Ch. 1-4 Code Adoption – Organization
Ch. 1-8 Corporate Seal and Emblems
Ch. 1-12 Official City Time
Ch. 1-14 Official Neighborhoods and Community Areas
Ch. 1-16 Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
Ch. 1-19 Debt Due and Owing to the City
Ch. 1-20 Cost Recovery – Liability for Costs of Providing Services
Ch. 1-21 False Statements
Ch. 1-22 False Claims
Ch. 1-23 Qualifications Relating to City Business or City Benefits
Ch. 1-24 Reserved
Ch. 1-25 Reserved
* 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 Reserved.
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)
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)
Unless the context requires other interpretations, the following words and terms are defined for purposes of this code as follows:
(a) "City" means City of Chicago;
(b) "State" means State of Illinois;
(c) "County" means County of Cook;
(d) "City council" means the city council of the City of Chicago;
(e) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation or other legal entity, in his or its own capacity or as administrator, conservator, guardian, executor, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed by the court. Whenever the word "person" is used in any section of this code prescribing a penalty, fine, or cost recovery action as applied to partnerships, associations or joint ventures, the word shall include the members thereof, and as applied to corporations shall include the officers, agents or employees thereof who intentionally, recklessly or negligently cause or allow any violation of the section;
(f) "Public way" means any sidewalk, street, alley, highway or other public thoroughfare;
(h) "Building code" or "building provisions of this Code" means: Titles 13 (excepting Chapter 13-72), 14A, 14B, 14C, 14E, 14F, 14G, 14M, 14N, 14P, 14R, 14X and 18 (excepting Chapter 18-14); Chapters 2-22, 7-4, 7-28; Article III of Chapter 11-4; Article I of Chapter 11-16; Chapter 11-18; Chapters 15-8, 15-12 and 15-16, Section 8-4-090; and all other provisions of this Code establishing or relating to construction, plumbing, heating, electrical, fire prevention, sanitation, zoning, or other health and safety standards relating to structures, except to the extent authority for enforcement and administration is conferred exclusively on a department or agency other than the department of buildings or on an officer other than the building commissioner and except as specifically provided in Titles 14A, 14B, 14C, 14E, 14F, 14G, 14M, 14N, 14P, 14R, and 14X;
(h-1) "Conveyance Device Code" or "conveyance device regulations of this Code" means Title 14C;
(k) "Chief financial officer" means the chief financial officer of the City appointed by the mayor or, if there is no such officer then holding that office, the city comptroller.
(l) "Rule" means the whole or part of any statement, communication, standard, procedure or requirement of general applicability, having the force of law, issued by a department or department head pursuant to authority delegated by law to such department or department head that (1) implements or applies law or policy, or (2) prescribes the procedural requirements of a department including an amendment, modification, suspension or repeal of any such statement, communication, standard, procedure or requirement. The term "rule" encompasses any and all references to "rules and regulations" set forth in this Code.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 10-2-95, p. 8019; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-01, p. 55444, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 7-21-04, p. 28443, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-10, p. 83085, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 6-30-10, p. 95086, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-12, p. 44485, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. X, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74459, Art. II, § 1 & Art. V, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 1)
Whenever any words in any section of this Code import the plural number, the singular shall be deemed to be included, and whenever the singular shall be used, it shall be deemed to include the plural.
Whenever the masculine gender is used in this Code, all genders shall be deemed to be included.
Words in the present tense shall be deemed to include the future tense.
The words "written" and "in writing" may include printing.
Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this Code, the word "shall" as used in this Code is mandatory.
Headings provided in the various sections of this Code are for convenience and reference only and should not be considered part of the text of any section.
References in this Code to wards by number, without an accompanying boundary or other geographic description, shall be deemed to refer to the geographic configuration of the referenced ward at the time the ordinance containing that ward reference was enacted into law.
References in this Code to the power to close a business, establishment or premises, in whole or in part, for engaging in unlicensed business activity in violation of this Code, including but not limited to violation of Title 4 or Title 9 of this Code, shall include, without limitation, the power to issue a cease and desist order or any other lawful order necessary or appropriate to accomplish the closure.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. VIII, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61755, Art. XIII, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-20, p. 21440, § 1)
Reference to any section of this Code shall be understood to refer to and include the penalty provision relating thereto, unless otherwise expressly provided. In case of the amendment of any section of this Code containing provisions for which a penalty is provided in another section, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, whether reenacted in the amendatory ordinance or not, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.
(Added Coun. J. 6-27-90, p. 17764)
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