ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6(a); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government and affairs including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is home to Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport, two of the busiest airports in the country; and
WHEREAS, although these Airports are international in reach, they are part of our neighborhood fabric; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to ensuring that the communities surrounding our airports deem them good neighbors; and
WHEREAS, to that end, the Department of Aviation has administered the School Sound Insulation Program (SSIP) and the Residential Sound Insulation Program (RSIP), which sound-insulates schools and homes surrounding the airports; and
WHEREAS, since 1982, 123 schools have been sound-insulated under the O'Hare School Sound Insulation Program (O'Hare SSIP); and
WHEREAS, since 1991, 41 schools have been sound-insulated under the Midway School Sound Insulation Program (Midway SSIP); and
WHEREAS, to date, 10,173 homes near Midway have been insulated through their RSIP, and 10,924 homes near O'Hare have also been sound-insulated through theirs; and
WHEREAS, the owners of these homes were given warranties for their windows and doors when they were installed by the contractors under the RSIP; and
WHEREAS, the warranties for each product varies in length, with the warranties being effective for the following periods: ten (10) years from the date of final completion on the installation for the vinyl windows; ten (10) years for storm doors; two (2) years for wood prime doors; and for the vinyl patio doors, they were three (3) years for the frames and ten (10) years for the glass; and
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