Pursuant to the city’s statutory authority to regulate the services offered by persons who hold out for public hire the use of vehicles, including the power to fix the price to be charged for that service, it is declared to be the policy of the Common Council:
(A) To provide for the regulation of taxicabs in the city;
(B) To promote safe, adequate, economical, and efficient service and to foster a sound economic condition in transportation in the city;
(C) To establish and maintain reasonable charges for transportation services; and
(D) To make the highways safe for the general public:
(1) The wear of the highways may be reduced;
(2) The inconvenience to other users of the highways may be minimized;
(3) The minimum hindrance and stoppage to other users of the highway compatible with the needs of the public for adequate transportation service may be effected;
(4) The highways may be safeguarded from improper or unnecessary usage;
(5) The operation by irresponsible persons or any other operation threatening the safety of the public or detrimental to the general welfare be prevented; and
(6) The congestion of traffic on the highway be minimized and that the public highways serve the best interest of the general public.
(Prior Code, § 128.02) (Ord. 0-93-0028, passed - -1994)