Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2019-285(5)

• Record #: SO2019-285(5)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 1/23/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics
• Final action: 4/10/2019
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 10-20-415 and 13-32-030 regarding aldermanic notice requirements for driveway permit applications and building permits
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 10 - Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports & Harbors, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 32 Building Permits

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/10/2019	98813	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/8/2019		Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics	Recommended to Pass
4/8/2019		Committee on Committees, Rules and Ethics	Substituted in Committee
1/23/2019		City Council	Referred

5

ORDINANCE

(Concerning aldermanic notice periods and opportunity to comment regarding driveway
permit applications and building permits)


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 10-20-415 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
10-20-415 Application - Insurance - Notice - Appeal.
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
(d) Prior to issuing a use of public way permit for a driveway, the commissioner shall give 20 days written notice of the proposed issuance of the permit to the alderman of the ward in which the proposed driveway is to be located, and provide the alderman an opportunity to submit to the commissioner written objections or concerns regarding traffic, public safety, or other pertinent areas of potential impact. The commissioner shall keep such written objections or concerns, and any departmental action taken thereto on file with the application, and no No permit shall be valid unless such notice is delivered; provided, however, that the affidavit of the commissioner showing delivery of such notice to such alderman in person or by mailing to such address as the alderman may have filed with the city clerk, shall be conclusive evidence of delivery of such notice.
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
SECTION 2. Section 13-32-030 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
13-32-030 Applications.



(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
Except in the case of residential garages, fence installation or repairs or repairs to buildings to meet code requirements, prior to issuing a building permit, the Building Commissioner shall give ten days' written notice of the proposed issuance of the permit, together with an opportunity to provide in writing any building code-based concerns or obj...