(A) Surfacing, construction and improvement required: All driveways, access roads, streets, aisles and alleys, as defined and stated in §§ 159.004, 159.140 and other applicable sections of the village code, including the Building Code and the Zoning Ordinance and Official Plan, installed and/or located in the Commercial Retail Sales, Light Industry Fabrication and/or Heavy Industry Manufacturing Zoning Districts, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance and Official Plan of the village, as amended, and shall be installed, constructed, improved and surfaced with a waterproof, watertight and moisture-unpenetrable type material consisting of asphalt, bituminous concrete, concrete or bituminous-sealed penetrated macadam, or a combination thereof, and of a design and further construction in accordance with the applicable provisions and requirements of the State of Illinois Standard Specifications and the Village of Crestwood Standard Construction Detail Sheet.
(B) Time of installation; extensions.
(1) All driveways, access roads, streets, aisles and alleys required pursuant to division (A) above shall be constructed and completed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy and prior to the occupancy of any commercial, light industrial and/or heavy industrial building.
(2) Upon written request by the property owner to the Building Commissioner, accompanied by a cash escrow of an amount equal to the estimated construction and installation cost of the driveway, access road, street, aisle and/or alley, as certified and verified by a written statement by a professional engineer licensed by the state, which statement shall be provided by the property owner at the time of the aforesaid written request, the Building Commissioner may extend the time for installation and construction of the driveway by reason of adverse weather conditions at the time of the required installation and/or by reason of construction strikes or work delays and/or by reason of the lack of current availability of the aforesaid surfacing materials to a date not more than 180 days from the date of issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The written request and cash deposit shall:
(a) Provide that the amount deposited shall be returned to the depositor upon proper construction and installation of the aforesaid driveway, access road, street, aisle and/or alley; and
(b) In the event of the failure of the property owner and/or occupant to properly complete the driveway, access road, street, aisle and/or alley installation within the time extended, the amount deposited shall be forfeited to the general corporate account of the village.
(C) Application of other provisions. The provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and Official Plan of the village and all other applicable sections of the village code shall also apply to the necessity for construction of driveways, access roads, streets, aisles and/or alleys in the Commercial Retail Sales District, Light Industry Fabrication District and Heavy Industry Manufacturing District.
(D) Use of paver brick in Commercial and Light Industrial areas.
(1) The village’s Building Code in the commercial and light industrial areas shall be amended to provide that Paver Brick shall be installed on all properties fronting on state highways in the area between the sidewalk and curb area, or if no sidewalks exist, in the parkway area, upon new construction or renovation of any property requiring a building permit.
(2) PAVER BRICK shall be defined as pressed concrete or brick paving units of 4.52 inches in width and 6.77 inches in length, of a red cast or hue, of a thickness of 2.75 inches or more.
(3) No special use permit, building permit or other variation shall be granted to a property owner, tenant or other person for any property fronting on such state highway, unless a condition of such variation or special use permit shall further require the installation of paver brick.
(E) Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy any commercial, light industrial or heavy industrial building prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, and each day on which any of the buildings is occupied prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall be a separate and distinct violation.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-2) (Ord. 599, passed 4-15-1976; Ord. 1457, passed 7-20-1995) Penalty, see § 150.99