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(a) Upon application and payment of the required fee, the comptroller shall issue annual or six-month "Industrial Parking Permit" decals to businesses located in the zone for use on each vehicle used in connection with the businesses. An "Industrial Parking Permit" sticker shall be affixed, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and without the use of supplemental adhesives, at the lower right-hand corner of the inside of the glass portion of the windshield of a motor vehicle. This permit sticker shall not guarantee or reserve any parking space, nor shall it exempt the holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation.
(b) Upon application to the Traffic Compliance Administrator, temporary permits shall be issued to businesses for the use of temporary visitors to the industrial permit zone. These permits shall be good for one day only and must be attached to the windshield by means of the adhesive provided on the face of the permit. Before affixing the one-day permit, it must be validated by printing the date of use legibly in permanent ink on its face in the space provided for this purpose. A permit that is updated, altered, defaced or that contains erasures, or is dated other than in permanent ink, will be invalid. No person other than the Traffic Compliance Administrator may sell, offer for sale or accept payment or other consideration for a temporary permit.
(c) The fee for an annual "Industrial Parking Permit" is $25.00 for each decal, and the fee for a six- month permit is $15.00 for each decal. One-day permit shall be issued in groups of 20 for $5.00. A replacement of an annual or semiannual permit will be issued without cost upon receipt of an identifiable portion of the removed decal. Replacement of any permits which are lost or destroyed will be made at full cost.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-68-020(g), any person who violates this section or any regulations established by the Traffic Compliance Administrator shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense, and each day such a violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
(e) The Traffic Compliance Administrator shall have the authority to make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectively administer any of the powers granted herein or in Section 9-64-091, and to publish such rules and make them available to such member of the public as may request them.
(Added Coun. J. 11-2-94, p. 58616; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44095, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-11-08, p. 29530, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 7-9-08, p. 32453; Amend Coun, J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 12; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 38042, Art. IV, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 19)
(a) No signage shall be installed by the commissioner upon the request of the owner, agent or lessee of any building or parcel of property for the designation of a loading zone or prohibited parking space, until the owner, agent or lessee has paid to the comptroller the following:
(1) For a loading zone or prohibited parking space located in the central business district: (i) an annual fee of $500.00 for up to 20 linear feet of curb space used, which fee shall include the installation of the signage; (ii) an annual fee of $50.00 per linear foot of each foot of curb space used in excess of 20 feet; and (iii) any other direct cost incurred by the city for the installation of the signage.
(2) For a loading zone or prohibited parking space located outside of the central business district: (i) an annual fee of $110.00 for up to 20 linear feet of curb
space used, which fee shall include the installation of the signage; (ii) an annual fee of $50.00 per linear foot of each foot of curb space used in excess of 20 feet; and (iii) any other direct cost incurred by the city for the installation of the signage.
(3) No fee shall be charged for a loading zone or prohibited parking, space in front of any public building including, but not limited to, any Chicago Public School or City College of Chicago.
(b) If the owner, agent or lessee does not desire to continue maintenance of the signage installed under this section, he shall notify the commissioner in writing at least 30 days prior to the last day of the current annual period. If the owner, agent or lessee fails either to give such notice or to remit the appropriate fees for the next annual period prior to the termination of the current annual period, the commissioner shall remove such signage subject to the procedures contained in subsection (c) herein.
(c) The commissioner shall cause a notice to be sent to the owner, agent or lessee informing such person that the signage will be removed unless the annual maintenance fee is paid within 30 days from the date the notice is mailed. The commissioner shall not authorize the installation of new signage at a location after the removal of any signage pursuant to this subsection unless payment of the fee for installation, annual surcharge and any prior unpaid maintenance fees owed to the city is paid prior to or at the time of application for installation of new signage.
(d) The commissioner may temporarily or permanently remove any signage installed pursuant to this section whenever public convenience or necessity warrants after providing 15 days notice to the owner, agent or lessee, if any, who is paying annual fees for the signage.
(e) (1) The fees set forth in subsection (a) of this section, and the term "prohibited parking space" as used in this section, shall not apply to parking spaces for persons with disabilities. The fees applicable to disability-related parking are set forth in Section 9-64-050.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "loading zone" means a curb loading zone established pursuant to Section 9-64-160.
(f) When in the judgment of the comptroller and commissioner, it would be more appropriate and expeditious for the comptroller to collect the fees provided in this section, the commissioner may delegate the collection of such fees to the comptroller.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 11-10-94, p. 59125; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-98, p. 63463; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-03, p. 14216, § 6.3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 14596, Art. IV, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 165; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 11951, Art. II, § 2)
(a) A seasonal parking program is hereby established within the program area(s) specified in subsection (b). The operation of the seasonal parking program shall be limited to the days that fall between April 1 and November 1 and shall be further limited to the days and times as indicated in subsection (b). During the hours that the program is in effect, parking on residential streets, as defined in Section 9-4-010, within the program area shall be restricted to vehicles bearing the appropriate seasonal parking permit issued in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) The seasonal permit parking program area shall include all blocks of any residential street in an R1 through R5 zoning district located in an area of the City set forth below.
(1) South Oakenwald Avenue from East 41st Place to East 42nd Place (west side (even numbered side) of block only). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(2) South Oakenwald Avenue from East 40th Street to East 41st Street (west side (even numbered side) of block only). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(3) South Oakenwald Avenue, from East 42nd Place to where it connects with South Lake Park Avenue (both sides of street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(4) East 32nd Place, from South Rhodes Avenue to South Ellis Avenue (both sides of street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(5) East 32nd Street, from South Rhodes Avenue to South Ellis Avenue (both sides of street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(6) South Ellis Avenue, from East 32nd Street to East 32nd Place (both sides of street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(7) South Rhodes Avenue, from East 31st Street to East 32nd Place (both sides of street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(8) East 31st Place, from South Rhodes Avenue to South Vernon Avenue (both sides of the street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(9) South Vernon Avenue, from East 31st Street to East 32nd Street (both sides of the street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(10) East 32nd Street, from South Vernon Avenue to South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (both sides of the street). All days – 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(c) The office of the alderman whose ward contains each program area shall administer the distribution of seasonal, seasonal guest, and business or place of worship guest parking permits, without charge, to residents and businesses of the program area in accordance with this section. No seasonal parking permit shall be issued to a person owning a vehicle eligible for immobilization pursuant to Section 9-100-120 or other applicable sections of the Code. No seasonal parking permit shall be issued to a vehicle unless such vehicle also displays a current City wheel tax license emblem. No person shall display a guest permit on a vehicle in lieu of obtaining a current City wheel tax license emblem. Single day guest parking permits shall only be valid for the date indicated on the face of the guest parking permit.
(d) The Department of Transportation shall cause the placement, erection, and maintenance of appropriate signs in the seasonal parking permit program area indicating permit parking only, the times when such regulations shall be effective, and identifying such area as a tow zone during the hours the restrictions are in effect.
(e) It shall be unlawful to park any unauthorized vehicle in violation of signs erected and maintained pursuant to subsection (d). A violation of this section shall be deemed a violation of Section 9-64-090(e). In addition, any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be subject to an immediate tow as provided in Section 9-92-030.
(f) The Department of Transportation is directed to continue to consult with the program area community and aldermen of wards which are impacted by the program and make such modifications as are necessary to facilitate the implementation of this program.
(Added Coun. J. 5-26-21, p. 30415, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-26-21, p. 30469, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-23-22, p. 47809, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-12-24, p. 13338, § 1)
(a) The purpose of this section is to effectively regulate parking in the area immediately surrounding the nightlife corridor located on Division Street from State Street to Clark Street in light of the special nature of the parking problems caused by nightlife corridors adjacent to residential parking permit zones.
(b) Those portions of Residential Permit Parking Zone 74 that are within the following bounded area:
North Clark Street, from West Division Street to West North Avenue (both sides)
shall for the purposes of this section be known as the "Zone 74 nightlife tow area". Upon the posting of appropriate signs within the Zone 74 nightlife tow area, that area shall be deemed, during the days and times specified in subsection (c) of this section, an officially designated and marked "tow zone" for purposes of Section 9-92-030(f).
(c) In addition to the parking restrictions and requirements contained in Section 9-64-090 and other applicable Code provisions, any vehicle parked within the Zone 74 nightlife tow area between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. which does not bear a Zone 74 resident or visitor permit, shall be subject to an immediate tow.
(Added Coun. J. 9-14-23, p. 2792, § 1)
(a) The purpose of this section is to effectively regulate parking in the area immediately surrounding the nightlife corridors located in the River North community area in light of the special nature of the parking problems caused by nightlife corridors adjacent to residential parking permit zones.
(b) Those portions of Residential Permit Parking Zone 1189 that are within the following bounded area:
West Chicago Avenue on the north; North Orleans Street on the east; West Illinois Street, extended to the North Branch of the Chicago River on the south; and the North Branch of the Chicago River on the west,
shall for the purposes of this section be known as the “Zone 1189 nightlife tow area”. Upon the posting of appropriate signs within the Zone 1189 nightlife tow area, that area shall be deemed, during the days and times specified in subsection (c) of this section, an officially designated and marked “tow zone” for purposes of Section 9-92-030(f).
(c) In addition to the parking restrictions and requirements contained in Section 9-64-090 and other applicable code provisions, any vehicle parked within the Zone 1189 nightlife tow area between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. which does not bear a Zone 1189 resident or visitor permit, shall be subject to an immediate tow.
(Added Coun. J. 10-16-23, p. 4105, § 1)
(a) For any athletic event conducted at Wrigley Field, the executive director of emergency management and communications may, by regulation, designate a portion of the public way as a staging area in which passengers may board or depart from privately operated buses. During the time such designation is in effect, no privately operated bus may park or stand in such area without a permit issued by the executive director under this section, other than for the purpose of picking up or discharging disabled passengers. A permit required under this section shall be clearly displayed at all times while the bus is in the designated staging area.
(b) Permits shall be issued by the executive director in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by him. Such rules and regulations shall provide that if the number of applications exceeds the number of permits authorized by him for the athletic event, priority shall be given to those applications that are received the earliest. However, preference shall be given to applications for buses carrying primarily disabled or elderly passengers. The rules and regulations may also provide for the issuance of permits pursuant to a random selection process for applications that are received on the same day.
(c) Permits shall be valid only for the athletic event for which they are issued. The fee for each permit shall be $40.00.
(d) The executive director may authorize any individual or entity to act as an agent of the city for the purpose of distributing permits and collecting and remitting permit fees to the city, all in accordance with this section and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(e) In addition to the staging area designated pursuant to subsection (a), the executive director may designate locations at which privately owned buses without permits issued under this section may park or stand for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers.
(f) The executive director may, by regulation, designate an area surrounding Wrigley Field in which it shall be unlawful to stop or park a privately operated bus for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers, other than in legal parking spaces and those locations designated pursuant to subsections (a) and (e).
(g) The executive director shall cause to be erected appropriate signs indicating the areas designated pursuant to this section.
(h) For purposes of this section only, "privately owned bus" or "bus" means a motor vehicle that is owned and operated by a person other than a governmental entity and is designed for carrying 12 or more persons.
(i) Any person who stands or parks a motor vehicle in violation of this section or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be subject to a fine of $100.00 for each offense.
(j) It shall be unlawful to stand or park a privately owned bus with its motor running in an area designated pursuant to subsection (a) or (e) of this section.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 5-22-91, p. 822; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 5.4; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)
(a) In the event that one or more parking meters or metered spaces must be temporarily removed or are otherwise rendered unusable in order to accommodate properly permitted work in or affecting the public way, the permittee shall pay a monthly surcharge per meter or, in the case of meters serving multiple spaces, per metered space, based upon the maximum utilization of a comparable meter in a comparable parking meter area multiplied by the applicable rate in effect for such removed or unusable meter or metered space during the entire time that the meter or metered space is disabled or removed. For meters serving multiple spaces, every linear increment of 20 feet shall be considered a metered space.
(b) The surcharge imposed by this section shall not apply where the permittee is performing construction work pursuant to a contract with the city or other governmental entity or to any person (or such person's designee) acting pursuant to a concession agreement approved by the city council for the operation, maintenance, improvement installation and removal of, and collection of fees from, certain designated parking meters that are the subject of the concession agreement.
(c) In addition, if removal of one or more meters is necessary for the permitted work to proceed, the comptroller may order temporary removal of the affected parking meters. The permittee shall pay a fee of $150.00 in advance for the removal and reinstallation of each parking meter, provided, however, that a fee of $1,000.00 shall be paid for a meter serving multiple spaces.
(d) In the event that a city department temporarily removes or otherwise renders unusable one or more parking meters or metered spaces for a period of six hours or more, the city department shall notify the comptroller, in a format prescribed by the comptroller, of the location of the specific parking meter or metered space which was temporarily removed or otherwise rendered unusable. The notification shall be sent within 24 hours of temporarily removing or otherwise rendering unusable the parking meter or metered space.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 11-1-00, p. 43330, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 24882, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-08, p. 50506, § 11; Amend Coun, J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 7)
Subject to and in accordance with the procedures and requirements described in Sections 9-68-060 through 9-68-100, the Commissioner of Transportation may issue permits for parking contrary to general parking regulations with the exception that such permit shall not allow parking contrary to Section 9-40-060 of this Code. Permits issued under this program may be issued only for vehicles of the second division, as defined in the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code, as amended. Permits may be issued only to the following types of vehicles:
(a) A vehicle typically used in repairs or service to buildings or property, where safe and timely performance of the repair or service requires that the vehicle be located near the site of the repair or service. Examples in this class include: trucks used in glazing or boarding windows.
(b) A vehicle owned and operated by a public utility and used for the testing, repair or service of the utility's apparatus or equipment.
(c) A vehicle to which equipment used in the service or repair of buildings or property is permanently affixed, where the proper use of the equipment requires that the vehicle be located near the site of the repair or service. Examples of this class include: trucks carrying mounted cranes; mobile cranes; trucks equipped with tanks, pumps and hoses, for delivery of fuel.
(d) Armored vehicles used for the collection or delivery of currency, coin, securities, checks and other valuables, and authorized by the Illinois Commerce Commission to engage in such activity.
Permits shall be limited to the following location categories:
Category A: for parking anywhere within the city.
Category B: for parking outside the central business district only.
(Added Coun. J. 7-7-92, p. 18778; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-93, p. 28535; Amend Coun. J. 12-14-22, p. 58216, § 3)
Application for a permit described in Section 9-68-060 shall be made to the commissioner of transportation on forms provided by him for that purpose.
The application shall indicate: the applicant's name, address and occupation; the state license number of the vehicle for which the permit is sought; the intended use of the vehicle; the location category of permit applied for; the intended use of the vehicle; the class and category of permit applied for; the address(es) or area(s) where the applicant proposes to park pursuant to the permit; and such other information as the commissioner may require. The applicant shall sign the application and submit it with the appropriate fee. If the applicant is a corporation, the application may be signed by an officer of the applicant; if the applicant is a partnership, a partner may sign the application. If the application discloses that the vehicle meets the requirements of Section 9-68-060, the commissioner shall issue a permit of the appropriate category.
The commissioner may restrict parking pursuant to a permit to specific hours of the day, a specific address or set of addresses, and specific curb locations, in any combination. In determining the restrictions, the commissioner shall consider the nature of the applicant's vehicle, the nature of the business in which the vehicle is used, and traffic patterns in the area where the applicant desires to park pursuant to the permit. No permit shall allow parking in violation of Sections 9-64-050(i), 9-64-100(a), 9-64-100(d) and (e), or 9-64-140(b) of this Code.
The fees for permits shall be as follows:
Category A | Annual | $1,000.00 |
Monthly | $100.00 | |
Daily | $20.00 | |
Category B | Annual | $200.00 |
Monthly | $20.00 | |
Daily | $4.00 |
(Added Coun. J. 7-7-92, p. 18778; Amend Coun. J. 2-10-93, p. 28535; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-98, p. 63463)
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