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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.)
(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.)
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.)
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.)
After complying with the provisions of Section 750.07, every applicant shall be examined by the Police Division as to the applicant's knowledge of the City and the traffic regulations governing the operation of motor vehicles. He or she shall demonstrate his or her ability to drive a motor vehicle if so requested. The applicant shall produce a valid driver's license.
The applicant, in each instance, shall be examined as to his or her criminal record, if any, and especially as to whether or not he or she has at any time been convicted of a felony. If, upon checking the record of any applicant for an original license or for the renewal of a driver's license, the Police Division finds that the applicant has been released from a penal institution after serving a sentence on conviction of homicide, robbery, rape, burglary, arson or any sex charges within five years prior to his or her application, or has been convicted and placed on probation by a court of law for any of the above-mentioned crimes within five years immediately prior to his or her application, or has been convicted of sodomy or sexual offenses against a minor child, the Police Division shall refer its findings to the Mayor, and it shall be mandatory to deny such original application or to revoke such renewal application.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
If the Chief of Police is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable and proper person to drive a taxicab and if the examination discloses no matters which, in his or her opinion, should be called to the attention of the Mayor, then the Mayor or his or her designee has the authority to grant a taxicab driver's license upon the payment of the proper fee. However, if, after the examination, the Chief of Police does not feel that the applicant should be licensed, then the Chief of Police shall forward the findings to the Mayor, who, upon the written request of the applicant, shall investigate and hold a hearing as to the application for a license, and if the Mayor finds from such investigation and hearing that a license should be granted, the Mayor shall notify the applicant of his or her findings. The decision of the Mayor shall be final.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
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