O-58-3577
ORDINANCE 0 -58-35
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION III AND XVII OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF 1953
OF THE VILLAGG OF DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS, BY ADDING TO SECTION Ill; DEFINITIONS
OF "ADVERTISING DEVICE" AND "LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY" AND BY ADDING TO SECTION
XVII - B AN ADDITIONAL SUBSECTION NUMBER 5 ENTITLED "ADVERTISING DEVICE NEAR
LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY".
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield heretofore
duly filed with the Plan Commission, a request that the Zoning Ordinance of
1953 of the Village of Deerfield, as amended, be further amended by adding
to Section III, definitions of "Advertising Device" and "limited Access High-
way", and by adding to Section XVII - B, an additional subsection number 5
entitled "Advertising Device Near Limited Access Highway; and
WHEREAS, said request was heard at a public hearing held by the Plan
Commission on June 12, 1958, at which all persons interested were given an
opportunity to be heard, due notice of the time and place of such hearing
and of the changes proposed to be made in said Zoning Ordinance, having been
duly published on May 15, 1958 in the Deerfield Review, a newspaper with general
circulation within the Village of Deerfield, all as required by law; and
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WHEREAS, said Plan Commission has filed its report in writing with the
President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield, recommending said
amendments to Section III and XVII, as aforesaid; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield
find that the proposed amendment is desirable and will not impair public health,
comfort, morals and welfare of the inhabitants of the Village, and will tend to
eliminate a possible hazard to the safe and efficient operation of vehicles upon
limited access highways within the Village; said President and Board of Trustees
hereby adopt the findings contained in said report as aforesaid.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD:
Section 1. That Section III and Section XVII of th4 Zoning Ordinance of
1953 of the Village of Deerfield, as amended, be and said sections are amended
by adding to Section III, in alphabetical order, definitions of "Advertising
Device" and "Limited Access Highway ", and by adding to Section XVII - B, an
additional subsection 5, entitled "Advertising Device Near Limited Access High-
way", as follows:
"III. Definitions:
Advertising Device: Any sign, billboard, poster, notice, display,
or any other device used for advertising purposes or intended to
attract, or which does attract, the attention of operators of motor
vehicles on a limited access highway including any structure,
erected or used in connection with the display of any such device and
all 1ighti�ng or other attachments used in connection therewith; but
not signs advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they
are located, or advertising the activities being conducted upon
the property upon which they are located, or official signs erected
within the right -of -way lines by the agency having jurisdiction
over the limited access highway for traffic regulatory or informa-
tional purposes.
Limited Access Highway: A public highway or street, including a
toll highway; designed for through traffic and to, from or over
which owners of or persons having interest in abutting property or
other persons have no right or easement, or only limited right C.'
of easement, of access, crossing, light, air, or view by.reason of
the fact that said property abuts upon such highwat o:r street, or for
any other reason."
XVII - B - Signs
"5. Advertising Device Near Limited Access Highway: No advertising
device shall be erected, constructed, relocated or maintained within
three hundred feet (3009 of a limited access highway:
(a) If such advertising device is designed to' have or has
the advertising thereon maintained primarily to be viewed
from a limited access highway; or
(b) If such advertising device, because of its location,
size, nature or type, constitutes or tends to constitute a
hazard to the safe and efficient operation of vehicles upon
a limited access highway, or creates a condition which en-
dangers the safety or property thereof."
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval and due publication according to law.
PASSED: This 13th day of August, 1958.
APPROVED-
Vi" "age Pres' ent
ATTEST:
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Village Clerk
PUBLISHED: August 21, 1958
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