A. For the purposes of this chapter, when any of the following words or terms are used herein they shall have the meaning or construction ascribed to them in this section:
"City" means the City of Chicago, Illinois.
"Daily or weekly basis" includes in addition to its usual and popular meaning, any period of time for which a daily or weekly rate is charged for a lease.
"Department" means the department of finance of the City of Chicago.
"Leasing" or any similar term means any transfer of the possession or the right to possession of a motor vehicle to a user for a valuable consideration.
“Lessor” means any person who leases a motor vehicle on a daily or weekly basis. This term includes, but is not limited to, persons engaged in the business of facilitating the lease or rental of motor vehicles for any consideration, whether conducted online, in person, or otherwise.
"Motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle as defined in section 1-146 of "The Illinois Motor Vehicle Code".
“Person” means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation or other legal entity, in his or its own capacity or as administrator, conservator, guardian, executor, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed by the court, and, as applied to partnerships, associations or joint ventures, the word shall include the members thereof, and as applied to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or employees.
B. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular number include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter; and when the sense so indicates, words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender.
(Prior code § 200.7-1; Added Coun. J. 12-7-84, p. 11501; Amend Coun. J. 2-11-87, p. 39574; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6700, Art. IV, § 1)