65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/11-20-2

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-2)

Sec. 11-20-2.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
the sale of all beverages and food for human consumption except the
wholesale sale of alcoholic beverages and except as provided in "An Act
relating to the sale of bread", approved July 9, 1959, as heretofore and
hereafter amended. The corporate authorities may locate and regulate the
places where and the manner in which any beverage or food for human
consumption is sold and also may prescribe the loaf-weight and quality of
bread.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-3

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-3)

Sec. 11-20-3.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for and regulate the inspection of all food for human consumption and
tobacco.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-4

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-4)

Sec. 11-20-4.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the cleansing and purification of waters, watercourses, and canals,
and, when necessary to prevent or abate a nuisance, may provide for the
drainage and filling of ponds on private property.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-5

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-5)

Sec. 11-20-5.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may do all
acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the
promotion of health or the suppression of diseases, including the
regulation of plumbing and the fixtures, materials, design and installation
methods of plumbing systems subject to the provisions of the plumbing
code promulgated under Section 35 of the "Illinois Plumbing License Law",
approved July 13, 1953, as amended.

(Source: P.A. 83-333.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-6

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-6)

Sec. 11-20-6.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the destruction of weeds at the expense of the owners of the premises
on which the weeds are growing.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-6.5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-20-6.5)
    Sec. 11-20-6.5. Milkweed classification.
    (a) For purposes of this Section, "milkweed" means Asclepias syriaca or other native Asclepias species.
    (b) The corporate authorities of a municipality may not classify milkweed as a noxious or exotic weed.

(c) A municipality may not classify milkweed in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(Source: P.A. 100-557, eff. 6-1-18.)

65 ILCS 5/11-20-7

(65 ILCS 5/11-20-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-20-7)

Sec. 11-20-7. Cutting and removal of neglected weeds, grass, trees, and bushes.

(a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide
for the removal of nuisance greenery from any parcel of private property within the municipality if the owners of that parcel, after reasonable notice, refuse or neglect to remove the nuisance greenery. The municipality may collect, from the owners of that parcel,
 the reasonable removal cost.

(b) The municipality's removal cost under this Section is a lien upon the underlying parcel in accordance with Section 11-20-15.

(c) For the purpose of this Section:

"Removal of nuisance greenery" or "removal activities" means the cutting of weeds or grass, the trimming of trees or bushes, and the removal of nuisance bushes or trees.

"Removal cost" means the total cost of the removal activity.

(d) In the case of an abandoned residential property as defined in Section 11-20-15.1, the municipality may elect to obtain a lien for the removal cost pursuant to Section 11-20-15.1, in which case the provisions of Section 11-20-15.1 shall be the exclusive remedy for the removal cost.

The provisions of this subsection (d), other than this sentence, are inoperative upon certification by the Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, after consultation with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that the Mortgage Electronic Registration System program is effectively registering substantially all mortgaged residential properties located in the State of Illinois, is available for access by all municipalities located in the State of Illinois without charge to them, and such registration includes the telephone number for the mortgage servicer.

(Source: P.A. 95-183, eff. 8-14-07; 96-462, eff. 8-14-09; 96-856, eff. 3-1-10.)