(a) No person shall:
(1) While operating a limousine, violate any section of the Michigan Vehicle Code, being Act 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, as amended, or the Uniform Traffic Code as adopted by the City in Chapter 410 of these Codified Ordinances;
(2) Allow any limousine to be used for immoral purposes or in the procurement of any person for immoral purposes;
(3) Operate any limousine upon any street unless the owner files with the City Clerk proof of insurance issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State and approved by the City Commission, providing insurance coverage for each limousine operated by the applicant with a maximum liability as set forth in the schedule provided for in Section 802.24;
(4) Fail to notify the Police Department within eight hours after any accident, giving the time and the location of the accident, the name of any person injured, the character of injuries, so far as known, and, in the case of property damage, the estimated amount of damage; or
(5) While on duty, solicit passengers for the limousine.
(b) The operator and owner of every limousine under a permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be responsible for maintaining such limousine, at all times, in a neat and clean condition, both inside and outside, and in a safe and proper operating condition. No limousine shall be operated that is in need of repair, is unsightly or is in a dilapidated condition. This section shall be enforced by the Police Department and the Department is authorized to inspect all limousines from time to time, at reasonable times and places. The Department shall notify, in writing, the owner or operator of any limousine that fails to comply with any provision of this chapter of the specific reason why such limousine fails to comply and order such owner or operator to correct such condition. Failure of the owner or operator to correct the condition of such vehicle within five days from the date of such notice, and continuance of the use of such vehicle as a limousine, are hereby declared to be a violation of this chapter. Persistent and habitual violation of this chapter shall be grounds for revocation of the limousine permit with respect to the vehicle in question, as well as grounds for revocation of the applicant's permit for operating a limousine in the City.
(Ord. 23-83. Passed 7-12-83.)
(c) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 202.99.
(Ord. 16-95. Passed 6-20-95.)