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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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750.09 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUANCE OR DENIAL.
   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.)
750.10 IDENTIFICATION CARD.
   At the time of issuance of a taxicab driver's license, the Elyria Police Division shall also issue an identification card, size five inches by seven inches, upon which shall be affixed a two inch by three inch photograph, in such a manner that another photograph cannot be substituted, and under such photograph, the driver's license number in figures one-half inch in height, and on the right side of the identification card, the driver's full name, physical description and his or her residence address. Taxicab owners are to provide a suitable holder five inches by seven inches, with a transparent glass or celluloid front, for the identification card, which card must be placed in the taxicab where it will be visible at all times to the occupants of the taxicab. To preserve the card in good order and keep it in good condition at all times, the driver shall insert and keep his or her card in the holder, as provided, at all times while he or she is in charge of the taxicab.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.11 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL.
   A taxicab driver's license, as provided in this chapter, shall expire on the last day of November of each year. Application for renewal of such license shall be filed with the Elyria Police Division thirty days before the expiration date of such license. Beginning in 1980 and every third year thereafter, each applicant shall be required to submit a physician's certificate, as set forth in Section 750.06, with his or her renewal application. However, any person who was a duly licensed driver at the time of entering the Armed Forces of the government, shall, upon his or her return to civilian life and upon presentation of his or her honorable discharge document to the Chief of Police, within thirty days from the date of the discharge, be granted a taxicab driver's renewal license for the remainder of the current license year without medical examination and exempt of the fee referred to in Section 750.07.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.12 TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE REVOCATION.
   (a)   Conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or narcotics shall operate as a revocation of any driver's license issued hereunder, and such driver shall not be eligible to make application for a new license for a period of one year from the date of such revocation.
   (b)   The Mayor or his or her designee shall revoke, for a period of ninety days, the taxicab driver's license of any driver of a taxicab who has been convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of the Traffic Code of the City, or the State traffic statutes, four or more times in any one twelve-month period.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.13 INSPECTION OF VEHICLES.
   Prior to the issuance of a vehicle operating license as provided for in Section 750.04, an inspection report shall be generated by the Elyria Police Division.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.14 INDEMNITY BOND OR LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED.
   No operator or vehicle license, as provided in Section 750.04, shall be issued or continued in operation unless there is in full force and effect a policy of insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)/three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per accident, covering property damage and personal injury or death, for the benefit of any person(s) injured, killed or otherwise damaged as the result of the negligence of the holder, its servants or agents. Said policy of insurance shall be kept on file in the office of the Mayor, and the insurance company shall be required to serve upon the Mayor at least ten days' written notice prior to the cancellation of such policy.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.15 DEFACING LICENSES, ETC.
   No licensed taxicab driver shall knowingly deface any license, certificate, badge, tag, identification card or rate card, or remove, tamper with or alter a rate card displayed in a taxicab. In case of any violation of this provision, the court shall revoke the driver's license. Such revocation shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.16 DUTY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS RE DRIVERS.
   It shall be the duty of the owner, operator or manager of a taxicab to ascertain that all drivers of taxicabs under his or her control are properly licensed.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
750.17 REVERSION OF VEHICLE LICENSE TO CITY.
   All taxicab licenses granted by the City shall revert back to the City (i.e. such licenses cannot be sold, traded or otherwise disposed of) if the holder of such a license ceases operation within three years of issuance of such license.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
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