ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the City may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government an affairs, including promoting the quality of life and the welfare of its citizens; and,
WHEREAS, the City has had a landscape ordinance in effect since 1991; and,
WHEREAS, the City takes pride in its programs for assisting small businesses; and,
WHEREAS, due to the national economic turndown affecting small businesses, at the April 14, 2010 City Council meeting, the City Council approved an amendment to Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance by adding a new section 17-11-0201-F and extended the date of compliance with the landscape requirements until June 15, 2014; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1: Title 17 of the Municipal Code of Chicago, the Chicago Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
17-11-0200 Vehicular use areas.
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
17-11-0201-F The provisions of sections 17-11-0201-B, 17-11-0201-C, 17-11-0201-D, and 17-11-201-E shall not apply to any existing accessory vehicle use area, as of the effective date of this amendatory ordinance of 2014 until June 15, 2014 June 15, 2016.
(omitted text is unaffected by the ordinance)
17-11-020-C Fencing. Ornamental fencing is required to be installed along the perimeter of vehicular use areas along those lot lines adjacent to public street right-of-ways or abutting any existing front yard of property located within an R district.
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
3. Any pre-existing vehicular use areas must have ornamental fencing installe any existing hedges or, when no hedges ex...
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