parent or guardian upon the occurrence of the following three events:

a.

An emancipated minor is adjudicated to be in violation of this section or has incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt in violation of this section;

b.

The parent or legal guardian has received a written notice thereof, either by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service with a certificate of personal service returned from the police department of the village, following said adjudication or nonjudicial sanction; and

c.

If at any time within one year following receipt of the notice described in subsection (a)(1)b of this section, the minor is adjudicated to be in violation of this section, or has incurred nonjudicial sanctions from another official agency resulting from an admission of guilt or violation of this section.

It shall be unlawful for a parent or legal guardian to allow an unemancipated minor to engage in acts in violation of this section. Each parent and legal guardian shall be jointly and severally liable.

(2)

Willful and malicious acts. The village hereby holds parents and legal guardians of an unemancipated minor who resides with such parent or legal guardian liable for actual damages for the willful and malicious acts of such minor which cause injury to a person on village property or injury to village property, as provided in the Illinois Parental Responsibility Law (740 ILCS 115/1 et seq.).

(b)

Parties. Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aides or abets in the commission of any act declared herein to be unlawful, as a principal, agent, or accessory, shall be guilty of such offense, and every person who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly or willfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits or directs another to violate any provision of this Code is likewise guilty of such offense.

(c)

Nonexclusivity of penalties. The penalties provided for in this article are in addition to and not exclusive of any other remedies available to the village as provided by applicable law. The penalties provided for in any section of this article may be imposed or assessed in addition to and not necessarily in lieu of the penalties provided for in other sections of this article.

(Ord. No. 2001-19, § 1(G), 6-6-2001)