To the President and Members ofthe City Council:
Your Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, to which was referred a Substitute Ordinance which is an Amendment of Municipal Code Section 9-64-170 regarding special parking permit requirement for limited neighborhood parking exceptions for commercial pickup trucks and vans on residential and business street, begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body DO PASS the proposed ordinance transmitted herewith.
These recommendations were concurred by all members ofthe committee present, with no dissenting votes.
Respectfully submitted,
Walter Burnett, Jr. Chairman,
Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 9-64-170 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-64-170 Parking restrictions — Special types of vehicles - Exceptions.
(1) Residential streets - Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a)4 or in subsection subsections (f)(2) or (ai of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to park at any time, including overnight, any truck, van, tractor, truck tractor, semitrailer, trailer, recreational vehicle more than 22 feet in length, self-contained motor home, bus, taxicab, commercial vehicle, limousine (whether for hire or not for hire) or livery vehicle on any residential street within the City.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(1) Business streets - Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (b\ or in subsection subsections (f)(2) or (g") of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to park at any time, including overnight, any truck, truck tractor, semi-trailer, trailer, self-contained motor home', commercial vehicle, limousine (whether for hire or not for hire) or bus on any business street in the City.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(g) (JQ Commercial pickup trucks and vans weighing less than 8,000 pounds -Limited neighborhood parking exemption - Authorizing ordinance and special parking permit required. Notwithstanding the parking prohibitions set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Citv Council may from time to time establish bv ordinance an area within which owners of certain commercial vehicles who reside within such area, and who obtain the special parking permit described in this subsection (g), may park such vehicles. Provided, however, that this subsection (g) shall not apply to junk vehicles, as defined in Section 9-4-010. Provided further, that if a residential parking zone restriction is in effect on anv street within the ordinance-designated area, a residential parking permit shall also be required to park the vehicle on such street.
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£2} Authorizing ordinance - Required. The ordinance required under subsection (g)(1) of this section:
fjQ shall identify, in subsection (g)(3) of this section, the area where permitted parking under this section is authorized. Each such area shall be numbered for convenient identification with a ward-based prefix and include the number of permits authorized for that area, if a cap is included; and
\ (ii) shall cover an area including no less than two contiguous citv blocks; and
(iii) may place a cap on the number of special parking permits allowed to be issued in such area. In such case, special parking permits in such area shall be issued by the applicable alderman on a first-come non-discriminatory basis.
Designated areas. Parking of a commercial vehicle that is a pickup truck or van with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds shall be allowed if the owner ofthe commercial vehicle has obtained the permit required by this subsection (g) and resides anywhere within the following areas:
26.1 Both sides of the street on North Campbell Avenue, from 800 North to 900 North, inclusive, and on both sides ofthe street on Rice Street from 2400 West to 2500 West, inclusive.
Special parking permit - Required. On or after the effective date of the ordinance required under this subsection (g), anv person seeking a special parking permit shall submit an application for such permit to the alderman of the ward in which such person resides. Except as otherwise provided herein or in subsection (g)(2)(iii). the local alderman shall issue a special parking permit to such person if all of the following requirements are met: (a) the commercial vehicle owner's legal primary residence is located in the ordinance-designated area; and (b) the commercial vehicle is a pickup truck or van with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds; and (c) the commercial vehicle is not a junk vehicle as defined in Section 9-4-010; and (d) the commercial vehicle bears a valid and current City wheel tax license emblem; and (e) the Department of Finance has determined that the vehicle owner has no outstanding debt to the Citv for parking violations or has satisfied or otherwise resolved anv such debt within the meaning of Section 2-32-094; and (f) the commercial vehicle is in compliance with applicable requirements of this Code. An eligible vehicle owner shall be limited to one special parking permit for one eligible commercial vehicle only.
A special parking permit issued under this subsection (g) shall be: (i) valid for one year from the date of its issuance; and (ii) issued by the applicable alderman using the form designed by the Citv Clerk for such purpose, with the applicable required information to be inserted on the permit, in a legible manner using ink or other non-erasable marker, by the local|1010|
alderman or such alderman's designee. Such permit shall: (A) include text which reads "Special Parking Permit": (B) identify the applicable commercial vehicle's license plate number; (C) identify the ordinance-designated area on which the commercial vehicle is authorized to park; (D) identify the date on which the special parking permit will expire; and (E) be signed and dated by the applicable local alderman. Such permit may include a Citv of Chicago logo or ward identifier.
Recordkeeping — Required. The local alderman shall maintain a current written record of all persons to whom a special parking permit has been issued under this subsection (g). Such record shall include the: (0 permittee's name and residence address; (ii) applicable commercial vehicle's license plate number: and (iii) date on which the special parking permit was issued. Within five business days of issuing a special parking permit under this subsection (g), the local alderman shall provide a copy of such record to the Citv Clerk and Comptroller or to their respective designees.
Posting - Required. The special parking permit issued under this subsection (g) shall be clearly displayed by the vehicle's owner on the applicable vehicle's dashboard.
Forging or altering a special parking permit - Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for anv person to forge or alter anv special parking permit required or issued under this section. Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished bv a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $1.000.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(g)£h) Construction of section. The prohibitions and requirements of this section shall be in addition to the general parking requirements of this Code and the wheel tax license emblem requirements of Chapter 3-56 of this Code.
SECTION 2. Section 9-64-170 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby further amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-64-170 Parking restrictions — Special types of vehicles - Exceptions. (Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(5) Residential streets — Exception for non-commercial pickup trucks and vans weighing less than 8,000pounds - When authorized. The prohibition in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) shall not apply to the owner of a pickup truck or van that: (i) is lawfully parked at the curb in accordance with the general parking requirements of this Code, and
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(ii) bears a valid and current City wheel tax license emblem, and (iii) has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds, and (iv) is not a commercial vehicle.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(6) Business streets - Exception for non-commercial pickup trucks weighing less than 8,000pounds - When authorized. The prohibition in paragraph (1) of this subsection (b) shall not apply to the owner of a pickup truck that: (i) is lawfully parked at the curb in accordance with the general parking requirements of this Code, and (ii) has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds, and (iii) is not a commercial vehicle.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(f) (1) Pickup trucks and vans weighing less than 8,000 pounds - Parking on residential streets by persons exempt from citv wheel tax license under Chapter 3-56 - When authorized. Notwithstanding the parking prohibitions set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the city council may from time to time, subject to the conditions and procedures described in this subsection (f), allow a person who is nol required to obtain a city wheel tax license under Chapter 3-56 of this Code to park a pickup truck or van weighing with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds on a residential street in a specific area of the city, when there is sufficient parking in such area; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection (f) shall not apply to a junk vehicle. The ordinance authorizing such parking shall:
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection (f), parking of a pickup truck or van weighing with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,000 pounds on a residential street by persons who are not required to obtain a city wheel tax license under Chapter 3-56 of this Code is allowed in the following areas:
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION 3. Section 9-100-020 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-100-020 Violation - Penalty.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(b) The fines listed below shall be imposed for a violation of the following sections of the traffic code:
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Traffic Code Section Fine
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
9-64-170(a) $75.00, if the vehicle weighs has a gross vehicle weight
rating of less than 8,000 pounds; $125.00, if the vehicle weighs has a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or more
9-64-170(b) $75.00, if the vehicle weighs has a gross vehicle weight
rating of less than 8,000 pounds; $125.00, if the vehicle weighs has a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or more
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take full force and effect ten days after its passage and publication.
Alderman Roberto Maldonado, 26 Ward
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