HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 117 - 9/28/1959 - REGULATING SIGNSOrdinance No. 117
AN ORDINANCE; regulating signs, providing
for inspection thereof, and establishing fees
for construction. and. maintenance,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD Or TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VIL1 .&GE, COOK COUNTY, ILLTMOIS-1
SECTION 1. Permits. No person., firm or corporation shall here-
after erect, construct, move,, alter or maintain any sign or other advertis-
ing device (except a portable sign and except a sign for the reale of premises
as provided for in the zoning ordinance) upon any parinvay, street or alley
owned or installed by theVillage or upon any public or private property in
the Village without first having obtained a permit and an inspection certificate:
therefor from the Village Building Superintendent, as hereinafter provided.
The permits required by this ordinance .:hall be obtained from the
Village Building Superintendent on written application therefor by the person,
firm, or corporation erecting, constructing or maintaining the sign„ billboard
or signboard and such application shall be accompanied by the plans and spec-
ifications shovAng the size and character of such proposed billboard or sign.
board, and location of same. If said planes and specifications shall be in asccore
ance with the provisions of thiel ordinae.ace, said Village Building Superintendent
shall thereupon issue a permit for the erection of such billboard or signboard
upon the payment by the applicant of a fee of 100 per square foot if such bill-
board or signboard is not electrically lighted or electrically wired. Provided
that the minimum fee for the nian -electrical billboard or signboard shall be
$2,50,
Where any such sign is electrically wired or lighted,, the fee for such
permits shall be 20}` per square foot, provided the minimum fee shall be $5.00
for any billboard or signboard electrically lighted or electrically wired. The
Village Building Superintendent shall not be obliged to issue a ,permit for the
erection orconstruction or maintenance of any billboard or signboard in any
location where said billboard or signboard will or might constitute a dangerous
obstruction to the view or a menace to the welfare of persons on any highway,
sidewalk., path or street abutting thereon,
in determining the square footage of billboards or signboards referred
to in this section,, the overall dimensions of such signboard or billboard shall
be measured.
SECTION 2. Restrictions,
(a) Every Afif sign sbvdl be. conn- tr uctad to withstand a wind pressure
of not less than 80 pounds }ler square foot of area and shall be thoroughly se.-
cured to the buildiAIAWW4�t iasi����� �sball Ire erected,,ch it in ineMlle-61,, No roof signs l }lii��/�ly(/ l�g�{
(b) Projecting ssgats 9l�all be ccF. tau.^ta.el entirely of inetal or other in
combustible material and may extend to tyro feat of the curb line but th P azar; zi-.
>•amum projection shall not exceed 8 feet and the distance betcneen the Wall, and
inner edge of such sign shall not exceed lit io.chas.
(c) Billboard signs relating to amy filling ,station or other business
carried on outdoors may be erected parallel to or at an angle with the adjacent
public street or streets so long; as they do not project over the street or other
public places adjoining the lot or parcel on which installed. The total area of
the signs so erected shall not exceed one third square foot for each linear foot
of frontage on any street adjacent to said lot or parcel along which said signs
are erected. No single or separate structural part or a unit of such billboard
signs shall exceed 24 square feet in area.
(d) Except as specifically permitted by the Zoning Ordinance, no sign
shall be erected or maintained on any parcel of land that does not relate to a
place of business or office located thereon.
SECTION 3. Bonds. Each person„ firm or corporation maintaining
such a sign shall file with the Village Building Superintendent a bond in the
penal sum of $10, 000.00 with a responsible surety company as surety thereon,
said bond to be approved as to form by the Village Attorney, Said bond shall
indemnify the Village of Elk Grove Village and its officials for the full period
of time provided for by the Statutes of Limitations of the State of Illinois for
any and all loss, cost, expense or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever,
which said Village or its officials may suffer or be put to or which may be re-
covered from it or them by reason of the issuance of such permit.
SECTION 4. Temporary Permits. Temporary permits may be issued
for maintenance of a temporary sign for a short time and not to exceed four
weeks, upon payment of a fee of fire dollars for each week or fraction
thereof that such sign is maintained.
SECTION S. Construction. All signs attached to any building or struc-
ture shall be safely and securely anchored thereto in a manner satisfactory to
the Village Building Superintendent.
(a) All signs attached to a building shall be erected on a wall or walls
thereof facing a public street, The total area of the signs so erected shall not
exceed one square foot for each linear foot of frontage of the building to which
the signs are affixed. No single panel or separate structural board or unit of
signs shall exceed 24 square feet in area, If the building faces more than one
street, signs can be placed only on one frontage except under the following
circumstances: if a place of business has a developed store .frontage or display
space facing more than one street, signs of area above specified can be placed
on one street and, in addition, signs can be placed over or against the developed
store frontage or display space on each of the other streets provided the total
area of the signs facing such street shall not exceed in area one square foot for
each linear foot of developed store frontage or display space thereon.
(b) All banner signs which are placed over or across any street or public
way shall be hung to withstand a horizontal wind pressure of 35 pounds per
square foot. No such banner sign shall be erected over or across any street or
public way without the permission of the Village Board.
(c) No sign of any kind shall be attached upon any building in such a
manner as to obstruct any door, window, or fire escape nor shall it be attached
in any form or manner to any fire escape., Every i4a/i gV1 wall sign, pro-
jecting sign, banner sign, standard sign And billboard sign, shall be plainly
marked with the name of the person, firm or corporation erecting and maintain-
ing the same, and shall be so eonstructed, erected and maintained that all
danger to persons or property shall be eliminated.
(d) No additional sign or advertisement of any nature shall be attached
to or suspended from any sign or other advertising devices.
(e) The post or standard supporting a standard sign must be cement or
metal and must be securely anchored to a cement base.
(f) No portable sign shall be larger than 8 square feet. No portable
sign shall be placed in or on any street, alley or other public place, including
sidewalk, or be placed so that any }east of said sign may owing or extend over
any such street, alley or other public place in the Village,
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SECTION 6. Permit Required. The period for which permits re-
quired by this ordinance shall run shall expire on April 30th in each year,
SECTION 7. Inspection. The Superintendent of Buildings shall annu-
ally (or as often as may be necessary to insure its safety)inspect each and
every sign, signboard, and billboard to determine whether such signs, and
electrical equipment thereon, if any, is erected, constructed and maintained
in accordance with the provisions herein. The annual fee for the privilege of
maintaining signs and other advertising devices not otherwise provided for,
with the exception of luminous window signs and portable signs, not electrically
lighted or electrically wired, shall be 100 per square foot, and the annual fee
for such signs, electrically lighted or wired, shall be 20� per square foot;
provided that the minimum annual fee shall be $2,50 per non -electric sign and
$5.00 for such signs electrically lighted or electrically wired. Provided,
further, that the maximum fee in any event for such sign shall be $15, 00 per
year.
Inspection fee shall be due and payable on the first of May of each year.
If said fee is not paid within 30 days of said date„ the Village Building Superin-
tendent reserves the right to have said signs removed or wreck such billboards
or signboards and the cost of such work shall be paid by the owner of the bill-
board or signboard.
Each sign, signboard or billboard shall be inspected when erected, and
a metal tag, showing permit number and the date of inspection, shall be affixed
to such advertising sign and a new metal tag shall be affixed thereon each year
thereafter that the sign is inspected and theinspection fee paid.
SECTION 8. Definitions,
(a) A "projection sign" herein shall mean any sign, device, or re-
presentation used in the nature of an advertisement, announcement or direction
which extends over the sidewalk beyond the building line, or which is so
situated with reference to a public sidewalk, street, or way that it might en-
danger the person or property of persons lawfully using such public sidewalk,
street or way.
(b) A "wall sign" herein shall mean any sign erected, constructed or
maintained, or any surface or plane„ that may be affixed fiately to the front,
rear, or side wall of any building or structure,
(c) A "banner sign" herein shall mean any sign printed or painted on
cloth or canvas and used for attracting the attention of the public.
(d) A "roof sign" herein shall mean any sign erected, constructed or
maintained upon the roof of any building or structure,
(e) A "Luminous window sign" or "Window border" herein shall mean
all such devices which use electric current for their operation.
(f) A "standard sign" herein shall mean any sign erected, constructed,
or maintained on any post or standard on the same premises on which�a building
housing the business or services advertised by said sign is located,
(g) A "portable sign" herein shall mean any sign designed to be moved
from place to place,
(h) The use in this ordinance of the phrase "any sign or other advertising
device" or a similar phrase shall be deemed to mean all of the signs and devices
above defined in this section,
(i) A "billboard" or'iaignboard" herein shall mean any sign erected, con-
structed or maintained on supports or structures other than a building and on
more than a single standard, and for the purposes of this article shall be further
construed to mean any structure, the sole and primary purpose of which is for
the display of advertisement or, notices of commodities or events at some other
lot or parcel of ground other than that on which said billboard or signboard is
located.
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SECTION 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10., That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED: this 28tk day of September , A, D. 1959.
APPROVED: this 28th day of September a A.D. 1959.
Charles A. Hodlaair
President
ATTEST:
Margaret C. Petrie
Village Clerk
PUBLISHED in the ELK GROVE HERALD
the lst day of October —1 1959.
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