LAMPPOSTS AND LAMPS (10-28-290 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 10, ch. 10-28, art. VI

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Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-290 Erection of lamppost.

10-28-290 Erection of lamppost. All street lampposts and lamps of the city shall be erected by the commissioner of transportation, and said commissioner shall have control over said lampposts and lamps. (Prior code § 34-21; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-300 Acceptance of posts.

10-28-300 Acceptance of posts. The commissioner of streets and sanitation is hereby authorized and directed to accept, on behalf of the city, all bills of sale presented to him by any person doing business in the city conveying, assigning, or transferring to the said city the ownership of any electric light poles and telegraph poles having streetlighting equipment of the city, which the said commissioner of streets and sanitation shall deem necessary or desirable for the use of the said city. The commissioner of streets and sanitation shall, upon the acceptance of any such electric light poles, telephone poles or telegraph poles, cause all previous marks of ownership to be removed, and shall immediately thereafter remark same indicating the city's ownership of said poles. (Prior code § 34-22)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-310 Removal of streetlamps.

10-28-310 Removal of streetlamps. No person, without permission from the commissioner of streets and sanitation, shall take up, remove, or carry away any street lampposts of the city. (Prior code § 34-23)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-320 Shadings of streetlamps.

10-28-320 Shadings of streetlamps. The commissioner of streets and sanitation is hereby authorized to install a device on street lamps, brackets, or poles of the city for the purpose of diverting direct rays of light which interfere with the comfort or are detrimental to the health of any person residing near such lamp and on the same side of the street, whenever said commissioner of streets and sanitation shall find that the aforesaid conditions exist; provided an application for such installation is made and the applicant therefor pays in advance to the city the sum of $2.00 to cover the cost of the installation of such device, and the sum of $1.00 to cover the cost of the maintenance of such device for a period of one year. Such device may be maintained by the city after the first year upon the payment in advance of the sum of $1.00 to cover the cost of such maintenance. All devices installed under the provisions of this section shall remain the property of the city and shall be removed by the commissioner of streets and sanitation whenever he shall find that the same interfere with the proper lighting of the street or that the conditions requiring the installation no longer exist. No person other than the duly authorized employees of the department of streets and sanitation shall place or attempt to place on any such post any device for the obstruction of the light of a street lamp of the city or shall interfere with a device placed in accordance with the provisions of this section. (Prior code § 34-24)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-330 Lighting or extinguishing lamps.

10-28-330 Lighting or extinguishing lamps. No person, unless authorized by the proper authority, shall at any time light or extinguish, or cause to be lighted or extinguished, any street lamp of the city. Any contractor who shall wilfully neglect to light any such lamp which he has contracted to light shall be liable to a fine of not more than $10.00. (Prior code § 34-25)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-340 Injuring or obstructing lampposts and lamps.

10-28-340 Injuring or obstructing lampposts and lamps. No person shall break, deface, or in any way injure or destroy, tie any animal, hang or place any goods or merchandise, or place any goods, boxes, wood, or any other heavy material upon or against any street lamp or lamppost of the city. (Prior code § 34-26)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-28-350 Violation - Penalty.

10-28-350 Violation - Penalty. Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions of this chapter on lampposts and lamps where no other penalty is specifically provided shall be fined not more than $50.00 for each offense. (Prior code § 34-27)

Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2651897Fetched: 10/24/2026