License fees.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 9-114-070
in effect9-114-070 License fees.
The license fee for each public passenger vehicle of the class herein set forth is as follows:
Livery vehicle | $1,200.00 for a two-year licensing term from December 16 to December 15
Charter / sightseeing vehicle | $1,000.00 for a one-year licensing term from July 1 to June 30
Medical carrier vehicle | $600.00 for a one-year licensing term from July 1 to June 30
Jitney car service vehicle | $250.00 for a one-year licensing term from July 1 to June 30
Low-speed electric public passenger vehicles | $500.00 for a one-year licensing term from July 1 to June 30
The license fee shall be paid before the license is issued. The license fee is non-refundable and shall not be prorated except regarding livery vehicles to establish the initial staggering of license renewals. All licenses shall expire on the date noted on the license unless renewed prior to the date of expiration. In order to renew a license, a licensee must renew with the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection and pay the license fee before the expiration date of the current license term. A license not renewed with payment of the full license fee prior to its expiration date shall be considered lapsed, and any vehicle operated under a lapsed license shall be considered an unlicensed public passenger vehicle. A lapsed license may be renewed for up to one year after expiration of the license term upon payment of the full license fee and the license type’s respective late fee. Other than livery vehicle licenses, which shall have a late fee of $150, all other late fees shall be set as provided in Section 4-4-260 of the Code. The Commissioner may permit the renewal of a license lapsed for more than one year upon the payment of an additional late fee for each year lapsed.
For a livery vehicle license, except as provided in this section, the license fee shall be paid upon the issuance of any new license or the renewal of any existing license. In order to establish the staggering of the total livery vehicle licenses due for renewal across the two-year license term, the Commissioner is authorized to issue initial or renewed livery vehicle licenses for a one-year or two-year license terms. The one-year livery vehicle license fee shall be half the amount of the fee for a two-year livery vehicle license. At the end of the one-year term of any such license issued for this purpose, the licensee shall be renewed for a two-year term. The method used to establish a staggering of license renewals across the two-year license term shall be through issuing new or renewed livery vehicle licenses such that odd numbered licenses expire in odd numbered years and even numbered licenses expire in even numbered years.
The Commissioner is authorized to set the renewal process for each category of public passenger vehicles by rules and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall affect the right of the City to impose or collect a vehicle tax and any occupational tax, as permitted by law, in addition to the license fee herein provided.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 12-19-25, p. 38125, Art. IV, § 6)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2648933Fetched: 10/24/2026