Office of the City Clerk - Record #: SO2017-3889

• Record #: SO2017-3889
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/24/2017
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 9/6/2017
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 2-14, 13-12 and 3-33 regarding registration of vacant buildings
• Sponsors: Cardenas, George A.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 14 Dept. of Administrative Hearings, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 3 - Revenue & Finance - Ch. 33 Chicago Real Property Transfer Tax, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 13 - Building & Construction - Ch. 12 Enforcement of Building, Electrical & Fire Regulations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
9/6/2017	54189	City Council	Passed as Substitute	Pass
9/5/2017		Committee on Finance	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/5/2017		Committee on Finance	Substituted in Committee
5/24/2017	50295	City Council	Referred

SUBSTITUIE ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Chapter 13-10 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby repealed in its entirety.

SECTION 2. Article III of Chapter 2-14 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:

2-14-108 Petition to set aside default order.

(a) An administrative law officer may set aside any order entered by default and set a new hearing date, upon a petition filed within 21 days after the issuance of the order of default, if the administrative law officer determines that the petitioner's respondent's failure to appear at the hearing was for good causeA or, at any time, if the petitioner or the respondent subject to the order entered bv default establishes that the petitioner such respondent was not provided with proper service of process. If the petition is granted, the administrative law officer shall proceed with a new hearing on the underlying matter as soon as practical.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
2-14-151 Definitions.
As used in this Article III, unless the context requires otherwise:
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(c) "Building owner" shall mean: (1) the legal title holder or holders of the realty containing a building or other structure; (2) the beneficial owner or owners of an Illinois Land Trust if legal title is held by such a trust; (3) the purchaser under any real estate installment sales contract if such a contract exists; (4) any person or entity registered as an owner pursuant to Chapter 13-10 of the Municipal Code of Chicago; (5) a person

who contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, including without limitation the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to care for vacant residential real estate; (§5) a person who has management authority over real property; or (76) for purposes of proceedings involving alleged vio...