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Amendment of Municipal Code Section 2-8-040 regarding expiration date for honorary street-name designations
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 8 City Council & Wards of City
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OFFTCE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
February 23, 2022
TO THE HONORABLE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request ofthe Commissioner of Transportation, I transmit herewith an ordinance amending Section 2-8-040 ofthe Municipal Code.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 2-8-040 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
2-8-040 Honorary street-name designation.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
When the City Council passes a Designation ordinance, the street shall retain its official name and its legal status. The Department of Transportation shall issue two a maximum of three signs, which may eaeh-to be installed on an existing poles at-either end of on the section of street designated. The Department of Transportation's cost of installation and removal shall be paid from the proposing ward's annual menu program budget or the ward's aldermanic expense account upon passage of a Designation ordinance.
A Designation shall expire five years after the date of ordinance passage unless renewed. Inclusive of signs currently posted as of the effective date of this section, once five years has expire4-the-Depar4ment-Qf-Trar4sportation shall remove the signs. An alderman wishing to renew a Designation shall propose an ordinance requesting the renewal. The renewal shall be for five yearsr A Designation may be removed by the passage of an ordinance ordering the removal of the signs.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect following due passage and approval.