8-4-150 Use of sirens for air raid alarms only.

   For the duration of any war in which the United States is engaged no person, including without limiting the generality of the word "person" all persons upon an authorized emergency vehicle, shall sound a siren for any purpose. For the purposes of this section, the term "siren" shall not include a foghorn when used for the protection of navigation in and about the Chicago Harbor.

   This section shall not apply to any person officially designated by the mayor to sound a siren as an air raid alarm.

   Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-6.1)

8-4-160 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 8-4-160, which pertained to bonfires.

8-4-170 Security footprint.

   (a)   Definitions. The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section:

   “City” means the City of Chicago.

   “Convention” means the 2024 Presidential Nomination Convention of the Democratic National Party scheduled to be held on August 19, 2024 through August 24, 2024.

   “Convention Period” means the time period commencing at 12:01 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Saturday, August 17, 2024 and extending until 12:01 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Monday, August 26, 2024.

   “Designee” means a City official or employee designated by the Mayor in writing to negotiate and execute agreements with public or private entities as specified in subsection (c)(1) of this section.

   “Municipal Code” means the Municipal Code of Chicago.

   “Security Footprint” means the boundaries of the area designated by the Chicago Superintendent of Police, in consultation with the United States Secret Service and the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, for the Convention and Convention-related activities.

   (b)   Security Footprint regulations.

      (1)   The Chicago Superintendent of Police, in consultation with the United States Secret Service and the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, is authorized to designate, and mark as necessary, the boundaries of the Security Footprint. The boundaries of the Security Footprint shall be publicized on the Chicago Police Department’s website to the extent feasible.

      (2)   During the Convention Period, it shall be unlawful for any person, other than governmental employees in the performance of their duties, or persons duly issued a permit that specifically authorizes the activities specified in this subsection, to do any of the following in the Security Footprint:

         (i)   push, pull or transport any vehicle, cart, or float;

         (ii)   throw any item;

         (iii)   possess, carry, control, or have immediate access to any item that poses potential safety hazards, as determined by Chicago Superintendent of Police, in consultation with the United States Secret Service and the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, including, but not limited to, any item listed in Exhibit A to this section, which is incorporated into and made an integral part of this section.

         (iv)   except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of Section 10-36-400 of the Municipal Code, operate any small unmanned aircraft. For purposes of this subsection (b)(2)(iv), the terms “operate” and “small unmanned aircraft” have the meanings ascribed to these terms in Section 10-36-400 of the Municipal Code. Any person who violates this subsection (b)(2)(iv) shall be subject to the penalty set forth in subsection (d) of Section 10-36-400 of the Municipal Code.

      (3)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates subsection (b)(2) of this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for a period of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both, for each offense.

   (c)   Transaction authority.

      (1)   The Mayor or his designees are authorized to negotiate and execute agreements with public and private entities for goods, work, services or interests in real property, or for providing grants of duly appropriated funds, personal property or services, regarding the planning, security, logistics, and other aspects of hosting the Convention, on such terms and conditions as the Mayor or such designees deem appropriate and which terms may provide for indemnification by the City, and to provide such assurances, execute such other documents and take such other actions, on behalf of the City, as may be necessary or desirable to host the Convention. All such agreements shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation Counsel as to form and legality.

      (2)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Municipal Code or any other ordinance or mayoral executive order, no parties to agreements entered into with the City pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be required to provide to the City the document commonly known as the “Economic Disclosure Statement and Affidavit” (or any successor to such document) in connection with such agreements.

      (3)   Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Municipal Code or any other ordinance or mayoral executive order, agreements entered into with the City pursuant to this subsection (c) may contain such terms as the Corporation Counsel determines to be necessary for entering into such agreements but need not contain provisions imposed by City ordinances or State law, unless such provisions are mandated by State law and preempt the City’s home rule authority, or mandated by federal law.

      (4)   The Mayor or his designees may enter into an agreement as provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section only after making a determination that: (i) there is no existing contract awarded by the City to a vendor that can be used to procure the needed goods, work, services or interests in real property; or (ii) an existing contract awarded by the City to a vendor is not sufficient to procure the needed goods, work, services or interests in real property.

      (5)   Except when the minimum commercially available term for any agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (c) extends beyond September 30, 2024, no agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (c) may contemplate the provision of goods, work, services or interests in real property beyond September 30, 2024, unless there is separate authority for the agreement.

Exhibit A

Items prohibited in the Security Footprint during the Convention:

•   Laptops, Tripods, Monopods, and Selfie Sticks

   * If an invited guest arrives with a tablet, they will be redirected to the X-ray line for screening and then permitted entry with the tablet.

•   Large Bags and Suitcases exceeding size restrictions (18" x 13" x 7")

•   Sealed packages

•   Drones and other Unmanned Aircraft Systems

•   Animals other than service/guide dogs

•   Bicycles, Scooters, Folding Chairs, Balloons, Coolers

•   Glass, Thermal, or Metal Containers

•   Umbrellas with metal tips

•   Any pointed object(s), including knives of any kind

•   Aerosols, Tobacco Products, e-Cigarettes, Lighters, Matches

•   Firearms, Ammunition, Fireworks, Laser Pointers, Stun Guns, Tasers, Mace/Pepper Spray, Toy Weapons

•   Tents and Structures

•   Any other items determined by the Chicago Superintendent of Police, in consultation with the United States Secret Service and the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, to be Potential Safety Hazards.

(Added Coun. J. 4-17-24, p. 11092)

Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-3-01, p. 68130, § 4, repealed former § 8-4-170, which pertained to masking in public. Coun. J. 4-17-24, p. 11092, § IV, provides that this section expires on September 30, 2024.

8-4-180 Possessing burglar's tools.

   A person possesses burglary tools when he possesses any tool, key, instrument, device, or any explosive suitable for use in breaking into any building, housetrailer, watercraft, aircraft, vehicle, railroad car, or any depository designed for the safekeeping of property, or any part thereof, with intent to enter any such place and with intent to commit therein a felony or theft.

   A person convicted of the possession of burglary tools shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00.

(Prior code § 193-10)

8-4-190 Throwing objects on athletic fields.

   No person shall throw, drop, or place upon any baseball park, athletic field, or other place where games are played any bottle or other glass receptacle or any broken bottle or other broken instrument or thing. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-12)

8-4-195 Illegal conduct within sports facilities.

   (a)   For purposes of this section:

      "Sports facility" means any enclosed or partially enclosed stadium used for sporting events or athletic contests or both and having a seating capacity in excess of 3,000 persons.

      "Restricted area" includes: the playing field, court, playing surface, swimming pool and any other portion of a sports facility used for sporting events or athletic contests; a locker room, a warm-up area, a team assembly area, a team bench area and any other portion of a sports facility closed by the facility operator to spectators or patrons.

   (b)   No person shall enter or remain in or on any restricted area of a sports facility except with the express permission of the facility's operator. Any person who violates this subsection (b) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of $1,000 and incarceration for a period not less than 30 days and not more than six months.

   (c)   Within the portion of a sports facility where patrons and spectators are permitted, no person shall intentionally or knowingly, and without legal justification (1) cause bodily harm to an individual or (2) make physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with an individual. Any person who violates this subsection (c) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.00 and/or incarceration for a period not to exceed six months.

   (d)   Actions under this section shall be filed and prosecuted as misdemeanor actions under the procedure set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended.

(Added Coun. J. 6-4-03, p. 2466, § 1)

8-4-200 Objects on sills or railings.

   It shall not be lawful for any person to place or keep on any window-sill, railing, or balcony, top of porch, or any other projection from any house or other building in the city, any flower pot, wooden box, bowl, pitcher, or other article or thing unless the same is securely and firmly fastened or protected so as to render it impossible for any such pot, bowl, pitcher or other article to fall into the public way. Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than $50.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-13)

8-4-210 Reserved.

Editor’s note – Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. XXI, § 3, repealed § 8-4-210, which pertained to spikes in railings and fences.

8-4-220 Clay holes and excavations.

   The owner, lessee or person in possession of any real estate within the city upon which are located or situated any clay holes or other similar excavations is hereby required to cause such clay holes or other excavations to be enclosed with wooden or wire fences, of not less than six feet in height. When such fences are of wire only smooth or nonbarbed wire shall be used below a height of six feet above the established grade or above the ground where no grade has been established, and such fence or fences shall consist of not less than eight rows of wire, and such rows of wire shall not be more than nine inches apart.

(Prior code § 193-15)

8-4-230 Use of flag – Misdemeanor.

   Any person who (a) for exhibition or display, places or causes to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or any advertisement of any nature, upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, or any foreign flag of any nation or ensign, or state flag of this state or ensign, or city flag of this city or ensign, (b) exposes or causes to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, color or ensign, upon which has been printed, painted or otherwise placed, or to which has been attached, appended, affixed, or annexed, any word, figure, mark, picture, design or drawing or any advertisement of any nature, (c) exposes to public view, manufactures, sells, exposes for sale, gives away, or has in possession for sale or to give away or for use for any purpose, any article of substance, being an article of merchandise, or a receptacle of merchandise or article or thing for carrying or transporting merchandise upon which has been printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, color, or ensign, to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark or distinguish the article or substance on which so placed, or (d) shall knowingly mutilate, deface, defile or defy, trample or cast contempt upon by offensive touching or laying upon the ground or floor, any such flag, standard, color or ensign shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to imprisonment not to exceed six months and a fine not to exceed $250.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-16; Added Coun. J. 3-16-89, p. 25723)

8-4-240 Ragpicking – Peddling – Junk collection.

   No person shall engage in the occupation of ragpicking, the peddling of any article or thing, or the purchasing or collection of junk by handcart, automobile or other vehicle in any public alley between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except in the area bounded on the north by the Chicago River, on the south by East and West Roosevelt Road, on the east by Lake Michigan and on the west by the Chicago River; provided no ragpicking shall be permitted at any time of the day or night on Sundays or legal holidays. Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-17; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-98, p. 78812)

8-4-250 Trespassing on property.

   No person shall enter into or upon any lot, block, or tract of ground in the city which is under cultivation, unless such person be an owner, lessee, or person entitled so to enter, or the duly authorized agent thereof, and any person found by the police in and upon any such premises shall be treated as a trespasser unless he can produce satisfactory evidence of ownership or right to be in and upon any such premises.

   Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 193-18; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99931, § 5.2)

8-4-260 Trespassing on elevated track.

   Whenever any track of any railroad in the city has been or may hereafter be elevated in accordance with the ordinances of the city, no person shall wilfully trespass upon said elevated roadway or track, nor shall anyone aid, abet, or assist therein; provided, however, that the employees of such railroad, acting in the discharge of their duties, may enter or be upon, or walk along or cross such elevated tracks or roadway at any place.

(Prior code § 193-19)