7-28-639 Gel fuel – Prohibition on sale.

   (a)   As used in this section, the term “gel fuel” shall mean any semi-solid, pourable gelatinous material containing ethyl alcohol manufactured for use in firepots, fire pits, fireplaces, tiki torches and other similar products.

   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any gel fuel within the City of Chicago.

   (c)   Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, gel fuel manufactured for food warming purposes shall not be subject to the limitations set forth herein.

   (d)   Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00 for the first offense, and not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Added Coun. J. 10-5-11, p. 7954, § 2)

7-28-640 Prescription required – Violation – Penalty.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give away any corrosive or caustic acid or any phosphorus or solution thereof, or any hydrogen sulphide, valerianic acid, ammonium valerianate, valerianate of zinc, or any solution or mixture of said substances, or any other nauseous, offensive, or filthy substances of like or similar nature, except upon the written prescription of a physician licensed under the laws of the state, which prescription shall be filled only once and shall have written upon it the name and address of the patient. This section shall not apply to sales at wholesale by manufacturing or wholesale druggists to retail druggists, physicians, or chemists.

   Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 99-54)

7-28-650 Offensive bombs in public places – Violation – Penalty.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to cast, throw, deposit, or place any stink ball, fire ball, or bomb, described in Section 7-28-630 hereof, or to cast, deposit or place any substance described in Section 7-28-640 hereof, from, upon, or to any public way or public place in the city, or at, upon, or within any public conveyance, or upon the floor or within any restaurant, theater, hall, assembly room or public building, or at, upon, or within any automobile or other vehicle within the city.

   Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 99-55)

ARTICLE V. RAT CONTROL (7-28-660 et seq.)

7-28-660 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 1-21-15, p. 102083, § 2, repealed § 7-28-660, which pertained to rat-stoppage.