S-878 Ordinance No. S-878
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SPECIAL ORDINANCE
PERMITTING INSTALLATION OF A SIGNBOARD PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE V OF THE CITY CODE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager has received a request from Holiday
Inn and Willow Lake Estates, both of which are adjacent to the Northwest
Tollway on the West side of the Fox River, to erect a signboard East of
State Route 31 on Frontage Road, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds:
1. The location of such proposed billboard or signboard
is substantially adjacent to State Route 31.
2. That said proposed billboard or signboard is for
directional and informational purposes and serves the...
public convenience.
3. That the proposed construction of the billboard or
signboard will not be detrimental to the public welfare,
injurious to other property or improvements, or substan-
tially diminish or impair the property values within the
surrounding neighborhood.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Holiday Inn and Willow Lake Estates be, and they
hereby are, given permission to erect a signboard on the South side of
Frontage Road East of State Route 31, at the North entrance tx Judson
College subject to the following express conditions, to-wit:
(a) Said signboard shall be no more than 10 x 24 feet in
size and shall consist of a V-shaped construction (two
faces), illuminated with fluorscent light.
(b) That said signboard shall provide directional and
other information relating to Holiday Inn and Willow
Lake Estates.
(c) That said signboard shall be constructed and main-
tained in strict accordance with plans and specifications
heretofore submitted and filed in the office of Engineering
and Inspection of the City of Elgin.
Section 2. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be construed
to grant a vested right to maintain and erect a signboard at the
proposed location,and the City Council reserves the right to revoke said
permission at any time that it deems such revocation is in the public
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interests.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts thereof in conflict here-
with be, and the same hereby are, revoked and of no further force and
effect.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage as provided by law and shall be published in
pamphlet form by authority of the City Council.
E. C. Alft, Mayor
Presented: September 13, 1967
Passed: September 13 , 1967
Vote: Yeas 5 Nays 0
Recorded: September 13 , 1967
Phba.ished: September 13 , 1967
Attest: 411)
Margaret A. Shales, City Clerk
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