Record #: O2017-7104   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 10/11/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 11/8/2017
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 9-68-025 and 9-100-020 regarding Soldier Field/Wintrust Arena Parking Permit Program
Sponsors: Dowell, Pat
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 68 Restricted Parking-Permits & Regulations, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 100 Admin. Adjudication of Parking, Compliance, Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System or Automated Speed Enforcement System Violations
Attachments: 1. O2017-7104.pdf
ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Chapter 9-68 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
9-68-025 Soldier Field/Wintrust Arena area parking permits.
The Soldier Field/Wintrust Arena area parking permit program (for purposes of this section, "Program") is hereby established within the area surrounding Soldier Field and Wintrust Arena as set out in subsection (b) in order to regulate parking in that area in light of the special nature of the parking problems caused by the significant number of people who drive to games and events at Soldier Field and Wintrust Arena.
The Program area (for purposes of this section, "Program Area") shall include all blocks of any residential street, as the term "residential street" is defined in Section 9-4-010 of this Code, in a residential zoning district located in the following bounded area: the area bounded by the north side of Roosevelt Road on the north, the west side of Clark Street to Cermak and the 22nd Street exit spur from the Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90) on the west, the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate Highway 55) on the south, and Lake Michigan on the east.
The operation of the Program shall be limited to the time period beginning two hours before and ending one hour after when games are played or events take place at Soldier Field or Wintrust Arena. During the days and times that the Program is in effect, parking on residential streets within the Program Area shall be restricted to vehicles bearing the Program Area parking permit issued in accordance with subsection (e) of this ordinance. The display of a residential parking permit in the Program Area without the display of a Program Area parking permit shall not be sufficient to park in the Program Area during Program operation hours.
Upon the posting of appropriate signs within the Program Area, that area shall...

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