OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
July 28, 2011
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Transportation, I transmit herewith an ordinance amending Chapter 9-24 of the Municipal Code regarding pedestrian safety.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mayor
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION I. Sections 9-24-050 and 9-8-010 of the Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-24-050 Pedestrians in roadway to have right-of- way when.
When the movement of traffic is not controlled by traffic-control devices, a police officer or traffic control aide, the operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of- way, slowing down or stopping if need be so to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
9-8-010 Authorized - Compliance required.
(a) (1) Subject to subsection (a)(2), the commissioner of transportation and the executive director of emergency management and communications are hereby authorized to cause the placement, erection and maintenance of traffic-control devices as provided in the traffic code, as required to make effective the traffic ordinance of the city, and as necessary to guide and warn traffic. The commissioner of transportation and the executive director of emergency management and communications are also authorized to place and maintain temporary traffic-control devices as needed in connection with construction or special events or experimental devices for the purposes of an engineering study; provided, however, such devices shall not be maintained for longer than 180 days without city council approval. Upon the authorization of the commissioner of transportation or the executive director of emergency management and communications, the actual erection, placement and maintenance of any traffic-control device shall be performed by the appropriate city department or bureau. All traffic- control devices placed and maintained pursuant to the traffic code shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the State of Illinois Department of Transportation and shall so far as practicable be uniform as to type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state law or this Code shall be official traffic-control devices.
(2) Subject to Section 9-64-200, the director of revenue shall have the sole authority to cause or direct the placement, erection and maintenance of parking meters.
(3) In order to promote pedestrian safety, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to place or maintain temporary pedestrian safety awareness signs on the public ways of the city; provided, however, no such sign shall be placed or maintained on any traffic-control device or any traffic-control device pole. In determining the design, size, location and other features of such signs, the commissioner of transportation shall consider the effect that such signs may have on traffic safety and aesthetics.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION II. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.
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