HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3061 10/21/1980 -10-80
ORDINANCE NO. 3061
AN ORDINANCE A~NDING THE SIGN
ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF
MOUNT PROSPECT
[EREAS, in an Annexation Agreement dated May .6, 1980 by
~d between the Village of Mount Prospect, an Illinois munici-
L1 corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Village"),
[erican National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, a national
~nking association, not individually, but solely as Trustee
~der a Trust Agreement dated February t0, 1979 and known as
:ust No. 45771 and the beneficiary thereof,. Northern Illinois
~s Company, an Illinois corporation (referred to hereinafter
a~ "NI-Gas") and the Rauenhorst Corporation, a Minnesota
c~rporation, the Village has agreed to amend the si~n regulation
oH the Municipal Code of the Village of Mount Prospect, Article
~ Chapter 9 of the Municipal Code, to include a definition of
.~entification signs in said Article, to permit identification
.gns in the I-1 Industrial Light District under the Village of
~unt Prospect Zoning Ordinance and to provide regulations for
ich signs; and
[EREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of
~ ~unt. Prospect find that it would be in the best interest of the
~ .lla~e to amend the sign provisions of Article IV of Chapter 9
c the Municipal Code of the Village of Mount prospect as 'set
rth hereinafter.
)W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
~USTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
FOLLOWS:
CTION ONE: Section 9.401B of Article IV of Chapter 9 of the-
[nicipal Code Of the Village of Mount Prospect be, and the
[me is hereby, amended by deleting therefrom the language
loard of Appeals of the Village" from said Section, and inserti:
~ its place the language, "President and Board of Trustees of
~e Village," so that said Section shall hereafter be and read
follows:
Section 9..401B. No person shall hereafter erect, Construct
relocate, structurally alter or maintain any sign', bill-
board or advertising device, as defined herein, on o~' over
public property without first having obtained priOr permis-
sion from the President and Board of Trustees of the Villag,
CTION TWO: Section 9.406 of Article IV of Chapter 9 of the
~ [nicipal Code of the Village of Mount Prospect be, and the same
; hereby, amended by adding thereBo in its proper alphabetical
~quence the following language:
"Identification Si~n. A sign ~iving the name and, if
desired, the address of a development consisting of a~
least five b6siness establishments and located on a lot
or lots of at least 20 acres. Such si~n may be'wholly
or partly devoted to a readily recognizable logo,
trademark or other identifying symbol."
EI FION THREE: Section 9.407H of'Artic!e IV of.Chapter 9 of the
Municipal Code of the Village of Mount Prospect be, and the same
is ]ereby, amended by renumbering and relettering the existing
~ut ~aragraphs of said Section to the following:
"Section 9..407H: Signs in Industrial District:
Within the I-1 Industrial District and the I-2 Railroad
District signs are permitted subject to the following
regulations:
The total surface of all business signs on a lot
shall not exceed four ~4) square feet for each
lineal foot of building frontage in the I-1 IndustrJ
District and two (2) square.feet for each lineal fo~
of building frontage in the I-2 Railroad District.
b. Advertising signs shall be permitted only upon unim-
proved lots in the I-1 District and shall not be pe~
mi tted in the I-2 District. Advertising signs, in t?
I-1 oistrict shal% be as regulated in the B-3
'~ Business District.
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c. Projecting signs provided the same do not project
more than thirty six inches (36") froTM any building
]'. Shall not extend over property line-. ·
Shall not exceed, the'sum of sixteen (16) square
feet.
d. The height provisions of the B-3 Business District
shali apply to.the industria~ district."
adding to said Section a new subsection 2 conta'ining the foi-
language: ~
"2. In the I-1 ~icht ' '
Industrial District identification sign
shall be permitted subject to the following:
a. Such signs shall be no more than twelve (12) 'feet in
height measured from the grade of the curb.
Such signs shall be no latter than 120 square
feet per sign face provided, however, that in
'any development which exceeds 120 acres, an
additional o~ne square.foot Der sign face shall '
be permitted fo~ each additional acre of such
development up~to-~aximum.of 30a square feet
'per's~gn~.
Such signs may be illuminated.directly or indirectl~
provided that the source of such illumination cann
be seen from any residence or residential area.
The .location of ground identification signs shall
be subject to the following:
Such signs shall be set back at least twelve
feet from each lot line of the property on
which such sign is located provided, however,
that such signs located on corner lots shall
not be located within a triangle formed by
conneh~ing the property lines of such corner
lot which abut any two right-of-way lines of
any intersecting streets. The length of the
triangle leg measured along such property lines
shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
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Such sign~ may be located in public right-of-
way if authorized by the President and Board
of Trustees provided, however, that no so such
sign shall be located in public right-of-way
if the President and Board of Trustees
determine that such sign would obstruct, impair
or interfere with traffic or sight of traffic
and further provided that the Village may
revoke any such authorization given pursuant to
this provision at any time and further provided
that the owner of such sign shall enter into
a release and indemnification agreement acceptabl~
to the Village Board and Village attorney prior
to the erection of any such sign which is
authorized."
said Section, shall hereafter be and r~d as fol!ow~:'
Section 9.407~. Signs in Industrial District:
Within ~he I-1 Industrial District and the I-2 Railroad
District signs are permitted subject to ~he following
~egulations:
The total surface of all business signs on a lot
shall not exceed four ~4) square feet for each
lineal foot of: building, frontage in theist-1 ~ndustrial--
District and two;(2)squar9 feet for each-lineal foot
of building'f~on~age'in the- I-2 Railroad District. ~=
Advertising'signs shall be permitted only upon unim-
proved lots in the-I-1 District and shall not be.per-
mitted: in the I~2 Dist,'let.. Advertising signs in the
I-1 District shall be as regulated in the B-3
Business District.-
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Projecting signs provided the same do not project
more than thirty six inches (36") from any building._
1. Shall not extend over property line.
2. Shall not exceed the stun of sixtten (16) square
-The ~eight provisions of the B-3 Business-DiStrict
· shall apply-to the industrial district-.
I~n,the I-1 Light Industrial District i'dentification signs ~
shall.be permitted subject to the following: .~.~-.
Such signs shall be no more thanTtwetve 6~2) feet in
height measured from the grade of the curb.
b. Such signs shall be no l~rger_than 120 square
feet per sign face provided, however.,.that in ~
any development which exceeds 120 acres, an
additional one square foot per sign face shall
be permitted for each additional acre of such
deyelopment up to a maximum of 300 square fee~
per sign face.
c. such signs may be illuminated d~ect!y or indirectly
provided that the source of such illumination cannot
~e seen from any residence or residential area.
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The location of ground identification signs shall
be subject to the following:
Such signs shall be set back at least twelve
feet from each lot line of the property on
which such sign is located provided, however,
that such signs located on corner lots shall
not be located within a triangle formed by
connecting the property lines of such corner
lot which abut any two right-of-way lines of
any intersecting 'streets. The length of the
triangle leg measured along such property
lines shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
Such signs may be located in public right-of-
way if authorized by the President and Board
of-Trustees provided, however, that no so such
sign shall be located in publi~ right-of-way
if the President and Board of Trustees determine
that such sign would obstruct, impair or
interfere with traffic or sight of traffic and
further provided that the Village may revoke
any such authorization given pursuant to this
provision at any time and further provided
that the owner of such sign shall.enter into a
release and indemnification agreement acceptable
to the Village Board and Village attorney prior
to the erection of any such sign-which is'
authorized."
ION FOUR: This Or~iganc- shall be ~n full force and effect
er its passage, approval and p.ublicati~n in the manni
~vided by law. .. ..
~sed this 7th day of October ; 1980.
:$: Farley, ~i0ros., Miller, Mu~auskis, Richardson$. Wattenberg.
!S: None
AB. iENT: None
Apl roved this 7th day of October , 1980.
· . Approved: ;
At
~Vi]~lage Presl~dent
- Village Clerk