(a) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any street with any device thereon displaying a blue light visible directly in front thereof, or place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any public way a flashing, rotating or oscillating blue beam, except: (i) a vehicle operated by a police department; (ii) a city-owned or city-leased vehicle that displays such light in accordance with rules or guidelines developed by the Commissioner of Fleet and Facility Management; or (iii) a vehicle that displays such light as otherwise permitted under the Illinois Vehicle Code, codified at 625 ILCS 5/1-100, et seq.
(b) The Commissioner of Fleet and Facility Management may allow, by rule, the use of blue oscillating, rotating or flashing lights in combination with green oscillating, rotating or flashing lights on certain city-owned or city-leased vehicles not operated by the Department of Police.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-13, p. 67481, Art. II, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-19, p. 11390, Art. III, § 16; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. I, § 16)