Record #: SO2020-3982   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 7/22/2020 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 10/7/2020
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 4 and 9 regarding operational regulations for low-speed electric mobility devices and bicycles used for messenger and delivery services
Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 168 Bicycle Messenger Services, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 4 Arrangement of City Streets, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 52 Bicycles-Operation
Attachments: 1. SO2020-3982.pdf, 2. O2020-3982.pdf
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4-168 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, by inserting the language underscored, and adding new Section 4-168-130, as follows:
4-168-010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Control businoss aroa" moans tho aroa bounded by a lino as follows: beginning at tho oasternmost point of Division Street extended to Lako Michigan; thon wost on Division Stroot to LaSallo Street; thon south on LaSallo Stroot to Chicago Avonue; then wost on Chicago Avonuo to Halstead Street; then south on Halstod Street to Roosevolt Road; then oast on Roosevelt Road to its easternmost point oxtondod to Lake Michigan.
"Commissioner" means the ©Commissioner of eBusiness aAffairs and ©Consumer pProtection.
"Bicycle messenger services" means the delivery by a bicycle or low-speed electric mobility device for hire of packages, parcels, food, papers or any other items on behalf of any commercial, industrial, governmental, charitable or other enterprise.
"Bicycle" includes any vohiclo dofinod in Section 0 120 010 and any other vehicle that would bo included within such definition but for tho sizo of tho vohiclo's whools has the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 9-4-010, and includes a low-speed electric bicycle and a low-speed electric delivery bicycle, as those terms are defined in that section.
"Bicycle operator" means a person who makes deliveries by a bicycle or low-speed electric mobility device on behalf of a bicycle messenger service.
"Low-speed electric mobility device" has the meaning ascribed to this term in Section 9-4-
010.
"Person" includes any natural person, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity.
4-168-020 License - Required.
No person shall engage in the occupation of providing bicycle messenger services within the central business ...

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