Automobile dealers who showcase their cars on city sidewalks in Chicago, blocking the path for pedestrians and eventually causing those sidewalks to collapse, would face hefty fines under a proposal approved Tuesday by a city council committee.At the behest of Ald. Lona Lane (18th), the council’s Committee on Transportation and the Public Way agreed to more than double the fines for such …
Chicago targets ‘sidewalk showrooms’
September 7, 2011 By