O-43-98 05/11/98VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO. —/-/3— 1f
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
TITLE 8, "HEALTH AND SAFETY" BY ADDING
SECTION 8.33 "OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS"
TO THE VILLAGE CODE OF LEMONT, ILLINOIS
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This // day of
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village
of Lemont, Cook, Will and DuPage
Counties, Illinois, this // day
of 724?._ , 1998.
, 1998.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
TITLE 8, "HEALTH AND SAFETY" BY ADDING
SECTION 8.33 "OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS"
TO THE VILLAGE CODE OF LEMONT, ILLINOIS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Cook, Will and DuPage Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
That Title 8, "Health and Safety" be amended by adding Section 8.33,
"Outdoor Storage of Materials" to read as follows:
8.33: OUTDOOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS:
(A) The storage of combustible or explosive materials
within the Village limits is hereby regulated in
accordance with the terms of this Ordinance.
(B)
Unless otherwise allowed under this
Ordinance, the outdoor storage of combustible
material is hereby regulated as follows:
1. No stockpile of combustible
materials shall exceed 1 foot in height per
4,000 square feet of lot area, with a
maximum height of fifty (50) feet.
2. No stockpile or stockpiles
shall collectively exceed a land coverage
ratio of 50% of the land area allocated to a
particular lessee or owner of the land as
applicable.
3. No stockpile may be located
closer than 20 feet to a property line or
public or private roadway.
4. Multiple stockpiles shall be
separated by an aisle at least 20 foot wide
that is passable by motor vehicles or
emergency equipment. When required by
the Village to avoid stockpile spillover onto
access aisles and adjacent properties,
stockpiles shall have containment devices
installed.
5. No stockpile shall be located
closer than 500 feet to a residential use or
residential or public land zoning district.
(C) This section does not prohibit the storage and
maintenance on a continuing basis of an outdoor commercial
stockpile of mulch and similar lumber products for resale provided
that:
(D)
(E)
1. All regulations in paragraph
(B) above are met.
2. The operator of such
stockpile shall monitor it with temperature
probes reaching the interior of the stockpile.
3. The stockpile shall be rotated
on a regular basis, not less than bimonthly.
4. There shall be two (2) water
pumps on site with hoses reaching the entire
stockpile and with access to freely available
water sufficient to wet down the entire
stockpile.
5. The operator of such
stockpile shall maintain working fire
extinguishers on all of such operator's major
equipment operating on or near such
stockpile.
6. The operator of such
stockpile shall be in compliance with
National Fire Protection Association Code
Section 46 (NFPA) in all material respects.
Combustible materials include paper, lumber, boxes,
trash, refuse, auto fluff, auto shredder residue,
timber, coal, mulch and similar materials that are
burnable at ordinary incinerator temperatures.
This section shall not prohibit the outdoor storage in
a residential district for not more than one year of
lumber, firewood or other materials for consumption
on the premises where stored provided that the
amount of such materials does not exceed 10 cubic
yards and 8 feet in height.
SECTION 2
That the penalty clause adopted for the enforcement of this ordinance is
Section 1.28.010 which reads as follows:
1.28.010 PENALTY: Pursuant to Chapter 65 ILCS, Illinois Compiled
Statutes, 5/1 -2 -1, a violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be a
misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Seven Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($750.00) or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six
months or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3
If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be held
invalid, the invalidity thereof shall not affect any of the other provisions of this
ordinance.
SECTION 4
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith.
SECTION 5
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on June 1, 1998, after
passage, approval and publication. This ordinance is authorized to be published in
pamphlet form. Any materials presently being stored in violation of this ordinance
shall be removed on or before December 1, 1998.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and the
same are hereby repealed.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL
AND DUPAGE, ILLINOIS, on this // day of
Barbara Buschman
Keith Latz
Connie Markiewicz
Rick Rimbo
Ralph Schobert
Mary Studebaker
AYES NAYS
PASSED
pproved by me this 1/ day of
, 1998.
ABSEE17
ENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
IfirriirAv NES 1, Village President
Attest:
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
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, 1998.