Committee on License and Consumer Protection
City Council June 23, 2021
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO SECTION 2.
Definitions. For purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply:
"City" means the City of Chicago.
"Delivery fee" means a fee charged by a Third-Party Food Delivery Service for providing a Food Dispensing Establishment with a service that delivers food and beverages from such establishment to customers. The term does not include any other fee, commission or cost that a Food Dispensing Establishment has agreed to pay a Third-Party Food Delivery Service, such as fees for listing, marketing or advertising the Food Dispensing Establishment on the Third-Party Food Delivery Service platform, fees for access to customer subscription programs or fees related to processing the Online Order.
"Food Dispensing Establishment" has the same meaning as ascribed to this term in Section 4-8-010 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago.
"Online Order" means an order placed by a customer through or with the assistance of a platform provided by a Third-Party Food Delivery Service, including a telephone order, for delivery or pick-up within the City.
"Purchase Price'" means the price, as listed on the menu ofthe Food Dispensing Establishment, for the items contained in an Online Order, minus any applicable coupon or promotional discount provided to the customer by the Food Dispensing Establishment through the Third-Party Food Delivery Service. This definition does not include taxes, gratuities, and anv other fees or costs that may make up the total amount charged to the customer of an Online Order.
"Third-Party Food Delivery Service" means any website, mobile application, or other internet service that offers or arranges for the sale of food and beverages prepared by, and the delivery or pick-up of food and beverages from, no fewer than 20 Food Dispensing Establishments located in the City that are each owned and operated by different...
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