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SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City ("City Council") finds that communicating tjmely information regarding (i) City laws, services and events, (ii) public service and public health and safety messages, and (iii) emergency notifications (collectively, "City Information") is an essential public purpose that advances the general health, welfare and safety of the citizens of the City, persons who work in the City, and persons who visit and travel through the City; and
WHEREAS, the City presently makes available on the City's website information regarding City laws, services and events, presently communicates public service and public health and safety messages through such means as the advertising panels included in the City's street furniture program, and presently transmits emergency notices to users of computers, smart-phones, and similar on-line and wireless devices, including by means of the AlertChicago and NotifyChicago programs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now finds that it is necessary and appropriate, given advances in technology, and as an extension and enhancement of such existing City communication efforts, for the City to establish a City-wide, coordinated digital signage network ("City Digital Network") on land and public way owned or controlled by the City to further advance the essential public purpose of communicating City Information, real-time, on either a City-wide or localized basis, to vehicular traffic traveling on expressways and toll roads, who may not otherwise have access to computers, smart-phones and similar on-line and wireless devices or who, under applicable law, may not lawfully use and operate such devices while driving; and
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