4-227-010 Definitions.
4-227-020 License – Required.
4-227-030 Application – Additional information required.
4-227-040 License issuance and renewal – Prohibited when.
4-227-050 License – Posting.
4-227-060 Registration emblems.
4-227-070 License – Fee – Termination.
4-227-080 Prohibited acts.
4-227-090 Recordkeeping.
4-227-100 Licensed storage lots.
4-227-110 License – Suspension or revocation.
4-227-120 License revocation – Four-year wait for a new license.
4-227-130 Rules.
4-227-140 Violation – Penalty.
As used in this chapter:
"Commercial vehicle relocator license" means the commercial vehicle relocator license issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to the Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing Vehicles Law.
"Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing Vehicles Law" means the Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing Vehicles Law, codified at 625 ILCS 5/Ch. 18a, et seq.
"Illinois Commercial Safety Towing Law" means the Illinois Commercial Safety Towing Law, codified at 625 ILCS 5/18d-101, et seq.
"Safety relocator's registration certificate" means the safety relocator's registration certificate issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to the Illinois Commercial Safety Towing Law, codified at 625 ILCS 5/18d-101, et seq.
"Storage lot"means any real property, including real property outside the City limits, owned by or in the lawful possession or control of a licensee under this chapter that, in accordance with applicable law, is used for the storage of vehicles towed from a location within the City.
"Tow truck" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 5/1-205.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, codified at 625 ILCS 5/1-01, et seq.
"Tower" means the person who owns or operates a tow truck.
"Towing" means removing, for hire or for compensation of any type, abandoned, damaged or disabled vehicles from public property within the City by means of a truck designed or altered and equipped for and used to push, tow, carry upon or draw vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, towbar, towline or auxiliary axle, or carried upon to move damaged or disabled vehicles.
(Added Coun. J. 5-26-21, p. 30457, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 1-26-22, p. 43395, § 2)
(a) No person shall engage in the business of towing damaged or disabled vehicles from the public way without first having obtained a towing license under this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a licensee from towing vehicles from private property with the express written consent of the vehicle's owner or operator, in accordance with applicable law. The towing license shall be in addition to any other license, registration, certificate, or permit required by law.
(b) Exemption. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the towing of a damaged or disabled vehicle by the City of Chicago or by any other governmental entity or by any person acting under the direction of and pursuant to a contract with the City of Chicago or such governmental entity.
(Added Coun. J. 5-26-21, p. 30457, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 1-26-22, p. 43395, § 2)
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