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AN ORDINANCE
Amending 9-5-18-1 "Obedience to Police in Public Places"
of the City Code
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council has determined it is in the best
interest of the City to periodically review the City Code and amend provisions to better
reflect current state law and the best interests of the City and its residents, and
WHEREAS, the Evanston City Council has determined it is in the best
interest of the City to amend Section 9-5-18-1 of the City Code, entitled "Obedience to
Police in Public Cases," to better reflect similar provisions in state statute, and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: City Code 9-5-18-1, "Obedience to Police in Public Places"
of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby amended to hereafter be and
read as follows (added language is shown in underlined text):
9-5-18-1. OBEDIENCE TO POLICE IN PUBLIC PLACES.
Any person, in or on any public place in the City, who is violating any
provision of this Code or any statute of the state shall immediately cease
such violation upon the request of a police officer. It shall be unlawful for
any person to refuse to obey the lawful order, command or direction of a
police officer.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: The findings and recitals contained 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.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced:
Adopted:
Attest:
June 6 , 2022 Approved:
August 8 2022 August 11 2022
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Daniel Biss, Mayor
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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Derke Price, Interim Corporation Counsel
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