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Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 1989
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Housing, Economic Justice
This ordinance establishes a non-profit corporation in the form of a trust fund to address the permanent housing needs of residents whose income is at or below 50% of the median income....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2014
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health
This ordinance requires all employers in the City of Chicago to offer employees the opportunity to earn and accumulate sick time. The ordinance requires employers to provide one hour of sick time for each 30 hours worked, with a cap of 40 accumulated hours for small employers and...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2006
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
This ordinance requires all large retail employers to provide employees an hourly compensation package with a total value of no less than the sum of the living wage rate and the benefits rate for each hour that the employee works on the premises of a large retailer. Beginning on July...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Public Safety
This ordinance sets term limits for the Chicago Police Board; no board member shall serve more than two consecutive five year terms. It also grants the board authority to make recommendations to the Superintendent of Police and the Chair of the City Council Committees on Public Safety...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2024
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Housing
This ordinance addresses the shortage of affordable housing available to low- and moderate-income households and the high levels of gentrification. Rental property owners are required to notify tenant associations and tenants of their intent to sell, standards are set for affordable...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Finance & Procurement
This ordinance outlines the disclosure requirements necessary when a corporation applies for city council approval with respect to the sale/purchase of real estate, property tax reclassification, zoning, financial assistance from the City of Chicago, or entering into a contract with...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2020
Level County
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement
The Cook County tax Incentive Ordinance establishes real estate tax incentives to property owners who build or occupy property that is located within Cook County and is used for industrial or commercial purposes. However, these tax incentives may be suspended in several circumstances....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2015
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Civil Rights
This ordinance requires all city departments that provide direct public services to ensure meaningful access to such services for limited-English proficiency (LEP) persons by developing and implementing department-specific language access plans. While each city department has flexibility...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety
This ordinance prohibits agents or agencies from participating in civil immigration enforcement operations or assisting the civil enforcement of federal immigration law. Specifically, they shall not stop, arrest, or detain a person based upon an administrative warrant, an immigration...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2011
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Community Development, Housing
This ordinance requires an owner of a vacant building to register the building with the city within thirty days of the building becoming vacant. The owner must renew this registration every six months until the building is no longer vacant. After registering the building, the owner...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2020
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Health
This ordinance prohibits licensed retail tobacco dealers from selling, giving away, bartering, exchanging, or otherwise dealing in flavored tobacco products or accessories for such products....

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2013
Level City or Town
State(s) Illinois
Source Chicago City Council
Policy Areas Public Safety
This ordinance requires every person who possesses a firearm to notify the police department of the destruction, loss or theft of his or her firearm within 48 hours of when the person knows or should have known. An individual should also notify the department of a sale, transfer,...

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