10-8-420 Cleansing goods.

   No person shall wash, rinse or cleanse, or cause or procure to be washed, rinsed or cleansed, any cloth, yarn or garment in any public way or public place in the city.

(Prior code § 36-41)

10-8-430 Washing windows and sidewalks.

   From the first day of May until the first day of October it shall not be lawful for any person to wash or cause to be washed any pavement or window with a hose or streetwasher, or by throwing or dashing water against or upon the same in such manner as to permit or cause the water so used in washing to run or fall upon any public sidewalk or in such manner as to obstruct or tend to obstruct the use of any public sidewalk, with or by any implement used in and about the cleansing or washing of any such pavement or window, between hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

(Prior code § 36-42)

10-8-440 Sorting of articles.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to pick, sort, pack or unpack, fruit, flowers, vegetables, rags, paper, old iron, bottles, or junk upon any public way or other public place in the city.

(Prior code § 36-43)

10-8-450 Mixing concrete.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to mix any dry or wet concrete, cement or plaster of any kind or description upon the surface of any public way. This provision shall not apply to the department of finance, or its designated agent, for the operation, maintenance, improvement, installation, or removal of (a) parking meters, or to any person (or such person's designee) acting pursuant to any concession agreement with the city governing the operation, installation, improvement, removal and maintenance of, and the collection of fees from, certain designated parking meters, or (b) city digital signs, or to any person (or such person's designee) acting pursuant to any coordinated city digital sign program agreement with the city governing the operation, installation, improvement, removal and maintenance of such city digital signs.

(Prior code § 36-44; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-08, p. 50506, § 12; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 8; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-12, p. 44485, § 7)

10-8-460 Spilling oil.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to spill any turpentine, kerosene, gasoline, benzine, naphtha, coal oil, or any product thereof, or any oil used for lubricating, illuminating or fuel purposes, or allow any of such fluids to escape to or upon any asphalt pavement of the city, or to operate, or to permit to be operated, any tank wagon or other vehicle from which any of such fluids are permitted to escape.

(Prior code § 36-45)

10-8-470 Spilling of substances on roadway.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle, either in person or through his agents or employees, upon the expressways or roadways within the City of Chicago, unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, spilling, sifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom; provided, however, that sand, or other material used for the same purpose, may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway or expressway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway or expressway.

   No person shall operate on any expressway or roadway within the City of Chicago, any vehicle with any load, unless said load is loaded, and any covering thereon is securely fastened, so as to prevent said load or covering from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of said expressway and roadways.

   Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense.

(Prior code § 36-45.1; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99931, § 7.3)