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ORDINANCE NO. 7 !" t
AN OHDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
F'ALL OUT SHELTERS IN THE VILLAGE OF 1\!IODlIte PHOS.t'ECT
A[\1ENDING ORDINANCE NO. .553, M01.m'r PHOSPECT BUILDING
CODE 0!<'.-b927
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAIN~D by the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village~fyCook County, Illinois:
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Section 1. That Ordinance No. 553, commonly known as
Mount Prospect Building Code of 1957, is hereby amended by adding
the following provisions, to be designated as Chapter IX1! FALL
o tJr SHELTERS:
(1) Pe~mit required. No person shall construct a
fallout shelter upon private property within the Village of
Mount Prospect unless a permit shall be issued for said construc-
tion. No fee shall be charged for said permit.
(2) Application. Application for such permit shall be
made to the Department of Buildings on forms provided for same by
said Department. Such application shall be accompanied by plans
and specifications, which shall be in accordance with the provi-
sions herein provided and subject to the approval of the Archi-
tectural Com.mittee and the Chief of the Pire Department of the
Village of Mount Prospect.
(3) Fallout shelters shall comply with the minimum
specifications set forth by the office of Civil Defense Mobiliza-
tion in their publication designated M P -15, dated June, 1959,
and in compliance with figures 13, IB, 19, 20 and 21 and drawings
SO-I, 5, 6 and 7. No fallout sllelter shall be constructed above
yard grade nor in any portion of the lot or land area from which
a building would be prohibited.
(Lj-) Family fallout shelters shall be used for the sole
purpose of protection from fallout during a national emergency,
and for no other purpose.
(5) In the event that the requirements set forth herein
cannot be adhered to due to particular difficulties unique to the
property upon which a fallout shelter is to be constructed and
which thereby cause a hardship upon the applicant, then the Presi-
dent and Board of r:Prustees, upon the recow.mendation of the Archi-
tectural COlnmittee and the Fire Chief, may grant a specific vari-
ance permitting the fallout shelter proposed, provided the same
is constructed so as to provide protection to its occupants.
Section 2. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this ordinance or fails to comply with any of the requirements
thereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a fall
out shelter in violation thereof, shall be guilty of misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $2.5.00 and not more than
$200, and each day such violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
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The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall
not preclude the Village Attorney from instituting an appropriate
action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, construc-
tion, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance
or use or to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to pre-
vent the occupancy of a fallout shelter, or to prevent an illegal
act, conduct, business or use in or about any premises.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication ac-
cording to law.
PASSED this .f
APPROVED this ~ day
day of
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of -J 1.) /;4Y\ I ~.J, 1961.
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President ~ ~
Attest:
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Village Clerk
PUBLISHED in the Mount Prospect Herald this /4 day of ~-,
1961.