.010 Subject to the limitations of this chapter, the City Council may, and is empowered to, grant by ordinance, to any qualified person, firm, association, corporation, partnership or other entity, a nonexclusive franchise to operate taxicabs within the City in such number as expressly provided in said franchise.
.020 All franchises granted pursuant to this chapter shall be nonexclusive. No provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to require restricting the number of franchises to one or any particular number. However, in the sole exercise of its discretion, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter, the City Council may limit the number of franchises which may be extant.
.030 All nonexclusive franchises granted hereunder shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the City Charter, and in this chapter, and in the ordinance granting the franchise, and in the terms and conditions set forth in the Request for Proposals for Providing Taxicab Service and the responses provided by the franchisee thereto.
.040 In granting any franchise, the City Council may prescribe such terms and conditions, not in conflict with the City Charter or this chapter, as in the judgment of the City Council are in the public interest.
.050 Beginning January 1, 2018, all Taxicab Companies and Drivers shall collect data to determine what jurisdiction each Company and Driver are Substantially Located. Beginning January 1, 2019, data for prearranged and non-prearranged trips collected in the previous twelve (12) months shall be provided upon the date of renewal to the City of any Taxicab Company and Driver that is Substantially Located in the City.
.060 Any Taxicab Company or Driver who changes from being Substantially Located in another jurisdiction to being Substantially Located in Anaheim shall provide the City with six months' notice prior to making that change. (Ord. 5765 § 1; April 24, 2001: Ord. 6456 § 1 (part); January 15, 2019.)