Committee on License and Consumer Protection City Council Meeting May 29, 2019 Alderman Brendan Reilly, 42nd Ward Street Performer Restrictions
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Sections 4-244-162, 4-244-164 and 4-244-170 of the Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended by deleting the struck-through language and inserting the underscored language as follows:
4-244-162 Permit - Conditions.
(a) A permit shall be issued by the commissioner to each applicant for such permit in exchange for a completed application and a permit fee in the amount set forth in Chapter 4-5 of this Code, unless that applicant is ineligible because of a revocation imposed pursuant to Section 4-244-170.
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
4-244-164 Duties - Prohibited Acts - Other requirements.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d), (e) and (f) of this section, a A performance may take place in any public place, but only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Sundays through Thursdays and 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
A performer may not block the passage of the public through a public place. If a sufficient crowd gathers to see or hear a performer such that the passage of the public through a public place is blocked, a police officer may disperse that portion of the crowd that is blocking the passage of the public, or may order the performer to cease performing at that location until the conditions causing the congestion have abated.
A performer may not perform on the public way so as to obstruct access to private property, except with the prior consent of the owner or manager of the property.
(d) (1) A performer shall comply in all respects with the relevant portions of the noise
and vibration control provisions of the Chicago Noise Ordinance, Chapter 8-32 of the Municipal
Code, and all other applicable Code provisions, which prohibit a street performer from
generating any sound by any mean...
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