05-14-2008, 02:29 AM
Yep, you need to register your car with the city and buy a sticker every year. They seem to hit one area all at one time and slap fines on all the violators they find. Then they move onto another area so sometimes you get lucky and aren't on the street when they come looking.
The stickers go on sale June 1 and run $75 for a regular car IIRC. Bigger cars and small trucks are $120. They give you a certain time frame to buy and affix them and once that day has passed, you get socked with an extra fine for being late. You can get them at almost any Currency Exchange or online from the City Clerk's office.
http://www.chicityclerk.com/licenses/citystickers.html
FWIW, most of the suburbs have their own stickers but they are much less expensive. The PITA is that some of the suburbs require their stickers to be placed on the driver's side and the city stickers go on the passenger side.
When I was in college and living in the 'burbs, I got two tickets while visiting friends in the city because I didn't have a city sticker. Duh, I didn't live in the city!
I had to go to court and prove my car was registered someplace other than the city of Chicago.
Edit: looks like AlphaDog and I were posting at the same time. There should be something on the ticket itself about appealing the fine.
DM
The stickers go on sale June 1 and run $75 for a regular car IIRC. Bigger cars and small trucks are $120. They give you a certain time frame to buy and affix them and once that day has passed, you get socked with an extra fine for being late. You can get them at almost any Currency Exchange or online from the City Clerk's office.
http://www.chicityclerk.com/licenses/citystickers.html
FWIW, most of the suburbs have their own stickers but they are much less expensive. The PITA is that some of the suburbs require their stickers to be placed on the driver's side and the city stickers go on the passenger side.
When I was in college and living in the 'burbs, I got two tickets while visiting friends in the city because I didn't have a city sticker. Duh, I didn't live in the city!
I had to go to court and prove my car was registered someplace other than the city of Chicago.
Edit: looks like AlphaDog and I were posting at the same time. There should be something on the ticket itself about appealing the fine.
DM