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It shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to report to the city engineer any and all encroachments upon the harbor lines as now established or which may hereafter be established, and thereupon the said harbormaster and city engineer shall take such action as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Code and to remove or cause to be removed any such obstruction or encroachment. If it shall be found that any pile, stone, timber, earth, dock, bridge, or other obstruction whatever, has been placed in any part of the harbor in violation of the provisions of this Code and that the person who has placed same or caused it to be placed therein refuses or neglects to remove such obstruction upon being requested so to do by the city engineer, or commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of transportation shall have the power, and it is hereby made his duty, to proceed forthwith to remove such obstruction and to charge the expense of such removal to the person who placed such obstruction in the harbor, or caused it to be so placed, and the imposition of any fine or penalty hereby provided for against any person obstructing the harbor shall not be held to exempt any such person from a recovery by the city of the cost of removing any such obstruction.
(Prior code § 38-39; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)
No owner, lessee, or person in possession of any wharf or dock at which any vessel shall have been discharging its cargo shall suffer or permit any part of such cargo so discharged to project from such wharf or dock over or into the harbor after the vessel so unloaded shall have removed from such wharf or dock.
(Prior code § 38-40)
It shall be unlawful for any mud scow, flatboat, dredge, or any such craft to be placed or laid alongside of another while lying at any of the docks or wharves of the harbor during the navigable season of the year, without first having obtained permission from the commissioner of transportation.
(Prior code § 38-41; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)
All docks, wharves, bridges, piers, protections, or other places where persons or property are endangered by the fast moving of vessels or craft shall have a blue flag flying in the most conspicuous place thereon and as near the point of danger as possible. At night a blue light shall take the place of the flag. No vessel or craft shall run past such a blue flag or light at a rate faster than two miles per hour. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and shall be held liable for any damage to any person or property sustained by reason of such violation.
(Prior code § 38-42; Amend Coun. J. 11-24-20, p. 24619, Art. III, § 1)
ARTICLE IV. BRIDGES (10-40-410 et seq.)
All movable bridges crossing any part of the harbor, including railroad bridges, shall be under the control of the commissioner of transportation, and he shall have power to order the opening and closing of the same at any time when in his judgment it is necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code.
(Prior code § 38-43; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)
No bridge within the city, on any day of the week, excepting Sunday, shall be opened during the times herein specified:
Across Ogden Slip at Outer Drive, across the main river and across the south branch of the Chicago River, from its junction with the main river south to and including W. Roosevelt Road, and across the north branch of the Chicago River at W. Kinzie Street, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and on any day excepting Saturday between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday between the hours of 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. and between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.; provided, however, that the Outer-Link Bridge across the main river shall be opened to permit the passage of passenger boats operating on a fixed schedule between 9:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
Across the north branch of the Chicago River north of W. Kinzie Street to and including N. Halsted Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Across the south branch of the Chicago River south of W. Roosevelt Road to and including S. Halsted Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Across the north branch of the Chicago River north of N. Halsted Street and across the south branch of the Chicago River south of S. Halsted Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to bridges which have a clearance of less than 16 feet above Chicago City datum. Such bridges shall open at any time, except as hereinafter provided, to permit the passage of tugs and tug boats.
(Prior code § 38-44)
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