445.01 License Required
445.02 Inspection
445.03 Liability Insurance
445.04 License Card
445.05 Fees for Sight-Seeing Cars
445.06 Driver’s License
445.07 Fees for Driver’s License
445.08 Regulation of Sight-Seeing Cars
445.09 Specially Chartered Sight-Seeing Cars
445.10 License Suspension or Revocation; Appeal
No sight-seeing car shall operate for hire or reward upon the streets of the City without obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. Such license shall be issued for the calendar year and shall expire on December 31 of each year, unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Commissioner.
Application for a license for sight-seeing cars shall be made by the owner upon blank forms furnished by the Commissioner, and shall contain the full name and address of the owner, the type of vehicle for which a license is desired, the number of persons it is capable of carrying, and the motor power thereof, together with a certificate of liability insurance required under the provisions of Section 445.03.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No vehicle shall be licensed until the same has been thoroughly and carefully inspected, examined and found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers, clean, fit, of good appearance and well painted or varnished. Such inspection shall be made by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses or through his or her inspectors before issuing such license, and he or she may make such additional inspections as in his or her judgment are necessary. The Commissioner shall refuse a license to, or revoke or suspend the license of any vehicle found by him or her to be unfit or unsuited for public patronage. The Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to establish reasonable rules and regulations for the inspection and operation of sight-seeing cars, their appurtenances, construction and conditional fitness.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
No person shall operate a sight-seeing car or other vehicle as defined in this chapter or permit such to be operated; nor shall any license be issued hereunder until and unless the applicant for a license hereunder deposits with the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses a policy or certificate of liability insurance for each sight-seeing car for which a license is sought, acceptable and approved by the Director of Law, indemnifying the applicant in the sum of at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for injury to one (1) person and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for more than one (1) person, and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) property damage in any one (1) accident, through the operation of the sight-seeing car of the applicant. The policy shall further contain a clause obligating the surety company to give ten (10) days’ written notice before cancellation of the policy to the Commissioner, the license to expire upon the lapse or termination of the policy of insurance.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Any sight-seeing car which has been found upon inspection to be of lawful construction and proper condition in accordance with this chapter and rules and regulations established thereunder and upon the payment of the license fees hereinafter set forth shall be licensed by delivering to the owner a card of such size and form as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Assessments and licenses. The card shall contain an official license number together with date of inspection of such vehicle and the statement that in case of any complaints the Commissioner shall be notified. Such card shall be signed by the Commissioner and contain blank spaces upon which entry shall be made of the date of every inspection. The number of such card shall correspond with the license number of such vehicle, and shall be displayed conspicuously in the sight-seeing car as prescribed by the Commissioner.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
The following license fee shall be paid in advance for each vehicle license:
Vehicle Capacity
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Fee
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12 or less | $100.00 |
13 to 20 | $150.00 |
over 20 | $200.00 |
Any licensee upon payment of any of the above fees, shall be entitled to operate as sight-seeing cars during such year additional vehicles for which hack or motor bus licenses have been issued and are in effect or which are otherwise licensed for the transportation of persons for hire in the City of Cleveland, upon payment of an additional annual fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each such vehicle; provided the Director of Law is satisfied that the public liability insurance on such vehicle covers or is made to include the operation thereof for sight-seeing purposes.
Upon a finding by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses that an extraordinary demand upon any special occasion requires the use of more sight-seeing vehicles by any person, firm or corporation to whom there has been issued one (1) or more sight-seeing licenses for the calendar year, he or she may issue special permits for not to exceed twenty- four (24) hours upon the payment of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) each for the use of vehicles which are duly licensed for the transportation of persons for hire and which carry public liability insurance satisfactory to the Director of Law. No transfer of a license shall be permitted except with the consent of the Commissioner, which consent shall be endorsed on the original license. The Commissioner shall permit a transfer only when it appears that one (1) of the cars owned and operated by the licensee is retired, destroyed, demolished or otherwise rendered unfit for service.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
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