CHAPTER 443 – TAXICABS
443.01   Jurisdiction
443.011   Definitions
443.012   Rules and Regulations
443.02   License Required; Application
443.021   Association Agreements
443.022   Company Compliance; License Revocation
443.023   Licenses Nontransferable
443.024   Prohibited Uses on Roof Tops by Non-Licensed Hacks
443.03   Number of Hack Licenses Fixed
443.04   Limitation on New Hack Licenses
443.05   Inspection Prior to Licensing Vehicles; Fee
443.051   Required Equipment for Taxicabs
443.06   Liability Insurance
443.07   Liability Agreement – Repealed
443.08   Licensee to File Monthly Statement of Claims and Judgments
443.09   License Card
443.10   Fees for Licensing Vehicles
443.11   Inspection Time and Reports; Fee
443.12   License Suspension or Revocation
443.13   Drivers’ Licenses; Application
443.131   Convictions Which Bar Issuance of Driver’s License
443.14   Examination of Drivers
443.15   Driver’s Photograph and Fingerprints – Repealed
443.16   Form and Terms of Drivers’ Licenses
443.17   Temporary Permit Issuance; Term; Fee
443.18   Driver’s License Certificate
443.19   Renewal of Drivers’ Licenses
443.20   Fee for Drivers’ Licenses
443.21   Suspension or Revocation of Driver’s License
443.22   Record of Drivers’ Licenses
443.23   Use of Taxicab Stands and Call Stations
443.24   Marking Taxicab Stands
443.25   Taximeters
443.26   Rates of Fare; Receipts
443.261   Rates of Fare Adjustment Due to Cost of Gasoline
443.27   Prepayment of Fare
443.28   Disputed Fares
443.281   Service to be Rendered on Demand
443.282   Response to Service Requests
443.29   Cruising or Soliciting
443.30   Loitering Near Public Hack Prohibited
443.31   Fraud in Obtaining License
443.32   Unlicensed Driver
443.321   Waybills
443.33   Exceptions
443.34   Violations by Owners
443.35   Violations by Drivers
443.36   Suspension or Revocation of License
443.37   Taxicab Passenger Bill of Rights
443.38   Fines for Violating Rules and Regulations
443.99   Penalties
Cross-reference:
   Appeal from license denial, suspension or revocation, CO 403.09
   Operate for hire defined, CO 401.30
   Taxicab Bureau, CO 127.39
   Taxicab stands regulated, CO 451.18
   Taxicabs at airports, CO 571.13
   Taximeter defined, CO 401.63
Statutory reference:
   Power to fix rates, RC 715.25
   Power to regulate, RC 715.22, 715.66
§ 443.01 Jurisdiction
   The licensing and inspection of public hacks, the inspecting and sealing of taximeters, the examining of applicants for a license to drive such public hacks, and the licensing of drivers, as hereinafter provided, and the enforcing of the provisions of this chapter shall be under the control of the Division of Assessments and Licenses, through its Commissioner, or his or her designee.
(Ord. No. 598-13. Passed 5-20-13, eff. 5-23-13)
§ 443.011 Definitions
   As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
   (a)   "Association" means a society, whether incorporated or not, organized for the purpose of benefitting a group of not less than fifteen (15) owners of public hacks by providing for its members, dispatching services, a uniform and distinctive color scheme, and collection and maintenance of operating records.
   (b)   "Company" means any person, partnership or corporation owning fifteen (15) or more public hacks having a uniform distinctive color scheme.
   (c)   "Driver" means the person in actual physical control of a public hack.
   (d)   "Independent operator" means any owner to whom either of the following applies:
      (1)   Is the owner of less than fifteen (15) public hacks;
      (2)   Does not provide his or her own dispatching services.
   (e)   "Owner" means any natural person, partnership or corporation having legal or equitable title to a public hack and includes lessors.
   (f)   "Public hack" or "Hack" means any vehicle whose owner or driver secures or accepts passengers for hire on the public streets, or in public or quasi-public places, including, but not limited to, hotels as defined by Section 363.08, and excepting carriages as defined in division (a) of Section 447.01 and vehicles operated by the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
(Ord. No. 1510-2019. Passed 12-2-19, eff. 12-4-19)
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