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Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-8-037 by restricting mobile food vendors on portions of sidewalks and public way adjacent to Wrigley Field
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 8 Food Establishments
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SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council may from time to time define areas, in the interest of preserving public health and safety or avoiding traffic congestion, in which no mobile food vendor may prepare or dispense food from a wheeled vehicle or cart; and
WHEREAS, With 94,368 residents (2010 Census) living within a 3.16 square mile area, Lakeview is the second largest neighborhood of Chicago's community areas by population and highest by density; and
WHEREAS, Lakeview is a neighborhood that is not dominated by skyscrapers, instead it is a vibrant pedestrian-scaled urban community designed for walkability; and
WHEREAS, The half-mile area around Wrigley field is the second largest tourist destination within the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, The many streets within the 44th Ward are widely recognized as Chicago's best examples of pedestrian-oriented shopping districts, intended to promote pedestrian safety and comfort; and
WHEREAS, The streets referenced in Section 4-8-037(b)(2) of this ordinance have a high concentration of existing stores and restaurants, adjoining a street with a right of way of 80 feet or less, have continuous or mostly continuous pattern of buildings that are built abutting or very close to the sidewalks, have doors and entrances abutting the sidewalk and have many storefront windows abutting the sidewalk; and
WHEREAS, The streets referenced in Section 4-8-037(b)(2) of this ordinance have been designated as a pedestrian street or a pedestrian retail street pursuant to Section 17-3-0503-D of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Mobile food carts could attract or cause to be collected or attracted a sufficient number of persons to interfere with the passage of the public along the public way; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The recitals to this Ordinance are incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. Section 4-8-037 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-8-037 Restrictions on mobile food vendors.
The city council may from time to time define areas, in the interest of preserving public health and safety or avoiding traffic congestion, in which no mobile food vendor may prepare or dispense food from a wheeled vehicle. The city clerk shall maintain for public inspection and copying a file of all ordinances defining such areas.
(a) Dispensing or preparing food from a wheeled vehicle within the following designated areas is hereby prohibited:
(1) Beginning at the intersection of Laflin Street and Monroe Street; thence south on Laflin Street to Jackson Boulevard, thence west on Jackson
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Boulevard to Paulina Street; thence north on Paulina Street to Monroe Street; thence east on Monroe Street to Laflin Street. (b) No mobile prepared food vendor shall operate in the following designated areas:
On the sidewalks adjacent to Wrigley Field; such sidewalks consisting of both sides of Addison Street, both sides of Clark Street, both sides of Waveland Avenue, and both sides of Sheffield Avenue.
On the sidewalks on both sides of the following roadways: (i) North Halsted Street between West Belmont Avenue and West Grace Street; (ii) West Belmont Avenue between North Halsted Street and North Racine Avenue; (iii) North Broadway between West Diversey Parkway and West Cornelia Avenue; (iv) North Clark Street between West Diversey Parkway and West Grace Street; (v) West Diversey Parkway between North Pine Grove Avenue and North Burling Street.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.
Thdmas M. Tunne^
X Ward Alderr
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