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For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
"Active driver" means a transportation network driver who has provided service in response to four or more prearranged transportation service requests within a 30-day period.
"Commissioner" means the City's Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
"Compensation" means any payment or donation received, or economic or business benefit obtained, for providing a transportation network service.
"Department" means the City's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
"License" means a transportation network provider license.
"Licensee" or "transportation network licensee" means the holder of, or a person that is required to hold, a transportation network provider license issued pursuant to this chapter.
"Operation of a transportation network vehicle" or "operating a transportation network vehicle" or "operate a transportation network vehicle" means offering, making available, or using a transportation network vehicle to provide a transportation network service, including any time when a driver is logged onto the transportation network provider's Internet-enabled application or digital platform showing that the driver is available to pick up passengers; when a passenger is in the vehicle; when the provider's dispatch records show that the vehicle is dispatched; or when the driver has accepted a dispatch and is en route to provide a transportation network service to a passenger.
"Place of business in the City of Chicago" means a location in the City where (1) the City may send, and the licensee shall accept, notices of hearing or other notices from the City; and (2) the licensee maintains its business and financial records relating to its license.
"Prearranged transportation service" means a transportation service that is offered and accepted through a licensee's Internet-enabled application or digital platform before the transportation commences.
"Restricted chauffeur license" and "taxi chauffeur license" shall have the meaning ascribed to these terms in Section 9-104-010.
"Transportation network chauffeur license" means a license issued under this chapter by the Department which allows the license holder to operate a transportation network vehicle for one or more transportation network provider licensees.
‘Transportation network driver" or "driver" or "transportation network chauffeur" means an individual affiliated with a transportation network provider or with a person who is affiliated with a provider to transport passengers for compensation using a transportation network vehicle; and who is licensed to operate a transportation network vehicle.
"Transportation network provider" or "provider" means a person that offers or provides a transportation network service.
"Transportation network service" or "service" means a prearranged transportation service offered or provided for compensation using an Internet-enabled application or digital platform to connect potential passengers with transportation network drivers. The term "transportation network service" does not include a "ridesharing arrangement" as that term is defined in section 2 of the Illinois Ridesharing Arrangements Act, codified at 625 ILCS 30/2.
"Transportation network vehicle" means any vehicle used to provide a transportation network service.
"Vehicle age" means the age of a vehicle computed by totaling the number of the years from the model year to the calendar year, including both. For example, a vehicle with a model year of 2009 has a vehicle age of 4 years in the 2012 calendar year (2009 + 2010 + 2011 + 2012).
"Wheelchair-accessible transportation network vehicle" means a transportation network vehicle that a person in a wheelchair may enter and exit independently or with assistance while seated in a wheelchair. A wheelchair-accessible transportation network vehicle shall safely secure and restrain the wheelchair, shall have only side entries for passengers, and shall comply with all applicable standards provided by law for wheelchair-accessible vehicles, including standards specified by applicable ordinances and regulations adopted by the City.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-22-16, p. 27771, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 8)
(a) No person shall engage in a transportation network provider business in the city without a transportation network provider license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(b) No vehicle shall be used as a transportation network vehicle in the city except by a driver affiliated with a transportation network provider licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any transportation network provider licensed by another jurisdiction to provide a transportation network service within the corporate boundaries of the city, except where the passengers have as their destination the community in which such provider is licensed.
(d) A transportation network vehicle operated by a driver affiliated with a provider licensed by another jurisdiction may come into the city to discharge passengers whose trip originated outside of the city.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1)
(a) In addition to the license fees specified in Section 9-115-140, the annual fee for the issuance or renewal of a transportation network provider license shall be $10,000.00. The license fee shall be paid as a precondition to issuance or renewal of the license and shall not be prorated.
(b) Except for the initial license period, a transportation network provider license shall be issued or renewed for a one-year license term starting on April 1.
(c) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of the city to impose or collect any other applicable tax upon the use or operation of a transportation network vehicle in addition to the license fee specified in this section.
(d) A transportation network provider license is non-transferable.
(e) Each transportation network provider shall remit to the city an additional administrative fee of two cents per ride accepted (as that term is defined in Section 3-46-020) on a schedule to be determined by the commissioner.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12122, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 6-22-16, p. 27771, § 6)
(a) Application for the issuance or renewal of a transportation network provider license shall be made in writing to the department on a form provided by the department and signed and sworn to by the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, by its authorized agent. Each application shall contain at a minimum:
(1) If the license applicant is an individual:
(i) The individual's full name, social security number, residence address, business address, business e-mail address and business telephone number;
(ii) Proof that the applicant is at least 18 years of age;
(2) If the license applicant is a corporation:
(i) The corporate name, business address and telephone number of the applicant;
(ii) The date and state of incorporation;
(iii) The full names, titles, social security numbers, residence addresses, e-mail addresses and residence telephone numbers of its corporate officers, and of those stockholders who own 25 percent or more of its voting shares, and of its authorized agent;
(iv) Proof that all corporate officers are at least 18 years of age; and
(v) Proof that the corporation is in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois.
(3) If the license applicant is a partnership or limited liability company:
(i) The name, business address or principal office address and telephone number of the applicant;
(ii) The full names, social security numbers, residence addresses, e-mail addresses and residence telephone numbers of (a) the three members who own the highest percentage interests in such partnership or limited liability company, (b) the general partner of a partnership, (c) the managing member of a limited liability company, (d) the applicant's authorized agent, and (e) any other member who owns a 25 percent or more interest therein;
(iii) The full name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of a person authorized to receive notices issued pursuant to this chapter; and
(iv) Proof that all persons, partners, managers, managing members and members, as applicable, are at least 18 years of age.
(b) In addition to the license application requirements listed in subsection (a), and in addition to any other information that the commissioner may reasonably require in connection with the issuance or renewal of a license, any applicant for license issuance or renewal shall provide to the commissioner, in a manner the commissioner prescribes, (i) the full name, driver's license number and address of drivers registered with the applicant, (ii) the license plate number, registered owner and the vehicle identification numbers of the transportation network vehicles registered with the applicant with a document attesting that each such vehicle meets the inspection and vehicle standard requirements provided in this chapter; (iii) list of wheelchair-accessible transportation network vehicles registered with the applicant; and (iv) the applicant's insurance policies as provided in Section 9-115-090.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1)
(a) In order to qualify for a transportation network provider license, whether upon initial application or upon application for renewal of a license:
(1) an applicant shall be in compliance with all applicable City, State of Illinois and federal laws;
(2) an applicant shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago:
(i) with respect to any corporate or limited liability company applicant, the company shall be organized or qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Illinois and have a place of business in the City of Chicago; or
(ii) with respect to any partnership applicant, the partnership shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago; or
(iii) with respect to any individual applicant, the applicant shall reside and be domiciled in the City of Chicago.
(3) an applicant does not owe debt to the City as the term "debt" is defined in Section 4-4-150 of this Code.
(b) In determining whether an applicant is qualified for a transportation network provider license, or the renewal thereof, the Commissioner shall take into consideration:
(1) The character and reputation of the applicant or its members, officers or directors, including, if applicable, the disciplinary record of the applicant, or of any officer or director of a corporate applicant, as a City license holder;
(2) The applicant's ability to provide lawful, safe, suitable and comfortable service; the applicant's ability to engage qualified transportation network drivers and eligible transportation network vehicles; and the applicant's ability to provide service to customers with disabilities;
(3) The applicant's ability to maintain mandated insurance; and
(4) The applicant's financial ability to pay all judgments and awards which may be rendered for any cause arising out of the operation of a transportation network provider business.
(c) No applicant is eligible for a license if: (1) any transportation network provider license held by the applicant, or by any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner of a partnership applicant or manager or managing member of a limited liability company applicant, has been revoked within the previous three years, or has been denied or rescinded within the 12-month period preceding the date of application; or (2) if the applicant, or any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner in a partnership applicant, within the three years immediately preceding the date of his application, has been either convicted, or in custody, under parole or under any other noncustodial supervision resulting from a conviction in a court of any jurisdiction for the commission of any felony as defined by Article 2 of the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012, codified at 720 ILCS 5/2-0.5 et seq., or its equivalent under federal or other jurisdictional law. Provided, however, any conviction for a minor cannabis offense, as defined in Section 4-4-005, shall not disqualify an applicant.
(d) Eligibility for issuance of any license under this chapter shall be a continuing requirement for maintaining such license.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-27-21, p. 26741, Art. II, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 8)
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