HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 4853 04/22/1997 ORDINANCE NO. 4853
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II
ENTITLED "EXCAVATIONS" OF CHAPTER 9
OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
Passed and approved by
the President and Board of Trustees
the 22nd day of April ,1997
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the corporate
authorities of the Village of
Mount Prospect, Illinois. the
22nd dayof April .1997.
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4/22/97
ORDINANCE NO. 4853
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II ENTITLED "EXCAVATIONS"
OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That Article II entitled "Excavations" of Chapter 9 (Streets and
Sidewalks) of the Village Code of Mount Prospect, as amended, is hereby further
amended in its entirety; so that hereafter said Article II of Chapter 9 shall be and read
as follows:
"ARTICLE II
EXCAVATIONS
SECTION:
9.201 Excavations to be Backfllled
9.202 Prior Approval of Work by the President and Board of Trustees
9.203 Excavations and Trees
9.204 Penalties
Sec 9.201. Excavations to be backfilled. All excavations, trenches or
openings made in or under the street pavement or under the
sidewalks shall be backfilled with sand or gravel and shall be compacted in the
excavation, trench or opening by tamping, flooding or both.
Sec 9.202. Prior Approval of Work by the President and Board of
Trustees.
A. No person and no unit of local government as defined in the Illinois Constitution of
1970 (other than the Village and any other public utility holding the current
franchise granted to it by the Village) shall commence installation, construction,
reconstruction, repair or replacement of any roadway, thoroughfare, street,
highway, easement, open space for the use of the public for the primary purpose
of vehicular traffic, water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, field tile, cable or any
other structure, or perform any other work of any kind upon, above or below the
surface of the ground which is upon any real estate, easement, right of way, street,
highway, roadway, licensed, leased or owned by or under the control of or within
the corporate limits of the Village, unless and until the President and Board of
Trustees shall have first approved such proposed work.
B. The approval provided for in subsection A hereinabove shall be in addition to the
requirements of other prior approval of other official or officials set forth in any
other applicable ordinances of the Village.
Sec 9.203. Excavations and Trees. Excavations which may impact public
trees shall comply with the provisions detailed in Sec. 9.514 of this
Village Code.
ec 9.204. Penalties. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the
provisions of this Article. Every person, firm, corporation, trustee,
other legal entity, association or unit of local government as defined in the Illinois
Constitution of 1970 convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any of the provisions
of this Article shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each and every additional violation existing
shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation for the purposes of determining
punishments hereunder."
SECTION TVVO: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by law.
AYES: Hoefert, Juracek, Wilks, Farley
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Clowes, Corcoran, Hendricks
PASSED and APPROVED this 22nd day of April, 1997.
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ATTEST:
Carol A. Fields
Village Clerk