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61-0-19
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Portions of City Code to Institute Permit Cancellation Fees
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: -
SECTION 1: City Code Subsection 7-2-5-1, "Permit Required;
Termination; Restrictions," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
7-2-5-1. - PERMIT REQUIRED; TERMINATION; RESTRICTIONS, REFUNDS.
(A) Unless specified otherwise or the context clearly requires, "public right-of-way"
shall, for purposes of this Title, have the definition set forth for "right-of-way" in
Section 3 of Chapter 17 of this Title.
(B) Permits to occupy the public right-of-way for the purposes of building,
construction, remodeling or maintenance, must first be obtained from the Director
of Public Works or his/her designee and are intended only for imperative uses in
connection with the actual erection, repair, maintenance, alteration, wrecking or
removal of buildings, and shall terminate with the completion of such operation.
(C) Refund requests for cancelled Occupation of Public Right of Ways (ROW) shall
be assessed an administrative fee of $25 for permits issued with a permit fee of
$150 or less and $50 for permits issued with a permit fee greater than $150.
Administrative fee will be assessed to any issued ROW permit. Request shall
include name, address, contact phone number or email address, permit number
and reason for cancellation request.
It shall be unlawful to occupy any public right-of-way after the completion of the
operation for which a permit has been issued by the Director of Public Works or
his/her designee. It shall also be unlawful to occupy any public right-of-way, under
authority of such permit, for the storage of articles not intended for immediate use in
connection with the operation for which such permit has been issued.
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SECTION 2: Subsection 7-2-6 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended,
is hereby further amended by the enactment of a new Subsection (H) thereof, "Permit
Revocation and Permit Cancellation", to read as follows:
7-2-6 (H) PERMIT REVOCATION AND PERMIT CANCELLATION
(H) Cancellation of permits for Occupation of Public Right of Ways for Business
Purposes resulting in a refund request will be assessed an administrative fee of
$25 for permits issued with a permit fee of $150 or less and $50 for permits issued
with a permit fee greater than $150. Administrative fee will be assessed to any
issued Sidewalk Cafe, Sidewalk Sign, Valet Parking, Moving Vehicle Parking and
Storage Container and other occupation of public ways for business permit types
issued by Public Works Agency or Building & Inspection Services
Division. Request shall include name, address, contact phone number or email
address, permit number and reason for cancellation request.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 5: Ordinance 61-0-19 shall be in full force and effect after its
passage and approval.
SECTION 6: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to
be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
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Introduced: _ LLv-,!! 04, 2019
Adopted: (411 etV) , 2019
Attest
Devor
Approved:
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Stephen Ff. Hager�y,`fA r
Approved as to form:
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Michelle L. Masoncup, Corboration
Counsel
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