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 J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 10-8-040, which pertained to temporary quiet zones.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 J. 3-31-04, p. 20916, § 1.1, repealed § 10-8-050, which pertained to signs for temporary zones.

10-8-060 School zones of quiet.

   There are hereby created and established zones of quiet during school hours in all public ways surrounding every block within which is located a building used, controlled, leased or operated for free common school education in the city.

   It shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to place, or cause to be placed, on lampposts or some other conspicuous place, as near to each of the corners as practicable of every such block wherein such zone of quiet is established, as provided in this section, signs or placards displaying the words, "Notice Zone Of Quiet".

(Prior code § 36-6; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)

10-8-070 Unnecessary noises.

   The making, causing or permitting to be made of any unnecessary noise of any kind whatsoever, or the playing of itinerant musicians, or the making of noises for the purpose of advertising any goods, wares or merchandise, or of attracting the attention or inviting the patronage of any person to any business, or the playing of itinerant musicians upon the public ways within any zone of quiet established in accordance with this chapter, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and is hereby prohibited.

(Prior code § 36-7)

ARTICLE II. CHARITABLE SOLICITATION (10-8-080 et seq.)

10-8-080 Permit required.

   No person shall solicit or collect contributions of funds for charitable purposes upon any portion of the public way without first having obtained a permit for such purpose from the committee on finance.

(Prior code § 36-8; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12004)

10-8-090 Permit – Issuance requirements.

   No permit for solicitation of charitable contributions on the public way shall be issued to any person unless such person is either (a) a benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic or eleemosynary organization registered and in good standing with the Attorney General of the State of Illinois under "An Act to regulate solicitation and collection of funds for charitable purposes, providing for violations thereof, and making appropriations therefor", effective July 26, 1963, as amended; or (b) an organization exempt from compliance with said Act pursuant to section 3 thereof, as amended.

(Prior code § 36-9; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12004)

10-8-100 Application.

   Application for a charitable solicitation permit shall be made on a form issued by committee on finance. The application shall include the name, address and telephone number of the soliciting organization; proof of registration and good standing, or proof of initial registration and exemption as described in Section 10-8-090(b) of this Code, issued by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois; the names, residence addresses and telephone numbers of the officers of the organization; the dates and locations of the solicitation; the approximate number of persons engaging in the solicitation; a description or facsimile of the tag, badge, emblem or other token (if any) which will be distributed as part of the solicitation; an application fee of ten dollars ($10) for each day of solicitation requested; and such other information as the committee on finance may require. The application fee charged by this section shall not be waived by any action of the City Council including by order or ordinance. Application for a charitable solicitation permit shall be made no less than 30 days before the commencement of the solicitation. The application shall be signed and verified by at least one officer of the organization.

(Prior code § 36-10; Added Coun. J. 12-18-84, p. 12004; Amend Coun. J. 11-17-10, p. 107315, § 2)