9-101-010 Purpose – Establishment of automated speed enforcement program; Definitions.
9-101-020 Automated speed enforcement system violation – Speed limit.
9-101-030 Notice of violation, administrative adjudication, and determination of liability.
9-101-040 Standards of operation – Compliance with statute.
9-101-050 Number and placement of automated speed enforcement systems.
9-101-060 Limits on expenditures of net proceeds.
9-101-070 Reserved.
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish an automated speed enforcement system, which shall be administered by the department of transportation, in consultation with the office of emergency management and communications and the department of finance, and enforced through a system of administrative adjudication within the department of administrative hearings.
(b) The automated speed enforcement system shall utilize technology which detects, through radar or other means, the speed of a vehicle operated in violation of Section 9-12-070, 9-12-075 or 9-12-077 and which records, through photographic or other means, the vehicle and the vehicle registration plate of the vehicle. Detection and recording devices used by the system may be stationary or mobile.
(c) The terms "automated speed enforcement system", "owner", "recorded image" and "safety zone" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in subsection (a) of Section 11-208.8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.8(a).
(d) The automated speed enforcement system shall be operated only at such times and in such locations as is authorized by Section 11-208.8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.8, and shall be subject to all of the requirements applicable to those systems in that section and in Section 11-208.3 of that Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3.
(e) The department of transportation, in consultation with the office of emergency management and communications, the police department and the department of finance, shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement and administration of this chapter.
(Added Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5)
Editor's note– Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5, repealed former § 9-101-010, which established the city's prior automated speed enforcement program.
(a) The registered owner of record of a vehicle is liable for a violation of this section and a fine when the vehicle is used in violation of Section 9-12-070, 9-12-075 or 9-12-077 and that violation occurred in a safety zone at a time and location where the automated speed enforcement system is authorized to be operational and a recorded image was recorded by a automated speed enforcement system and the recorded speed is six or more miles per hour in excess of the applicable speed limit.
(b) The automated speed enforcement system shall be operational and violations of subsection (a) shall be recorded only at the following times:
(1) if the safety zone is based upon the property line of any facility, area or land owned by a school district, only on school days and no earlier than 7:00 a.m. and no later than 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; and
(2) if the safety zone is based upon the property line of any facility, area or land owned by a park district, during the time the facility, area or land is open to the public or other patrons.
(c) A recorded image of a violation obtained by the automated speed enforcement system that has been reviewed in accordance with Section 11-208.3(b)(3) of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of subsection (a).
(d) The amount of the fine shall be as set forth in Section 9-100-020(d).
(e) The provisions of this section are subject to Sections 11-208.3 and 11-208.8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 and 11-208.8 and the defenses specified in Section 9-100-060(b).
(g) No citation for a violation of this section shall be issued until after the expiration of 30 days after the installation of a new automated speed enforcement system on a roadway; provided that the owner or lessee of the registered vehicle used in the commission of the violation shall be mailed a warning notice of such violation in compliance with Section 9-100-045.
(h) The determination to issue a citation for a violation of this section is vested solely with the City of Chicago and may not be delegated to any vendor retained by the City.
(Added Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 12; Amend Coun. J. 5-6-15, p. 108500, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 10-4-23, p. 3349, § 1)
Editor's note– Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5, repealed former § 9-101-020, which pertained to speed limit violations.
(Added Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5)
Editor's note– Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5, repealed former § 9-101-030, which pertained to citation notices.
(a) The operation of an automated speed enforcement system, including the placement and posting of signs, statistical analysis reporting requirements or any information required to be available to the public on the city's website shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 11-208.8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.8.
(b) The training of technicians and testing of the equipment used in an automated speed enforcement system shall comply with Section 11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3.
(c) The commissioner of transportation is authorized to post signs in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Illinois Vehicle Code which indicate that a roadway is being monitored by an automated speed enforcement system and the speed limit. The commissioner is further authorized to post signs which indicate that an area is a safety zone.
(Added Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5)
Editor's note– Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5, repealed former § 9-101-040, which pertained to grounds for adjudication by mail or administrative hearings.
(a) No more than 20% of all eligible safety zones shall be equipped with an automated speed enforcement system.
(b) The commissioner of transportation shall divide the city into 6 geographical regions for purposes of installing automated speed enforcement systems in eligible safety zones within those regions. No less than 10% of the total number of eligible safety zones authorized in subsection (a) shall be installed in each region.
(c) The commissioner of transportation shall notify an alderman of the installation of an automated speed enforcement system in the ward prior to its installation.
(Added Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5)
Editor's note– Coun. J. 4-18-12, p. 23762, § 5, repealed former § 9-101-050, which pertained to determination of liability.
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