ALTERNATIVE FUEL CITY STICKER ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, It is the express desire and duty of the City of Chicago and the Chicago City Council to encourage practices that reduce carbon emissions andi prepare for climate change; and /
WHEREAS, emerging technologies have resulted in commercial availability of electric and hybrid vehicles that have significantly higher fuel efficiency, lower maintenance costs and lower impact on the environment; and ^
WHEREAS, There are 1,300,000 city stickers sold over the last 9 months of current year and an average 1,500,000 per year in the City of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, The number of hybrid vehicles currently account for 3-4% of vehicles on the road, but with projections as high as 10% by 2015; and
WHEREAS, Chicago Municipal Code does not provide for different fees for different types of vehicle fuel systems; therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated herein and made a part of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. Section 3-56-050 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
Vehicle |
Fee |
Electric Automobiles |
$0.00 |
Smaller Hvbrid automobiles |
25.00 |
Smaller passenger gasoline fueled automobiles |
95.00 |
Larger passenger hybrid automobiles |
65.00 |
Larger passenger gasoline fueled automobiles, SUV, ambulances and hearses |
155.00 |
The city clerk shall maintain a list of makes and models of passenger automobiles classified as "smaller" or "larger" for the purposes of this provision. The list shall be available for public inspection at any time during the clerk's regular business hours.
Vehicle |
Fee |
Truck <16K lbs |
220.00 |
Truck > 16K lbs |
455.00 |
Dealer |
110.00 |
Smaller or larger passenger automobiles only, not more than one vehicle, registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and vehicle ownership |
$30.00 |
Replacement passenger wheel tax license emblem registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age, proof of purchase and original damaged wheel tax license emblem or police report of theft |
No Fee |
Antique motor vehicles |
40.00 |
Motor bicycles, motor tricycles, motor scooters, mopeds, or neighborhood electric vehicles such as golf carts. |
25.00 |
(The remainder of this section is unaffected by this ordinance) SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take full force and effect after passage and publication.
Proco Joe Moreno Alderman, 1st Ward