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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 341 04/10/1951 FIvlO* AGH 1&5c 4/9/51 ORDINANCE NO. ~4 / AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 64 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 67 and 69 OF CHAPTER VI OF THE ~lOUNT PROSPECT BUILDING CODE OF 1938. * * * * * * BE IT ORDAINED By the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect, Cook County, Illinois: SECTION 1. That Section 64 of Chapter VI of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance 225), be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That Section 67 of Chapter VI of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance 225) be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 67. The permits required by this Ordinance shall be obtained from the Building Inspector on written application therefor by the person, firm, or corporation erecting, constructing or maintain- ing the billboard or signboard, and such applica- tion shall be accompanied by the plans and specifi- cations showing the size and character of such proposed billboard or signboard, and location of the same. If the said plans and specifications shall be in accordance with the provisions of this article, said Building Inspector shall thereupon issue a permit for the erection of such billboard or signboard upon the payment by the applicant of a fee of ten cents (101) per square foot if such billboard or signboard is not electrically lighted or electrically wired. Provided that the minimum fee for a non-electric billboard or signboard shall be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50). Where any such sign is electrically wired or electrically lighted, the fee for such permit shall be Twenty Cents (201) per square foot, provid- ed the minimum fee shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) for any billboard or signboard electrically lighted or electrically wired. The Building Inspector shall not be obliged to issue a permit for the erection or construction or maintenance of any billboard or signboard in any location where said billboard or signboard will or might constitute a dangerous ob~ struction 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 for bill- boards and signboards referred to in this section, -2- the over-all dimensions of such signboard or billboard shall be measured. SECTION 3. That Section 69 of Chapter VI of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance 225) be and the same ~ is hereby amended to read as follows: 69. The Building Inspector shall annually inspect each and every signboard and billboard to determine whether such signboard or billboard and electrical equipment thereon, if any, is erected, constructed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Building Code of the Village of Mount Prospect of 1938. (a) The annual fee for the privilege of maintaining signs and other advertising devices not otherwise provided for, not electrically light- ed or electrically wired shall be ten (10) cents per square foot; and the annual fee for such signs, electrically lighted or wired shall be twenty (20) cents per square foot, provided the minimum annual fee shall be Two Dollars and Fifty cents ($2.50) per non-electric signs and Five Dollars ($5.00) for such signs electrically lighted or electrically wired; provided, further, that the maximum fee in any event for such sign shall be Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per year. (b) The annual fee for the privilege of maintaining billboards, posterboards, and signboards shall be Three Dollars ($3.00) for each panel of such signs. (c) Inspection fees shall be due and pay- able on the 1st day of May of each year. If said fee is not paid within thirty (30) days of above date, the Building Inspector reserves the right to have the Fire Department remove or wreck such bill- board or signboard and the cost of such work shall be paid by the owner of the billboard or signboard. SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Ordinance or failb~to comply with any re- quirements thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), and each day such vio- lations is permitted to exist, shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 5. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances in -3- conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect forthwith upon its passage, approval and publication, according to law. PASSED: this 10th day of April, A.D. 1951. APPROVED: this lOth day of April, A.D. 1951. /f~ {f. ~ President ATTEST: __ ~cr-~ Villa;; Clerk PUBLISHED in the MOUNT PROSPECT HERALD this /3Y$. day of April, A.D. 1951.