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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
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)*
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Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
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8-8-120 Violation – Penalty for Section 8-8-110.
   Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 8-8-110 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months or be both so fined and imprisoned. Each day that such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder. If more than one written, photographic, printed, sound, published material or videotape shall knowingly be sold, lent, displayed, offered to be sold, given away, circulated, distributed or in any way furnished or attempted to be furnished to any such person in violation of Section 8-8-110, the sale, loan, display, offer to sell, giving away, circulation, distribution or in any way furnishing or attempting to furnish to any such person of each separate written, photographic, printed, sound, published material or videotape shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished as such hereunder.
(Prior code § 192-10.2; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-86, p. 37627)
8-8-130 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-3-01, p. 68130, § 4, repealed § 8-8-130, which pertained to museums of anatomy.
8-8-140 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-3-01, p. 68130, § 4, repealed § 8-8-140, which pertained to bathing suits.
8-8-150 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 10-3-01, p. 68130, § 4, repealed § 8-8-150, which pertained to artificially affecting prices.
8-8-160 Selling nontransferable railroad tickets.
   No person shall be permitted to remain in or about any railroad depot in the city, having in his possession the unused portion or portions of nontransferable railroad tickets restricted for the use to the original purchaser thereof by the railroad company issuing the same, for the purpose of selling the same, offering the same for sale, advertising the same for sale, or in any manner to aid in the sale or purchase of such partially used nontransferable railroad tickets.
   No person shall sell within the city the whole or any portion of any said ticket.
   Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 192-16)
8-8-170 Selling or giving away transfers.
   No person, in violation of the rules or regulations approved or promulgated by the Illinois Commerce Commission shall sell, barter, or exchange for any consideration any transfer ticket or other instrument issued by any person operating any street railroad, elevated rapid transit railroad, unified local transportation system, or otherwise, within the city, giving, or purporting to give to the holder of such transfer ticket or other instrument the right to transfer from one street railroad car, bus, or trolley bus to another street railway car, bus, or trolley bus on the same line or route or on any other line or route, or from a street railroad car, bus, or trolley bus to an elevated railroad car or train, or from an elevated railroad car or train to a street railroad car, bus, or trolley bus.
   No person shall give away any such transfer ticket or other instrument as aforesaid to another for the purpose of enabling, or with intent to enable, the latter to use or offer the same for passage upon any car, bus, or trolley bus of said street railroad, elevated rapid transit railroad, unified local transportation system, or otherwise; nor shall any person not lawfully entitled thereto receive or acquire possession of any such transfer ticket or other instrument as aforesaid, use, or attempt to use, or offer the same for passage upon any car, bus, or trolley bus of the said street railroad, elevated rapid transit railroad, unified local transportation company, or otherwise. Provided, however, that this section shall not relate to, or in any manner affect, the issuing and giving of transfer tickets or other instruments as aforesaid by the agents or employees of any street railroad, elevated rapid transit railroad, unified local transportation system, or otherwise, to passengers thereof lawfully entitled thereto.
(Prior code § 192-17)
8-8-180 Manipulating telephone coin boxes.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to insert, or to attempt to insert, into the coin box or money receptacle of any telephone, any slug, button, or other substance, or to manipulate or operate, or to attempt to manipulate or operate, in any manner whatever, any telephone instrument or any mechanism or device connected or commonly used therewith, with the intent to obtain telephone service without paying therefor.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to insert, or to attempt to insert, into the coin box or money receptacle of any telephone, any slug, button, wire, hook, or other implements or substances with the intent to obtain from such coin box or money receptacle a legal tender coin of the United States.
(Prior code § 192-18)
8-8-190 Violation – Penalty.
   Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, where no other penalty is provided, shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 192-19)