A. License Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to dispatch or operate a public passenger vehicle dispatching service within the village without first having obtained a public passenger vehicle dispatcher license, which license shall be granted in accordance with the following:
1. The applicant must submit an application, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee as determined by the village containing such information as is generally required by the village for all business licenses and in addition, shall be accompanied by a letter providing all of the following additional information, as applicable, if not on the standard application form:
a. The name, age and address of the applicant in the case of an individual; in the case of a copartnership, the persons entitled to share in the profits thereof; and in the case of a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers and directors, and if a majority interest of the stock of such corporation is owned by one person or his nominee, the name and address of such person.
b. Current occupation/employment, business address and telephone number.
c. Previous employment history, as required.
d. Any previous convictions of felony and/or traffic violations.
e. The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots, terminals or standing areas.
f. The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant not in conflict with emergency vehicles or existing public passenger vehicles.
g. Such other information as may be required by the chief of police or his designated agent.
B. Insurance: Applicants for a license or renewal of a license to operate a public passenger vehicle dispatcher business in the village shall produce a copy or copies of an insurance policy, or certificates of insurance, with public liability insurance coverage available for personal injuries in an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) for each person and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for each accident and coverage for property damage in an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for each accident for each public passenger vehicle owned by the dispatching company or any public passenger vehicle owned by a third person which has an agency agreement or contractual relationship for dispatching services with the applicant.
C. Compliance Affidavit: Each applicant must submit an affidavit to the village to the effect that the applicant has read and understands the provisions of this article and is and at all times will be in compliance with all of the regulations and conditions herein set forth.
D. Certificate Of Authority: The public vehicle commission, pursuant to a public hearing, shall authorize one or more certificates of authority to qualified public passenger vehicle dispatcher companies. The selection of company or companies receiving the certificates of authority shall be based on all evidence presented at the public hearing and shall be in the sole discretion of the public vehicle commission. Once issued, the certificate of authority shall automatically be annually renewed and remain in existence until such time as revoked or suspended by action of the public vehicle commission.
The certificate of authority shall permit the licensee to provide dispatching services for individually licensed public passenger vehicles. The number of public passenger vehicle licenses under the control of the dispatching licensee shall be the number requested by the dispatching company subject to compliance with the requirements for such license, there being no limitation as to the number of licenses or public passenger vehicles permitted under the control of the licensed dispatcher. The certificate of authority may include public passenger vehicles which are principally licensed in another municipality listed on the village's reciprocal licensing list; provided that said public passenger vehicles provide such documentation as is deemed necessary by the chief of police or his designated agent to substantiate the existence of a valid license and compliance with other provisions of this article. The public vehicle commission retains the right to modify or terminate the certificate of authority for continued violations of the regulations set forth in this article or for such other cause which the public vehicle commission deems sufficient to terminate or modify the certificate of authority.
E. Regulations: The public passenger vehicle dispatcher licensee shall operate its dispatching business in accordance with the following regulations:
1. Each dispatching licensee shall own or have a binding agency or contractual relationship with third party owners of public passenger vehicles in such a nature so as to enable the dispatcher licensee to have full control and authority over all of the public passenger vehicles for which it provides dispatching services.
2. Every person holding a dispatcher license pursuant to a certificate of authority shall render an overall service to the public desiring to use public passenger vehicles. A central place of business shall be maintained and shall be kept open twenty four (24) hours a day for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching public passenger vehicles. They shall answer all calls received by them for service inside the corporate limits of Elk Grove Village as soon as service can be rendered, but in no event less than thirty (30) minutes from the time the call for service is made unless a later time or date is requested. Any dispatcher licensee who refuses to accept a call or permits any licensed public passenger vehicle operator or driver under its control to refuse a call shall be deemed a violator of this article and the certificate of authority granted to such licensee shall be subject to revocation or other penalties in accordance with the provisions of this article.
3. The dispatcher licensee shall at all times have in full force and effect a valid list of licensed public passenger vehicles under its control, which list shall indicate the following:
a. The name and address of the owner of each licensed public passenger vehicle.
b. The number which the dispatcher licensee has assigned to each such public passenger vehicle, which number shall be prominently placed upon said public passenger vehicle.
c. The name of the village wherein the public passenger vehicle is primarily licensed and in the case of villages other than Elk Grove, the expiration of the existing licensing and the expiration date of its certificate of inspection.
4. Each dispatcher licensee shall maintain a register or log depicting the origin and destination locations, the date, and the time of each passenger trip, which register shall be maintained in the office of the licensee for a minimum of ninety (90) days from the date of service.
5. Only public passenger vehicles affiliated with an Elk Grove Village licensed dispatcher may be dispatched for service originating in Elk Grove Village.
6. The provisions of this article shall not prevent taxicabs licensed by other municipalities from entering the village of Elk Grove Village for the purpose of depositing passengers who are legally picked up outside the village.
7. Every vehicle which is not licensed in Elk Grove Village but which is dispatched to the village should be clean, comfortable and safe, and shall be operated in accordance with the standards and regulations for vehicles which are licensed in Elk Grove Village.
(Ord. 2228, 4-28-1992, eff. 7-1-1992; amd. Ord. 3034, 4-26-2005)