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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1974-046-O-74A.. Introduced: 5-28-74 46-0-74 AN ORDINANCE Regulating Encroachment on the Public Right -of -Way in the City of Evanston Relating to Project 128-B.C.S. WHEREAS, the City of Evanston hereinafter known as "City" and the State of Illinois, acting by and through its Department of Transportation, have entered into an agreement relative to the improvement of the Central Street Bridge and approaches thereto at North Shore Sanitary District Canal, Project 128-B (C.S.); and, WHEREAS, in order to facilitate said improvement, it is necessary for the City to adopt an ordinance regulating encroach- ments 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; Project Right-of-Wav is defined as those areas within the project right-of-way lines established jointly by the City, County, State and Federal Highway Adminis- tration 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 ex- ception of utilities and public road signs), which, -is placed, located or maintained, in, on, under for over any portion of the project right-of-way or the roadway A L 46-0-74 -2- 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 lane 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 the 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 con- struction operations and; WHEREAS, representatives of the City, County, the State and the Federal Highway Administration, have by visual inspection, cooperatively established project right-of-way lines and have mutually determined the disposition of encroachments; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK 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 encroachment (herein above defined), except as provided in Section Three, within the limits T"', 46-0-74 3 0 -3- of the project right -of -way -or roadway right-of-way where no pro- ject right-of-way lines have been established. SECTION 2: Project right-of-way lines have been estab- lished at the following locations: The dedicated right-of-way of Central Street at.its crossing of the North Shore Sanitary District's Canal. SECTION 3: No revocable permits have been issued. SECTION 4: 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 ordin- ance unless in direct conflict therewith. SECTION 5: Any person, firm or corporation violating this ordinance shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) 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 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. Introduced M,a3, qR Adopted June 3 Attest: /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk , 1974 , 1974 Approved Tema+ � �a, � F.r'�oar ��a»naman Tr Mayor Approved as to form: —_6� anal , Corporation ouE Ysel 1974 x a