Record #: SO2017-3895   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 5/24/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 1/17/2018
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 4-5-010 and 4-6-230 regarding regulations and issuance of licenses for booting of motor vehicles
Sponsors: Moreno, Proco Joe
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 5 License Fees for Title 4 Licenses, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License
Attachments: 1. SO2017-3895.pdf, 2. O2017-3895.pdf
SECOND SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE


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


SECTION 1. Section 4-6-230 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
4-6-230 Booting of motor vehicles.
Definitions. As used in this section:
"Boot" or "booting" or "booting operation(s)" 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.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
{X_ License required. No person shall engage in the business of booting without first having obtained a license under this section.
(2) Registration - Separate registration fee - Required. A separate registration, and payment of a separate one-time registration fee of $100.00. shall be required for each location where a licensee conducts booting operations. Prior to engaging in booting operations at any location, the licensee shall register such location with the department. Such registration shall include: (i) the licensee's name and license number; (ii) the address of the location where booting operations will be conducted; (iii) the name, address and telephone number of the owner ofthe property where booting operations will be conducted; (iv) a copy of the written agreement authorizing booting locations at that location, as required under subsection (f)(2) of this section; (v) payment of the registration fee required under this subsection (b)(2); and (vi) any other information that the Commissioner may reasonably require to enforce this section. The information contained in each such registration shall be kept current by the licensee. If a licensee discontinues booting operations at any location registered with the department, the licensee shall notify the department of such fact within 10 business days of the date of such ...

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