HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2021 - 2/28/1989 - SIGNS & AWNINGS AMENDEDORDINANCE NO. 2021
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, SIGNS AND AWNINGS,
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
(Repeals Ordinance No. 1254 & 2014)
WHEREAS, The Village of Elk Grove village is a Home
Rule Municipality as designated and set forth in the
Constitution of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The Village is empowered to enact legislation
pertaining to its local government and affairs not specifically
pre-empted by the General Assembly.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties
of Cook and Du Page, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 2014 duly passed and
approved by the President and Board of Trustees on February
14, 1989, which Ordinance established Section 12.004 (M)
pertaining to Campaign Signs, is hereby repealed:
Section 2: That Section 24.018 of the Municipal Code
established by Ordinance No. 1254 duly passed and approved
on the 10th day of October, 1978 is hereby repealed.
Section 3: That Section 12.001 A, Requirements of
Chapter 12, Signs and Awnings, be amended to read as follows:
12.001: Permits Required
A. Requirements. No person firm or corporation shall
hereafter erect, construct, relocate, structurally
alter, repaint or maintain any sign, billboard or other
advertising device, within the Village of Elk Grove
Village, without having obtained a permit as provided
in this Article. The provisions of this section shall
not apply to signs not exceeding 10 square feet in
surface area which advertise the sale or lease of the
premises on which they are located, window signs or
non-commercial signs located on private property with
the consent of the owner not exceeding twelve (12) square
feet in total surface area.
Section 4. That Section 12.001 B, of Chapter 12, Signs
and Awnings, is amended to read as follows:
B. No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter
erect, construct, relocate, structurally alter, repaint
or maintain any sign, billboard or advertising device,
on or over any public property including, without
limitation, utility poles, street lights, fire hydrants,
street signs, and traffic control signals, parkways,
street rights-of-way or sidewalks. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to street signs,
directional signs, instructional signs for motorists
or pedestrians, and such other signs utilized or for
the purpose of assisting motorists or pedestrians in
the traversing of the public right-of-way, except that
all such signs must comply with the safety provisions
of Section 12.004 (D)
Section 5. That Section 12.003 A of Chapter 12, Signs
and Awnings, be amended by renumbering paragraph 6, which
pertains to the location of permitted signs on private
property, to paragraph 7, and establishing a new paragraph
6 which shall read as follows:
6. Political or other non-commercial advertising signs,
not exceeding six (6) square feet per side of sign
and 36 square feet of total sign area per lot, on private
property, provided that said signs shall be removed
no later than eight (8) days after the election or
activity to which they pertain.
Section 6. That Section 12.003 B of Chapter 12, Signs
and Awnings, be amended by adding thereto the following:
10. Political or other non-commercial advertising sign,
not exceeding six (6) square feet per side of sign
and 36 square feet of total sign area per lot, on private
property, provided that said signs shall be removed
no later than eight (8) days after the election or
activity to which they pertain.
Section 7. That Section 12.003 C of Chapter 12, Signs
and Awnings, be amended by adding thereto the following:
7. Political or other non-commercial advertising sign,
not exceeding six (6) square feet per side of sign
and 36 square feet of total sign area per lot, on private
property, provided that said signs shall be removed
no later than eight (8) days after the election or
activity to which they pertain.
Section 8. That Section 12.004 F, G, B, and Z, shall
be amended by adding to each paragraph the following:
"except for signs for which no permit is required."
Section 9. That Section 12.005 A, of Chapter 12, Signs
and Awnings, be amended by deleting the last sentence therefrom
and inserting in its place the following:
"The Building Commissioner or his designated agent
may cause any sign improperly placed on public property
or which is an immediate peril or endangerment to persons
or property to be removed immediately and without
notice."
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Section 10. That any person, firm or corporation
violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject
to a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor
more than five hundred ($500) dollars for each offense.
Section 11. That an emergency exists with respect
to the adoption and enforcement of this Ordinance. Therefore
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately
upon its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form.
APPROVED:
Charles S. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
VILLAGE CLERK
PASSED
this
28th
day
of
February
1989.
APPROVED
this
28th
day
of
February
1989.
PUBLISHED
this
1st
day
of
March
1989,
in pamphlet form.
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