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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)
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)
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)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, in person or by his agent, employee or servant to cast, throw, sweep, sift or deposit in any manner in or upon any public way or other public place in the City, or in or upon the waters of Lake Michigan, or any river, canal, public water, drain, sewer or receiving basin within the jurisdiction of the City, any kind of litter. Nor shall any person cast, throw, sweep, sift or deposit any litter anywhere within the jurisdiction of the City in such manner that it may be carried or deposited, in whole or in part, by the action of the sun, wind, rain or snow, into any of the aforementioned places.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "litter" includes but is not limited to the following: (1) picnic or eating utensils, such as paper plates, cups, napkins, towels, plastic utensils, metal foil, cellophane, wax paper, paper bags, or any food wrappings; (2) liquid or beverage containers such as beer, soft-drink, and juice cans, beer, soft-drink, liquor and wine bottles, and milk or juice cartons; (3) tobacco and confection wrappers, such as cigarette packages, candy, ice cream, popsicle, gum or any other type of dessert or confection wrapping or container; (4) food wastes, such as fruit or vegetable peelings, pulp, rinds, leftovers or any other type of table wastes; (5) newspapers, books, placards, handbills, pamphlets, circulars, notices or papers of any type; (6) or any other type of rubbish, garbage, refuse matter, article, thing or substance such as discarded clothing, boxes, dust, manure or ashes.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) Provided, that this section shall not apply to the deposit of material under a permit authorized by any ordinance of the City; or to goods, wares, or merchandise deposited upon any public way or other public place temporarily, in the necessary course of trade, and removed therefrom within two hours after being so deposited; or to articles or things deposited in or conducted into the City sewer system through lawful drains in accordance with the ordinances of the City relating thereto.
(e) Any person violating this section shall be fined not less than $150.00 nor more than $1,500.00 for each offense.
(Prior code § 36-46; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99931, § 7.4; Amend Coun. J. 9-11-13, p. 58821, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-22-20, p. 18957, § 7)
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, or solicit any other person to purchase tickets for any railroad, steamboat or other transportation line, or any place of amusement, upon any public way or other public place within the district bounded on the north by the Chicago River, on the south by the south line of Roosevelt Road, on the east by Lake Michigan, and on the west by the Chicago River.
(Prior code § 36-47)
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