HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-O-24 Amending the City Code to Restrict the Use of Horse-Drawn Carriages in the City10/7/2024
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending the City Code to Restrict the Use of Horse-Drawn Carriages
in the City
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Title 10, Chapter 3 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended to add Subsection 10-3-14, “Horses and Horse-
Drawn Carriages” as follows:
10-3-14. – HORSES AND HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride a horse or horse -drawn
carriage on City streets without a permit. It shall be unlawful for any person to
operate or ride a horse or horse-drawn carriage in violation of proper traffic
control procedures.
B. All applicants for a horse-drawn carriage permit shall be required to appear
before the Special Events Committee for approval of a one -day permit, in
addition to route planning and coordination with City police and parking services.
C. There shall be a non-refundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50) in order to
secure a horse-drawn carriage permit.
D. Any person who violates Subsection (A) of this section shall be subject to a fine
of three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375).
SECTION 2: Subsection 7-10-8 “Permits” of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:
7-10-8. – PERMITS.
(C) Permit Requirement.
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1. General. No person shall, without a permit:
a. Conduct a public assembly, parade, picnic, or other event involving more than thirty
(30) individuals;
b. Conduct any exhibit, music or dramatic performance, fair, circus, concert, play,
church service, radio or television broadcast, other than a news transmission;
c. Exhibit or display any motion picture, television program, light or laser light display,
or similar event;
d. Operate a vehicle, except upon a publicly dedicated street, alley, watercourse or
other thoroughfare which may abut or traverse a park;
e. Create or emit any amplified sound, except from a radio, recorder or other device
possessed and used by an individual for his/her own enjoyment and operated in such
a manner so as not to interfere with the use and enjoyment by another person;
f. Station or erect any building, tent, canopy, stand, bandstand, stage, tower, scaffold,
sound stage, platform, rostrum or other structure for l onger than three (3) hours;
g. Station or use any electrical or electronic device or equipment that would require
outdoor auxiliary power;
h. Display, post or distribute any placard, handbill, pamphlet, circular, book or other
writing containing commerci al advertising matter within the park system (as described
in Title 4, Chapter 12, "Sign Regulations," and Section 3 -4-2-2 of this Code);
i. Conduct an organized sporting event;
j. Ride any horse or horse-drawn carriage on any driveway, roadway, path or trail,
park property; or
k. Bring onto park property or any city roadway, a tame, nondomestic supervised and
controlled animal for limited noncommercial or promotional purposes.
2. Permits For Activities Involving More Than Five Hundred Individuals. No activity
involving more than five hundred (500) individuals shall be held within two thousand
five hundred (2,500) feet of the boundaries of another such event, nor within two (2)
hours of any other activity involving more than five hundred (500) individuals.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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SECTION 4: 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.
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.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: _________________, 202 4
Adopted: ___________________, 202 4
Approved:
__________________________, 2024
_______________________________
Daniel Biss, Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
Stephanie Mendoza, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
______________________________
Alexandra Ruggie, Corporation Counsel
November 11
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