All taxicab companies must be licensed as set forth below:
(A) Applications: Applications for taxicab company licenses shall be made in writing to the village clerk on forms as reasonably required and approved by the village administrator. Such application shall contain the following:
1. The address of the company's principal place of business;
2. The full name and address of the owner or operator;
3. The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments that arise from operation within the village against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments;
4. The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals;
5. The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
6. A rate sheet to be in effect for the period the taxicab company license shall be in effect;
7. Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a license;
8. Such further information as the village clerk may require.
(B) Color Similarity: All taxicabs owned or operated by or on behalf of a taxicab business licensee shall be identically painted so that they are readily identifiable. However, no coloring scheme or name shall be similar to that of any other taxicab company which has previously been issued a taxicab license by the village.
(C) License Fee: Each applicant for a taxicab company license shall submit to the village clerk at the time of filing its application, a license fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00). This license fee shall be nonrefundable.
(D) Renewal: Each licensee shall annually pay the license fee in full for each taxicab company license before November 1 of each year.
(E) Penalty: If licensee does not renew his/her license and pay the annual license fee, the licensee will incur a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the annual license fee, in addition to the annual license fee.
(F) Change Of Address: If a licensee holding a taxicab company license under this chapter changes its principal place of business, it shall notify the village clerk in writing. Upon receipt, the village clerk shall make the necessary alteration to the village's records. No fee shall be required for a change in address.
(G) Change Of Ownership: If ownership of a cab company licensed under this chapter is conveyed to a new owner, said new owner shall apply for a new license in its name in accordance with this chapter. There shall be no transfer of a license from one owner of a business to another. (Ord. 10-1337, 9-2-2010)