Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2013-7607

• Record #: SO2013-7607
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 10/16/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
• Final action: 11/26/2013
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-6-230 to allow booting of motor vehicles on private property within 45th Ward
• Sponsors: Arena, John
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/26/2013	68766	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
11/25/2013		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/30/2013		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Held in Committee	Pass
10/16/2013	63092	City Council	Referred

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SUBSTITUTE 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:
provide booting service at any property at which any person having a beneficial interest in the licensee also has a beneficial interest in the subject property;
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;
assess a fee in excess of $140.00 to remove a boot;
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 part of the City's vehicle immobilization program; and
engage in booting operations at any location that is outside the 1st Ward, 12th Ward, 15th Ward, 21st Ward, 22nd Ward, 23rd Ward, 25th Ward, 26th Ward, 27th Ward, 30th Ward, 32nd Ward, 33rd Ward, 34th Ward, 36th Ward, 37th Ward, 38th Ward, 40th Ward, 42nd Ward, 43rd Ward, 44th Ward, 45th Ward, 46th Ward, 48th Ward, or 49th Ward.

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: SECTION 1. That an ordinance heretofore passed by the City Council amending Title 4, Chapter 4, section 010 and Titl...