Committee on Pedestrian & Traffic Safety — Actions on parking, stops, speed limits, and permit zones (Sept. 22, 2025)
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The Committee met September 22, 2025 (10:15 AM) in City Council Chambers and recommended or passed numerous traffic- and parking-related ordinances: approvals and repeals of disabled-parking prohibitions at many addresses, installation of all-way stops and single-direction streets, adoption of multiple 20 mph speed limits, weight-limit amendments, residential/industrial permit parking zone modifications, parking restrictions/no-parking tow zones, and additions/repeals of parking meters.
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- Approved department-recommended disabled parking prohibitions at specific addresses including 2106 N Hoyne Ave (Disabled Permit 136409) and 1647 N Wood St (Disabled Permit 136336) [O2025-0018448; O2025-0018522].
- Approved multiple all-way stop and stop-sign installations (examples: East 133rd St & S Green Bay Ave [O2025-0018572]; S Peoria St & W 76th St [Or2025-0018496]; W Willow St & N Howe St [O2025-0018265]; West 74th St & S Normal Ave [O2025-0017930]).
- Adopted numerous 20 mph speed limitations on neighborhood streets across several wards (examples: South Rockwell St; North Milwaukee Ave from W Addison to W Belmont; West Ainslie St between N Avers and N Kimball) [various O2025- numbers].
- Amended weight/load and roadway ordinances, including replacing Pulaski Road with South Central Park Avenue in a W 73rd Street load-limit ordinance [SO2025-0015848] and establishing a 5-ton limit on W 21st St between S Kostner and S Harding [O2025-0018453].
- Passed a broad set of residential and industrial permit parking zone amendments and creations (examples: amendments to permit zones on S Keeler, S La Crosse, South Central Park Blvd, and North Ravenswood/West Leland adjustments) [O2025-0019330; O2025-0019341; O2025-0019509; O2025-0019517].
- Approved numerous ward parking restrictions and no-parking/tow zones (examples include West Waveland Ave no-parking/no-stopping zone, multiple overnight tow zones, and public-benefit standing/loading zones) [various O2024–O2025 numbers].
- Added and repealed parking meter zones (example additions on North Armour St and multiple blocks in Ward 46; repeal of meters on segments of North Clark St) [O2025-0019328; O2025-0019339; O2025-0019337].
- Approved many direct introductions and overrides to add or repeal disabled-parking prohibitions at numerous addresses per sponsoring aldermen (listed throughout the agenda and summary).
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Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Written Public Comment Deadline: September 19, 2025, 10:15 AM Direct Introduction Deadline September 11, 2025, 5:00 PM
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- Summaryhttps://occprodstoragev1.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/meetingattachmentspublic/218e4fd6-b343-4672-b6c1-c5e1abacb1e1.pdf
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