§ 7-373 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.

   Upon presentation of a certificate within 30 days of its date and satisfactory evidence that all license fees have been paid to the City Treasurer and that the insurance policy required by this article has been duly filed, the Clerk shall issue to the applicant a license for each and every vehicle specified in such certificate; provided, however, that any certificate issued pursuant to this article shall be effective until cancelled, and that no additional certificate shall be required for the purpose of obtaining licenses so long as the original certificate remains in effect.

(1989 Code, § 7-373)

§ 7-374 REVOCATION.

   (A)   Any certificate issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked or suspended by the City Council for any of the following causes:

      (1)   Failure to operate the taxicab or vehicle for hire specified in the certificate;

      (2)   Failure to maintain the taxicab or vehicle for hire in good order and repair;

      (3)   Failure to pay the personal property taxes or other taxes due the city or state on such vehicle;

      (4)   Failure to maintain insurance as required by this article;

      (5)   Failure to report any accident as required by law;

      (6)   Failure of the driver to stay neat in appearance;

      (7)   Failure of the driver to be courteous at all times;

      (8)   Failure of the driver of a taxicab or vehicle for hire to have and exhibit a chauffeur’s license and picture in the cab. Duplicate information must be on hand at the police station before a taxicab driver can operate on the streets of the city;

      (9)   Repeated and persistent violations of traffic and safety ordinances by a driver;

      (10)   If a cab driver is convicted a third time of a state, city or federal offense, no cab owner can knowingly hire the driver under the penalty of having his license revoked;

      (11)   Purchase by a driver of alcoholic beverages of any description for his passenger, toleration of a driver of any disorderly conduct in his cab, transportation by a driver or having in his possession in a vehicle operated for hire any intoxicating beverage of any kind;

      (12)   Willful or continued failure to comply with the provisions of this article or any other law regulating the operation of taxicabs and vehicles for hire within the city;

      (13)   Willful neglect to render service;

      (14)   Failure to operate under a franchise for six consecutive months.

   (B)   The City Council is authorized from time to time to increase or decrease such certificates as the public convenience may require, and in the event of a decrease, those certificates granted last shall be the first revoked.

(1989 Code, § 7-374)

ARTICLE X: FIREWORKS DISPLAYS

Section

Division 1: Generally

   7-381   Definitions

   7-382   Authority

   7-383   Compliance with article required

   7-384   Permitted event

   7-385   Application for permit

   7-386   Investigation by Fire Marshal

   7-387   Issuance

   7-388   Revocation

DIVISION 1: GENERALLY

§ 7-381 DEFINITIONS.

   The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

   PYROTECHNICS. Any and all kinds of fireworks and explosives, which are used for exhibitions or amusement purposes: provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the manufacture, purchase, sale, transportation, and use of explosives or signaling flares used in the course of ordinary business or industry, or shells or cartridges used as ammunition in firearms. This Article shall not apply to the sale, use, or possession of the following:

      (1)   Explosive caps designed to be fired in toy pistols, provided that the explosive mixture of the explosive caps shall not exceed twenty-five hundredths (.25) of a gram for each cap.

      (2)   Snake and glow worms composed of pressed pellets of a pyrotechnic mixture that produce a large, snake-like ash when burning.

      (3)   Smoke devices consisting of a tube or sphere containing a pyrotechnic mixture that produces white or colored smoke.

      (4)   Trick noisemakers which produce a small report designed to surprise the user and which include:

         (a)   A party popper, which is a small plastic or paper item containing not in excess of 16 milligrams of explosive mixture. A string protruding from the device is pulled to ignite the device, expelling paper streamers and producing a small report.

         (b)   A string popper, which is a small tube containing not in excess of 16 milligrams of explosive mixture with string protruding from both ends. The strings are pulled to ignite the friction-sensitive mixture, producing a small report.

         (c)   A snapper or drop pop, which is a small, paper-wrapped item containing no more than 16 milligrams of explosive mixture coated on small bits of sand. When dropped, the device produces a small report.

      (5)   Wire sparklers consisting of wire or stick coated with nonexplosive pyrotechnic mixture that produces a shower of sparks upon ignition. These items must not exceed 100 grams of mixture per item.

      (6)   Other sparkling devices which emit showers of sparks and sometimes a whistling or crackling effect when burning, do not detonate or explode, do not spin, are hand-held or ground-based, cannot propel themselves through the air, and contain not more than 75 grams of chemical compound per tube, or not more than a total of 200 grams if multiple tubes are used.

(Ord. passed 6-15-10)