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164-0-16
AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 3-2-15-2(A) "Tax Imposed,"
By Increasing Monthly Parking Tax
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Section 3-2-15-2(A) of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, "Tax Imposed," is hereby further amended to include the following:
3-2-15-2. - TAX IMPOSED.
(A) There is hereby levied and imposed upon the use and privilege of parking a
motor vehicle in or upon any "parking lot, parking area, or garage," as defined
in this Section 3-2-15, in the City, a tax of sixty cents ($0.60) for each motor
vehicle parked in or on each parking lot, parking area, or garage for every
twenty -four-hour period or any fraction thereof. If a motor vehicle is parked in or
on a parking lot, parking area, or garage for which a charge is made on a
weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, the amount of tax shall be three
dollars ($3.00) per week, twelve dollars ($12.00) per month, thirty-six dollars
($36.00) per quarter, or one hundred forty-four dollars ($144.00) per year. The
weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual tax shall not be increased or decreased
on account of Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays falling within such weekly,
monthly, quarterly, or annual period, whether or not the motor vehicle is actually
parked in or on said parking lot, parking area, or garage on such days.
Exception: The parking tax on monthly permits in City -owned parking garages
shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per month.
SECTION 2: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as
provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
164-0-16
SECTION 4: If any provision of this Ordinance 164-0-16 or application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance 164-0-16 that
can be given effect without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid
application of this Ordinance 164-0-16 is severable.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance 164-0-16 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: `P�-1�7� �2 , 2016 Approved:
Adopted'�c•��nC� �Z , 2016 2016
Eliz6bth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as orm:
Rodney Gree City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, Corporation �bunsel
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