Article I. General Provisions
9-114-010 Definitions.
9-114-020 License required.
9-114-025 Temporary permits – Fees.
9-114-030 Application for license.
9-114-040 Qualifications for license.
9-114-050 Investigation and issuance of license.
9-114-060 Unlawful to operate a public passenger vehicle with meter.
9-114-070 License fees.
9-114-080 Liability for actions of a restricted public chauffeur.
9-114-090 Dispatch.
9-114-100 Reserved.
9-114-105 License ineligibility – Indebtedness and child support.
9-114-110 Unlawful to operate vehicle without current emblem.
9-114-120 Tampering with license emblem unlawful – Penalty.
9-114-130 Replacement of damaged or stolen license emblems – Fee.
9-114-140 License card.
9-114-150 Public passenger vehicle specifications.
9-114-155 Public passenger vehicle inspection.
9-114-160 Change of equipment.
9-114-170 Insurance.
9-114-180 Payment of judgments and awards.
9-114-190 Suspension or revocation of license – Fines – Equitable relief.
9-114-200 Revocation of license – Grounds.
9-114-210 Revocation of license – Grounds of fraud, misrepresentation, misstatement or omission.
9-114-215 License rescission.
9-114-220 Interference with Commissioner's duties.
9-114-230 Change of address – Notice to city required.
9-114-240 Removal or change of officer.
9-114-250 Recordkeeping – financial reports.
9-114-260 Revoked, surrendered and rescinded licenses – Reissuance.
9-114-265 Fare rates higher than regular rates.
Article II. Livery
9-114-270 Specifications.
9-114-280 Solicitation of passengers prohibited.
9-114-285 Livery chauffeurs' training requirements.
9-114-290 Livery vehicles – Commercial advertisements.
9-114-300 Vehicle out of service – Notice to city required.
Article III. Charter-Sightseeing Vehicles
9-114-310 Specifications.
9-114-315 Allowing unlawful acts.
9-114-320 Charter/sightseeing vehicles – Requirements and restrictions.
9-114-325 Plan of operation – Vehicle violations cumulative.
9-114-330 Advertising signs permitted when.
Article IV. Medicar
9-114-340 Specifications.
Article V. Jitney Car Services
9-114-345 Specifications.
9-114-350 Fees and service.
9-114-355 Signage.
9-114-360 License – Required.
9-114-365 Prohibited areas of operation.
9-114-370 Rules and regulations.
Article VI. Low-Speed Electric Public Passenger Vehicles
9-114-375 License – Required.
9-114-380 Specifications.
9-114-385 Operating requirements.
9-114-390 Advertising displays.
9-114-395 Solicitation of passengers prohibited.
9-114-400 Prohibited or restricted areas of operation.
Article VII. Enforcement
9-114-410 Violation – Penalty.
9-114-420 Impoundment of vehicle – Notification of owner – Penalty.
9-114-430 Rules and regulations.
ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS (9-114-010 et seq.)
The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter:
"Charter/sightseeing vehicle" means a public passenger vehicle for hire principally on charter trips or sightseeing tours or both. Provided, however, in Sections 9-114-315 and 9-114-320, the term "charter/sightseeing vehicle" shall refer to a vehicle for hire principally on charter trips or sightseeing tours or both, with a passenger capacity of fifteen or more, regardless of whether it is licensed as a public passenger vehicle or regulated as to licensure or registration by another jurisdiction.
"Charter trip" means a group trip in a charter/sightseeing vehicle arranged in advance at a fixed rate per vehicle.
"Commissioner" means the City's Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection or the Commissioner's designee.
"Council" means the City Council of the City of Chicago.
"Licensee" means any person to whom one or more licenses have been issued pursuant to this chapter.
"Livery vehicle" means a public passenger vehicle for hire only at a charge or fare for each passenger per trip or for each vehicle per trip fixed by agreement in advance.
"Low-speed electric public passenger vehicle" means: (i) a three-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle; (ii) exclusively powered by an electric motor that is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour on a paved level surface; and (iii) which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire.
"Medical carrier" means any privately owned public passenger vehicle which is specifically designed, constructed or modified and equipped and is maintained or operated for the nonemergency transportation of persons for compensation for the purpose of obtaining medical services, or persons with disabilities for any purpose.
"Medical carrier owner" means a person engaged in business as owner of one or more medical carriers.
"Operation expenses" means all charges, costs and expenses properly incurred for any given period in accordance with good accounting practice in connection with a licensee's public passenger vehicle operations.
"Place of business in the City of Chicago" means: (1) a location within the City where the City may send, and the licensee shall accept, notices of hearing or other notices from the City; and (2) a location within the City where a licensee maintains its business and financial records relating to the licenses involved.
"Public passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle, as defined in the motor vehicle law of the State of Illinois, which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire, excepting those (1) devoted exclusively for funeral use; (2) in operation of a metropolitan transit authority; (3) interstate carriers licensed for the transportation of passengers by the United States Department of Transportation solely to the extent that specific regulation of such vehicles by the City is preempted by federal law; (4) interstate carriers operating pursuant to and in conformity with a certificate of authority issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission solely to the extent that specific regulation of such vehicles by the City is prohibited by federal or state law; (5) taxicabs regulated pursuant to Chapter 9-112 of this Code; and (6) vehicles used to provide a transportation network service pursuant to Chapter 9-115. Public passenger vehicles included in the provisions of this chapter include, but are not limited to, livery vehicles, charter/sightseeing vehicles, jitney car services, medical carrier vehicles, and low-speed electric public passenger vehicles.
"Restricted chauffeur" means the driver of a public passenger vehicle licensed by the City as a restricted public chauffeur and who may drive any public passenger vehicle except a taxicab.
"Sightseeing tour" means a tour in a public passenger vehicle which is available to the general public, including prearranged groups, in accordance with a published schedule or itinerary at a charge per passenger or per vehicle and which includes a lecture or material regarding the subject matter of the sightseeing tour.
"Solicit" means an appeal by words or gestures for immediate patronage of a public passenger vehicle by the licensee or his agent upon the public way attempting to direct people to a public passenger vehicle that is parked, stopped, standing or moving upon the public way.
"Two-way dispatch system" means a method of communication by which a dispatcher may communicate simultaneously or individually with the drivers of all vehicles in an organization and for each driver to communicate with the dispatcher, so long as the manner of usage of such device while driving a public passenger vehicle does not violate City, State or Federal regulations. For purposes of this definition the term "organization" refers to the licensee and all vehicles for which a license is owned or controlled by the licensee.
"Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle" or "WAV" means a vehicle that a person in a wheelchair may enter and exit independently or with assistance while seated in a wheelchair. A WAV shall safely secure and restrain the wheelchair.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 47373, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-21-17, p. 61913, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39525, § 11)
(a) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle, or for the registered owner thereof to permit it to be operated, for the transportation of passengers for hire within the city unless it is licensed by the city as a public passenger vehicle pursuant to this chapter, or as a taxicab pursuant to Chapter 9-112, or used to provide a transportation network service pursuant to Chapter 9-115.
(b) Subject to the conditions and limitations of this chapter, the city grants exclusive permission and authority to the licensees hereunder to operate public passenger vehicles licensed hereunder unless rescinded, terminated, or revoked as hereinafter provided.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab or public passenger vehicle not licensed or required to be licensed as such by the city to solicit or accept business within the corporate boundaries of the city, except where such vehicle is licensed in the community that the passengers have as their destination, and then only when such transportation has been arranged in advance and no intermediate stops are made within the city.
(d) A public passenger vehicle licensed by another jurisdiction may come into the city to discharge passengers whose trip originated from outside of the city or to transport passengers through the city without stopping. While the vehicle is in the city no roof light or other special light shall be used to indicate that the vehicle is vacant or subject to hire, and a white card printed in black letters, or a digital sign, bearing the words "Not For Hire" with text size not less than two inches in height shall be displayed at the windshield of the vehicle, and the vehicle may make no stops other than the destination.
(e) Any person who solicits or transports passengers for hire, and the registered owner of any motor vehicle who permits such solicitation and transportation, in violation of this chapter, including, without limitation, Sections 9-114-315 and 9-114-320, are subject to fines, vehicle impoundment, and other applicable penalties.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 4-19-17, p. 47373, § 1)
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