CHAPTER 750
Taxicabs
750.01   Taxicab defined.
750.02   Application of chapter; exclusions.
750.03   Vehicle license required.
750.04   Vehicle license application; fee.
750.05   Amending or modifying vehicle license application.
750.06   Taxicab driver's license required; application.
750.07   Taxicab driver's license fee.
750.08   Examination of applicant.
750.09   Taxicab driver's license issuance or denial.
750.10   Identification card.
750.11   Taxicab driver's license renewal.
750.12   Taxicab driver's license revocation.
750.13   Inspection of vehicles.
750.14   Indemnity bond or liability insurance required.
750.15   Defacing licenses, etc.
750.16   Duty of owners and operators re drivers.
750.17   Reversion of vehicle license to City.
750.18   Taxicab rates.
750.19   Appealing decisions of Mayor.
750.20   Identification of vehicle.
750.21   Service required on demand.
750.22   Receiving or discharging passengers.
750.23   Prohibited practices.
750.24   Out of town taxicabs.
750.25   Demanding fare in advance.
750.26   Additional taxicabs requested.
750.27   Service years.
 
750.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.22, 715.66
   Power to establish stands and fix rates - see Ohio R.C. 715.25
   Operators to be eighteen years of age - see Ohio R.C. 4507.321
   Operation of motor vehicles generally - see TRAF. Ch. 331
   Intoxication; reckless operation; speed - see TRAF. Ch. 333
   Accidents - see TRAF. 335.12 et seq.
   Safety and equipment - see TRAF. Ch. 337
   Taxicab stands - see TRAF. 351.10, 353.15
750.01 TAXICAB DEFINED.
   As used in this chapter, "taxicab" means any motor vehicle engaged in the business of transporting passengers for hire by answering special calls, or making trips from private premises or any legally authorized stand or garage, when specially employed, and which, when not so engaged and employed, returns to and remains at such premises, stand or garage.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.02 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER; EXCLUSIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter do not apply to automobiles or motor vehicles used exclusively as hearses, ambulances or limousines, but shall apply to any and all other automobiles or motor vehicles used for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire and operating exclusively within the territorial limits of the City at any time on and over any of the streets, avenues, alleys and public places in the City.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.03 VEHICLE LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person shall use or occupy any street or other public place within the City with any taxicab without first obtaining a license therefor from the City as herein provided.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.04 VEHICLE LICENSE APPLICATION; FEE.
   (a)   No license required by Section 750.03 shall be issued until the person desiring a license to operate a taxicab shall file with the City a written application therefor, stating:
      (1)   The make of each motor vehicle to be used;
      (2)   The State license number of each vehicle;
      (3)   The factory and serial numbers of each vehicle;
      (4)   The name of the owner of each vehicle; and
      (5)   The seating capacity of the vehicle as originally purchased and, if changed, the seating capacity in its changed form.
   (b)   Upon application to the Police Division for a license to operate a taxicab, each person seeking such vehicle license shall pay an annual license fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year, for each vehicle. Each vehicle license fee will permit the holder thereof to operate a taxicab or taxicabs under the provisions of this chapter until December 31 following the date of the license. There are no pro rata provisions for this fee. The original license, as provided by the Elyria Police Division, with a schedule of rates of fare, shall be exhibited in a prominent place in the taxicab.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.05 AMENDING OR MODIFYING VEHICLE LICENSE APPLICATION.
   The applicant shall have the privilege, if he or she so desires, of amending, modifying or altering his or her application so as to comply with reasonable suggestions or requirements of the City.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.06 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION.
   No person shall drive or operate a taxicab in the City unless he or she has been duly licensed as hereinafter provided. Every applicant for a license as a driver of a taxicab shall make application to the Chief of Police, or his or her agent, on forms provided by the City of Elyria. Each such application shall set forth that the applicant is:
   (a)   A citizen of the United States and physically residing in Lorain County;
   (b)   Able to speak, read and write the English language; and
   (c)   Physically able to perform the essential job functions of driving a taxicab, and free of any and all conditions which, in the opinion of the examining physician, would render him or her unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab.
   Applications shall be sworn to by the applicant.
   The application form shall further contain the certificate of the Medical Director of the Health Board, or his or her designee, who shall certify, after an examination of the applicant, that the applicant is free from all conditions that would render the applicant unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab and setting forth the applicant's condition as to vision acuity, field of vision and color vision, together with a statement of any condition detected upon examination that would pose a hazard to the health and safety of the public or would prevent the applicant from driving a taxicab with safety.
   All applicants submitting applications for the first time shall obtain such physician's certificate from the Medical Director of the City Health Board or his or her designee. A reasonable fee for the certificate shall be assessed to each applicant. Such fee shall be determined by the Director of Health and the Commissioner of Health.
   The applicant shall file with his or her application three photographs of a closeup view, two inches by three inches in size, which shall have been taken within thirty days preceding the date of the application.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.07 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE FEE.
   Every driver of a taxicab, before receiving a taxicab driver's license, shall pay to the Elyria Police Division the fee as set forth in Chapter 109 of the Administrative Code.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
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