HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 3886 - 1/14/2025 - PARKING 5 TONS ON PRIVATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FINEORDINANCE NO.3886
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-3-6-10 OF THE VILLAGE CODE
REGARDING PROHIBITED PARKING OF VEHICLES WEIGHING IN EXCESS
OF FIVE TONS ON PRIVATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BY INCREASING THE
MINIMUM FINE TO THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE
WHEREAS, the Police Department has observed an increase in the number of
trucks, tractors, semitrailers and such other vehicles weighing in excess of five tons parking
in shopping centers and other private commercial property in the Village, without the consent
of the owner of said property and have recommended an increase in the minimum fine for
violations of existing parking regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village,
after considering the recommendation of the Police Department, find and believe that
increasing the minimum as recommended is in the best interests of the Village.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of
the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Section 6-3-6-10 of the Village Code be amended to read as follows:
6-3-6-10 Oversized Vehicles in Private Commercial Parking Areas. It shall be
unlawful for any person to stand or park any truck, tractor, semitrailer or other such vehicle
which weighs in excess of five tons on private commercial property within the Village which
has signs posted prohibiting such parking and which the owner has requested the Village, in
writing, to enforce parking regulations.
Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each offense.
Section 2: That the village Clerk is directed to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
PASSED this 14th day of January 2025
APPROVED this 1411 day of January 2025
ATTEST:
Loretta M. Murphy, Village Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
PUBLISHED in pamphlet form this 16t' day of January 2025.