Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2016-6374

• Record #: O2016-6374
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/14/2016
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 11/9/2016
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 9-100-060 regarding compliance violations involving display of registration plates
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 9 - Vehicles, Traffic & Rail Transportation - Ch. 100 Admin. Adjudication of Parking, Compliance, Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System or Automated Speed Enforcement System Violations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/9/2016	36313	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/7/2016		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Recommended to Pass	Pass
10/4/2016		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Held in Committee	Pass
9/14/2016	29682	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 14, 2016










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Director of the Department of Administrative Hearings, I transmit herewith an ordinance amending Section 9-100-060 of the Municipal Code regarding display of registration plates.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor


Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 9-100-060 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the language underscored and deleting the language struck through as follows:

9-100-060 Grounds for contesting a violation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, a person charged with a parking, standing or compliance violation may contest the charge through an administrative adjudication limited to one or more ofthe following grounds with appropriate evidence to support:
that the respondent was not the owner or lessee of the cited vehicle at the time ofthe violation;
that the cited vehicle or its state registration plates were stolen at the time the violation occurred;
that the relevant signs prohibiting or restricting parking or standing were missing or obscured;
that the relevant parking meter was inoperable or malfunctioned through no fault of the respondent;
that the facts alleged in the violation notice are inconsistent or do not support a finding that the specified regulation was violated;
that the illegal condition described in the compliance violation notice did not exist at the time the notice was issued;
that the compliance violation has been corrected prior to adjudication of the charge; provided, however, that this defense shall not be applicable to:
{j} compliance violations involving display ofthe city wheel tax license emblem under Section 9-64-125;
to compliance violations involving motor vehicle exhaus...