TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
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Ordinance Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances (Administrative Adjudication)
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BACKGROUND:
A recent Illinois Supreme Court decision has created the need to amend our Administrative Adjudication Code. In that decision, the Supreme Court affirmed our (and other municipalities) power to administratively adjudicate certain violations, including overweight truck enforcement. However, the Court also held that our existing ordinance is too restrictive to allow us to do so. Section 3-1 has been amended to be consistent with the Court’s ruling.
Since we were reviewing our adjudication code, our adjudication manager suggested some minor edits; the late penalty fee was amended to be consistent with other ordinances, the timetable and procedure for an emergency tow hearing has been amended, the word “fine” was replaced with “fee” in Section 3-106, as we do not assess a fine for towing a vehicle.
RECOMMENDATION:
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It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council authorize the amendments to Chapter 3.
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