HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 557 - 9/3/1968 - ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDEDORDINANCE NO. 557
AN ORDINANC.-L AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE
1,1J VICIPI.L CODE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE AS TO Fv, MES
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and
DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1. That paragraph (f) , Section 1, Article XV of the Zoning
Crdinance of the Village of Elk Grove Village, be amended to read
as follows:
(f) Fences and Shrubs.
1. Definitions.
a. A fence is a structure forming a barrier at grade
level between lots, between a lot and a street
or any alley, or between portions of a lot or lots.
b. A swimming pool is any receptacle for water hold-
ing in excess of two hundred (200) gallons and
having a depth at any point of more than three (3)
feet, intended for the purpose of immersion or
partial immersion therein of human beings, and in-
cluding all appurtenant equipment constructed, in-
stalled and maintained in or above the ground.
c. Ground level or grade level is the natural grade of
the lot in question.
2. No fences shall be erected in excess of six (6) feet
above ground level along the boundary line of a lot
or within required open space areas and no fence
shall be constructed in any front yard or ahead of
the building set -back line of any yard which faces
a street.
3. Fences (constructed so as to prevent unauthorized
ingress) shall be required around swimming pools
and be equipped with self-closing and latching
gates in accordance with the following:
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Required height of fences - 6 feet
Distance between fence
and pool - Not less than 3 feet
Latches shall not be placed lower than six (6) inches
from the top of the gate.
4. No shrubbery, hedging or planting which interferes
with clear vision shall be permitted at or near a
street intersection in an area enclosed by a triangle
each leg of which is a distance of twenty-five (25)
feet measured along each curb of the intersecting
streets and from the point where said curb lines or
extensions thereto intersect nor shall shrubbery,
hedging or planting be planted or maintained as to
obstruct the clear vision of private driveways or
pedestrian walks or sidewalks.
5. Prohibited fences: Barbed wire and electrically
charged wire except that barbed wire may be used
on the top of permitted fences in the manufacturing
districts.
6. All fences heretofore lawfully constructed and not
in conformity herewith, shall be deemed noncon-
forming uses and may exist but may not be re-
constructed or altered. All fences heretofore con-
structed and in conformity herewith, shall be deem-
ed legal fences. All fences illegally constructed
heretofore and not in conformity herewith, shall be
removed and shall be in violation of this ordinance.
Section 2. That Chapter 13 of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village
be amended by adding thereto Section 12.113-A which Section shall be
entitled "Fences and Shrubs" and shall contain all regulations herein-
above set forth in Section 1 above of this ordinance.
Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys,
omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of
the foregoing provisions shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00)
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day
that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate and dis-
tinct offense.
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Soctioii 4. Tn!:; urclinanco shall be in full force ana effect from and
after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this 3rd day of September, 1968
APPROVED this 3rd day of September, 1968
(Signed) jack D. Pahl
Village President
ATTEST:
(Signedl Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
PUBLISHED this 11th day of September, 1968, in the Elk Grove Herald and
DuPage County Register. .
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