Chicago City Council April 21, 2021
Referred to Committee on License and Consumer Protection
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4-288-010 of the, Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-288-010 License - Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any crane, as defined in this chapter, on any construction, rehabilitation, repair or demolition project undertaken within the City of Chicago where a permit for 3uch work i3 required by thi3 Code without first having obtained a crane operator's license. It shall be unlawful to employ any person or to permit or direct any person on such a project to operate a crane as defined in this chapter unless such person holds a valid crane operator's license.
SECTION 2. Chapter 4-288-020 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-288-020 Definitions.
[Omitted text is unaffected by this Ordinance]
"Crane" means, except as provided for in Section 4-288-035. any power-operated mechanical hoisting equipment with a manufacturer'3 rated capacity of one ton (2,000 pounds) or more that lifts, lowers, rotates or moves a load horizontally or vertically with either a manufacturer's rated capacity of one-half (1/2) ton (1.000 pounds) or more or where such hoisting exceeds 15 feet or occurs more than 15 feet above ground level. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to: (1) articulating cranes, including knuckle-boom cranes used to deliver material onto a structure with or without a properly functioning automatic overload prevention device; (2) crawler cranes; (3) floating cranes; (4) cranes on barges; (5) locomotive cranes; (6) mobile cranes, such as wheel- mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck- mounted, and boom truck cranes; (7) multipurpose machines when config...
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