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Elkhart, IN Code of Ordinances
CHAPTER 116: TAXICABS
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
§ 116.01 DEFINITIONS.
   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)
§ 116.02 CITY CONSENT AND LICENSE REQUIRED.
   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
§ 116.03 CONSENT AND LICENSE GRANTED ONLY TO OWNERS.
   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
§ 116.04 LICENSEE TO OBEY CHAPTER.
   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
§ 116.05 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; CERTIFICATE FROM CHIEF OF POLICE.
   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
§ 116.06 REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE.
   The City Controller shall issue a license to the owner to operate a taxicab in the city upon the owner’s compliance with the following conditions:
   (A)   Filing the application blank properly filled out and signed by the owner of the taxicab to be licensed;
   (B)   Certificate from the Police Department showing that the taxicab proposed to be operated under this license is of lawful construction and in safe condition;
   (C)   Payment of the license fee provided in this chapter; and
   (D)   Filing a complete schedule of rates to be charged for the operation of the taxicabs. With the license the Controller shall issue and deliver to the owner a license check, which shall carry the same number as the number of the license. All licenses shall be numbered and a record thereof kept by the Controller.
(1979 Code, § 116.06) (Ord. 1355, passed 7-21-1943) Penalty, see § 116.99
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