Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2012-7230

• Record #: SO2012-7230
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/31/2012
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 2/13/2013
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 8 regarding drinking, intoxication and other prohibited activities in public way in conjunction with parades
• Sponsors: O'Shea, Matthew J.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 8 - Offenses Affecting Public Peace, Morals & Welfare - Ch. 16 Offenses By or Against Minors, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 8 - Offenses Affecting Public Peace, Morals & Welfare - Ch. 4 Public Peace & Welfare

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
2/28/2013		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
2/13/2013	46841	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
2/7/2013		Committee on Public Safety	Recommended to Pass	Pass
1/10/2013		Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee	Pass
10/31/2012	38754	City Council	Referred

SUBSTIILJIE ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, Chicago is home to a number of colorful and inspirational parades that celebrate the values, beliefs and heritages of the communities of the city, and several other traditional and non-traditional parades; and

WHEREAS, Ensuring a safe environment for all parades and surrounding neighborhoods, among other things, requires adopting and implementing laws that would help to deter or reduce unlawful acts that commonly happen near parade routes; and
WHEREAS, Enhancing the penalties for violations of the provisions of the Municipal Code of Chicago that prohibit drinking on the public ways, intoxication, and public urination or defecation, when such offenses occur within 800 feet of a parade route closed to traffic, would advance the objective of promoting safe and orderly parades and neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Chicago recognizes the need for the urgent adoption and implementation of this ordinance so that parades that will happen in the near future, including the South Side Irish Saint Patrick's Day Parade, which is scheduled to take place on March 10, 2013, will be safe and orderly; and

WHEREAS, Because of its urgency, and in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/1-2-4, this ordinance will take effect upon its passage and approval; now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Sections 8-4-030, 8-16-050 and 8-4-081 of the Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
8-4-030 Drinking in public ways.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drink any alcoholic liquor as defined by law on any public way or in or about any motor vehicle upon a public way in the city. This section shall not apply to portions of the public way occupied by a sidewalk cafe permitted pursuant to Chapter 10-28 of the municipal code which is properly licensed to sell alcoholic liquor, or to any portion of the pu...