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Will County ordinance review committee moves multiple chapters to executive committee, adjusts language and penalties
Summary
The Will County Ad Hoc Ordinance Review Committee voted to send updated ordinance chapters (51, 56 and 70–78, among others) to the Executive Committee, approved a wording change in Chapter 51 and amended penalty limits in vehicle/parking code language. Chapter 75 (low-speed vehicles/e-bikes) was postponed for further work.
The Will County Ad Hoc Ordinance Review Committee on Sept. 9 voted to forward several revised ordinance chapters to the county Executive Committee, approved a wording change in Chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances, and amended maximum penalties in the vehicle/parking sections of the code.
The committee approved an amendment to Chapter 51 replacing the word “notwithstanding” with the plainer phrasing “regardless of,” and voted to send chapters 56 (public works permit and access control) and multiple traffic- and parking-related chapters (70 through 78) to the Executive Committee for final consideration. Committee members also approved raising the maximum fine allowed in the local vehicle/traffic provisions from $1,000 to $2,500 for offenses adjudicated under county administrative procedures.
Why it matters: the forwarded chapters update how the county governs public-works permitting, highway and right-of-way rules, parking and traffic…
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