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MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 CITY GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
TITLE 5 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TITLE 6 HUMAN RIGHTS*
TITLE 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 7-4 LEAD-BEARING SUBSTANCES
CHAPTER 7-12 ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 7-16 BIRTHS AND DEATHS
CHAPTER 7-20 CONTAGIOUS AND EPIDEMIC DISEASES
CHAPTER 7-22 CONCUSSION INJURIES IN STUDENT ATHLETES IN CHICAGO SCHOOLS
CHAPTER 7-24 DRUGS AND NARCOTICS
CHAPTER 7-28 HEALTH NUISANCES
CHAPTER 7-30 PLASTIC BAG AND FILM PLASTIC RECYCLING ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 7-32 CHICAGO CLEAN INDOOR AIR ORDINANCE OF 2008*
CHAPTER 7-36 TOY SAFETY
CHAPTER 7-38 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - SANITARY OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 7-39 RESERVED*
CHAPTER 7-40 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - CARE OF FOODS*
CHAPTER 7-42 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - INSPECTIONS, VIOLATIONS AND HEARING PROCEDURES*
CHAPTER 7-44 EXTERMINATION BY FUMIGATION*
CHAPTER 7-50 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER 7-51 CHICAGO PREPAID WIRELESS 9-1-1 SURCHARGE
CHAPTER 7-52 HOTEL AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 7-58 EMERGENCY ENERGY PLAN
CHAPTER 7-59 NATURAL GAS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN
TITLE 8 OFFENSES AFFECTING PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 9 VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND RAIL TRANSPORTATION
TITLE 10 STREETS, PUBLIC WAYS, PARKS, AIRPORTS AND HARBORS
TITLE 11 UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
TITLE 12 RESERVED
TITLE 13 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 14 RESERVED*
TITLE 14A ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION CODES*
TITLE 14B BUILDING CODE*
TITLE 14C CONVEYANCE DEVICE CODE*
TITLE 14E ELECTRICAL CODE*
TITLE 14F FIRE PREVENTION CODE*
TITLE 14G FUEL GAS CODE*
TITLE 14M MECHANICAL CODE*
TITLE 14N 2022 ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CODE*
TITLE 14P PLUMBING CODE*
TITLE 14R BUILDING REHABILITATION CODE*
TITLE 14X MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS*
TITLE 15 FIRE PREVENTION
TITLE 16 LAND USE
TITLE 17 CHICAGO ZONING ORDINANCE
TITLE 18 BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
APPENDIX TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO (RESERVED)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
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7-28-130 Diseased trees.
   All trees which become affected with Dutch elm disease are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
   Any person owning or controlling any plot of ground upon which such a tree is situated shall, upon the appearance of evidence of any such disease, cause such tree to be sprayed and removed from the premises and burned.
   If the owner or person in control of any plot of ground upon which such a tree is situated fails to have such tree so sprayed, removed and burned within ten days after receipt of notification by certified mail of positive evidence that the tree is affected with Dutch elm disease, the general superintendent of forestry, parkways and beautification shall proceed to have such tree sprayed, removed and burned, and any expense incurred by the city in so doing shall be a charge against the owner so failing, which may be recovered in an appropriate action at law instituted by the corporation counsel.
(Prior code § 99-9.1)
7-28-140 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-28-97, p. 54730, repealed § 7-28-140, which pertained to floral designs in cemeteries.
7-28-150 Spreading of vermin poison.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to spread, or to cause or permit any agent or employee to spread, any poison for the purpose of killing rats, mice, insects, or other vermin, in any public way or public place in the city; and it shall be unlawful for any person to spread or to cause or permit any agent or employee to spread, any poison for such purpose in any yards, court, passageway, or other open place on private premises, or on the outside of any building or structure, or in any place within a building which is open to the general public, or where pet dogs, cats, or other domestic animals or fowls have access, without placing the same in a receptacle of such kind or character that it can be reached only by the kind of vermin which the poison is intended to kill, or without placing a wire or other guard about same in such way that no child, or domestic animal, domestic fowl, or other harmless creature can reach the same.
(Prior code § 99-11)
7-28-160 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-28-97, p. 54730, repealed § 7-28-160, which pertained to spitting in public.
7-28-170 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-28-97, p. 54730, repealed § 7-28-170, which pertained to disposal of facial tissues.
7-28-180 Throwing objects in public places of amusement – Violation – Penalty.
   No person shall cast, drop or throw any object, missile or any other substance or article in, from or into any public place of amusement.
   Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 99-13.1)
7-28-190 Throwing objects into roadways.
   It shall be unlawful for any person:
      (1)   To loiter on any public bridge, viaduct or overpass in such manner or for such purpose as might jeopardize the safety or well-being of any person upon or near the roadway below;
      (2)   To stop any vehicle on any public bridge, viaduct or overpass except for necessary emergency purposes or upon the order of a police officer or other person authorized to direct such action;
      (3)   To throw or drop or cause to be thrown or dropped from any public bridge, viaduct or overpass any article or thing which might jeopardize the safety or well-being of any person upon or near the roadway below.
   Any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a nuisance and the offender shall be subject to a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $200.00, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both, and every violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 99-13.2)
ARTICLE II. REFUSE (7-28-200 et seq.)
7-28-200 Definitions.
   For the purposes of this chapter the following words and terms shall be understood as having the following meanings:
   "Ashes" means all ashes of wood, coal and coke; the residue resulting from the combustion of any material or substance, soot, cinders, slag or charcoal.
   "Dwelling unit" has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 17-17-0248.
   "Garbage" means rejected organic matter, household food, cooking grease or kindred refuse, manure, swill or carrion.
   "Grease container" means any container used for the storage, collection or removal of cooking grease or kindred refuse.
   "Junk" means old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base metals, old rope, old bags, rags, wastepaper, paper clippings, scraps of woolens, clips, bagging, rubber and glass, and empty bottles of different kinds and sizes when the number of each kind of size is less than one gross, and all articles and things discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of, or consisting of, any one or more of the materials or articles herein mentioned. Junk includes items and materials stored for resale with no more processing than sorting, crushing or separation from other items and materials.
   "Litter" includes but is not limited to the following: (a) picnic or eating utensils, such as paper plates, cups, napkins, towels, plastic utensils, metal foil, cellophane, wax paper, paper bags or any food wrappings; (b) liquid or beverage containers such as beer, soft-drink and juice cans, beer, soft-drink, liquor and wine bottles, and milk or juice cartons; (c) tobacco and confection wrappers, such as cigarette packages, candy, ice cream, Popsicle, gum or any other type of dessert or confection wrapping or container; (d) food wastes, such as fruit or vegetable peelings, pulp, rinds, leftovers or any other type of table wastes; (e) newspapers, books, placards, handbills, pamphlets, circulars, notices or papers of any type; (f) or any other type of rubbish, garbage, refuse matter, article, thing or substance such as discarded clothing, boxes, dust, manure or ashes.
   "Litter basket" means any container suitable for the storage and collection of litter on the public way or private parking lot properties.
   "Manure" means the excrement of all domestic animals and fowl, stable bedding, and all hay, straw, shavings, grass and weeds, or leaves which have been used for stable or fowlhouse bedding.
   "Multiple dwelling" means a building that contains 2 or more dwelling units.
   "Occupational unit" means a property or part of a property designed, intended, or used for any business purpose other than a single dwelling or multiple dwelling.
   "Retail establishment" means each separate store location, whether or not affiliated with any other store location, where goods or services are offered for sale to the consuming public.
   "Refuse" means all garbage, junk, ashes, and all other rejected matter, rubbish, and dust.
   "Single dwelling" means a building that contains no more than one dwelling unit.
   "Unified statement of charges" has the same definition ascribed to that term in section 11-12-010,
(Prior code § 99-14; Amend Coun. J. 4-15-95, p. 67576; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66564; Amend Coun. J. 7-7-99, p. 6985; Amend Coun. J. 5-2-01, p. 57399, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12062, Art. IX, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-16, p. 18540, § 1)
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