9-72-010 Load restrictions in downtown district.
   (a)   No operator of a bus or vehicle designed and used for pulling or carrying freight or merchandise shall operate such vehicle in the district bounded on the north by the south line of Lake Street, on the east by the east line of Wabash Avenue, on the south by the north line of Congress Street and on the west by the east line of Franklin Street, unless the operator has deliveries or pick-ups of materials or persons to make in the district.
   (b)   No operator of a vehicle designed and used for pulling or carrying freight or merchandise whose length, including load, is in excess of 33 feet shall operate such vehicle for the purpose of delivering or picking up freight or merchandise in the district bounded on the east by the west line of Michigan Avenue, on the south by the south line of Harrison Street, on the west by the east line of Halsted Street, and on the north by the south line of Chicago Avenue during the hours from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., except on Sundays and holidays; provided, however, that such vehicles may enter the district for the express purpose of making deliveries or pick-ups at loading platforms or docks located wholly within areas not dedicated as public ways and arranged so that the vehicles do not obstruct movement of vehicular traffic on any public way.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 7-6-11, p. 3026, § 2)