CHAPTER 4-360
VENDOR LICENSING AND REGULATION AT NAVY PIER

4-360-010   Definitions.

4-360-020   Sale of food and merchandise – Permitted.

4-360-030   License – Required.

4-360-050   License – Application – Contents.

4-360-060   Corporate applicant qualifications.

4-360-070   License – Term – Number.

4-360-090   License – Issuance and selection procedure.

4-360-100   Sales restrictions.

4-360-110   Applicability of Code – Inspection.

4-360-120   Inspections and analysis.

4-360-130   Held for inspection orders.

4-360-140   Rules and regulations.

4-360-150   License transferral prohibited.

4-360-160   Sticker license emblem – Display.

4-360-170   Violation – Penalties.

4-360-180   Reserved.

4-360-190   General applicability of Municipal Code.

4-360-010 Definitions.

   Whenever used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

   (a)   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection of the City of Chicago.

   (b)   "Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection" means the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection of the City of Chicago.

   (c)   "Board of Health" means the Board of Health of the City of Chicago.

   (d)   "Department of Public Health" means the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago.

   (e)   "Commissioner of Public Health" means the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago.

   (f)   "Navy Pier" means the municipal pier extending into Lake Michigan from the foot of East Grand Avenue.

   (g)   "License" means a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

   (h)   "Pushcart" means a wheeled vehicle propelled solely by human power.

   (i)   "Food" means food and beverages allowed to be sold in accordance with this chapter.

   (j)   "Licensee" means a person to whom a license has been issued pursuant to this chapter.

   (k)   "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other legal entity, whether acting in his or its own capacity or as administrator, executor, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed by a court. Whenever the word "person" is used in any section of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine as applied to partnerships or associations, the word shall include the partners or members thereof, and such word as applied to corporations shall include the officers, agents or employees thereof who are responsible for any violation of said section.

   (l)   "The authority" means the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority created by the Illinois Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, as amended

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-95, p. 1277; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. III, § 23)

4-360-020 Sale of food and merchandise – Permitted.

   Notwithstanding any provision of any other chapter of the Municipal Code, it shall be lawful to sell food and merchandise at Navy Pier in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-360-030 License – Required.

   No person shall sell merchandise or food at Navy Pier without first having obtained a license under this chapter.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-360-050 License – Application – Contents.

   Application for a license shall be made in writing on a form provided by the Commissioner, and signed under oath by the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, a duly authorized agent shall sign the application. The application shall contain the following information:

   (a)   The full name, residence address and business address of the applicant;

   (b)   The business telephone number of the applicant;

   (c)   A description of the item or items to be sold;

   (d)   The name and address of at least one individual possessing a valid certificate of registration in food handling, issued by the Department of Public Health, who will supervise the sale of food by the applicant;

   (e)   The written consent of the authority to the applicant's sales activity on Navy Pier;

   (f)   Any such other information as may be required by the Commissioner.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-95, p. 127; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 141; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. III, § 24)

4-360-060 Corporate applicant qualifications.

   Each corporate applicant for a Navy Pier license shall be qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Illinois.

   The fee for a Navy Pier license shall be as set forth in Section 4-5-010. Applications for a license under this chapter shall be made in March of each year.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-95, p. 1277; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 142)

4-360-070 License – Term – Number.

   The maximum number of Navy Pier vendor's licenses shall be 125; public convenience, health and necessity and the safety of existing pedestrian traffic on the pier requiring such limitation.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-95, p. 1277; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 143)

4-360-090 License – Issuance and selection procedure.

   If the number of qualified applicants for a license under this chapter exceeds the number of such licenses available, as set forth in Section 4-360-070, the commissioner shall grant all such available licenses by the random selection of qualified applicants. In all subsequent license periods, preference shall be given to applicants holding current licenses hereunder, and the remainder of available licenses, if any, shall be granted by random selection of qualified applicants.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 144)

4-360-100 Sales restrictions.

   Each licensee shall sell and offer for sale only the item or items specified in his current license, exclusively from a pushcart or at a fixed location and during the hours as determined by the authority.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-95, p. 1277)