Section
116.01 Definitions
116.02 City consent and license required
116.03 Consent and license granted only to owners
116.04 Licensee to obey chapter
116.05 Application for license; certificate from Chief of Police
116.06 Requirements for license
116.07 License to be displayed in taxicab, with schedule of charges
116.08 New license upon expiration; sale of taxicabs
116.09 Fees for taxicab license
116.10 Insurance
116.11 Bond in lieu of insurance
116.12 Name of owner or company to be printed on taxicab
116.13 Right to prepayment of fare; duty to accept passengers
116.14 Taxicabs to be operated daily; inspection and suspension of license
116.15 Annual registration of drivers
116.16 Suspension or revocation of taxicab license
116.99 Penalty
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires otherwise.
DRIVER. The person who is physically operating the vehicle.
OWNER. Any individual copartnership, association or corporation, their lessees, heirs or assigns.
PASSENGER. Any person other than the driver of the vehicle who boards a taxicab either within or without the city for the purpose of being carried or transported into, in or through the city.
STREET. Any street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alleyway, highway or other public place.
TAXICAB. Every vehicle used for the carrying of passengers for hire. However, this chapter shall not apply to vehicles commonly denominated as buses which have or may acquire a franchise to operate upon the streets of the city upon a regular schedule.
(1979 Code, § 116.01) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943)
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be operated within the city until the owner has obtained the consent and license of the city. The consent and license when given shall be evidenced by a certificate of license to be issued by the City Controller.
(1979 Code, § 116.02) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99
Consent and license permitting the operation of taxicabs within this city shall be granted only to the owners of the taxicabs. The taxicabs shall be driven only by the owners or their respective agents or servants duly accredited by the owners to the city as drivers, and no consent or license shall authorize the operation or driving of any taxicab by any lessee or person other than the owner or his or her duly accredited drivers.
(1979 Code, § 116.03) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99
Consent and license to operate taxicabs shall be granted only upon the express condition that the recipient of the consent and license will abide by and obey all of the provisions of this chapter and any supplement thereto or amendment thereof.
(1979 Code, § 116.04) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99
All applications for licenses for taxicabs shall be made by the owner to the City Controller upon blanks to be furnished by the City Controller, which blanks shall contain the full name and address of the owner, the length of time the vehicle has been in use, the number of persons it is capable of carrying, the model, serial number and motor number of the vehicle, and a certificate from the Chief of the Elkhart Police Department that the vehicle sought to be licensed has been inspected, examined, and found to be in good and safe condition. The Chief of the Elkhart Police Department is authorized and directed to make the inspection, and to certify in writing to the City Controller the results of the inspection.
(1979 Code, § 116.05) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99
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