G52-05 CITY OF ELGIN
ORDINANCE NO. G52-05
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 11.60 ENTITLED "STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING"
OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED
PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN
ON THIS 25th DAY OF MAY 2005
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Published in pamphlet form by authority of the City
Council of the City of Elgin, Kane and Cook
Counties, Illinois, on this
27th day of May 2005.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF KANE )
CERTIFICATE
I, Dolonna Mecum, certify that I am the duly appointed and acting municipal clerk
of the City of Elgin, Cook and Kane Counties, Illinois.
I further certify that on May 25, 2005, the Corporate Authorities of such
municipality passed and approved Ordinance No. G52-05, which provided by its terms that it
should be published in pamphlet form.
The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. G52-05, including the Ordinance and a
cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was posted in the municipal
building commencing on May 27, 2005, and continuing for at least ten days thereafter. Copies of
such Ordinance were also available for public inspection upon request in the office of the
municipal clerk.
DATED at Elgin, Illinois, on May 27, 2005
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Municipal Clerk
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�►'� Ordinance No. G52-05
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 11.60
OF THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING"
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Chapter 11.60 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled
"Stopping, Standing and Parking," be and is hereby amended by amending subparagraph A of
Section 11.60.065, entitled, "Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited on Private Property," to
read as follows:
By written agreement with the city pursuant to section 11-209 or 11-209.1 of the Illinois
vehicle code, as amended, the following regulations are established for the private
properties described below:
A. Fire Lanes: Fire lanes are established on the private property described below
subject to compliance with the regulations set forth in this section:
1. The property owner shall erect, install and maintain not less than two (2)
appropriate signs designating the fire lane. Such signs shall be erected at each
endpoint of the fire lane and, when applicable, such signs shall also be erected
every fifty(50) feet within the fire lane. Each sign shall be designed in the
following manner:_
a. The surface area of the sign shall measure eighteen(18) inches in
height and twelve (12) inches in width;
b. The words "NO PARKING" shall be printed with uppercase
lettering measuring not less than two (2) inches in height and positioned
within the upper six (6) inches of the sign. The word "NO"shall be
printed with reflective white lettering on a reflective red background and
the word"PARKING" shall be printed in reflective red lettering on a
reflective white background;
d. The words "FIRE LANE"shall be printed with black uppercase
lettering measuring not less than two (2) inches in height and positioned
within the middle six (6) inches of the sign on a reflective white
background.
e. The words "TOW AWAY ZONE" shall be printed with reflective
red uppercase lettering measuring not less than two (2) inches in height
elk and positioned within the bottom six (6) inches of the sign.
2. The property owner shall demarcate the fire lane with red paint that has been
approved by the fire marshal on the street curbing located within the fire lane. In
those instances where fire lane curbing is present in the fire lane or where there is
no street curbing on the portion of the street located within the fire lane, the fire
lane curbing or the perimeter edge of the street surface located within the fire
lane, as the case may be, shall be painted bright red with such paint being subject
to the approval of the fire marshal. The property owner shall maintain the painted
areas demarcating the fire lane in a clear and legible condition.
3. Fire lanes shall have minimum width of eighteen(18) feet.
4. The standing or parking of any vehicle in such a manner so as to block or
obstruct any such designated fire lane shall be prohibited.
5. The city,pursuant to said written agreement, is authorized and empowered to
cause vehicles violating the prohibitions of said written agreement to be ticketed,
removed, towed and stored pending payment by the vehicle's registered owner for
the costs of removing, towing and storing such vehicle.
6. Designated fire lanes:
a. Plymouth Lane within the Tyler Towers Condominium Complex;
elk b. The campus of Elgin Community College;
c. Within the Poplar Creek subdivision on Spruce Lane, Spruce Court,
Hemlock Lane, Hemlock Court, Apple Lane, Peach Tree Lane, Peach Tree Court;
d. Within the Huntington Park subdivision on the east side of Spruce Lane,
the south side of Rosemont Lane, and the west side of Apple Lane from Peach
Tree Lane to Spruce Lane;
e. The grounds of St. Joseph Hospital;
f. Within the Tyler Creek Plaza Shopping Center parking lot located at the
northeast corner of Big Timber and McLean Boulevard;
g. Upon property owned by the Elgin housing authority;
h. The grounds of Sherman Hospital;
i. Garden Quarter Complex;
j. Sandy Creek Condominium Complex;
k. Waverly Commons Condominium Complex;
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1. Regency South Condominium Complex;
m. Elgin Bethesda Church of God in Christ;
n. Within the parking lot of the Jewel/Osco located at 1660 Larkin Avenue
immediately south and adjacent to the store;
o. Within the parking lot of the Jewel/Osco located at 1040 Summit Street
immediately south and adjacent to the store.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and
publication in the manner provided by law.
e° chock, Mayor
Presented: May 25, 2005
Passed: May 25, 2005
Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 7 Nays: 0
Recorded: May 26, 2005
Published: May 27, 2005
Attest:A
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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