Chapter 5.56
GARAGE – PUBLIC
Sections:
5.56.040 Building regulations.
5.56.050 Location restrictions.
5.56.060 Changing identification marks.
5.56.010 License required.
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain a public garage in the village without having first obtained a license therefor as is provided in this chapter.
5.56.020 Application.
Applications for such licenses shall be made in writing to the village clerk and shall state the location of the garage and the number of cars which can be accommodated therein. The annual fee for such licenses shall be one hundred fifty dollars for the first two thousand square feet of floor area and twenty-five dollars for each additional one thousand square feet or fraction thereof, but in no event shall the fee exceed five hundred dollars. No license shall be issued until the fee is paid. (Ord. 2002-07 § 28, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 26, 1989)
5.56.030 Smoking.
It is unlawful for any person to smoke or light a cigarette, cigar or pipe in any public garage.
5.56.040 Building regulations.
It is unlawful to maintain or operate any public garage in a frame building, or in any building or structure used for school, church or theater purposes, or in any building which does not conform to the requirements of the building ordinances. The premises of every garage must be kept clean and free from flammable wastes.
5.56.050 Location restrictions.
It is unlawful to operate, maintain or conduct a public garage within three hundred feet of any church, school or hospital in the village.
5.56.060 Changing identification marks.
It is unlawful for any person to change the identification marks on the engine of any car or automobile in any public garage. It is unlawful to change the license tags on such excepting in accordance with the register of motor vehicles kept by the Secretary of the State of Illinois.
5.56.070 Inspections.
It shall be the duty of the fire chief to make or cause to be made such inspections of public garages as may be necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Any police officer shall be permitted at any reasonable time to view every car stored or kept in any public garage, and it is unlawful to hinder any such inspection or to conceal any motorcar or motor vehicle from such inspection.