Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
April 30, 2014 Alderman James Balcer, 11th Ward Planned Manufacturing District Protection Ordinance
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 8-32-170 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, as follows:
8-32-170 Exceptions and exclusions.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(h) Manufacturing districts. The limits set forth in this chapter do not apply
to sounds measured within any manufacturing district. This paragraph
does not exclude sounds generated within any manufacturing district that
are measured outside the boundary of the manufacturing district.
(i) Planned Manufacturing Districts. The limits set forth in this chapter do
not apply to sounds or vibrations measured within the Stockyards
Planned Manufacturing District (P.M.D. 8). The exception provided for in
this paragraph also exempts sounds or vibrations measured outside the
boundary of P.M.D. 8 if the properties in which such sounds or vibrations
are or may be measured were located within an Industrial Corridor (as
defined in Sec. 17-17-0274) as of May 1. 2014 and were not improved
with dwelling units as of May 1. 2014.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage and publication.
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