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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - O-79-182 - 04/16/1979 - REGULATING ENCROACHMENT IN PUBLIC ROWORDINANCE NO.0-79-182 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ENCROACHMENT ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN THE CITY OF McHENRY McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, the City of McHenry, 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 the intersection of Illinois Route 31, Illinois Route 120, and Front Street (F.A.P. Route 860, State Section (111&112)N-(78), City Section 79-00027-00-TL); 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 definitions: Roadway Right of Way is defined as those areas existing or acquired by dedication or by fee simple for highway purposes; also, the areas ac- quired by temporary easement during the time the easement is in effect; Project Right of Way is defined as those areas within the project right of way lines established jointly by the City, State, and the Federal Highway Administration which will be free of encroachments except as hereinafter defined; Encroachment is defined as any building, fence, sign or any other struc- ture 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, ad- vertising 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 confirmed by adjacent buildings; Construction Easement Area is defined as that area lying between the pro- ject 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, 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 McHenry, McHenry 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 (hereinabove defined), except as provided in Section 3, 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. There shall be no encroachments on project lines and right -of - way lines. SECTION 3. Revocable permits have been issued by the City of McHenry for the temporary retention of the following PERPIISSABLE ENCROACHMENTS (hereinabove defined): NOT APPLICABLE. 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 ordinance 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 com- mitted for each and every day during which a violation continues or exists. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be published two times within fourteen dlays after its passage in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city of McHenry, Illinois, and shall be in full force and effect after its passage, pub- lication and approval as provided by law. Passed and approved this 16th day of APRIL; 1979. Mayor ATTEST: •'jig �_ /i EXHIBIT D