Everyday Chicagoans will have to wait for the right to use their cell phones to provide recorded evidence of bus, bike lane and crosswalk parking violations, thanks to concerns raised Wednesday by business groups.

Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st) initially had proposed a measure that would allow citizens to report parking violations by both commercial and passenger vehicles.

On Wednesday, La Spata agreed to to limit the proposed two-year citywide pilot to commercial vehicles only, and push back the enforcement date for three months. He also agreed to keep his citizen reporting ordinance on hold in the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety he chairs, in hopes of striking a compromise that could appease the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.

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