Record #: O2021-3104   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 7/21/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 9-48-045 to prohibit operation of pedicabs between 6:00 P.M. and 9:00 A.M. within area bounded by Ohio St, Wells St, Michigan Ave and Chicago River
Sponsors: Reilly, Brendan
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 48 Types of Vehicles-Regulations
Attachments: 1. O2021-3104.pdf
Related files: R2023-766

ORDINANCE

 

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

 

SECTION 1. Section 9-48-045 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended inserting the language underlined, as follows:

 

9-48-045 Restrictions on operation of pedicabs.

 

(a) The city council may from time to time define areas, in the interest of preserving public health and safety or avoiding traffic congestion, in which no pedicabs shall be operated. The city clerk shall maintain for public inspection and copying a file of all ordinances defining such areas. In addition, any ordinance defining such areas shall be codified as an amendment to this section.

 

(Omitted text unaffected by this ordinance)

 

(d) No pedicabs shall be operated between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on public ways under the jurisdiction of the Citv in the area bounded on the north by Ohio Street, on the west by Wells Street, on the east by Michigan Avenue, and on the south by the Chicago River.

BRENDAN REILLY Alderman, 42nd Ward

 

 

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after passage and publication.