Record #: O2011-449   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 1/13/2011 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 2/9/2011
Title: Not-for-profit fee exemption(s) for Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center
Sponsors: Moreno, Proco Joe
Topic: PERMITS/LICENSE/FEE EXEMPTIONS - License Fee Exemptions
Attachments: 1. O2011-449.pdf
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:
SECTION 1. That the Commissioner of Buildings, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, the Commissioner of Environment, the Commissioner of Fire, the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, the Director of Revenue and the Commissioner of Water Management are hereby authorized and directed to issue all necessary permits, all on-site water/sewer inspection fees and all water/sewer plan review fees, free of charge, notwithstanding other ordinances of the City of Chicago to the contrary, to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, a not-for-profit corporation, d/b/a Saint Elizabeth Hospital, related to the erection and maintenance of building(s) and fuel storage facilities at 1431 North Claremont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622, 1431 North Western Avenue, the multi-story parking structure adjacent to 1431 North Western Avenue and the surface parking lot north of 1431 North Western Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60622.
Said building(s) and all appurtenances thereto shall be used exclusively for charitable purposes and shall not be leased or otherwise used with a view to profit, and the work thereon shall be done in accordance with plans submitted and all of the appropriate provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago and departmental requirements of various departments of the City of Chicago, and said building(s) and all appurtenances thereto shall be constructed and maintained so that they shall comply in all respects with the requirements of the appropriate provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago for the issuance of all necessary permits and licenses.
SECTION 2. Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, a not-for-profit corporation, d/b/a Saint Elizabeth Hospital, engaged in religious, educational and related activities, shall be exempt from the payment of City license fees and shall be entitled to the cancellation of warrants for the collection of inspection fees.
SECTION 3. Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, a not-for-profit corporation, d/b/a Saint Elizabeth Hospital shall be entitled to a refund of City fees which it has paid and from which it is exempt pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in force for the period November 16, 2010 through November 15, 2.012.
 
Proco Joe Moreno
Alderman, 1st Ward