Record #: O2011-991   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 2/9/2011 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Final action: 3/9/2011
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 10-28 to further regulate sidewalk cafes
Sponsors: Daley, Richard M.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 10 - Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports & Harbors - Ch. 28 Structures On & Under Public Ways
Attachments: 1. O2011-991.pdf

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RICHARD M. DALEY
MAYOR
February 9, 2011
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, 1 transmit herewith an ordinance amending Chapter 10-28 of the Municipal Code regarding sidewalk cafes.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION I. Chapter 10-28 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
10-28-800 Definitions.
Wherever used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(A) "Alcoholic beverages" means and includes alcohol, spirits, wine and beer.
(B) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection."
(C) "Department" means the department of business affairs and consumer protection of the City of Chicago.
(D) "Food" means any raw, cooked or processed edible substance or ingredient, used or intended for use in whole or in part for human consumption, and shall include nonalcoholic beverages allowed to be sold in accordance with this article, but shall not include alcoholic beverages.
(E) "Indoor retail market" means any building under common ownership or management containing a group of commercial establishments which offer a variety of retail, restaurant or service uses and in which at least two of the establishments hold a valid retail food establishment license.
f£)(F) "Person" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 1-4-090(e) of the code.
(F) (G) "Sidewalk cafe" means a portion of an immobile retail food establishment or an indoor retail market located on a public right-of-way, whether directly adjacent to, or in close proximity to, the retail food establishment or the indoor retail market.
10-28-805 Permit required for sidewalk cafe.
A permit, whic...

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