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(a) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Chicago Film Office" means the Chicago Film Office of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
"CDOT Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation or the Commissioner’s designee.
"Department" means the Chicago Department of Transportation.
"DCASE Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events or the Commissioner’s designee.
"Film production event" means any filming that requires: (1) the exclusive use of City streets, sidewalks or other portions of the public way for the staging of vehicles, equipment or crew personnel; or (2) special City services, including but not limited to: (i) street closures, (ii) barricades, garbage cans, stages, or special "no parking" signs, (iii) special electrical services, or (iv) special police protection; or (3) special effects, pyrotechnics, stunts, rigging or similar activities regulated under this Code or requiring permits or similar approvals from other City departments. The term "film production event" does not include filming on the public way that does not obstruct or block the public way.
(b) Unlawful acts. No person shall conduct a film production event without first: (i) filing a City Services Request Form with the Chicago Film Office, and (ii) obtaining a Film Production Permit from the Chicago Department of Transportation. No person shall exceed the scope of any permit issued under this section.
(c) City services request form. The City Services Request Form required under this section shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the Chicago Film Office, and shall contain the following information about the film production event: (1) event type; (2) filming dates; (3) project title; (4) company name; (5) company address; (6) company contact information; (7) project description; (8) location, number, date and time of any requested street closures; (9) nature and number of any requested City services or police personnel; (10) date, time and reporting location of any requested tow trucks; (11) name and cell phone number of the company’s on-site contact person; (12) whether any special effects, stunts, rigging or pyrotechnics will be used in connection with the film production event; and (13) any other information that the Chicago Film Office may reasonably require. Upon receipt of a completed City Services Request Form, the Chicago Film Office shall: (i) review the request identified in the Form to determine its feasibility and potential impact on the public way, public health and public safety; and (ii) notify the Department of Transportation of its findings.
(d) Film production permit – Processes and fees.
(1) Application. The application for a Film Production Permit under this section shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the CDOT Commissioner, and shall contain the following information: (i) event name, if applicable; (ii) type of event; (iii) start and end date of the event; (iv) description of the event; (v) emergency contact information; (vi) filming information; (vii) location information; (viii) whether any interruption of vehicular traffic is necessary; (ix) service request information; (x) proof of insurance, as required under subsection (e) of this section; (xi) indemnification agreement, as required under subsection (f) of this section; and (xii) any other information that the CDOT Commissioner may reasonably require.
(2) Permit issuance – Prohibited when. A permit under this section may be denied if the CDOT Commissioner, in consultation with the Chicago Film Office, determines that: (i) the date, place, time or manner of filming of the film production event will have an adverse impact on the public way or on the public health or safety; and (ii) no feasible alternative date, place, time or manner of filming exists capable of mitigating such adverse impact.
(3) Permit fee – Fee for City services. The fee for a film production permit, which shall be paid at the time the permit is issued, shall be $250.00; provided, however, that a $25.00 permit fee shall be assessed if the filmed event: (i) is produced by students or school administrators as part of a classroom project; or (ii) is produced by a not-for-profit corporation for educational or institutional purposes; or (iii) qualifies for, and has been approved by the DCASE Commissioner for participation in, the Chicago Film Office’s Independent Film Initiative program; or (iv) is substantially smaller in scope, budget, crew size, and need for City services than the majority of film production events permitted by the City, requires significantly less time and fewer City staff to process for permit issuance, and requires no or minimal city services to produce. Any costs accrued by the permittee for City services in connection with the permitted event shall be in addition to the permit fee required under this subsection.
(e) Insurance – Required. The applicant for a Film Production Permit shall provide proof of insurance evidencing commercial general liability insurance, with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage, naming the City as additional insured on a primary non-contributory basis for any liability arising directly or indirectly from the permittee’s operations.
Each insurance policy required under this subsection shall include a provision stating that the policy shall not be subject to cancellation, reduction in the amount of its liabilities, or other material changes until notice thereof has been received in writing by the City’s Office of Risk Management, Chicago Film Office and Department prior to such action.
The insurance required under this subsection shall be maintained in full force and effect for the duration of the permit period. Any violation of this subsection shall result in automatic revocation of the permit.
For purposes of this subsection, the duration of the permit period shall include the time required for construction and removal of all materials and equipment provided for the conduct of the permitted event until the public way has been cleared and restored to the condition it was in prior to the permitted event.
In the case of requests for City services that involve the hiring of police and fire personnel, proof of workman’s compensation insurance shall also be required.
(f) Indemnification – Required. Apart from and separate from any insurance required under subsection (e) of this section, the applicant for a Film Production Permit under this section shall agree in writing to indemnify, defend and hold the City of Chicago and it assignees and employees harmless from all losses, damages, injuries, claims, demands and expensing arising out of the operation of the permitted event on the condition, maintenance and use of the public way or other public property.
(g) Permit revocation. The Department may at any time revoke a film production permit if the operation of the film production event is in violation of this Code or any other applicable law, or if such revocation is necessary to preserve the health or safety of the public. Written notice of the revocation with the reasons therefor shall be mailed to or served upon the permittee or the permittee’s agent at the time of revocation. Unless the permit will expire by its own terms before a hearing can be reasonably scheduled, no such revocation will take effect until the permittee or his agent has been given notice and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with rules issued by the Department. When necessary to prevent an immediate threat to the health or safety of the public, the Department shall order the permittee to cease operation of the film production event pending the outcome of the hearing.
(h) Judicial review. Any action of the Department in denying or revoking a permit under this section shall be subject to judicial review as provided by law.
(i) Rules. The DCASE Commissioner and Chicago Film Office, following consultation with one another, may jointly or separately promulgate rules necessary or desirable to implement this section.
(j) Penalty for violation. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $2,500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Added Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90376, Art. VII, § 2)
a. The commissioner of transportation may accept donations of decorative banners or other decorations designed to be placed on lightpoles. Such donations may be permanent or for a limited amount of time. The city may use its lightpoles to display donated banners, or any other city-owned or controlled banners, that the commissioner determines will promote or celebrate the city, its civic institutions, or public activities or events in the City of Chicago and that he or she finds otherwise will promote the corporate interests and welfare of the City of Chicago.
b. The commissioner of transportation may delegate the authority to hang and remove decorative banners or other decorations. Such authority may be delegated by issuance of a permit to a permit applicant and shall be limited to a period of 60 days, except that for the central business district, approval shall be limited to a period of 30 days. Upon application, permits may be renewed for additional such periods in the discretion of the commissioner. No permit shall be renewed where another entity has requested that its donated banner or other decoration be hung at such location or during such time period or where an event referred to in the donated banner is over; except that the commissioner shall have the discretion to determine that in certain commercial areas, the corporate interests and welfare of the City of Chicago are best served by neighborhood identifier banners or other banners that promote the City of Chicago or certain streets or districts of interest, and renewal of permits for such banners may be given precedence over other requests.
The commissioner shall give notice, by facsimile to the ward office, of all permit applications to the alderman in the ward in which permission to have the banner or other decoration displayed has been requested. The alderman shall have ten business days to give the commissioner, in writing, any specific objections to the locations, dates, and number of the proposed displays, and if the proposed location is in a residential neighborhood, his or her opinion on whether banners or other decorations are suitable in that area.
For purposes of this section, "central business district" shall mean that portion of the city bounded on the west by the east and west side of Halsted Street, on the north by the north and south sides of Division Street, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the south by the north and south sides of Roosevelt Road.
Any person or entity who hangs a banner or other decoration on a city lightpole without first obtaining approval from the commissioner, or who violates any condition of the commissioner's approval, shall be fined $100.00 per pole, per day.
No donated banner or other decoration may be hung unless the donor hires a professional company to hang and remove the banners or other decoration. Banners, brackets and hardware must be taken down within 48 hours after the expiration of the permit approving the hanging of the donated banner or other decoration, or within less time upon notice from the commissioner. Any banner company which fails to remove a donated banner or other decoration within such time period shall be fined $100.00 per pole, per day, and shall be liable to the city for the cost of removing such banner or other decoration. In addition, any banner company shall be liable to the city for the cost of repair of any damage to city lightpoles caused by the hanging, presence or removal of any banner or other decoration placed by such company.
c. No professional banner company may hang any banner or other decoration on any city lightpole until it has furnished the commissioner with proof of insurance, which must evidence that the company has procured commercial general liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage, which shall cover any damage caused by the hanging, maintenance or removal of the banners or other decoration on city lightpoles. The City of Chicago shall be named as an additional insured on a primary, noncontributory basis for any liability arising directly or indirectly from the permittee's operations. Upon receipt of proof of insurance, the commissioner shall transmit a copy of such proof to the department of finance risk manager.
d. In addition to the requirements stated above, the donor shall indemnify, defend and hold the city, and its officers, agents, assignees and employees, harmless from any and all claims arising out of the placement of, maintenance of, use of or removal of banners or other decoration, including without limitation any claims relating to banners (or structures upon which they are hung) falling on people or property.
e. The commissioner of transportation shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the display of banners or other decoration to protect public safety and welfare, including ensuring against fire hazards, traffic problems, and visual blight. Such rules shall include, but are not limited to specifications as to the number, size, materials, printing processes, supporting structures, and hanging and removal. The commissioner shall have the authority, however, to waive specific rules when (1) the banner or other decoration substantially complies with the rules; (2) prior to the enactment of this ordinance, the donor previously had displayed such banner on city lightpoles, pursuant to the commissioner's permission; and (3) the commissioner determines that the waiver will not have any adverse effect on public safety and welfare. The commissioner also shall have the authority to determine that the display of decorative banners is unsuitable in certain residential areas.
f. Each ward superintendent, and such other employees of the department of transportation as the commissioner of transportation shall designate, shall have the powers of members of the police force to serve process or notice within the city for the violation of this section. A copy of such designation, and any amendments thereto, shall be kept by said commissioner and shall be available to the public upon request. The powers granted hereunder are expressly limited to the service of such process or notice, and this subsection shall not be construed as granting additional law enforcement power.
(Added Coun. J. 11-7-90, p. 23101; Amend Coun. J. 7-31-96, p. 26980, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 5-17-00, p. 32989, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-14-10, p. 88490, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. VI, § 29; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. II, § 30)
Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-7-90, p. 23101, repealed a former § 10-8-340, which pertained to circus and menagerie parades.
Nor shall any person give or cause to be given any performance, show or exhibition of any kind or nature whatsoever in any show window or in or on any premises immediately abutting upon any public way in the city, which is designed or intended to or which in fact does collect, attract or cause to be collected or attracted a sufficient number of persons to interfere with the passage of the public along the public way upon which such show window or premises abut. If said show, performance or exhibition results in the collection or attraction of a sufficient number of persons to interfere with the passage of the public along such public way, any member of the department of police shall have the power and it shall be his duty to enter such premises and cause such show, performance or exhibition to be discontinued forthwith, and to cause any performer, figure, apparatus, or other thing of any kind or nature whatsoever, engaged in or used in or about such show, performance or exhibition, to be removed from such show window or premises forthwith.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or interfering with the enforcement thereof shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 36-33; Amend Coun. J. 4-21-99, p. 92524, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 4-14-10, p. 88490, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19230, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 166)
No person shall break or otherwise injure any sidewalk or driveway except as otherwise provided by this Code. Any person violating the provision of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, plus the city's costs incurred in restoring the sidewalk or driveway to its prior condition, for each offense.
(Prior code § 36-35; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99931, § 7.2)
(a) Any industrial corporation, business, builder or contractor using unimproved alleys for access to construction-sites, employing vehicles or equipment weighing in excess of five tons shall during the period of construction maintain the grade of said alley and shall fill in any holes or depressions caused by the construction equipment, with a material known as intermediate macadam.
(b) The said industrial corporation, business, builder or contractor shall immediately upon completion of construction restore the alley roadway to the same condition it was prior to the start of said construction. The rehabilitation and restoration of said alley roadway shall be done under the supervision of the department of streets and sanitation of the City of Chicago.
(c) The general contractor shall be responsible for the removal from the building site any excess from the excavation immediately upon completion of the back fill operation.
(d) Violators of any of the provisions of the foregoing sections shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00.
(Prior code § 36-35.1)
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