A. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or operate a public passenger vehicle company within the corporate limits of the village without having first obtained a public passenger vehicle business certificate pursuant to this chapter.
B. It shall be unlawful for any driver to solicit business, to accept for transportation any passengers within the village boundaries, or to otherwise operate as a public passenger vehicle within the village unless the vehicle has been issued a valid public passenger vehicle business certificate. Any vehicle which is operated in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate removal from service. The vehicle driver shall also be subject to a citation and fine.
C. The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent public passenger vehicles authorized by other municipalities from entering the village for the purpose of depositing passengers who were legally picked up outside the village. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to public passenger vehicles which do not stop within the village for the purpose of picking up or depositing passengers.
D. All public passenger vehicle business certificates provided for under this chapter shall be valid only for the year for which or during which the certificate is issued. (Ord. 2010-O-67)