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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.)
(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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
(a) Taxicab rates in the City of Elyria shall be determined by meters, with a base rate of one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) for six months from the date of this amendment, and a base rate of two dollars ($2.00) thereafter and one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per mile, commencing upon the effective date of this amendment. Waiting time shall be charged at twenty cents ($.20) per minute or twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour. Disabled persons and senior citizens (coupon plan) shall be given a ten percent discount.
(Ord. 2002-65. Passed 4-1-02.)
(b) Each taxicab company shall keep an up-to-date copy of its rate card on file with the Elyria Police Division.
(c) No person shall operate any taxicab without having displayed in a conspicuous place therein, a printed list of the fares and rates to be charged passengers for transportation, and no owner or driver shall charge any passengers an amount in excess of the printed rates of fare exhibited in the taxicab, unless by agreement entered into between the passenger and the driver before leaving the point of departure.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
Any person applying for a license to engage in the taxicab business under the provisions of this chapter shall have a right of appeal from the act of the Mayor or his or her designee in refusing to issue a license in the first instance, from the Mayor's or his or her designee's order or decision revoking any license which has previously been issued, or from the order of the Mayor or his or her designee establishing a regular and exclusive parking place or stand, in case the applicant believes the parking place or stand as established is not suitable for his or her business.
The aggrieved party shall have the right to appeal to a board composed of the Director of Safety and Service, the Chief of Police and the Chairperson of the Safety Committee of Council. The Board, after a full hearing, shall have the power to sustain or modify the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee or to order the license granted, the power to modify, sustain or revoke the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee in revoking the license, and the power to modify or sustain the order of the Mayor or his or her designee establishing a regular and exclusive parking place or stand for the applicant, or to establish, in lieu thereof, such other regular and exclusive parking space or stand as the Board may deem suitable for the applicant's business. In all cases, the decision of the Board shall be final.
The party appealing from the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee shall leave notice, in writing, of his or her intention to appeal at the office of the Mayor within ten days after the receipt of the notice from the Mayor or his or her designee.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
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