HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1162 - 7/12/1977 - SIGNS & AWNINGS/AMENDEDORDINANCE NO. 1162
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12,
SIGNS AND AWNINGS OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE
VILLAGE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board
of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and
Du Page Counties, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1: That Paragraph D, Permit Fees, of Section
12.001 of the Municipal Code, be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
D. Permit Fees.
Every applicant before being granted an original
permit hereunder shall pay to the Village the
following permit fee for each sign structure.
(1). Non -Illuminated Signs - $15.00
plus $0.15 per square foot of
sign surface area of the proposed
sign.
(2). Illuminated Signs - $25.00 plus
$0.15 per square foot of sign surface
area of the proposed sign.
(3). Temporary Signs - $10.00, except that
no permit fee shall be charged for
temporary signs or for nameplates
or for other non -illuminated identification
signs permitted to be placed in residential
use districts in this Article.
Section 2: That Paragraph F, Annual Inspection Fees, of
Section 12.001 of the Municipal Code, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
F. Annual Inspection Fees.
The Building Department shall inspect annually,
or more frequently as they deem necessary, signs
in all districts located above any walkway or
which may endanger passers-by upon any walkway
on which the public is invited or encouraged to
pass and all free-standing signs wherever located.
To meet the expense of such inspections, the sign
owner or permitee thereof shall pay to the Village
the sum of one-half of the then required permit fee.
No inspection fee, except for temporary banner and
pennant signs shall be charged during the fiscal
year in which the sign or other advertising device
is erected. An inspection fee of $5.00 per month
shall be charged for temporary banner and pennant
signs to be erected for a period in excess of 30
days or fraction thereof.
Section 3: That Section 12.001, Permits Required, of the
Municipal Code, be further amended by adding thereto a new paragraph
which shall read as follows:
G. Exempt Signs.
Signs which provide direction or instruction and
are located entirely on the property to which they
pertain and do not in any way advertise a business
and do not exceed four square feet in area; signs
identifying restrooms, public telephones and
walkways; and signs providing direction such as
parking lot entrance and exit signs and those of
a similar nature are exempt from the provisions of
this Ordinance, except that such signs must comply
to the line of sight provisions of Section 12.004(D)
of this Chapter.
Section 4: That Paragraph X, Temporary Signs, of Section
12.002, Definitions, of the Municipal Code, be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
X. "Temporary Sign" shall mean any banner or
pennant constructed of cloth or similar material
without a structural frame. The total area of a
temporary sign shall not exceed the allowable
area of permitted wall signs.
Section 5: That Section 12.002, Definitions, of the Municipal
Code, be further amended by adding thereto a new paragraph entitled
Incidental Signs which shall read as follows:
BB. "Incidental Signs" shall mean a sign pertaining
to goods, products, services or facilities which are
available on the premises where the sign is located,
such as signs pertaining to trading stamps, credit
cards, service information and pricing.
Section 6: That Paragraph B, Signs in the B-1, B-2 and B-3
Business District, of Section 12.003, of the Municipal Code, be and
the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
8. Incidental Signs.
In the B-3 Business District, up to two incidental
signs may be permitted subject to the requirement
that they be attached to a free-standing sign or
attached to a separate structure, that they comply
with the line of sight provisions of Section 12.004(D)
of this Chapter and that they not exceed five square
feet per face.
Section 7: That Section 12.004(D) is hereby amended by adding
thereto a second paragraph which shall read as follows:
No sign which obstructs sight lines at elevations
between two and six feet above the roadway shall
be placed or permitted to remain on any corner
lot within the triangular area formed by the street
property lines and a line connecting them at points
25 feet from the intersection of the street lines,
or in the case of a rounded property corner, from
the intersection of the street property lines extended.
The same sight line limitations shall apply on any
interior lot within the triangular area formed by the
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street property line and the edge of the driveway
and the line connecting them at points 10 feet
from the intersection of the property line and
the driveway.
Section 8: That Section 12.004(L), Temporary Signs, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
L. Temporary Signs as defined in Chapter 12.002(X)
shall be permitted subject to thefollowing
conditions:
(1). Temporary signs shall be installed
completely on private property and
comply with the line of sight provisions
of Section 12.004(D) hereof.
(2). Approval of the President and Board
of Trustees for all pennants and
banners to be displayed for a period
in excess of 30 days.
(3). Evidence of a maintenance agreement
whereby all pennants and banners
displayed for more than 30 days shall
be regularly maintained. Such
maintenance shall be performed at
not less than 30 day intervals.
Section 9: That any person, firm or corporation who violates
any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject to a fine
of not less $25.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense, and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day, commencing
from date of official notification during or on which a violation
or failure to comply occurs or continues.
Section 10: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according
to law.
VOTES: AYES: 4
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 2
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
VILLAGE CLERK
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
PASSED this 12th day of July , 1977.
APPROVED this 12th day of July 1977.
PUBLISHED in the Elk Grove Herald
this 20th day of July 1977.
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