ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 9-64-170 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
9-64-170 Parking restrictions - Special types of vehicles - Exceptions.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(6) Residential streets - Exception for taxicabs - When authorized.
0} In the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 35th, 46th and 50th wards, and on that portion of 108th Place from South Wentworth Avenue on the east to the perpendicular railway line on the west, the prohibition set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) shall not apply to the owner of a taxicab if all of the following requirements are met: (i) the owner of the taxicab has no outstanding debt to the city for parking violations or has satisfied or otherwise resolved any such debt within the meaning of Section 2-32-094, and (ii) the taxicab is not in service, and (iii) the taxicab is lawfully parked at the curb adjacent to the taxicab owner's place of residence in accordance with the general parking requirements of this Code, and (iv) the taxicab bears a valid and current city wheel tax license emblem, and (v) the taxicab bears a valid and current special parking permit issued by the alderman of the ward in which the taxicab owner resides, and (vi) the taxicab is in apparent compliance with this subsection and other applicable requirements of this Code.
(ii) If the owner of a taxicab was issued a special parking permit for such taxicab in 2014 permitting such person to park a taxicab between Peterson Avenue on the south. Granville on the north. California on the west, and Western on the east ("40th Ward taxi zone"), such owner shall be eligible to obtain from the alderman of the 40th Ward a special parking permit to park one taxicab only in front of or immediately adjacent to such taxicab owner's place of residence in the 40th Ward taxi zone. Such permit s...
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