Illinois § 11-80-15

Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 11-80-15, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 11-80-15.

Street advertising; adult entertainment advertising. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may license street advertising by means of billboards, sign boards, and signs and may regulate the character and control the location of billboards, sign boards, and signs upon vacant property and upon buildings. (b) The corporate authorities of each municipality may further regulate the character and control the location of adult entertainment advertising placed on billboards, sign boards, and signs upon vacant property and upon buildings that are within 1,000 feet of the property boundaries of schools, day care centers, cemeteries, public parks, and places of religious worship. For the purposes of this subsection, "adult entertainment" means entertainment provided by an adult bookstore, striptease club, or pornographic movie theater whose business is the commercial sale, dissemination, or distribution of sexually explicit materials, shows, or other exhibitions. (Source: P.A. 89-605, eff. 8-2-96.)

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What does Illinois Compiled Statutes § 11-80-15 cover?

Section 11-80-15 is part of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, the codified statutory law of Illinois. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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