The State Department of Transportation has adopted statutes, rules and regulations for the control of outdoor advertising adjacent to primary and interstate highways. These include the Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971, ILCS Ch. 225, Act 440, § 1 as amended, and Part 522 of Title 92 of the Illinois Administrative Code, as amended. Any sign the construction, installation, maintenance, failure to maintain or failure to remove of which is in violation of those statutes, rules or regulations are also in violation of the code of ordinances of the village and are unlawful. The signs are also declared to be a nuisance. The person or persons liable for the violations shall be subject to fines, abatement of nuisance and such other remedies authorized by the code of ordinances or otherwise authorized by law.
(Ord. 06-05, passed 2-21-2006)