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ARTICLE III. REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS (10-8-180 et seq.)
(a) Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any building or lot of ground in the city abutting upon any public way or public place shall be responsible for the following as pertains to such building or lot of ground:
(1) Remove any snow and ice from any sidewalk abutting such building or lot of ground, and any sidewalk ramps intersecting such sidewalks, creating a clear path of at least 5 feet in width.
(2) Snow which falls or accumulates between the hours of seven a.m. and seven p.m. shall be removed as soon as practicable, but no later than ten p.m. of the same day. Snow which falls or accumulates overnight between the hours of seven p.m. and seven a.m. shall be removed as soon as practicable, but no later than ten a.m. of the same day.
(3) If snow on the sidewalk is frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without damage to the pavement, the person in charge of any building or lot of ground shall, within the time specified for removing the snow, strew, or cause to be strewn, the sidewalk abutting the building or lot of ground with sand, abrasive material or other products made for the purpose of mitigating slipping hazards and preventing the accumulation of ice, and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean the sidewalk.
(4) No owner of a multiple dwelling unit building or a townhouse development with a surface parking lot may shovel, plow, or otherwise place any snow or ice removed from such surface parking lot onto the public way. Owners of townhouse developments and owners of multiple dwelling unit buildings with surface parking lots shall store any snow or ice in a manner and in a location that does not impede or restrict the public way in any fashion. If an owner of a multiple dwelling unit building or a townhouse development with a surface parking lot is unable to store snow and ice in accordance with this subsection (a)(4), such owner shall contract for private snow and ice removal.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and each day such offense shall continue shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.
Exemption. This penalty shall not apply to any owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any residential building failing to comply with this Section for property located in an active pilot area under the Chicago Plow the Sidewalks Pilot Program, established in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the City Council, during the term of the pilot.
(Prior code § 36-19) (Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VII, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 3-24-21, p. 28891, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 7-19-23, p. 1935, § 1)
Any person who removes snow or ice from the public sidewalk or street, shall not, as a result of his acts or omissions in such removal, be liable for civil damages. This section does not apply to any person who violates Section 8-4-120 of this Code, or to acts or omissions amounting to wilful or wanton misconduct in such snow or ice removal.
(Prior code § 36-20) (Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VII, § 3)
Every building which faces or abuts upon a public alley where freight, goods and other commodities are loaded or unloaded through rear doors onto and from any vehicle, shall be equipped with a movable, rolling, folding or collapsible platform, so that such vehicle may stand parallel with the building from which said loading or unloading is done; provided, however, that whenever it may not be practical to load or unload any vehicle when thus placed in a parallel position to any building by reason of large, bulky, unwieldy or cumbersome freight, goods, or other commodities required to be loaded or unloaded, such vehicle may then be placed in a crosswise or cross-alley position.
Whenever the work of loading or unloading such freight, goods or other commodities onto or from any vehicle from such platform is completed, such movable, rolling, folding or collapsible platform shall be removed into the building from which the loading or unloading was done.
(Prior code § 36-21)
No owner of any building or contractor for its removal shall permit the same to be or remain in any of the public ways or the public grounds of the city for any time longer than may be specified in the permit of the building commissioner. Every 24 hours such building shall so remain in any such public way or public grounds shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior code § 36-22; Amend Coun. J. 3-5-03, p. 104990, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)
Any person who shall transport upon any public way crushed stone, sand, gravel, sawdust, ashes, cinders, lime, tanbarks, shavings, wastepaper, ice, mortar, earth, rubbish, manure or other loose material likely to sift, fall or be blown upon the public way, shall convey the same in tight wagon boxes, and in case the same fall or become scattered in any public way, such person shall cause such fallen substance to be forthwith removed.
(Prior code § 36-23)
No person shall overload or cause to be overloaded any cart, trucks, wagon, or other vehicle in such a manner that the contents or any part thereof shall be scattered in any public way or other public place in the city. It shall be the duty of every person in charge, possession or control of any cart, truck, wagon or other vehicle, the contents of which or any part thereof may become scattered in any public way or other public place, to replace at once on such conveyance any part of the contents thereof which shall or may have fallen, dropped or spilled from such conveyance.
(Prior code § 36-24)
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