HomeMy WebLinkAboutG19-86 Ordinance No. G19-86
AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING BANNERS UPON OR OVER PUBLIC STREETS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section I. That there is hereby added to the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as
amended, the following:
"1 3.28 Banners
13.18.010 License--Required
No person, firm, corporation or organization shall place, erect, con-
struct or maintain any decorative banner, flag, emblem, bunting or other
similar device upon or over any public street.
13.18.020 License--Application
A. Any person, firm, corporation or organization desiring to place
any decorative banner, flag, emblem, bunting or other similar device upon
or over any public street for any festival, spectacle, play, show or other
event of a general civic and public nature shall make application to the
Director of Public Works, upon a form supplied by him, stating the name of
401/k the person, firm, corporation or organization sponsoring the event, the
location where such device or devices are to be installed and the proposed
dates during which such devices shall remain upon or over any public street
in the City of Elgin.
B. Applications must be submitted not less than thirty days in
advance and banners shall be delivered to the Director of Public Works for
placement as provided herein.
13.18.030 Location
Banners over public streets shall be permitted only at the following
locations:
A. Across Chicago Street between Grove Avenue and Riverside
Drive;
B. Across Highland Avenue between Grove Avenue and Douglas
Avenue;
C. Along the north side of Wing Street at the intersection with
McLean Boulevard.
13.18.040 Standards for Banners
4111)
Banners to be placed over public streets shall meet the following
standards:
A. Across Chicago Street, rope length shall be not less than 75 feet
and banner length shall not exceed 60 feet;
B. Across Highland Avenue, rope length shall be not less than 67
feet and banner length shall not exceed 50 feet;
C. Across Wing Street and McLean Boulevard, rope length shall be
not less than 52 feet and banner length shall not exceed 40 feet."
Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage in the manner provided by law.
s/ Richard L. Verbic
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: March 10, 1986
Passed: March 10, 1986
Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk