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)