Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-4234

• Record #: O2014-4234
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/28/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
• Final action: 6/25/2014
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-6-230(g)(5) regarding booting of motor vehicles on private property within 47th Ward
• Sponsors: Pawar, Ameya
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2014	83687	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/18/2014		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Recommended to Pass	Pass
5/28/2014	82758	City Council	Referred

Commmittee on License and Consumer Protection

City Council Meeting May 28, 2014

ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 4-6-230 (g) (5) of the Municipal code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the underscored text as follows:

4-6-230 Booting of motor vehicles.

(a)      Definitions. As used in this section:

"Boot" or "booting" means the act of placing on a parked motor vehicle any mechanical device that is designed to be attached to a wheel or tire or other part of such vehicle so as to prohibit the vehicle's usual manner of movement.

"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is propelled by a motor.

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

(g)      Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for any licensee engaged in the business

of booting motor vehicles to:

1. Provide booting services at any property at which any person having a beneficial interest in the licensee also has a beneficial interest in the subject property;
2. Place a boot upon any occupied motor vehicle or upon any motor vehicle parked in accordance with the terms of use for the subject property;

(3)      Assess a fee in excess of $140.00 to remove a boot;

1. Use any boot of a color prohibited by the commissioner in duly promulgated rules and regulations. The commissioner may prohibit any color which might be confused with a boot used by the City as a part of the City's vehicle immobilization program; and
2. Engage in booting operations at any location that is outside the 1^st Ward, 12^th Ward, 15^th Ward, 21* Ward, 22"^d Ward, 23^rd Ward, 25^th Ward, 26^th Ward, 27* Ward, 30^th Ward, 32^nd Ward, 33^rd Ward, 34^th Ward, 36^th Ward, 37* Ward, 38^th Ward, 40^th Ward, 42"^d Ward, 43^rd Ward, 44^th Ward, 45^th Ward, 46^th Ward

47* Ward. 48* Ward, or 49* Ward.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.

 

Alderman, 47th Ward