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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.)
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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