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DIVISION 1 – ADMINISTRATION
Subdivision 101 – General
* Editor's note – Prior history for Chapter 1-4 includes Sections 1-1 through 1-21; Ordinance passed on 4-6-90, Coun. J. p. 13720; Ordinance passed on 6-27-90, Coun. J. p. 17764.
1-4-010 Municipal Code of Chicago adopted.
1-4-020 Adoption of chapter and section numbers.
1-4-030 Effective date.
1-4-040 Administrative copies – City clerk powers and duties.
1-4-050 Code revisions – Publication.
1-4-060 Publication of Code – Conditions.
1-4-070 Distribution of Code.
1-4-080 Numbering of Code sections – References to former Code provisions.
1-4-090 Definitions for Code provisions.
1-4-100 Interpretation of language.
1-4-110 References to sections include penalty references – Exceptions.
1-4-120 Penalty for violation of Code.
1-4-125 Restitution – License or permit violations.
1-4-130 Maximum fine or penalty.
1-4-140 Offenses having two penalties.
1-4-145 Failure to appear at a hearing.
1-4-150 Zoning ordinance adopted.
1-4-160 Scope of repeal.
1-4-170 Reference to statutes.
1-4-180 Repeal shall not revive any ordinance.
1-4-190 Liberal construction of provisions.
1-4-200 Severability.
This ordinance, consisting of Titles 1 through 18 , inclusive, shall be known as the “Municipal Code of Chicago” and shall be treated as a new and original comprehensive ordinance, completely superseding the Municipal Code of Chicago adopted August 30, 1939, and subsequent code amendments adopted prior to February 28, 1990, with the exception of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 3.1)
Notes
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The corporation counsel shall advise and assist the city clerk in renumbering chapters and sections described in ordinances passed after February 7, 1990, amending the Municipal Code as then in effect, in order to assure that they comport with the numbering system of this Code. The revised numbers of those chapters and sections as determined by the city clerk and the corporation counsel are hereby adopted for general use.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
The city clerk shall keep at least one current printed copy of this Code and shall maintain at least one location at City Hall where the public may access the Code.
In determining whether any ordinance hereafter passed, or any part thereof, shall be inserted into the Code, and in determining the form, title, chapter and section in which it shall be inserted, the city clerk shall be guided by the advice of the corporation counsel.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 1)
All printed material issued or distributed as a publication of the city that includes an excerpt or quotation from this Code shall be published subject to the understanding that the Municipal Code of Chicago is subject to change without notice.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 1)
Sufficient copies of this Code shall be deposited with the Chicago Public Library for general public reference and use. Sufficient copies shall be distributed to the mayor, the aldermen, the city clerk, the city treasurer and the heads of the various agencies and departments of city government for their respective use.
The mayor may reciprocate courtesies of other cities and governments by presenting to them a copy of this Code bound at city expense in such form as the mayor deems suitable.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-00, p. 48076, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 1)
Each section number of this Code shall consist of three component parts separated by dashes. The figure before the first dash shall refer to the title number; the figure following the first dash shall refer to the position of the chapter within a title; and the figure following the second dash shall refer to the position of the section within its chapter.
No officer or employee except aldermen of the city shall issue any written material containing any section of the municipal code numbered differently than as numbered herein; and no section number shall be changed by any such officer or employee in drafting any amendment to this Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision, the various departments and agencies of the city government may continue to use notices, citations and other documents containing references to chapter and section numbers of the municipal code as in effect prior to passage of this Code until December 31, 1990.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
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