Record #: O2013-6159   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/11/2013 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
Final action: 10/16/2013
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 13-12-125 by requiring vacant building owners to file registration statements with Department of Buildings
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm, Thompson, JoAnn
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 12 Enforcement of Building, Electrical & Fire Regulations
Attachments: 1. O2013-6159.pdf
ORDINANCE
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
 
SECTION 1. Section 13-12-125 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
 
13-12-125 Vacant buildings - Owner required to act - Enforcement authority.
  1. (1)     The owner of any building that has.become vacant shall within 30 days after the building becomes vacant or within 30 days after assuming ownership of the building, whichever is later, file a registration statement for each such building with the department of buildings on forms provided by that department for such purposes.
 
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
  1. The owner of any building that has become vacant, and any person maintaining, operating or collecting rent for any building that has become vacant, shall^ within 30 days, do the following:
  1. immediately enclose and secure the building as provided in Section 13-12-135 of this Code; and
  2. within 30 days after the building becomes vacant or within 30 days after assuming ownership of the building, whichever is later, post a sign affixed to the building indicating (i) the building's vacant building registration number; and (H) the name, address and telephone number of the building owner and the owner's authorized agent for the purpose of service of process^-The; and name, address and telephone number of a (iii) if the person responsible for day-to-day supervision and management of the building, if such person is different from the owner holding title to the building or from the owner's authorized agent, the name, address and telephone number of such person shall be indicated on the sign as wett. The sign shall be of a sizei and shall be placed in such a location so as to be legible from the nearest public street or sidewalk, whichever is nearer; and
  3. maintain the building in a secure and closed conditio^ and maintain the sign required under subsection (b)(2), until the building is again occupied or demolished or until repair or completion of the building has been undertaken in accordance with the building code.
 
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
 
(f)      A rebuttable presumption shall exist that a building has been vacant for more than 30 days if:
 
  1. the building is vacant and has not been secured in accordance with the building security standards set forth in subsection (d) of Section 13-12-135; or
  2. the building is vacant and more than one window, door or other opening, in any combination, is boarded up and (T) the yard contains grass or weeds more than ten inches in height, or (ii) the yard contains an accumulation of junk and debris, or (iii) snow and ice have not been removed from the walk leading to the building's main entrance and/or from the public sidewalk adjoining such building in the manner and within the period of time provided in Section 10-8-180.
 
 
 
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take full force and effect upon its passage and approval.
 
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CITY COUNCIL
City of Chicago
 
COMMITTEE on ZONING,
LANDMARKS AND BUILDING STANDARDS
City Hall, Room 304 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
 
 
 
OCTOBER 16,2013
 
 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ZONING, LANDMARKS, AND
      BUILDING STANDARDS
 
 
PRESENTING A SERIES OF REPORTS FOR YOUR COMMITTEE ON ZONING, LANDMARKS AND BUILDING STANDARDS WHICH HELD A MEETING ON OCTOBER 10, 2013.
 
THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES WERE PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT
 
PAGE 1 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT CONTAINS MAYORAL APPLICATION # 161 APPOINTING JOSE G MALDONADO AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30,2014.
 
PAGE 1 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS MAYORAL APPLICATION # 162 REGARDING VACANT BUILDINGS.
 
PAGES 1 THROUGH 12 CONTAINS APPLICATIONS FOR VARIOUS MAP AMENDMENTS.
 
PAGES 12 THROUGH 13 CONTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR LARGE BUSINESS SIGNS, SUBSTITUTED BUSINESS ID SIGNS, AND OFF PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS.
 
 
CITY COUNCIL
City of Chicago
 
COMMITTEE on ZONING,
LANDMARKS AND BUILDING STANDARDS
City Hall, Room 304 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
 
 
 
 
 
PAGE 13 ALSO CONTAINS ONE FEE WAIVER FOR A HISTORICAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
 
I HEREBY MOVE PASSAGE OF THESE ITEMS BY THE LAST MOST FAVORABLE VOTE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT AND THE ASSOCIATED MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
 
 
Respectfully submitte
 
Daniel S. Solis Alderman, 25th Ward
 
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
 
 
September 11,2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
At the request of the Building Commissioner and the Corporation Counsel, I transmit herewith, together with Alderman Thompson, an ordinance amending Chapter 13-12 of the Municipal Code regarding vacant buildings.
 
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
 
Mayor
 
Very truly yours,