G-44 - 03/12/1963 - STREETS - Ordinances JEB:KM 3-12-63 1 & 9 cc.
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19143
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING LOAD LIMITS
ON CERTAIN STREETS, ROADS AND PUBLIC
WAYS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF OAK BROOK,
DU PAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, there are certain streets , roads and public ways
within the Village of Oakbrook which are under the jurisdiction of
and maintained by the Village of Oakbrook; and
WHEREAS, it is found and determined by the President and
the Board of Trustees of the Village of Oakbrook that during the
late winter and spring season between the 15th day of February and
the 15th day of May such streets , roads and public ways are parti-
cularly susceptible to damage because of use by heavy vehicles ; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the public welfare, safety and
health it is deemed necessary to establish a gross limit to the
weight of vehicles using such streets, roads and public ways;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Oakbrook:
Section 1. That from and after the effective date of this
ordinance to and including the 15th day of May, 1963, and between
the 15th day of February and the 15th day of May of each year there-
after there is hereby established a gross weight limit of twenty
L thousand (20,000) pounds on all streets , roads and public ways within
the Village of Oakbrook which are under the jurisdiction of and
maintained by said Village of Oakbrook.
Section 2. That no person., firm or corporation shall operate,
maintain, or permit to be operated or maintained, any vehicle under
his control upon, over or across such streets , roads or public ways
upon which a limit has been established by this ordinance, the
gross weight of which, including load, if any, and vehicle, shall
exceed twenty 'thousand (20,000) pounds.
Section 3. The Village President of the Village of Oakbrook
is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the
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entrance to all such streets, roads or public ways an appropriate
sign posting the weight limits herein established during the
appropriate times of the year.
Section 4. No person, firm or corporation violating the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be
fined not less thnFive Dollars nor more than Two Hundred Dollars
for each such offense provided that no person, firm or corporation
shall be convicted for the violation of the terms of this ordinance
until the signs mentioned in Section 3 hereof shall have been
erected.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage and approval as in such
cases made and provided.
Passed and approved by the President and the Board of
Trustees of the Village of Oakbrook this day of e" - ,
1963.
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Attest : President
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Clerk
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C E R T I F I C A T E
Village Clerk
of the Village of Oak Brook, do hereby certify that I did
on the / day of , A. D. 19 6 ,
publish the above and foregoing ordinance, duly passed and
approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Oak Brook (being a municipality with less than
five hundred population in which no newspaper is published)
by posting a notice and copy of said ordinance in three
prominent places within the said municipality, to wit:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal of said Village this / ° day o£ - - ,
A.D. 196 .
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