What Are Chicago’s Oldest Laws?

<p style="">Looking around Chicago today, you won’t find many stink balls or cannons—but did you know the city has ordinances regulating both? When these laws were first passed more than a century ago, aldermen may have believed they posed a real threat. But today, these old laws don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.</p> <p style="">Logan Square resident Ty McCarthy was wondering whether Chicago had any outdated laws on the books. So he asked <i>Curious City</i>:</p> <p style=""><i style="font-family: inherit;">What are some of Chicago’s oldest and weirdest laws?</i></p> <p style=""><span style="font-family: inherit;">To find some weird laws, we pored over Chicago’s municipal code—</span><a href="http://www.amlegal.com/codes/client/chicago_il/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: inherit;">which anyone can search online</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">—and pinpointed several ordinances that were passed more than 50 years ago.</span></p> <p style=""><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/odd-chicago-laws/" target="">Click here to view our special presentation</a> featuring nine of Chicago’s most obscure laws.</span></p> <div id="hgcj4" class="curiosity-module" data-pym-src="//modules.wearehearken.com/wbez/curiosity_modules/72"></div> <p><script src="//assets.wearehearken.com/production/thirdparty/p.m.js"></script></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CuriousCityPodcast/~4/r613NX9A9SE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>