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The building commissioner shall inspect, or cause to be inspected annually and periodically, all mechanical amusement riding devices where such devices are erected and operated within a building, amusement park, fair or carnival situated on any lot, tract of land or public way, before said devices will be opened to the public. A fee for each annual inspection of a mechanical amusement riding device in an amusement park, other than coin-operated riding device, shall be $100.00.
Where said devices are taken down, removed, reassembled or re-erected in another location, the building commissioner shall inspect or cause to be inspected said devices after each removal and before said devices are opened to the public for the purpose of ascertaining whether they comply with the provisions of this Code. No device shall be operated unless it complies with the provisions of this Code.
Every permit application for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be accompanied by proof of commercial general liability insurance and property damage insurance, which shall name the City of Chicago, its officers and employees as an additional insured on a primary, noncontributory basis for any liability arising directly or indirectly from the permittee's operations in an amount of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage. Such proof of insurance shall be filed with the building commissioner and city comptroller. The applicant or permittee shall maintain such insurance policy in full force and effect at all times during the permit period. Each policy shall include a provision to the effect that the policy shall not be subject to cancellation, reduction in the amounts of its liabilities, or other material change until notice thereof has been received in writing by the city comptroller, not less than 30 days prior to such action. Failure to maintain insurance coverage as required by this section shall result in the revocation of the mechanical amusement riding device permit.
A permit as required in Section 13-32-190 for every new or previously unregistered mechanical amusement riding device installed or altered, a fee as provided in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid. Where amusement riding devices are erected within a building above the lowest floor, a plan shall be either made or checked and certified by an architect or structural engineer approving the strength of the floor load.
Every permit application for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be accompanied by a letter from the organization sponsoring the carnival, a letter from the owners of the property where the rides are to be located, an alderman's letter of permission, a description of toilet facilities, and, if applicable, a public way use permit for use of the public way.
Every carnival permit and inspection for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be for a term of not more than 14 days. A renewal of every carnival permit and reinspection for a mechanical amusement riding device shall be made every 14 days. A fee as provided in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid.
A permit and inspection for each location shall be required annually for every coin-operated mechanical amusement riding device. A fee as provided for in Section 13-32-310 shall be paid.
(Prior code § 46-10; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-84, p. 8218; Amend Coun. J. 6-8-88, p. 14117; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-93, p. 42192; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VI, § 44; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. II, § 43; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 4)