Record #: SO2014-2308   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 4/2/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 4/30/2014
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 4-232 regarding valet parking regulations and licenses
Sponsors: Reilly, Brendan
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 232 Motor Vehicle Storage & Sales
Attachments: 1. O2014-2308.pdf, 2. SO2014-2308.pdf
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 4-232 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding new sections 4-232-095 and 4-232-097, by adding the language underscored and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:

4-232-095 Operating without a license-Any person who engages in the business of valet parking operator without first having obtained the reguired license shall be subject to a fine of not less than $2,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or incarceration for a period not to exceed six months, or both. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
4-232-097 Parking meter zones-display tickets
It shall be unlawful for any valet parking operator licensee, or the operator's employees or agents, to possess, or place in a customer's vehicle, a stolen, altered, defaced or otherwise tampered with, or counterfeited, parking meter ticket, display device or electronic receipt. For purposes of this section "parking meter" has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 9-4-010.
In addition to any other penalty provided, when an operator or any employee or agent of the operator is found in violation of this section, the operator's license shall be revoked.
For purposes of this section, the operator shall be strictly liable for such violations, regardless of actual or constructive knowledge.

4-232-100 Violation of Sections 4 232 060 and 4 232 080 - Penalty.
Unless another penalty is specifically provided, any Afly person convicted of a found in violation of this chapter any provisions of Sections 4-232-060 or 4-232-080 shall be fined not less than $300.00 and not more than $1,000.00 for each offense, and each day that an offense continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. In addition, a license shall be revoked if the licensee, or his employees or agents, was found in violation of one or more violations of this chapter on three or mor...

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