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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 7-2-5-3, "Permit Fees," to Include Block
Party Regulations
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Section 7-2-5-3, "Permit Fees," of the Evanston City Code
of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
7-2-5-3. - PERMIT FEES AND BLOCK PARTIES.
Permits for the obstruction or closure of public right-of-way shall be paid in accordance
with the following schedule:
Sidewalk/parkway ..... $1.50/lin. ft./week ($50.00 minimum)
Parking lane ..... $1.50/lin. ft./week ($50.00 minimum)
Traffic lane or alley ..... $1.50/lin. ft./week ($50.00 minimum)
Penalties. The penalty shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day if the permit
expires and the obstruction remains; however, the Director of Public Works may extend
the permit upon request by the applicant. The penalty shall be five hundred dollars
($500.00) per day for obstructing the public way without a permit (except in cases of
emergency); however, if all permit requirements are subsequently met and a permit is
issued, the penalty may be reduced to an amount equal to the first month's permit fee
using the schedule above.
Nothing herein contained shall preclude the City from maintaining an action against the
person to recover damage done to any public right-of-way.
Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to apply a fee to the closing or obstructing of
streets or sidewalks for the purposes of a permitted block party.
City of Evanston residents may apply to the City for a permit to have block party and
must complete and submit a block party application to the Public Works Agency. The
block party applicant must list the proposed location and date/time of the block party.
The application must be submitted to the City of Evanston 311 System at least ten (10)
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business days in advance of the proposed block party. All persons within the affected
block must be notified by the applicant. If (3) three or more persons within the affected
block object to the closing of the street or the proposed activities, the City will not issue
a block party permit.
Block parties are permitted by the City May 1 through September 30 of every calendar
year.
SECTION 2: 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 Complied Statues and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is ruled 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.
Introduced:
Adopted:
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Attest:
Devon Reid, City Clerk
, 2017 Approved:
, 2017 2017
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Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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