[Adopted 11-10-1997 by L.L. No. 13-1997]
The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport declares
and finds it to be in the public interest to provide for the regulation of
the installation and maintenance of security gates within the Incorporated
Village of Freeport in accordance with the aesthetic character of the area
and to preserve safety and property values throughout the business district
of the Village.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meaning
indicated:
BUSINESS DISTRICTS
Areas located wholly or partly within the following use districts, as defined in Chapter
210, Zoning, of this Code:
K.
Planned Unit Development District — Medium Density.
SECURITY GATE
A barrier, screen or cover located behind a door, window or other
opening used for purposes of securing premises by preventing access or blocking
passage to the interior of the premises but which enables the viewing of the
interior of the premises from outside the premises.
The fee for a permit for the erection, alteration or maintenance of
a security gate shall be at the level fixed from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees. Said fee shall be submitted at the time the application
is presented to the Superintendent of Buildings.
For each and every violation of the provisions of this article, the
owner, tenant, general agent or contractor of a building or premises where
such violation has been committed or shall exist and the lessee or tenant
of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed
or shall exist and the owner, general agent, contractor, lessee or tenant
of any part of a building or premises in which part such violation has been
committed or shall exist and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor
or any person who knowingly commits, takes part in, allows or assists in any
violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation
shall exist shall be guilty of a violation against this article, which violation
shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both. Each day's continued violation shall
constitute a separate and distinct additional violation.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Buildings, and he is hereby
given the power and authority, to enforce the provisions of this article.
In the event that any section or provision of this chapter is declared
to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the chapter
as a whole or any part thereof shall not be affected thereby.