Shared Housing Restricted Zones

At a glance

• What: Council designated individual precincts as Restricted Residential Zones under Chapter 4-17 (the opt-out process), which prohibits any new or additional shared housing units inside each precinct for four years from the effective date.
• Result: On September 23, 2026 Council passed, 50 to 0, ordinances for 19 precincts in the 15th Ward (Lopez), 19 in the 23rd Ward (Tabares, substitute ordinances), 2 in the 29th Ward (Taliaferro) and 31 in the 41st Ward (Napolitano). All were introduced in July and recommended by the License and Consumer Protection Committee (chair Silverstein) on September 9.
• Next: Further precinct ordinances for other wards (for example the 31st Ward and a 16th precinct in the 15th Ward) were introduced the same day and referred.

Sources

• City Council journal, September 23, 2026, Volume I: https://chicityclerk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public-1/reports/2026_09_23%20Journal%20of%20the%20Proceedings%20Vol.%20I.pdf
• Journal pages 49435 to 49525.

Log

2026-09-23 - City Council

Four batches (71 ordinances) passed 50 to 0 on the committee's recommendation.