717.01 Definitions.
717.02 Compliance required.
717.03 Certificate of public convenience and necessity.
717.04 Powers of Mayor.
717.05 Certificate application, hearing and revocation.
717.06 Appeal to Council.
717.07 Inspections.
717.08 License fees.
717.09 Liability insurance.
717.10 Fare schedule.
717.11 Owner's name on cab doors.
717.12 Excepted vehicles.
717.13 Taxicab stands.
717.14 Parking permit.
717.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.22, 715.66
Power to establish stands and fix rates - see Ohio R.C. 715.25
Chauffeur's license not required - see Ohio R.C. 4501.01(x)
Operation by minor prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 4507.321
Operation and equipment - see TRAF. CODE
Use of taxicab and bus stands - see TRAF. 351.10
Unless otherwise expressly stated when used in this chapter, the following terms shall be respectively deemed to mean:
(a) "Taxicab company" means every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, person, firm or copartnership, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any taxicab.
(b) "Street" means any public street, alley or public way within the corporate limits of the City.
(c) "City" means the City of Celina, Ohio.
(d) "Taxicab" means all motor drive vehicles engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire on the streets of the City, except motorbuses operated under a franchise first obtained by ordinance of Council when the franchise provides for payment of a vehicle license fee, and/or certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, and except "drive-to-work" clubs.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)
No taxicab company, its lessees, trustees or receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, shall operate any taxicab for the transportation of persons for hire on any street within the corporate limits of the City, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)
No taxicab company shall operate any taxicab for the transportation of persons over any of the streets of the City, without first obtaining from the Mayor a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation, as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)
Subject to the approval of Council, the Mayor is vested with the power and authority to supervise and regulate the operation of all taxicabs within the City, to require the filing of annual reports, rate of fare schedules and other data by all taxicab companies operating within the City to the end that this chapter shall be carried out fully and completely, to prescribe rules and regulations and to issue orders in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the Traffic Code, applicable to any and all taxicab companies.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)
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