Record #: O2015-4659   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 6/17/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on License and Consumer Protection
Final action: 7/29/2015
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 4-6-230 regarding booting of motor vehicles on private property within 2nd Ward
Sponsors: Hopkins, Brian
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License
Attachments: 1. O2015-4659.pdf
ORDINANCE
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
 
SECTION 1. Section 4-6-230 (g) (5] ofthe 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)
 
fgj      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;
  1. 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;
  2. Assess a fee in excess of $140.00 to remove a boot;
  3. 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 1st Ward. 2"" Ward. 6* Ward, 12* Ward, 15* Ward, 21* Ward, 22"d Ward, 23rd ward 24th Ward, 25* Ward, 26* Ward, 27*-29* Ward, 30* Ward, 32nd Ward, 33"* Ward, 34th Ward, 36* Ward, 37* Ward, 38* Ward, 40* Ward, 42"d Ward, 43rd Ward, 44* Ward, 45* Ward, 46* Ward, 48* Ward, or 49* Ward.
 
 
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.
 
 
 
 
 
Brian Hopkins
Alderman, 2nd Ward