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(a) Application for licenses and applications for renewal of licenses for taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire shall be made by the owner or authorized agent upon blanks to be furnished by the City Clerk and shall contain:
(1) The full name, age and residence of the owner.
(2) The type of motor car to be used, horsepower, factory number, State license number, the length of time that the vehicle has been in use and the seating capacity.
(b) The application shall be immediately referred by the City Clerk to the City Administrator who shall cause an investigation to be made of the fitness of the applicant as to character and ability and an inspection of the vehicle to be licensed, and shall transmit the application with his or her recommendation to the City Council. If, in the opinion of the City Council, the person making the application is a proper person both by experience and character, and the vehicle is in a thoroughly fit condition for the transportation of passengers and is clean and fit for such use, they may authorize the granting of a license upon the payment of the license fee and the filing of an insurance policy as provided in § 12-218 of this division. The licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk and shall not be transferable.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 2010, passed 11-6-1967; Ord. 2251, passed 3-15-1971; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
(a) The fee for a license under this division shall be as specified in Chapter 26 of this Code.
When such license has been granted, the licensee shall affix in a stationary position, near the State license plate to the taxicab or motor vehicle for hire, small plates not exceeding six (6) inches in diameter, which shall bear the license number of the vehicle. The design of such license plates shall be changed annually and shall be issued by the City Clerk. Prior to the annual expiration date of such license plate, same shall be transferable.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 1071, passed 3-24-1953; Ord. 3085, passed 1-9-1989; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
(a) If the City Council finds, upon its investigations or hearings, that the public convenience and necessity justify the operation of the vehicle for which a license is desired, it shall notify the applicant of its finding. If the City Council then finds that the applicant is the owner and the bona fide operator of the vehicle for which a license is desired, and that such vehicle complies with all the provisions of this code and any other ordinance of the City, and all the rules and regulations enacted by the City, a license shall be issued to the applicant upon the payment of the proper license fee.
(b) If the City Council finds from such investigation or hearing that the public convenience and necessity do not justify the operation of the vehicle for which a license is desired, it shall forthwith notify the applicant of such finding.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 410, passed 3-31-1941; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
The City Council shall refuse a license when, in its opinion, there are a sufficient number of licensed taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire to adequately serve the public, or when the use of the streets by additional taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire would interfere with the public use of the streets, congest traffic, or endanger the person or property of pedestrians or others using the streets.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
No license shall be issued under this division until the applicant for a license deposits with the City Clerk a prepaid policy or certificate of liability insurance for each taxicab or motor vehicle for hire, for which a license is sought. Such policy or liability insurance to be accepted and approved by the Chief Legal Officer and issued by a company authorized to do business in the State, indemnifying applicant in the sum of at least $100,000 for injury or death to one person or $300,000 for injury or death to more than one person and $10,000 property damage in any one accident through the operation of the vehicle of the applicant. The policy of insurance shall contain a clause obligating the company issuing same to give ten (10) days written notice before cancellation to the City Clerk. The license for the operation of such vehicle to expire upon the lapse or termination of such policy of insurance. Any licensee under this division may deposit with the City Clerk, a deductible policy or certificate of liability insurance with not less than the maximum amounts listed above, conditioned upon the licensee’s depositing with the City Clerk a certificate of indemnity in which licensee agrees to indemnify all persons suffering claims for personal injuries or property damage, or both, up to the amount of the deduction mentioned in such insurance policies; and, further conditioned upon the licensee filing with the City Clerk an up-to-date, sworn financial statement, which shall be approved by the City Clerk and Director of Finance as showing a sufficient net worth that, in their opinion, will indemnify all persons suffering claims for personal injuries or property damage, or both, up to the amount of the deduction of such policies of insurance.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 1245, passed 1-10-1955; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
(a) Except for such flat rates as are specifically provided for herein, the maximum rates to be charged and collected for services shall be computed on a mileage basis as follows:
(1) | For the first 1/6 mile or fraction thereof | $2.00 |
(2) | Each additional 1/6 mile or fraction thereof | $0.35 |
(b) For each minute of waiting time or fraction thereof, a charge may be made not to exceed $0.33. Waiting time shall include the time when the taxicab is not in motion beginning with the arrival at the place to which it has been called or the time consumed while standing at the direction of the passenger, but no charge shall be made for time lost because of efficiency of the taxicab or its operator or time consumed by premature response to a call or for traffic delay.
(c) There shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the inside of the cab a card of a size not less than five (5) inches by six (6) inches upon which shall be printed in plain legible type the rates of fare and the rules for throwing the flag of the taximeter. The size, type, form and wording of the sign shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Legal Officer and the City Clerk. The original sign, properly approved shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and all signs used to comply with this section shall be exact duplicates of the original filed.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 1930, passed 8-22-1966; Ord. 2302, passed 12-20-1971; Ord. 2441, passed 6-7-1974; Ord. 2669, passed 10-23-1978; Ord. 2768, passed 5-12-1980; Ord. 3155, passed 1-14-1991; Ord. 3277, passed 6-13-1994; Ord. 3458, passed 8-14-2000; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
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