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ARTICLE 8
ARTICLE 8: VARIATION TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 674, GRANTED
BY ACTION OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD BOARD OF
TRUSTEES REGARDING 400 WEST LOCKPORT STREET.
Sec. 8--44: Variation of Sign Requirements for property at
400 West Lockport Street, owned by First Baptist
Church.
WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly advertised and held on
the proposed variation to allow variation from Chapter 8, Article
6 of said Village of Plainfield as hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of
Plainfield has heretofore filed a report of its acts and doings
in the premises and its recommendations that the petition
requesting a variance for the real estate hereinafter described
from the sign setback requirements under said Chapter 8, Article
5, entitled "An Ordinance Requiring Permits for Buildings,
Structures, and Uses, Dividing the Village into Districts,
Specifying Minimum Lot Sizes, Setbacks, and Side Yards,
Regulating the Bulk of Buildings Praviding for Appeals and
Imposing Penalties", be granted; and
WHEREAS, we believe that the sign requirements of said
Chapter 8, Article 6, place an undue hardship upon the owner of
said real estate; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Plainfield that the petition
requesting a variance from the sign requirements of said Chapter
8, Article 6, Section G-19 for the real estate hereinafter
described should be granted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF PLAINFIELD, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as
follows:
Sec. 8-44-1: Territory Described. That the Following tract of
land described, to-wit:
LOTS 1 AND 2, IN BLOCK 1, IN THE ORIGINAL TOWN
OF PLAINFIELD, ALSO THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE VACATED
ALLEY LYING SOUTH AND AD~]'OINING SAID LOTS 1 AND
2, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART CONVEYED TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS BY WARRANTY DEED
RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. R84-107081, IN WILL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
which said tract of land is now subject to the sign requirements
as established in Section 6-19 of said Chapter 8, Article 6, of
the Village of Plainfield, and is hereby exempted from the
requirements that limit signage to four feet in height and twenty
square feet in area, and is hereby granted a variance to allow
for a sign that is twenty-four square feet in area and five feet
overall height, with the following stipulations:
1. Said sign must be located so as not to cause an
impediment to traffic sight lines;
2. Said sign is to match the South building line of the
church;
3. Said sign shall be set back two feet from the sidewalk.
Sec. 8-44-2: Tf Part Invalid. The invalidity of any part or
section hereof shall not affect the validity of
the remainder hereof.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval, and publication as required by law.
This Ordinance shall be numbered as Ordinance No.1381
PASSED THIS 4th DAY OF November , x.991.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 0
APPROVED THIS 4th DAY OF Norcrember , 1991.