Record #: O2012-5621   
Type: Ordinance Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 9/12/2012 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 10/3/2012
Title: Not-for-profit fee exemption(s) for Northwestern University Settlement House
Sponsors: Burnett, Jr., Walter
Topic: PERMITS/LICENSE/FEE EXEMPTIONS - License Fee Exemptions
Attachments: 1. O2012-5621.pdf
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:
SECTION 1. That the Commissioner of Buildings, the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, the Commissioner of Environment, the Commissioner of Water Management, the Commissioner of Fire, and the City Comptroller, are hereby directed to issue all necessary permits, all on-site water/sewer inspection fees and all water/sewer plan review fees, free of charge, notwithstanding other ordinances of the City of Chicago to the contrary, to Northwestern University Settlement House, a not-for profit Illinois corporation, related to erection and maintenance of the building and fuel storage facility at 1400 West Augusta Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois.
 
Said building(s) and all appurtenances thereto shall be used exclusively for charitable purposes and shall not be leased or otherwise used with a view to profit, and the work thereon shall be done in accordance with plans submitted and all of the appropriate provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago and departmental requirements of various departments of the City of Chicago, and said building(s) and all appurtenances thereto shall be constructed and maintained so that they shall comply in all respects with the requirements of appropriate provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago for the issuance of all permits and licenses.
 
SECTION 2. Northwestern University Settlement House, a not-for-profit Illinois corporation, also doing business engaged in medical, educational and related activities, shall be exempt from the payment of City license fees and shall be entitled to the cancellation of warrants for collection for inspection fees.
 
SECTION 3. Northwestern University Settlement House shall be entitled to a refund of City fees which it has paid and to which it is exempt pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance.
 
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in force for a period of two (2) years but in no event beyond July 1, 2014.
 
Alderman, 27th Ward
 
 
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