(A) The business entity benefiting from traffic management services provided by the city in connection with an event presented at a qualifying stadium, conference or exhibition facility shall pay to the city an amount equal to the sum of (1) 140 percent of the average non-overtime hourly rate for Chicago police officers, for each hour of time worked by a police officer in providing traffic management services related to the event; plus (2) 140 percent of the average non- overtime hourly rate for Chicago traffic aides, for each hour of time worked by a traffic control aide in providing traffic management services related to the event.
(B) No later than 30 days before an event to be held in a major stadium, conference or exhibition facility, the business entity benefiting from traffic management services shall notify the superintendent of police and the executive director of emergency management and communications of the date, time and nature of the event, and the teams or other entities participating in the event.
(C) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Business entity benefiting" means:
(a) The Chicago-based team participating in a professional baseball, football, basketball, hockey or soccer game, regardless of whether the game is considered pre-season, regular season or playoff.
(b) With regard to any other event, the person who contracts for the use of the stadium, conference or exhibition facility for the presentation or conduct of the event.
(2) "Qualifying stadium, conference or exhibition facility" means an enclosed, partially enclosed or open, facility having a capacity in excess of 7,000, but does not include a facility owned by an educational, charitable, religious, eleemosynary or veterans' organization that is organized on a not-for-profit basis.
(D) The police department and the office of emergency management and communications shall maintain a record of the hours worked by police officers and by traffic control aides in providing traffic management services related to an event at a qualifying stadium facility. The records shall indicate the date, location and nature of each event; the number of police officers, if any, providing traffic management services related to the event; the total number of hours worked by those police officers; the number of traffic control aides, if any, providing traffic management services related to the event; and the total number of hours worked by those traffic control aides. At the end of each calendar month, the records shall be delivered to the department of finance, which shall issue separate bills to each business entity benefiting from traffic services. The business entity shall pay the amount billed no later than 30 days after the date of mailing indicated on the bill. Amounts due under this section shall constitute a debt due and owing the city.
(Added Coun. J. 11-19-03, p. 14216, § 5.2; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.9; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. IX, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 48243, Art. I, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 12, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 4)