(a) The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall have the authority to set and assess fines to taxicab owners, taxicab drivers, and/or and taxicab companies for violations of the Rules and Regulations governing their conduct as published in the City Record.
(b) The authority to assess fines under this section does not limit or affect any criminal offense, or the authority of the Commissioner to suspend or revoke a license under Section 443.36, or any other means of enforcement of this chapter provided for in these Codified Ordinances.
(c) Any fine levied under division (a) of this section, or a regulation promulgated thereunder, for a conviction of a non-moving violation of the traffic laws of this State, or any political subdivision thereof, shall result in a fine issued exclusively to the taxicab owner. For purposes of this division, a taxicab owner is the person holding legal title to the motor vehicle used as a taxicab, regardless of any lease or other contract governing to possession and use of such vehicle for use as a taxicab.
(Ord. No. 598-13. Passed 5-20-13, eff. 5-23-13)