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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 4-2-2 to Update Gender Neutral
Restroom Requirements
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Title 4, Chapter 2, Section 2 of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to add the following:
202 Definitions. This Section is amended to include the following definition(s) in
addition to the definitions in the 2012 International Building Code.
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM. A room designed to be used as a
restroom by more than one person at a time, which shall contain, at least, more
than one toilet and more than one sink, which shall be suitable for use by
disabled persons in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws.
Toilets, for privacy purposes, shall be separated by partitions and the stalls shall
be equipped with a locking mechanism to be operated by the user of the stall.
SINGLE OCCUPANCY RESTROOM. A fully enclosed room, with a locking
mechanism controlled by the user, containing a sink, toilet stall, and no more
than one urinal. Every single -occupancy restroom in a place of public
accommodation or public building shall be identified as all -gender and
designated for use by no more than one person at a time or for family or assisted
use.
GENDER IDENTITY. Shall have the meaning given in City Code Section 1-21-5.
GENDER NEUTRAL RESTROOM. A single occupancy restroom that is
designated for use by any person, regardless of Gender Identity, as defined in
City Code Section 1-21-5, as amended.
2902.4 Signage. All public restroom facilities shall be designated by legible signs,
stating that the public facilities are for men, women, or are gender neutral, as
applicable. For public facilities that have multiple occupancy restrooms, signs shall
indicate that the multiple occupancy restrooms are either designated for men or for
women. For single occupancy restrooms each single -occupancy restroom shall be
outfitted with exterior signage that marks the single -occupancy restroom as a restroom
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and does not indicate any specific gender. Signs shall be readily visible and located
near the entrance to each toilet facility. Signs for accessible toilet facilities shall comply
with Section 1110.
2902.4.1 Directional signage. Directional signage indicating the route to the public
facilities shall be posted in accordance with Section 3107. Such signage shall be
located in a corridor or aisle, at the entrance to the facilities for customers and visitors.
SECTION 2: Existing businesses and places of public accommodation
shall have until January 1, 2020, to comply with any and all applicable provisions by
replacing existing signs on the exterior of single stall restrooms depicting a single
gender identity with signs indicating that they are gender neutral as required by this
ordinance, and completing the necessary improvements to make each single stall
restroom accessible to all gender identities as applicable. New businesses and places
of public accommodation that have single stall restrooms shall provide the required
signage and make each single stall restroom accessible to all gender identities
immediately upon opening to the public.
SECTION 3: Signs consistent with this ordinance shall be compliant with
the Building Code.
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 application of
this Ordinance is severable.
SECTION 5: 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: OCAb10P_C � H , 2019 Approved:
Adopted: �c-�cbe,C o2� , 2019 A , 2019
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Attest:
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Approved as to form:
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Michelle L. Masoncup, Co oration
Counsel