(a) Permit authorized. The Commissioner of Aviation is authorized to issue an airport cargo access through the fence permit ("Cargo Access Permit") to any airline carrier at Chicago O'Hare International Airport ("Airport") which deplanes cargo at the Airport which cargo is not processed in a cargo facility of a tenant or subtenant under a cargo facility lease on Airport premises ("Cargo Access Permittee").
(b) Permit required – Fee. Each Cargo Access Permittee shall obtain a Cargo Access Permit within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section, and shall pay to the City a cargo access fee of not less than $5.00 per ton of cargo deplaned at the Airport, subject to adjustment annually each January by the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for All Items – Chicago (1982-1984=100), published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (the "CPI-U Index") for the prior May, with the CPI-U Index published for May 2017 used as the base index for such annual adjustment ("Cargo Access Fee").
(c) Penalty for violation. Any person who deplanes cargo at the Airport without a Cargo Access Permit when a Cargo Access Permit is required by this section, or otherwise violates this section, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $2,000.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(d) Rules. The Commissioner of Aviation is hereby authorized to adopt such rules as the Commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to implement or administer this section.
(Added Coun. J. 2-28-18, p. 68901, § 2)