Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 17-7-0510
in effect17-7-0510 Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District.
17-7-0511 Purpose. The Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District is intended to cause loss of nonconforming use status for any new businesses in the district seeking to obtain a limited business license for auto sales any time, including immediately, after any preexisting nonconforming use in the district ceases business operations
17-7-0512 Boundaries. The Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District applies to all properties on both sides of Cicero Avenue between Belden Avenue and Belmont Avenue and to all properties on the West side of Cicero Avenue between Belmont Avenue and Addison Avenue.
17-7-0513 Light Equipment Sales/Rental Restrictions. Sections 17-15-0106 and 17-15-0304-A(1) of the Zoning Ordinance shall not apply to any light equipment sales/rental use with lot frontage less than two hundred feet within the Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District. Within the Cicero Avenue Light Equipment Sales/Rental Overlay District, for a nonconforming light equipment sales/rental use with lot frontage less than two hundred feet, all nonconforming use rights are lost and re-establishment of the nonconforming use is prohibited if the nonconforming use:
(i) is discontinued for 30 continuous days or more;
(ii) ceases operations (even if the structure or equipment related to the use remain);
(iii) fails to maintain a valid business license; or
(iv) undergoes a change of tenancy, ownership, or management.
(Added Coun. J. 5-20-26, p. 43498, § 1)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2705064Fetched: 10/24/2026