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(a) At the time of the issuance of the certificate of public convenience and necessity and annually thereafter, on or before July 1 of each calendar year, every taxicab company now operating or which shall hereafter operate in the City shall pay to the Mayor a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each taxicab to be operated by it for the ensuing year, which fee shall be in addition to the fee required to be paid on motor vehicles under the laws of the State, provided, however, that if additional taxicabs are put in operation by any taxicab company, the fee for the operation of the additional taxicabs shall be as follows:
(1) If put in operation prior to October 1 of any year, the fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the balance of that year.
(2) If put in operation between October 1 and December 31 of any year, the fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for the balance of the year.
(3) If put in operation on or after April 1 of any year, the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00) for the balance of the fiscal year.
(4) If a taxicab has been removed from service it can be replaced with another vehicle without any additional fees being paid.
(5) All moneys and receipts which are derived from the enforcement of this chapter shall be credited and paid into a separate fund which shall be known as the Public Service Street Repair Fund. All moneys and receipts credited to such Fund shall be used for the sole purpose of repairing streets, avenues, alleys and lanes within the City pursuant to Ohio R.C. 715.66.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to mean that there shall be any refund of any license fee so paid in case any taxicab is taken off the streets and not thereafter operated by the company.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)
No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued, nor shall any taxicab be operated on the streets of the City, until the taxicab company shall have filed with the Mayor a liability insurance policy for each taxicab. The policies shall be subject to approval by the Law Director, shall be kept on file in the office of the Auditor and shall be written by an insurance or liability company authorized to carry on business and to write policies in the State and having a capital and surplus of more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) according to its most recent financial statement. The policy shall indemnify the taxicab company in the sum of at least twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) for injury or death to one person; twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for injury or death to more than one person and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for property damage in any one accident through the operation of the taxicab. With the policy shall be deposited a receipt showing premium payments for not less than three months. The policy shall further contain a clause obligating the insurance company to give to the Mayor ten days' notice before the effective date of cancellation of the policy or policies.
(a) The maximum rates of fare to be charged by taxicabs operating within the City shall be one dollar ($1.00) per person and twenty-five cents (25¢) for each additional person at the same pickup point and the same destination.
(b) The rates of fare charged by any taxicab shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the passenger's compartment of the vehicle. The schedule showing the rates of fare shall be printed in a type not smaller than thirty-six point printer type.
(c) Upon application by the holder of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to the Board of Control of the City, and a showing of just cause for increase or decrease in fares, such Board may, upon the advice of Council, to be shown in the minutes of Council, allow a reasonable increase or decrease in such fares.
(Ord. 11-74-0. Passed 3-14-74.)
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