(A) If, upon inspection, a taxicab is found to be of lawful construction and in proper condition in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations established hereunder, and upon payment of the license fees hereinafter set forth, the same shall be licensed by delivering to the owner a card of such size and form as may be prescribed by the City Clerk. The card shall contain the official license number of the taxicab, together with the date of inspection of the same and a statement to the effect that, in case of any complaint, the City Clerk shall be notified, giving the license number of the taxicab. Such card shall be signed by the City Clerk and shall contain blank spaces upon which an entry shall be made of the date of every inspection of the vehicle by the inspector. License cards shall be of a distinctly different color each year and, in the case of taxicabs driven by mechanical power, the license number assigned hereunder shall in each case be the same as that assigned to the vehicle for that year, pursuant to law.
(B) Where practicable, the City Clerk shall assign to each taxicab the same license number given to that taxicab the previous license year and likewise where the taxicab is a replacement of a previously licensed taxicab that is being withdrawn from service. In event of a new or additional taxicab which is not being put into service as a replacement, a new number shall be assigned. In all cases, the license number so assigned to each particular taxicab shall be plainly painted in legible numbers at least six inches in height on the main panel of the rear door on each side of the taxicab and also upon the rear of such taxicab.
(C) There shall also be affixed to a conspicuous and indispensable part of each taxicab a small plate not exceeding six inches in diameter, which shall bear the license number of the vehicle. The design of the plates shall be changed annually.
(Prior Code, § 120.19) (Ord. 1552, passed 3-11-1946; Ord. 1565, passed 2-10-1947) Penalty, see § 120.99