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HomeMy WebLinkAboutG16-78 Ordinance No. G16-78 r AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ENCROACHMENT ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OF THE INTERSECTION OF DUNDEE AVENUE, SUMMIT STREET AND GIFFORD STREET IN THE CITY OF ELGIN, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, the City of Elgin hereinafter known as the City, and the State of Illinois, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, have entered into an Agreement relative to the improvement of intersection Dundee Avenue, Summit Street and Gifford Street (Illinois Route 58, FAP Route 557, State Section 1977-032-N, City Section 77-00107-00-SR) ; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate said improvement, it is necessary for the City to adopt an ordinance regulating encroachments on the right-of-way for said improvement in accordance with the following definition: Roadway Right-of-Way is defined as those areas existing or acquired by dedication or by fee simple for highway purposes; also, the areas acquired by temporary easement during the time the easement is in effect; Pro'ect Ri ht-of-Wa is defined as those areas within the project rig t-o -way ines established jointly by the City and State, which will be free of encroachments except as hereinafter defined; Encroachment is defined as any building, fence, sign or any other structure or object of any kind (with the exception of utilities and public road signs) , which is placed, located or maintained in, on, under or over any portion of the project right-of-way or the roadway right-of-way where no project right-of-way line has been established; Permissible Encroachment is defined as any existing awning, marquee, advertising sign or similar overhanging structure supported from a building immediately adjacent to the limits of the platted street where there is a sidewalk extending to the building line and which does not impair the free and safe flow of traffic on the highway; the permissive retention of overhanging signs is not to be construed as being applicable to those signs supported from poles constructed outside the project right-of-way line and not confined by adjacent buildings; Construction Easement Area is defined as that area lying between the project right-of-way limits and the platted street limits within which the City, by concurrence in the establishment of the project right-of-way lines, will permit the State to enter to perform all necessary construction operations; and WHEREAS, representatives of the City and the State have, by visual inspection, cooperatively established project right-of-way lines and have mutually determined the disposition of encroachments. r NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect or cause to be erected, to retain or cause to be retained, any encroach- ment (herein above defined) , within the limits of the project right of way or roadway right of way where no project right-of-way lines have been established. Section 2. This ordinance is intended to and shall be in addition to all other ordinances, rules and regulations concerning encroachments and shall not be construed as repealing or rescinding any other ordinance or part of any ordinance unless in direct conflict therewith. Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating this ordinance shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed for each and every day during which a violation continues or exists. Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. s/ Richard L. Verbic RicTiard L. Verbis, Mayor Presented: March 8 1978 Passed: March 8, 1978 Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0 Recorded: Published: Attest: s/ Marie Yearman Marie Yearman, City Clerk °z: