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SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION I. Title 9 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 9-110, as follows:
Chapter 9-110 Pedicabs
9-110-010 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection.
"Department" means the department of business affairs and consumer protection.
"Pedicab chauffeur" means a person who operates a pedicab, including a person who in any manner controls the direction or steering of a pedicab in the city.
"Owner" means a person who owns a pedicab in the city.
"Pedicab" means a pedal-powered public passenger device used to provide transportation for hire upon which a person may ride, propelled by human power, and is constructed in such a manner as to allow the carrying of one or more passengers.
"Pedicab licensee" means a person with a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
"Principal place of business in the City of Chicago" means a location where (1) the City may send, and the pedicab licensee shall accept, notices of hearing or other notices from the City; and (2) a pedicab licensee maintains its business and financial records relating to the license involved.
9-110-020 Pedicab license - Required.
No person shall operate a pedicab business without a pedicab license for each pedicab. The pedicab license shall be in addition to any other license or registration required by law.
9-110-030 Pedicab license - Fee and license term.
The annual pedicab license fee shall be $250.00 for each pedicab. The license fees shall be paid in advance when the license is issued or renewed.
Except for the initial license period, a pedicab license shall be issued or renewed for a one-year license term starting on April 1.
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Nothing in this section, shall affect the rights of the city to impose or collect any other applicable tax upon the use or opera...
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