SUBSTITUTE
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 9-64-170 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-64-170 Parking restrictions - Special types of vehicles.
(a) It shall be unlawful to park any truck, tractor, semi-trailer, trailer, recreational vehicle more than 22 feet in length, self contained motor home, bus, taxicab or livery vehicle on any residential street for a longer period than is necessary for the reasonably expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicle, except that a driver of bus may park the bus in a designated bus stand as authorized elsewhere in the traffic code; provided, howeverthat in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 37th, 40th, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 46th, 47th, 49th and 50th wards this prohibition shall not apply to the owner of a pickup truck or van weighing under 4,500 pounds who has no outstanding parking violations, when such vehicle is parked at the curb adjacent to the owners place of residence and the vehicle bears a valid and current city wheel tax license emblem and a special parking permit issued in accordance with this subsection. In the 7th, 15th, 23rd, 35th, 46th and 50th wards this prohibition also shall not apply to the owner of a taxicab who has no outstanding parking violations, when such vehicle is not in service, when the vehicle is parked at the curb adjacent to the owner's place of residence and when the vehicle bears a valid and current city wheel tax license emblem and a special permit issued in accordance with this subsection. The owner shall apply for a permit for such parking from the alderman of the ward in which he or she resides. The Alderman shall evaluate the vehicle for compliance with relevant provisions of the municipal code and shall issue a special parking permit if the vehicle is believed to be compliant.
(omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(f) (1) Notwithstanding the parking prohibitions or permit requirements in subsections (a), (b) and (d) of this section, the city council may from time to time, subject to the conditions and procedures described in this subsection (f), allow a person to park a pick-up truck 6r van weighing less than 4,500 pounds on a business or residential street in a specific area of the city, when there is sufficient parking in such area; provided that the provisions of this subsection (f) shall not apply to a junk vehicle. The ordinance authorizing such parking shall:
(i) identify in subsection (f)(2) of this section the area by boundaries and be numbered for convenient identification with a ward-based prefix; and
(ii) cover an area including no less than four contiguous city blocks.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection (f), parking of a pick-up truck or van weighing less than 4, 500 pounds on a business or residential street is allowed in the following areas:
10.1 within an area bounded by 82nd Street on the north, Colfax Avenue on the west, the north side of 95th Street on the south and Lake Michigan on the east.
10.2 within an area bounded by the south side of 95th Street on the north, Colfax Avenue on the west, the north side of 106th Street on the south and Lake Michigan on the east.
10.3 within an area bounded by the south side of 106th Street on the north, the Bishop Ford Expressway on the west, north side of 118th Street on the south and the west side of Avenue A on the east.
10.4 within an area bounded by the south side of 118th Street on the north, the Bishop Ford Expressway on the west, 138th Street on the south and the city limits on the east.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect after its passage and approval.
Johr/A.lPope AlderWL, 10h Ward
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To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety to which were referred proposed ordinance to amend section 9-64-170 of the Municipal Code regarding parking restrictions for special types of vehicles, adding subsection (f) begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body DO PASS the proposed substitute ordinance transmitted herewith.
This recommendation was concurred in by all members of the committee present, with no dissenting votes.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Laurino, Chairman
Commmittee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICE
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MARGARET LAURINO
ALDERMAN, 39TH WARD
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CHICAGO, JULY 6, 2011