Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2020-4822

• Record #: O2020-4822
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 10/7/2020
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 1 by adding new Chapter 1-26 entitled "Chicago Administrative Procedure Ordinance"
• Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 1 - General Provisions, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 51 Department of Assets, Information, and Services, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 11 New Maxwell Street Market
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
10/7/2020	22309	City Council	Referred

Chicago City Council October 7, 2020
REFERRED TO Committee on Budget and Government Operations


ORDINANCE

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

SECTION 1. Title 1 ofthe City Code is hereby amended by inserting a new Chapter 1-26, as follows:

1-26-010 Purpose and Intent.

This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Chicago Administrative Procedure Ordinance". It is the purpose of this Chapter to ensure a minimum set of standards for the promulgation of rules by City departments to ensure that rulemaking by City departments is transparent and open to public participation, and that such rules are clear and accessible to the public so that residents and businesses in the City of Chicago are aware of the rules governing their conduct.

1-26-020 Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"Adopt" or "adoption", with respect to a rule, means to promulgate and adopt a new rule and to amend or repeal an existing rule.

"Declaratory ruling" means a record that interprets or applies a provision of the Code administered by a City department or states whether or in what manner a rule, declaratory ruling, guidance document, or order issued by the City department applies to the petitioner or a particular set of facts alleged.

"Final rule" means a rule adopted, amended, or repealed under Sections 1-26-060 through 1-26-090, or an emergency rule adopted under Section 1-26-130.

"Guidance document" means a record of general applicability, developed by a City department, that lacks the force of law but states the City department's current approach to, or interpretation of, law, or describes how and when the City department will exercise discretionary functions.

"Law" means the U.S. Constitution, the Illinois constitution, any federal or State statute, any judicial decision or other court order, this Code, any rules issued pursuant to the foregoing, and any other legal authority that is binding on the...