Record #: SO2015-8286   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 11/18/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Final action: 7/20/2016
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 10-28-015 regarding issuance of public way use permits
Sponsors: Mitts, Emma, Osterman, Harry, Taliaferro, Chris, Sposato, Nicholas, Ervin, Jason C., Laurino, Margaret, Scott, Jr. Michael, Moore, Joseph, Silverstein, Debra L., Cappleman, James, Foulkes, Toni, Mell, Deborah, Arena, John, Waguespack, Scott, Curtis, Derrick G., Santiago, Milagros, O'Connor, Patrick, Reboyras, Ariel, Villegas, Gilbert, Moreno, Proco Joe, Dowell, Pat, Solis, Daniel, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Zalewski, Michael R., Munoz, Ricardo, Hairston, Leslie A., Sawyer, Roderick T., Willie B. Cochran, Brookins, Jr., Howard, O'Shea, Matthew J., Mitchell, Gregory I., Harris, Michelle A., Moore, David H., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Thompson, Patrick D., Cardenas, George A., Burns, William D., Smith, Michele, Napolitano, Anthony V.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 10 - Streets, Public Ways, Parks, Airports & Harbors - Ch. 28 Structures On & Under Public Ways
Attachments: 1. SO2015-8286.pdf, 2. O2015-8286.pdf
issuance of public way use permits Committee on Transportation and Public Way
ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 10-28-015 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the struck-through text as follows:


10-28-015 Public way use permits - Application and issuance.
An application for a public way use permit shall be made to the department and shall include the following:

the applicant's name and address, and the name and address ofthe property
owner;
a detailed drawing indicating the location of all public way uses on, over or under the public way for which a permit is required;
proof of the required insurance;
proof of the building's age if the building was constructed in or prior to 1922;
the application fee, if applicable; and
any other information required by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall forward a copy of an application for subsidewalk space use to the commissioner of transportation within three days after receipt ofthe application. No public way use permit for subsidewalk space use shall be issued unless the commissioner of transportation, after reviewing the application, has approved the design of the subsidewalk space use.
If the commissioner finds that the applicant meets the applicable requirements, the commissioner shall provide the application to the alderman of the affected ward. Upon passage a«d publication of an ordinance approving the application, the commissioner shall issue the public way use permit to the applicant. If approval by ordinance is withheld, the commissioner shall deny the application and shall notify the unsuccessful applicant in writing ofthe denial within ten business days after the denial.

(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)


SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication.