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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-19-3-5
of the Evanston City Code,
"Taxicabs; Vehicles for Hire Ordinance",
Relating to Correction of Violations
Cited at the Quarterly Inspection
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 3-19-3-5 of the City Code of
the City of Evanston, 1979, as amended, be
and it hereby is further amended to read as follows:
3-19-3-5: INSPECTIONS REQUIRED:
(A) Prior to Licensure: No public passenger vehicle shall
be licensed unless it shall have been subjected to
physical inspection and found to meet the minimum
• requirements of State and local laws as to equipment and
mechanical condition, and be of good appearance,
reasonably free from rust and body damage.
(B) (1) Quarterly Inspection Required: All public passenger
vehicles shall pass an inspection conducted
quarterly by the City to determine that such
vehicles have successfully completed a physical
operating test conducted by the State.
(2) Violations observed at the quarterly inspection
shall be cited on a warning ticket, issued to the
owner of the affected public passenger vehicle, with
a twenty-one day grace period given for correction
of the violation. The License and Measures
Inspector, with the concurrence of the Police
Department, may extend this grace period for
fifteen days further upon a request by the owner,
demonstrating extraordinary circumstances.
(3) A re -inspection shall be made at the expiration of
the aforesaid twenty-one day grace period, or any
extension thereof. Violations uncorrected as of
this re -inspection shall be issued to the owner on a
complaint requiring his appearance in court.
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SECTION 2: That 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in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.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.
Introduced: ,P� �" , 1992
Adopted: 1"al Z , 1992
Approved: �� �� , 1992
Mayor p ro >'�
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
�\# Corporation Counsel
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