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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 7-2-5-3 of the Evanston City Code Increasing
Fees for Obstructing Public Ways
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION. 1:. That Section 7-2-5-3 of the Evanston City Code, 1979, as
amended, be and hereby is further amended as follows:
7-2-5-3: PERMIT FEES:.
Permits for the obstruction .of streets, alleys or sidewalks shall be paid- in
proportion to the street frontage occupied, at the rate of:
• Every twenty—five feet (25) of frontage occupied, or fractional part thereof:
$25.00 per month
Permits for the closure of street, alleys, or sidewalks shall be paid in
accordance with the following schedule:
Sidewalk/parkway $25.00/25 lin. ft./month (7 days or less)
Parking lane . $25.00/25 lin. ft./month (7 days or less)
Traffic lane or alley $25.00/25 lin. ft./month (7 days or less)
Sidewwalk/parkway $50.00/25 lin. ft./month (more than 7 days)
Parking lane $50.00/25 lin. ft./month (more than 7 days)
Traffic lane or alley $50.00/25 lin. ft./month (more than 7 days)
PENALTIES: The penalty shall be $500 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
$500 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.
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Nothing herein contained shall preclude the City from maintaining an
action against the person to recover damage done to any street or
sidewalk. (Ord.38-0-96)
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and-- effect from
and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Approved:
Introduced: VJ-"�Z , 2007
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Adopted: F i Z , 2007 {i
Lorraine H. Morton,, Mayor
Attest: Ap'r ved as to form:
Mary ris, ity Clerk Herbert D. Hill
First Assistant Corporation Counsel
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