AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3107
SIGNS
A. Subsection 3107.1 General:
Add sentence: If the work authorized under a permit has not been completed within ninety (90) days after the date of issuance, the permit shall become null and void.
B. Subsection 3107.2 Permit Revocation
3107.2 Revocation of Permit: All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this Chapter, or any amendment thereto are mere licenses revocable at any time by the President and Board of Trustees, and all such permits shall contain this provision.
The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke any permit issued under the provisions of this Chapter upon failure of the holder thereof to comply with any provision of this Chapter.
C. Subsection 3107.3 Removal
3107.3 Removal of Certain Signs: If the owner of a sign shall discontinue business at the place where the sign is located, such sign shall be taken down at the expense of the sign owner or property owner within thirty (30) days after such discontinuance of business. Such sign shall not be erected elsewhere unless a permit is issued, pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, for the new installation.
Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises a bona fide business conducted, or a product sold, shall be taken down and removed by the owner, agent or person having the beneficial use of the building or structure upon which sign may be found within thirty (30) days after written notification from the Administrator, and upon failure to comply with such notice within the time specified in such order, the Administrator is hereby authorized to cause removal of such sign, and any expense incident thereto shall be paid by the owner of the building or structure to which such sign is attached.
D. Subsection 3107.4 Filing
3107.4 Filing: Every person filing an application as provided in this Chapter relative to the erection, alteration, change, repair, relocation or removal of a sign that is to extend over any Village street, easement or right of way, or for any sign to be placed on any Village street, easement or right of way shall, before the permit is granted, file with the Administrator or his authorized representative, a continuing bond in a sum of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) executed by the applicant and a surety company to be approved by the Village and conditioned for the faithful observance of the provisions of this Chapter and all amendments thereto and of all laws and ordinances of the Village relating to signs and which shall indemnify and save harmless the Village from any and all damages, judgments, costs or expenses which the Village may incur or suffer by reason of granting of said permit, which bond shall be in a form satisfactory to the Village Attorney. The Administrator or his authorized representative shall, for each sign erected, determine the amount of the bond or certificate of insurance necessary to indemnify and hold the Village harmless based on the location, type of sign and the liability that may result from the hazard created by the sign in question. A liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this State conforming to this Section may be permitted in lieu of a bond.
E. Subsection 3107.5 Electrical
3107.5 Electrical: Portable signs shall not be illuminated.
(Ord. 2015-11, 5-21-2015; amd. Ord. 2021-18, 10-21-2021)