Committee on Transportation and Public Way
July 20, 2022 City Council
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 10-28-070 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
10-28-070 Storage of goods on public ways.
(1) Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this Code, no person shall use any public way for the storage of personal property, goods, wares or merchandise of any kind. Nor shall any person place or cause to be placed in or upon any public way, any barrel, box, hogshead, crate, package, any temporary storage container as defined in Section 17-17-02176.5, or other obstruction of any kind, or permit the same to remain thereon longer than is necessary to convey such article to or from the premises abutting on such public way, sidewalk.
For the purpose of receiving or delivering merchandise, no person shall occupy more than four (4) feet of the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of the store or building where such merchandise is being received or delivered.
No person engaged in the business of repossessing motor vehicles of any type shall store or park any such repossessed vehicle on the public way. Any person violating any provision of this subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to a fine of $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(1) No business that provides, transports, or stores temporary storage containers for a customer within the City of Chicago shall place such temporary storage containers upon the public way.
Each business that provides, transports, or stores temporary storage containers for a customer within the City of Chicago shall notify each such customer in writing of the requirements and prohibitions of this Section at the time of entering an agreement for such service.
Any business that violates any provision of sub...
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