For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AREA
That area lying between the project right-of-way limits and the platted street limits within which the Village, by concurrence in the establishment of the project right-of-way lines, will permit the state to enter to perform all necessary construction operations.
ENCROACHMENT
Any building, fence, sign, or any other structure or object of any kind (with the exception of utilities and public road signs) which is placed, located, or maintained in, on, under, or over any portion of the project right-of-way or the roadway right-of-way where no project right-of-way line has been established.
PERMISSIBLE ENCROACHMENT
Any existing awning, marquee, advertising sign, or similar overhanging structure supported from a building immediately adjacent to the limits of the platted street where there is a sidewalk extending to the building line and which does not impair the free and safe flow of traffic on the highway. The permissive retention of overhanging signs is not to be construed as being applicable to those signs supported from poles constructed outside the project right-of-way line and not confirmed by adjacent building.
PROJECT RIGHT-OF-WAY
Those areas within the project right-of-way lines established jointly by the Village, state and the Federal Highway Administration which will be free of encroachments except as hereinafter defined.
ROADWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY
Those areas existing or acquired by dedication or by fee simple for highway purposes; also, the areas acquired by temporary easement during the time the easement is in effect.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to erect or cause to be erected, to retain or cause to be retained, any encroachment, except as provided in § 95-43, within the limits of the project right-of-way or roadway right-of-way where no project right-of-way lines have been established.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
Project right-of-way lines may be established by the Board of Trustees from time to time by ordinance.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
Revocable permits may be issued by the Board of Trustees for the temporary retention of permissible encroachments as set forth in the permit. The permit will include a description of the encroachment, its location, and the property owner.