Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 2 and 10 to direct Commissioner of Dept. of Transportation to implement "Plow the Sidewalks Pilot Program" and to extend end date of program working group to December 31, 2026
Legislation tracker › 1st Ward: Daniel La Spata
Clerk's short name: Sidewalk Pilot Program with extension
- Record number: O2025-0015574
- Type: Ordinance; category: Municipal Code Amendments
- Status: Final (Failed to Pass)
- Sponsor: Daniel La Spata (1st Ward)
- Committee: Joint Committee: Pedestrian & Traffic Safety; Transportation & Public Way
- Submitted Date: Feb 19, 2025
- Introduction Date: Feb 19, 2025
- Final Action Date: Oct 16, 2025
- Official record: Office of the City Clerk
Impact report
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This item would send a proposal to a joint committee that would direct the Transportation Commissioner to run a Plow the Sidewalk Pilot Program and extend the program's working group to December 31, 2026.
Who it affects
- Pedestrians: The proposal concerns a pilot program to plow sidewalks, which affects people who walk on city sidewalks.
- Chicago Department of Transportation: The Commissioner of Transportation would be directed to carry out the Plow the Sidewalk Pilot Program.
- Plow the Sidewalk program working group: The working group's end date would be extended to December 31, 2026.
- City Council committees: The Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety and the Committee on Transportation and Public Way would review the proposal together as a joint committee.
What changes
- The proposal is being sent to a joint committee for review, not passed into law yet.
- If later passed, the Transportation Commissioner would be directed to run a sidewalk plowing pilot program.
- If later passed, the program working group would continue until December 31, 2026.
- The Committee on Committees and Rules voted 27 to 18 for this referral.
Timeline
- Feb 19, 2025: Referred, City Council. Two committees having been called, the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety and the Committee on Transportation and Public Way, the matter was Referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules. (Pursuant to Council Rule 42)
- Feb 25, 2025: Recommended for Re-Referral, Committee on Committees and Rules. The matter was recommended for Re-Referral by controlling legislative body.
- Feb 26, 2025: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.
- Oct 3, 2025: Recommended Do Not Pass, Joint Committee: Pedestrian & Traffic Safety; Transportation & Public Way. The matter was recommended Do Not Pass by controlling legislative body.
- Oct 16, 2025: Failed to Pass, City Council. Vote not taken, automatic Do Not Pass pursuant to Council Rule 44.
Documents
- O2025-0015574 Committee Letter - OCT 3.pdf (Committee Letter)
- O2025-0015574 Committee Re-referral.Feb 28.pdf (Committee Letter)
- w1 - o15574.pdf (Legislation)
Lobbying and money
Computed links; money near a vote is not evidence that it influenced the vote.
Who lobbied on it
- Access Living Of Metropolitan Chicago: SUPPORT PASSAGE OF SIDEWALK SNOW CLEARANCE PILOT (1 filing, Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024; Laura Saltzman; matched by semantic embedding)
- Access Living Of Metropolitan Chicago: ADVOCATED FOR SIDEWALK SNOW CLEARANCE PILOT (1 filing, Jan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025; Laura Saltzman; matched by semantic embedding)
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