(a) For any athletic event conducted at Wrigley Field, the executive director of emergency management and communications may, by regulation, designate a portion of the public way as a staging area in which passengers may board or depart from privately operated buses. During the time such designation is in effect, no privately operated bus may park or stand in such area without a permit issued by the executive director under this section, other than for the purpose of picking up or discharging disabled passengers. A permit required under this section shall be clearly displayed at all times while the bus is in the designated staging area.
(b) Permits shall be issued by the executive director in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by him. Such rules and regulations shall provide that if the number of applications exceeds the number of permits authorized by him for the athletic event, priority shall be given to those applications that are received the earliest. However, preference shall be given to applications for buses carrying primarily disabled or elderly passengers. The rules and regulations may also provide for the issuance of permits pursuant to a random selection process for applications that are received on the same day.
(c) Permits shall be valid only for the athletic event for which they are issued. The fee for each permit shall be $40.00.
(d) The executive director may authorize any individual or entity to act as an agent of the city for the purpose of distributing permits and collecting and remitting permit fees to the city, all in accordance with this section and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(e) In addition to the staging area designated pursuant to subsection (a), the executive director may designate locations at which privately owned buses without permits issued under this section may park or stand for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers.
(f) The executive director may, by regulation, designate an area surrounding Wrigley Field in which it shall be unlawful to stop or park a privately operated bus for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers, other than in legal parking spaces and those locations designated pursuant to subsections (a) and (e).
(g) The executive director shall cause to be erected appropriate signs indicating the areas designated pursuant to this section.
(h) For purposes of this section only, "privately owned bus" or "bus" means a motor vehicle that is owned and operated by a person other than a governmental entity and is designed for carrying 12 or more persons.
(i) Any person who stands or parks a motor vehicle in violation of this section or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be subject to a fine of $100.00 for each offense.
(j) It shall be unlawful to stand or park a privately owned bus with its motor running in an area designated pursuant to subsection (a) or (e) of this section.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 5-22-91, p. 822; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 5.4; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)