745.02 INSPECTION OF VEHICLE REQUIRED.
(a) At the time that an application for a license under Section 745.01 is made by any person, firm, partnership or corporation, and prior to the issuance of such license by the Mayor, each motor vehicle so operated or proposed to be operated in the transportation of persons for hire under the provisions of this chapter shall be inspected by the Police Department or someone designated by the Department, to determine the operational safety of such vehicle. If the vehicle is found to be safe and in proper working order, a license may be issued upon such report to the Mayor. If the vehicle is found to be unsafe and not in proper working order, then such defects or unsafe conditions must be corrected before a license can be issued under the terms of this chapter.
(b) Every person, firm, partnership or corporation operating a motor vehicle in the City under a license issued as herein provided, must submit such motor vehicle to police inspection at the times and places to be specified by the Police Chief in January and July of each year. The object of such inspection shall be to determine the operational safety of such vehicle. The inspection shall cover tires, brakes, lights, steering apparatus and direction signals and any condition affecting the operational safety of such vehicle. In the event that the inspecting officer finds a defect or condition affecting public safety, he shall certify his findings to the operator of the vehicle and to the Mayor, and no person shall be carried for hire in such vehicle until the defect or unsafe condition has been corrected to the satisfaction of the officer making the inspection. During the period that the vehicle is defective or unsafe, any license issued under this chapter for such vehicle shall be deemed suspended. Upon finding that the condition complained of has been corrected, the inspecting officer shall so certify such fact to the Mayor and the motor vehicle may then be used to transport persons for hire.
(c) All motor vehicles licensed under this chapter shall be kept in a safe driving condition at all times, and the Police Department shall have the right to inspect such motor vehicles at any time it deems necessary for the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this City.
(d) In the event that a licensee or a person under his control is found to be transporting persons for hire in a vehicle found to be unsafe by police inspection, and after such finding has been made known to the licensee, then the Mayor may revoke or suspend such license for not more than one year.
(e) A written report of the inspection shall become part of the permanent file on each vehicle by serial number and maintained by the Mayor and Police Department.
(Ord. 72-68. Passed 7-15-68.)