Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2011-4648

• Record #: O2011-4648
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 6/8/2011
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
• Final action: 7/6/2011
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 7-12 and 11-4 regarding invasive species
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 7 - Health & Safety - Ch. 12 Animal Care & Control, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 11 - Utilities & Environmental Protection - Ch. 4 Environmental Protection & Control

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
7/6/2011	2827	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/8/2011	171	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
June 8. 2011
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request ofthe Commissioner of the Environment, I transmit herewith an ordinance amending Chapter 11-4 of the Municipal Code regarding invasive species.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,

Mayor
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION I. Sections 11-4-3000, 11-4-3010, 11-4-3020 and 11-4-3030 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
11-4-3000 Definitions.
For purposes of this Article XXII, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Business" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7-32-030 of this Code means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including, but not limited to, retail establishments, wholesale establishments, or aquaculture establishments.
(b) "Ecosystem" means any living or non living organisms interacting as a unit wholly or partly within or adjoining the territorial boundaries of the City of Chicago.
(c) "Live transport species" means any species of aquatic or terrestrial life which may be possessed or transported live but which shall not be sold live and which ate is listed as a live transport species by the commissioner pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
(d) "Regulated invasive species" means any species of aquatic or terrestrial life listed as a regulated species by the commissioner pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, including^ but not limited to, any snakehead fish (any walking catfish of the clariidae family), any live grass carp/ white amur (ctenopharyngodon idella), any bighead carp (hypophthalmichthys nobilis), any s...