A. Every public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village shall operate every public passenger vehicle regularly in the village to the extent reasonably necessary so as to meet the public demand for passenger service. Every public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village shall be required to maintain a commercial office space within the Beach Park service area as a central place of business for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching vehicles. No more than one public passenger vehicle company may operate out of a single office space within the Beach Park service area unless there is common ownership of all companies utilizing the office space.
B. Every public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village shall keep in operation at all times a regular telephone service land line so that persons desiring to hire a public passenger vehicle may call the public passenger vehicle company. The owner of the public passenger vehicle company will list the telephone number in the local and regional telephone directories which are published for the village by the telephone company which furnishes local telephone service. The published telephone number for the public passenger vehicle company shall be answered at the public passenger vehicle company central office located within the Beach Park service area.
C. Every public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village shall answer all calls received for service within the corporate limits of the village as soon as possible. If service cannot be rendered within a reasonable time (20 minutes) the company shall notify the customer of such and give the reason for the delay. It shall be unlawful for any public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village to refuse to accept a request for service anywhere within the corporate limits of the village at any time vehicles are available to provide the service, unless the operator of the public passenger vehicle feels his or her safety is immediately threatened by accepting a request for service.
D. It is unlawful for any public passenger vehicle company which is authorized by the village to knowingly encourage or allow any person or vehicle to operate as a taxicab or limousine without having first obtained a public passenger vehicle business certificate as provided herein. (Ord. 2010-O-67)