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This chapter shall be enforced by the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection. In addition, the commissioner of transportation, or his or her designee, may take all necessary steps, including the coordination of activities by other city departments and agencies, to ensure that provisions of the Municipal Code applicable to commercial passenger vessels are enforced.
(Added Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 2)
The commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations applicable to public passenger vessels. Such rules and regulations shall be designed to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of passengers who embark on and disembark from commercial passenger vessels in the City of Chicago. Such rules and regulations may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) provisions applicable to the commercial passenger vehicle license required by this section, (ii) penalties, including impoundment, for unlicensed operation of a commercial passenger vessel, (iii) limitations on customer solicitation; and (iv) fines, not to exceed $750.00 per offense, for any violation of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. The commissioner shall give public notice of any proposed rule or regulation or amendment to any existing rule or regulation a minimum of 10 business days prior to its effective date in one or more newspapers of general circulation. Such public notice shall include information concerning where the rule or regulation can be reviewed and where comments may be directed.
(Added Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 2)
Upon a referral by the commissioner of transportation, the department of finance shall conduct audits to ensure that taxes, fees and other accounts payable by commercial passenger vessel operators to the city are collected in a timely fashion. Notwithstanding any provision of the Municipal Code to the contrary, the department of transportation may, subject to approval of the city council, negotiate and enter into one or more agreements for the use and occupancy of the city-owned real estate along any waterway if such real estate is used exclusively for the purpose of conducting a commercial passenger vessel business. Any agreement entered into in accordance with this section shall be pursuant to a request for proposal. The commissioner of transportation may promulgate and enforce rules or regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(Added Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 4)