Amended summary: Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety meeting — July 8, 2025
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The Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety met on July 8, 2025 and approved multiple traffic-control and parking items. Actions included installation of all-way stop signs and one-way designations, numerous approvals and repeals of disabled parking permits, amendments to residential permit parking zones, changes to parking restrictions and a municipal code amendment permitting two wheels on a parkway at a specified block on West Grace Street.
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- Approved department-recommended traffic control changes including: All-way stop at West Augusta Avenue & North Hermitage Avenue [O2025-0018198]; All-way stops at West Polk & South Lavergne, South Kedzie & West 21st, West 23rd & South Marshall Boulevard, and North Oak Park & West Wabansia; and a one-way (westerly) designation for West 40th Street from South Western to South Campbell [O2025-0016193].
- Direct introductions (no department recommendation) passed to prohibit parking at specified locations for disabled permits — a long list of addresses across multiple wards was approved (examples include 3148 South Calumet Ave [O2025-0018377] and 5411 South Mozart St [O2025-0018276]).
- Numerous items with 'No Recommendation' were passed-with-override to establish or retain disabled parking prohibitions at many additional addresses (examples include 2718 West Belden Ave [O2025-0016763] and 7521 South Wabash Ave [O2025-0017627]).
- Repealed multiple existing disabled-permit parking ordinances at specified addresses (examples: Repeal Disabled Permit 112085, 6215 South Moody Ave [O2025-0017931]; Repeal Disabled Permit 8011, 2344 West Lyndale St [O2025-0017884]).
- Amended Residential Permit Parking zones and buffers, including modifications to zones on South Bonaparte/Lock Street, South Honore Street, South Elizabeth Street, West Cullerton Street, West Cortland Street, and North Neenah Avenue [O2025-0017797; O2025-0017759; Or2025-0017647; O2025-0017944; O2025-0017807; O2025-0018103].
- Adopted a Municipal Code amendment (Section 9-64-113) creating an exception allowing vehicles to park with two wheels on a parkway curb or carriage walk on West Grace Street (north side) from 1800 to 1848 [O2025-0018273].
- Approved other parking restriction and loading-zone modifications, including a No Parking Loading Zone/Tow Zone on South Blackstone Ave and an amendment changing enforcement hours for a West Hubbard Street tow zone [O2025-0016516; O2025-0018210].
- Approved additional traffic warning/sign changes including a one-way designation for West Deming Place (North Clark to North Lakeview) and an all-way stop at North Sacramento & West Fargo Ave [O2025-0018275; O2025-0017656].
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Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Updated 07/01: Subject Matter Hearing has been rescheduled. Written public comment deadline: July 7, 2025, 12:00 PM
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