QRDINANCE
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:
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;
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;
Assess a fee in excess of $140.00 to remove a boot;
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 ofthe City's vehicle immobilization program; and
Engage in booting operations at any location that is outside the 1st Ward, 2"" Ward, 4*" Ward. 12th Ward, 15* Ward, 21st Ward, 22^ Ward, 23^ Ward, 25* Ward, 26* Ward, 27* Ward, 30* Ward, 32"i Ward, 33*" Ward, 34* Ward, 36* Ward, 37* Ward, 38* Ward, 40* Ward, 42«» Ward, 43«" 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.
William D. Burns Alderman, 4th Ward
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