Record #: O2016-6463   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 9/14/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 10/5/2016
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-244-140 to prohibit peddling in certain areas of 14th Ward
Sponsors: Burke, Edward M.
Attachments: 1. O2016-6463.pdf
September 14, 2016 Committee on License
ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4-244-140 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored as follows:

4-244-140 Prohibited districts.
(a) No one having a peddler's license shall peddle any merchandise or any other article or thing whatsoever, at any time, within districts which have been or shall be hereafter designated by the city council. A description of such districts shall be kept in the office of the city clerk.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(27) Peddling is prohibited at any time within the 14th Ward boundaries:
beginning at the intersection of South Cicero Avenue and West 47th Street: thence east on West 47th Street to the Chicago Belt Railroad; thence north along the Chicago Belt Railroad to the south shoreline of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal: thence northeast on the south shoreline of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to the Norfolk Southern Railroad: thence south on the Norfolk Southern Railroad to West Pershing Road: thence east on West Pershing Road to South Kedzie Avenue: thence south on South Kedzie Avenue to West 44th Street: thence east on West 44th Street to South Albany Avenue: thence south on South Albany Avenue to West 47th Street: thence east on West 47th Street to South Talman Avenue; thence south on South Talman Avenue to West 48th Street: thence east on West 48th Street to South Western Avenue; thence south on South Western Avenue to West 52nd Street; thence west on West 52nd Street to the alley just east of South Artesian Avenue: thence south along the alley just east of South Artesian Avenue to the alley just north of West 54th Street; thence west along the alley just north of West 54th Street to South Artesian Avenue; thence south on South Artesian Avenue to West 54th Street; thence west on West 54th Street to South Artesian Avenue; thence south on South Artesian Avenue to West 5...

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