10-8-350 Performance in public ways.

   No person shall engage in any game, sport, amusement, performance or exhibition, or exhibit any machine or show or any animal, or indulge in any acrobatic or gymnastic feats, on any public way in the city, except as provided in Section 10-8-330 and Chapter 4-244.

   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)

10-8-360 Injury to sidewalk or driveway.

   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)

10-8-370 Alleys, access to construction-sites.

   (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)

10-8-380 Defacing property in public places.

   No person shall wantonly mar, injure, deface or destroy any fence, guidepost, sign, or awning in any public way or other public place in the city.

(Prior code § 36-36; Amend Coun. J. 4-30-14, p. 80382, § 2)

10-8-390 Obstructing public improvements.

   Any person who shall hinder or obstruct the making or repairing of any public improvement or work ordered by the city council or being done for the city under lawful authority shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00.

(Prior code § 36-37)

10-8-400 Barbed wire fence.

   (a)   No person shall build, construct, use or maintain any fence or barrier consisting or made of what is called "barbed wire", or of which barbed wire is a part, within the city, along the line of, or in, or upon, or along, any public way; or through, along, or around, any public park; or in and about or along any land or lots or parks owned or controlled by the city. Provided, that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the use or maintenance of barbed wire in or on that part of any such fence or barrier which is higher than six feet from the surface of the public way, public park, lot or park owned or controlled by the city, and wholly on or over private property.

   (b)   No person shall build, construct, use or maintain any fence or barrier consisting or made of what is called "razor wire", or of which razor wire is a part, within the city, along the line of, or in, or upon, or along, any public way; or through, along, or around, any public park; or in and about or along any land or lots or parks owned or controlled by the city. Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the use or maintenance of razor wire in or on that part of any fence, barrier or structure that secures a government building, a public transit facility, or a public utility facility.

   (c)   Whenever in the city, in, along or through any public way or park, barbed wire or razor wire is found in use in part or in whole for a fence or barrier, except as in this section permitted, the same shall forthwith be removed by the commissioner of transportation.

(Prior code § 36-38; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 2-11-04, p. 18364, § 1)

ARTICLE IV. OCCASIONAL SALES (10-8-401 et seq.)

10-8-401 Definitions.

   As used in Sections 10-8-401 through 10-8-406 hereunder, the term "Occasional Sales" shall mean those sales of goods, wares and merchandise owned by the occupant of the premises or owned by a group of persons having a common sale commonly known as garage sales, basement sales, house sales, yard sales, and rummage sales conducted on an infrequent and unscheduled basis on premises zoned or used for residential purposes. Bulk sales, the sale of multiple merchandise brought to the premises for resale or for reconditioning for resale shall be prohibited.

   The term "person", as used in the same sections shall mean any individual, firm or corporation, except a religious or eleemosynary organization.

(Added Coun. J. 7-31-96, p. 26900, § 2)

10-8-402 Permit required – Display.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or allow the conducting of any occasional sale on premises zoned or used for residential purposes without first having obtained a permit therefor. Application for such permit shall be made to the department of streets and sanitation. Each permit, when granted, shall be prominently displayed on the premises covered by the permit in such a manner that it is easily visible to individuals passing by the subject premises. The permit shall be valid only for the occasional sale for which it is granted.

(Added Coun. J. 7-31-96, p. 26900, § 2)