Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2021-745

• Record #: SO2021-745
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 2/24/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 3/24/2021
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 17-12-0600, 17-12-1000, 17-12-1003 and 17-12-1005 regarding sign requirements for high-rise buildings
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 12 Signs

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
3/24/2021	29061	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
3/23/2021		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass
2/24/2021	27516	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUTE

ORDINANCE


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


SECTION 1. Section 17-12-0600 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended by deleting the struck-through language and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
17-12-0600 Measurements.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
17-12-0601-C Individual Letters or Elements. The area of a sign comprised of individual letters or elements attached to a building wall is determined by calculating the area of the smallest square or rectangle that can be drawn around the letters and/or elements. Signs consisting of individual letters and/or elements will be measured as one sign when the distance between the letters and/or elements is less than 2 times the dimension of each letter and/or element.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
1. Exemption. For high-rise building signs, portions of individual letters and/or elements, which collectively form one individual letter sign, may extend beyond the dimensions ofthe smallest box that encapsulates all other high-rise building sign letters and/or elements; provided (i) the total area of such extensions may not exceed 4-0% 25% of the square footage contained within such box that encapsulates all other high-rise building sign letters and/or elements and (ii) the total square footage of such individual letter sign and any such extensions under (i) may not exceed the maximum high-rise building sign area square footage allowed at the corresponding building height at which the high-rise building sign is proposed.
Figure 17-12-0601-C. 1


Not to exceed 4325%


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(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION 2. Section 17-12-1000 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended by deleting the struck-through language and inserting the underscored language, as follows:

17-12-1000 Signs in business, commercial, downtown and manufacturing districts.

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