HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2010-052-O-10• Effective date: October 20, 2010
52-0-10
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Sections of the City Code Relating to
Taxicab Service Regulations
9/27/10
9/21/10
7/2/10
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-19-5-3 (B) of the Evanston City Code
of 1979, as amended ("City Code"), "Cruising and Solicitation of Business", is
hereby further amended to read as follows:
(B) Solicitation of Business in Other Communities Prohibited: It
shall be unlawful for any taxicab driver licensed by the city to operate any
Evanston licensed taxicab in any other municipality for the purpose of
soliciting business. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab not
licensed by the city to solicit business within the city limits. Public
passenger vehicles which stand or are parked at any place other than in a
designated taxicab stand within the city are subject to inspection at any
time by the City Manager or their designee to determine the licensing
status of that vehicle.
SECTION 2: That Section 3-19-11 of the City Code, "Penalty", is
hereby further amended to read as follows:
Any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be an offense
punishable by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation, except that any
violation under Section 3-19-5-3(B) shall be an offense punishable by a
fine of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). A separate offense shall be
deemed committed for each day a violation exists. In addition thereto, any
violator of the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined from the conduct
constituting the violation.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 4: That if any provision of this ordinance 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 that can be given effect without the invalid application or provision, and
each invalid application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 5: That this Ordinance 52-0-10 shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Introduced: Q , 2010
Adopted: 'Yl bWJ1, 2010
Attest:
�adfiey r ne, City Clerk
Approved: /
6 , 2010
Eli eth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar, Corpora on Counsel
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