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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)*
TABLES
Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Ordinance
CHAPTER 10-8
USE OF PUBLIC WAYS AND PLACES
Article I. Zones of Quiet
10-8-010   Establishment.
10-8-020   Posting of signs.
10-8-030   Traffic near hospitals.
10-8-040   Reserved.
10-8-050   Reserved.
10-8-060   School zones of quiet.
10-8-070   Unnecessary noises.
Article II. Charitable Solicitation
10-8-080   Permit required.
10-8-090   Permit – Issuance requirements.
10-8-100   Application.
10-8-110   Application – Committee action.
10-8-120   Date and location conflicts – Preference given when.
10-8-130   Permit legend.
10-8-140   Display of information.
10-8-150   Statement to be filed.
10-8-160   Committee on finance – Rule adoption.
10-8-165   Enforcement.
10-8-170   Violation – Penalty – Corporation counsel to institute action.
Article III. Requirements and Restrictions
10-8-180   Snow and ice removal.
10-8-190   Liability for civil damages.
10-8-200   Loading and unloading from alleys.
10-8-210   House moving.
10-8-220   Conveying loose materials.
10-8-230   Overloading vehicles.
10-8-240   Vehicles drawn over curb.
10-8-250   Throwing sharp objects.
10-8-260   Reserved.
10-8-270   Distribution of commercial advertising matter on the public way.
10-8-271   Distribution of commercial advertising matter on private property.
10-8-272   Reserved.
10-8-280   Towing advertising display.
10-8-290   Aircraft dropping advertising matter.
10-8-300   Aircraft advertising noises.
10-8-310   Placing commercial advertising matter in automobiles – Prohibited..
10-8-320   Posting commercial advertising matter on public property – Prohibited.
10-8-325   Responsibility for distribution of commercial advertising matter.
10-8-330   Parade.
10-8-331   Independent farmers markets.
10-8-332   Athletic event.
10-8-334   Public assembly.
10-8-335   Outdoor special events.
10-8-337   Film production permit.
10-8-340   Donation of promotional decorative lightpole banners and decorations.
10-8-350   Performance in public ways.
10-8-360   Injury to sidewalk or driveway.
10-8-370   Alleys, access to construction-sites.
10-8-380   Defacing property in public places.
10-8-390   Obstructing public improvements.
10-8-400   Barbed wire fence.
Article IV. Occasional Sales
10-8-401   Definitions.
10-8-402   Permit required – Display.
10-8-403   Time limitations – Frequency.
10-8-404   Signs.
10-8-405   Sale items to be displayed within property lines.
10-8-406   Penalty – Violation.
Article V. Prohibited Uses
10-8-410   Skating.
10-8-420   Cleansing goods.
10-8-430   Washing windows and sidewalks.
10-8-440   Sorting of articles.
10-8-450   Mixing concrete.
10-8-460   Spilling oil.
10-8-470   Spilling of substances on roadway.
10-8-480   Casting refuse and liquids.
10-8-490   Selling tickets.
10-8-500   Selling tickets near amusement places.
10-8-505   Selling tickets near a stadium or playing field.
10-8-510   Soliciting business.
10-8-515   Soliciting unlawful business.
10-8-520   Street vendors.
10-8-525   Vehicle servicing in traffic lane prohibited – Exception.
10-8-526   Enforcement of Chicago Transit Authority Ordinance.
Article VI. Violation of Chapter Provisions
10-8-530   Violation – Penalty.
ARTICLE I. ZONES OF QUIET (10-8-010 et seq.)
10-8-010 Establishment.
   There is hereby created and established a zone of quiet in all territory embraced within the block upon which abuts the premises of any hospital owned, controlled or operated by the federal, state, county or city governments or any licensed hospital or home.
(Prior code § 36-1)
10-8-020 Posting of signs.
   It shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to place, or cause to be placed, and maintained, at each and every street intersection at which traffic vehicles are diverted under the provisions of this chapter, a conspicuous sign displaying the words:
NOTICE
ZONE OF QUIET
Traffic vehicles prohibited between the hours of 2 and 7 o'clock a.m.
(Prior code § 36-2; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)
10-8-030 Traffic near hospitals.
   No wagon, cart, dray, truck, automobile truck, or other heavy traffic vehicle, shall, between the hours of 2:00 and 7:00 a.m., approach upon or along any street upon which abuts any licensed hospital, or any hospital owned, controlled or operated by the federal, state, county or city governments, nearer in any given direction than the nearest street which crosses or intersects the street upon which such hospital premises abut; and in any case where any hospital premises are located at a street corner, or other street intersection, no such vehicle as herein described shall between the hours of 2:00 and 7:00 a.m. approach such hospital premises upon or along any street upon which such hospital premises abut nearer than the street nearest in any given direction to either or any of the streets abutted upon by such hospital premises; provided, that any vehicle carrying goods, merchandise, wares or other articles to or from any house or premises abutting upon any part of a street affected by this chapter shall be permitted to enter thereon and deliver or receive such goods, merchandise, wares or other articles; and provided further, that any vehicles carrying tools, machinery, material or other articles used for the construction, repair or cleaning of the pavement, sewers, waterpipes, lamps or any other municipal property, or the gas mains, electric wires, streetcar tracks, lampposts or other properties, appurtenances or attachments of any public utility in any part of a street affected by this chapter, shall be permitted to enter thereon for the purpose of such construction, repair or cleaning. This prohibition shall not apply to any street or part of a street lying in that part of the city bounded on the north by the Chicago River, on the east by Michigan Avenue, on the south by Twenty-second Street and on the west by the Chicago River.
(Prior code § 36-3)
10-8-040 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 10-8-040, which pertained to temporary quiet zones.
10-8-050 Reserved.
Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 10-8-050, which pertained to signs for temporary zones.
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