HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1020 - 9/9/1975 - SIGNS & AWNINGS AMENDEDORDINANCE NO. 1020
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12, SIGNS AND AWNINGS, OF TILE
MUNICIPAL CODE OP' THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trus-
tees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage,
Illinois, as follows:
Section 1: That Sub -Paragraph 3 of Paragraph D, Permit Fees, of
Section 12.001 be amended to read as follows:
Temporary Signs - $10.00 except that no permit fee shall be charged
for temporary signs or for name plates 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 be amended to read as follows:
F - Annual Inspection Fees:
The Building Department shall inspect annually, or more fre-
quently as they deem necessary, each sign regulated by this Article
and for which a permit is required, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the same is secure or insecure and whether it is in need of re-
n.oval or repair. To meet the expense of such inspection the permitee
thereof shall pay to the Village the sum of one-half (1/2) of the then
required permit fee for illuminated signs and $3.50 plus 5G per square
foot for each square foot in excess of 40 square feet for non -illuminated
signs. An inspection fee of $5.00 per month shall be charged for tem-
porary signs erected for a period in excess of thirty (30) days. No
inspection fee except for inspection fees for temporary signs shall be
charged during the fiscal year in which the sign or other advertising
device is erected.
Section 3: That Paragraph X of Section 12.002, Definitions, of
Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village be
amended to read as follows:
X - "Temporary Sign" shall mean any sign constructed of cloth
or other light material, with or without a structural frame.
All banner signs shall be considered as temporary signs.
Total area of temporary signs shall not exceed allowable area
of permitted wall signs.
Section 4: That Paragraph A of Section 12.003, Permitted Signs,
of Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village
be amended to read as follows:
A - Signs in Residential and Office - Transitional Use
Districts.
In residential and office - transitional use districts no
signs shall be erected except the following non -flashing
signs and, with the exception of those signs permitted in
Paragraph 5 below, non -illuminated signs;
1. A name sign identifying the owner or occupant of a
building or dwelling unit provided the service area
does not exceed 2 square feet.
2. A sign pertaining to the lease or sale of a building
or property provided such signs shall not exceed 10
square feet in surface area. If more than one sign is
erected, the combined areas of all signs shall not ex-
ceed 10 square feet.
3. Temporary signs as permitted. in Section 12.004,
(L) of this Article.
4. One sign only identifying an engineer, architect or
contractor engaged in the construction of a building,
provided such sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in
surface area, is no more than 10 feet or less than 3
feet above ground and is removed within 30 days following
occupancy of the building.
5. One identification sign, not to exceed 45 square
feet area, for the following uses:
Church, Library, Recreation Building, School,
Hospital and Home for Aged or similar Institu-
tions and those uses permitted in Zoning Ordinance
No. 842, Section 5.7, Office - Transitional District,
except those uses listed in Section 5.72, Paragraph
A. Such signs shall be solely for the purpose of
displaying the name of the institution and/or its
activities or service and may be illuminated.
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6. Permitted signs in residential use districts may be
located in any required yard but not less than five (5)
feet away from any side property line or less than five
(5) feet from any lot line, adjacent to any street. In
the case of corner lots permitted signs shall not be
erected closer than ten (10) feet from any lot line adja-
cent to the street.
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Section 5: That Paragraph B, Signs in B-1 and B-2^Business Districts,
of Section 12.003, Permitted Signs, of the Municipal Code of the Village
of Elk Grove Village be amended by adding thereto the following:
7 - Temporary Signs as permitted in Chapter 12.004 (L) of
this Article.
Section 6: That Paragraph C, Signs in Manufacturing Districts of
Section 12.003, Permitted Signs, of Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code
of the Village of Elk Grove Village be amended by substitutinc; therein
the term "Industrial Districts" in place of Manufacturing Districts
and additionally substituting therein the terms I-1 and 1-2 for M-1
and M-2 respectively.
Section 7: That Section 12.004, General Provisions all Districts,
of Chapter 12 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village
be amended by adding, thereto the following Section:
L. Temporary Signs as defined in Chapter 12.002 (X) shall
be permitted subject to the following conditions:
1. Temporary Signs shall be installed completely on
private property and in no event shall they interfere
with the line of sight in the first 25 feet adjacent to
any street.
2. Approval of the Village President and Board of Trustees
for all temporary signs to be displayed for a period in
excess of 30 days.
A. Evidence of a Maintenance Agreement whereby all
temporary signs displayed for more than thirty (30)
days shall be regularly inspected and maintained.
Said inspection shall be conducted at not less than
30 day intervals.
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Section 8: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00
for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on
each day, during or on which a violation or failure to comply occurs
or continues.
Section 9: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED
this
9th
day
of
September
, 1975.
APPROVED
this
9th
day
of
September
1975.
VOTE: AYES 6 NAYS 0
ATTEST:
Eleanor G. Turner
VILLAGE CLERK
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APPROVED:
ABSENT 0
Charles J. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT