Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-9026

• Record #: O2018-9026
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 11/14/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 7-12-420 to further regulate removal of pet excrement from public ways
• Sponsors: Santiago, Milagros
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 7 - Health & Safety - Ch. 12 Animal Care & Control
• Related files: R2019-362

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2019		City Council	Failed to Pass
11/14/2018	91446	City Council	Referred

November 14, 2018 Chicago City Council

Referred to Committee on Health and Environmental Protection

ORDINANCE

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

SECTION 1. Section 7-12-420 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:

7-12-420 Removal of excrement.

No person shall appear with a pet upon the public ways or within public places or upon the property of another, absent that person's consent, without some means for the removal of excrement; nor shall any person fail to remove any excrement deposited by such pet. This section shall not apply to a blind person while walking his or her guide dog. This section is enforceable by the authorities listed in Section 7-12-395 and the Department of Streets and Sanitation.

Any person found to have been in violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon passage and publication.