Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2017-8598

• Record #: O2017-8598
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 12/13/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 9-108-030 to prohibit renewal of horse-drawn carriage licenses
• Sponsors: Hopkins, Brian , Reilly, Brendan, Lopez, Raymond A., Napolitano, Anthony V., Silverstein, Debra L., Solis, Daniel, Pawar, Ameya, Tunney, Thomas, Mell, Deborah, Moore, Joseph, Cappleman, James, Villegas, Gilbert, Arena, John, Sposato, Nicholas
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 108 Horse-Drawn Carriages
• Related files: R2019-362

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2019		City Council	Failed to Pass
2/5/2019		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
1/23/2019		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
11/26/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
10/29/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
9/12/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
9/11/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
9/6/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
8/31/2018		Committee on License and Consumer Protection	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
12/13/2017	64050	City Council	Referred

Committee on License and Consumer Protection

ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is a home rule unit government pursuant to the 1970 Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 6(a); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the City of Chicago may exercise any power and perform any function relating to its government and affairs including the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and

WHEREAS, horse-drawn carriages operating on busy city streets raise public safety, sanitary, and animal welfare issues; and

WHEREAS, there are numerous documented incidents involving horse-drawn carriages operating in congested urban environments; and

WHEREAS, horse-drawn carriages have been banned in Salt Lake City, Utah; Biloxi, Mississippi; Asheville. North Carolina; Camden, New Jersey; Palm Beach, Pompano Beach, Key West, and Treasure Island, Florida; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly incorporated as though fully set forth herein.

SECTION 2. Chapter 9-108 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is amended by inserting the language underscored and deleting the language stricken through, as follows:

(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
9-108-030 Application Renewal prohibited.
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(a) No horse-drawn carriage license shall be renewed.
Applicants holding horse drown carriage licenses which were issued by the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection prior-to theoffoctivo-dotoof this ordinance may apply for renewal of such licenses within 15 days following the effective date of this ordinance. Licences so renewed shall bo offoctivo during the initial licensing poriod and shall terminate on the thirty first day of December following their issuance
Application for ronowal of horse drawn carriage licenses for tho initial license period choll bo mado in writing.-signed and sworn to by the applicant or if applicant is a corpora...