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No permit to engage in the business of operating a taxicab shall be granted to any person until it has been shown to the City Manager's satisfaction that public convenience and necessity require the operation of such vehicle.
(A) No permit shall, however be issued to any person whose color scheme, name, monogram or insignia to be used on such cars shall be in conflict with, or, in the opinion of the City Manager, imitate any other color scheme, monogram, name or insignia used by another concern in such manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public.
(B) No permittee shall use or employ on his or her cars more than two different color schemes, or any color scheme different or other than those described in his or her application for a permit.
('86 Code, § 5.68.070) (Ord. 3156, passed - - )
Upon the filing of any such application, the Director of Finance and the Chief of Police shall each make an investigation of the applicant, and they shall each thereafter make a report and recommendation to the City Manager as to the granting or the denial of such permit.
(A) After the receipt of such recommendations, the City Manager is authorized to approve or deny the issuance of such permit or to approve the issuance thereof, subject to such reasonable conditions as he or she may impose.
(B) Upon approval by the City Manager of the issuance of such permit, the Director of Finance shall issue the same pursuant to the City Manager's instructions.
('86 Code, § 5.68.080) (Ord. 3156, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3756, passed - - )
(A) Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount established by City Council resolution per taxicab, which fee shall not be refundable if such permit is not issued.
(B) If such permit is issued, the fee shall constitute the fee for the balance of the then current year.
(C) Thereafter each owner holding a permit shall pay an annual fee of in an amount established by City Council resolution per taxicab, which fee shall be due and payable on January 1 of each calendar year.
('86 Code, § 5.68.090) (Ord. 3156, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3756, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3962, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4587, passed 6-27-11; Am. Ord. 4588, passed 7-11-11)
Stands for taxicabs established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be marked by the Street Department by painting the curb adjacent to the stand yellow, and by marking such stands with the words, “taxi stand,” or with the words similar thereto. All stands may be occupied for the full period of 24 hours per day.
('86 Code, § 5.68.130) (Ord. 1413, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3123, passed - - )
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this chapter after having hired the same, and any person who shall hire any such vehicle with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
('86 Code, § 5.68.140) (Ord. 1413, passed - - )
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