CHAPTER 1-16
NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE

1-16-010   Definitions.

1-16-020   Nuclear weapons work – Unlawful activities – Exceptions.

1-16-030   Reserved.

1-16-040   Civil defense participation limitations.

1-16-050   Annual commemoration day.

1-16-060   Sign requirements.

1-16-070   Violation – Penalty.

1-16-080   Reserved.

1-16-010 Definitions.

   For the purposes of this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:

   (a)   "Person" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 1-4-090(e), but shall not include the federal government or any agency thereof.

   (b)   "Nuclear weapon" means any device, the purpose of which is use as a weapon, a weapon prototype or a weapon test device, the intended detonation of which results from the energy released by fission and/or fusion reactions involving atomic nuclei. For the purpose of this ordinance, "nuclear weapon" includes the weapon's guidance and propulsion system and triggering mechanism, i.e., the means of transporting, guiding, propelling, triggering or detonating the weapon, provided that such means is destroyed or rendered useless in the normal transporting, guiding, propelling, triggering or detonation of the weapon.

   (c)   "Component of a nuclear weapon" means any device, radioactive or nonradioactive, specifically designed to be installed in and contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon.

   (d)   "Direct activities of the federal government" means actions of the federal government or any agency thereof created by statute, but shall exclude actions of independent contractors.

(Prior code § 202-1; Added Coun. J. 3-12-86, p. 28521; Corrected. 2-3-87, p. 39355; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 1)

1-16-020 Nuclear weapons work – Unlawful activities – Exceptions.

   (a)   Phase-out of present activities. No person shall knowingly, within the City of Chicago, design, produce, deploy, launch, maintain, or store nuclear weapons or components of nuclear weapons. This prohibition shall take effect two years after the adoption and publication of this ordinance.

   (b)   Prohibition of commencement of nuclear weapons work. No person who is not, as of the effective date of this ordinance, engaged in the design, production, deployment, launching, maintenance or storage of nuclear weapons or components of nuclear weapons, shall, within the City of Chicago, commence any such activities after the effective date of this ordinance.

   (c)   Exclusion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:

      (i)   Any activity not specifically described in this section;

      (ii)   Basic research;

      (iii)   Any writing or speech devoted to public commentary or debate or other speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution;

      (iv)   The research and application of nuclear medicine;

      (v)   Uses of fissionable materials for smoke detectors, light-emitting watches and clocks and other consumer products; or

      (vi)   Direct activities of the federal government.

(Prior code § 202-2; Added Coun. J. 3-12-86, p. 28521; Corrected. 2-3-87, p. 39355)

1-16-030 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 1-16-030, which pertained to redirection of resources toward human needs – peace conversion commission.