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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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750.16 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.)
750.18 TAXICAB RATES.
   (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.)
750.19 APPEALING DECISIONS OF MAYOR.
   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.)
750.20 IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE.
   Each taxicab shall have permanent lettering on both sides of the vehicle indicating the company's or owner's name, and the lettering shall be not less than six inches in height. Each taxicab shall have a working roof light as approved by the Elyria Police Division.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)
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