Record #: SO2019-5547   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 7/24/2019 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 9/18/2019
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 3-56, 9-64 and 9-100 regarding wheel tax license fees, violation fines and payment plans
Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E. , Valencia, Anna M., Villegas, Gilbert, Scott, Jr. Michael, Dowell, Pat, Waguespack, Scott
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 3 - Revenue & Finance - Ch. 56 Wheel Tax Licenses, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 64 Parking Regulations, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 100 Admin. Adjudication of Parking, Compliance, Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System or Automated Speed Enforcement System Violations
Attachments: 1. SO2019-5547.pdf, 2. SO2019-5547 (V1).pdf, 3. O2019-5547.pdf
SUBSTITUTE
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Chapter 3-56 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, by inserting the language underscored, and by adding a new section 3-56-043, as follows:


3-56-040 Issuance.
Upon payment by the applicant of the wheel tax license fee hereinafter provided, the City Clerk shall issue, or cause to be issued, a wheel tax license. The period for a wheel tax license shall begin on the required purchase date and shall end on the last day of the month indicated on the face of such license. Provided, however, that if a wheel tax license is issued before the required purchase date, such license shall be valid upon its issuance. Provided further, that in the case of renewal of a valid and current wheel tax license only, the applicable period shall include the grace periods specified in Section 3-56-043. following requirements
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(44 The applicable period for renewing a valid and current wheel tax license, shall include a 30-day grace period, during which the applicant may purchase a wheel tax-license without incurring any late fees under Section 3 56-050. Provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the waiver of penalties under Section 3-56-150 ¦ for failure to obtain the wheel tax license by the required purchase date.

(24 Any grace period provided for under this section shall commence at 12:01 A.M. on the day after the required purchase date and shall end at midnight on the thirtieth day after the required purchase date.
The City Clerk shall make wheel tax licenses available for an annual period. Provided that in the case of renewal of an existing wheel tax license issued pursuant to the staggered system authorized under Section 3-56-015, the City Clerk may offer applicants for a wheel tax license the option, as provided for in duly promulgated rules, to purchase ...

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