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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 293 09/14/1948 FMO*AGH 1&5c 9/14/48 ;;.13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 2, 3, 6 and 9 of the MOUNT PROSPECT_~UILPI.NG COP~ OF 193~~ ****** BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SECTIp~ l~ That Chapter 2 of the Mount Prospect Build- ing Code of 1938 (Ordinance No. 225) be and the seme is hereby amended by adding thereto Sections 1.1 and 1.2 to read as fol- lows: Section 1.1. There is hereby created an Archi tecturarC;ommission, whi.ch shall consist of three persons, who shall be appointed by the President and Board of Trustees. The members shall be the same as those appointed to the Building Committee and shall serve for one year and until their successors are appointed. Section 1.2. The Architectural Commission shall examine the plans and specifications accom- panying the application for bui.lding permits as filed with the Building Inspector, to see that the building proposed to be erected or remodeled is of such appearance and design, that such build- ing when erected or remodeled, will be of good architecturel design and harmonize with existing surrounding buildings and be suitable to its lo- cation. When necessary, the said commission shall meet with applicants for building permits, whose proposed plans and specifications do not meet the approval of said commission, and said commis- sion shall make recommendations to such applicants as will carry out the intent of this Ordinance. I~~ediately upon approval of such plans and spe- cifications, the commission shall return the plans and specifications to the Building Inspector. SECTION ~. That Section 6 of Chapter 3 of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance No. 225) be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. On receipt of an application for a permit, accompanied with the necessary documents, he shall examine them as to their compliance with the Building and Zoning Codes and report on same to the Building Committee. He shall deliver the plans and specifications to the Architectural Com- -2- mission for approval by said Commission and no permit for the erection or remodeling of any building or structure shall issue unless the plans and specifications have received the ap- proval of said Commission. The Building Committee after the approval of the Architectural Commission and after their exam- ination, will instruct the Superintendent of Buildings whether or not to issue the permit. SECTION 3. That Section 6.1 of Chapter 3 of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance No. 225), be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sectio~J?l. It shall be unlawful for any con- tractor or builder to construct more than two residential buildings of the same exterior design facing on the same street in anyone block of the Village. Two buildings of like exterior design when so constructed within anyone block may be so erected only when they are not too close to each other. SECTION 4. That SectiOJl 16.1 of Chapter 6 of the Mount Prospect Building COC8 of 1938 (Ordinance No. 225), be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the present provisions, , to read as follows: , ~""oY'y A single familYAdwelling shall contain and shall have a ground floor area of not less than 1200 squa.re feet; "00 square feet for a one and one-half story building and 675 square feet for a two story building. SECTION 5. That Section 23.1 of Chapter 9 of the Mount Prospect Building Code of 1938 (Ordinance No. 225), be anci the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 23.1. All garages to be constructed for use with an 'existing residential building must be located on the north side of such building. Such detached garages must be set back 70 feet from the lot ltne and shall not be closer than 2 feet to the dividing lot li.ne. Only attached garages shall be permitted on all new residential structures, or provislons made in the plans and specifications for the future con- struction of such attached garages. Attached gar- ages must be 30 feet back from the lot line and shall not be closer to the dividing lot line than 10% of the width of the lot. - -3- SECTION 6~ All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTlQ~-1~. 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 build- ing or structure in violat:i.on tbereof, shall be gullty of misde- h meanor punishable by a fine of not less than ~25.00 and not more than $200.00, and each day such violation is permitted to p.xist shall constitute a separate offense. ~C1ION 8. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law. PASSED: this 14th day of September, A.D. 1948. APPROVED: this 14th day of September, A.D. 1948. /3 /1 ~/) ,~ VJ. l~~-- President . , ATTEST: -"'~157.~Ar-:1/ ._~~. ~:~ ,<;, -.0_ / Acting Clerk ''''.~ ,. c ~JBLISHED in the MOUNT PROSPECT HERALD the~~~ day of September, A.D. 1948