HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2015-162-O-15Effective Date: February 11, 2016 11/30/2015
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 10-8-1 of the City Code to Provide for a Thirty Day
Grace Period for New Residents and Thirty -One Day Grace Period for
the Annual Evanston Wheel Tax
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 10-8-1 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
10-8-1 - LICENSE REQUIRED.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to use, maintain, store for purposes other than
sale, park or operate within the City any motor vehicle registered or required to be
registered with the Illinois Secretary of State, to an address within the corporate limits of
the City, unless such vehicle pays an annual fee outlined in Subsection 10-8-3 by
December 31 St for the following calendar year and therefore licensed with the City of
Evanston as provided in this Chapter. In addition, vehicles not registered or required to
be registered with the Secretary of State, as provided in the previous sentence, must be
licensed as provided in this Chapter if the vehicle operator lives in an "Evanston
resident only parking district" as described in Subsection 10-4-5-2(C) of this Title. All
new residents of the City of Evanston must obtain a license pursuant to this Chapter
within thirty (30) days of change of address.
A violation of the provisions of this Section shall take place when a motor vehicle
registered or required to be registered with the Illinois Secretary of State to an Evanston
address is not licensed within thirty (30) days the motor vehicle is required to be
licensed under this Chapter, whether or not said vehicle is actually in operation on the
streets or public ways of the City. Citations for a violation of this Section shall be
considered in connection with the City's authority to immobilize motor vehicles per City
Code Section 11-2-1.
(B) The deadline for Annual license renewal will be due no later than December 31 of
the renewal year. Citations may be issued for violations of Subsection 10-8-1(A) thirty-
one (31) days after December 31 st of the renewal year.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
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hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 4: 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 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
lntroduced:��%NV-A0� , 2016 Approved:
Adopted V�V� ( —) , 2016 �bry 2016
Attest:
Rodney Greet, City Clerk
Eli a eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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W. Grant Fgrrar, Corporation Counsel
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