(A) No person shall operate a public service automobile within the city without obtaining a license as hereinafter provided.
(B) Any owner or operator of any taxicab or public service automobile who desires a license shall make application to the Clerk-Treasurer, in writing, stating therein the seating capacity of the automobile proposed, the maximum number of persons proposed to be carried at any time, the registration number of the car as issued by the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and a schedule of the rates and fares that the owner or operator proposes to charge for the carrying of passengers. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of any taxicab or public service automobile licensed under this chapter to charge any fare in excess of that named in the application for license filed with the Clerk-Treasurer. Each taxicab or public service automobile shall have posted in a manner approved by the Chief of Police and in a conspicuous place, in letters of legible size, a schedule of the rates and fares for the carrying of passengers by taxicabs or public service automobiles.
(C) The fee for the license shall be $15 for each automobile or bus, for each calendar year or fraction thereof. Such license shall be renewed on January 1 of each succeeding year.
(1980 Code, § 113.02) (Ord. 337, passed 3-28-1941; Am. Ord. 487, passed 12-26-1963; Am. Ord. 674, passed 11-9-1976; Am. Ord. 985, passed 2-24-1987)