Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-2668

• Record #: O2015-2668
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 4/15/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-6-230 regarding booting of motor vehicles on private property within 29th Ward
• Sponsors: Graham, Deborah L.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License
• Related files: R2015-407

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015	462	City Council	Failed to Pass	Fail
4/15/2015	107552	City Council	Referred

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:

(1)      Provide booting services at any property at which any person

having a beneficial interest in the licensee also has a beneficial

interest in the subject property;

[2)      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;

(3] Assess a fee in excess of $140.00 to remove a boot;

(4) 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 a part of the City's vehicle immobilization program; and

(5] Engage in booting operations at any location that is outside the 1^st Ward, 2^nd Ward, 6^th Ward, 12^th Ward, 15^th Ward, 21^st Ward, 22"d Ward, 23^ Ward, 24^th Ward, 25^th Ward, 26^th Ward, 27*-29* Ward. 30^th Ward, 32^nd Ward, 33^rd Ward, 34'" Ward, 36^th Ward, 37^th Ward, 38^th Ward, 40^th Ward, 42"^d Ward, 43^rd Ward, 44^th Ward, 45^th Ward, 46^th Ward, 48* Ward, or 49^th Ward.

Deborah Graham Alderman, 29th Ward

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.