HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2000-038-O-006/12,00, 04/27/00, 03/10/00
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0 AN ORDINANCE
Adding Section 9-5-29 to the City Code
of the City of Evanston, Prohibiting
the Unauthorized Use of Vehicle
Immobilization Devices ("Booting")
Within the City Limits.
WHEREAS, The booting of vehicles on private property is difficult to
regulate in such a manner as to protect citizens against its abuse; and
WHEREAS, The practice of booting by private parties could lead to
hostile, face to face encounters with vehicle owners; and
WHEREAS, Private property owners may have unlawfully -parked vehicles
towed from their premises, and are thereby provided an adequate, alternative
• remedy to booting,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the City Code of the City of Evanston of 1979, as
amended, is hereby further amended by adding Section 9-5-29, which section
reads as follows:
9-5-29: PROHIBITION OF BOOTING BY PRIVATE PARTIES.
(A) To "boot" a motor vehicle means the act of securing an immobilization
device to the wheel of a parked motor vehicle in such a manner as to
prevent its operation.
(B) Except as provided in subsection (C), no person may boot a motor vehicle
within the Evanston City limits.
(C) The City Manager or his designee may boot a vehicle in accordance with
0 Section 10-6-14 of this Code.
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(D) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each occurrence.
SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law,
provided that this ordinance shall terminate and be of no effect 90 days from and
after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law,
unless affirmatively adopted by City Council action.
Introduced: (� i, 2000
Adopted: �L y` 1'� . , 2000
ATTEST:
Approv-3d
t Clerk
to r :
aoration Counsel
Approved.
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