People v. Finch

In each of the cases considered herein, the defendant has moved to dismiss upon the grounds that the ordinance, the violation of which the defendants stand charged, is a nullity by virtue of the contentions, first, that the municipality was without authority and jurisdiction to *582enact the same, and second, that the municipality lacked any legitimate purpose or police power to enact such ordinance and, third, that the ordinance deprives the defendant of due process of law under the State and Federal Constitutions.

On July 19, 1971 the Board of Trustees of the Village of Monticello enacted…