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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)
No person operating a motor vehicle for hire shall operate same within the City other than on an hourly rate. The schedule of rates for service for such vehicles shall be as follows: for the use of any such motor vehicle for hire carrying two (2) or less passengers, not more than $2.00 per hour; for use of any such motor vehicle carrying three (3) to five (5) passengers, not more than $2.50 per hour; for the use of such motor vehicle for hire carrying more than five (5) passengers, not more than $3.50 per hour; provided, that no charge of less than $1.00 can be made for the use of such motor vehicle for hire for the first one-half hour or any fraction thereof. For the use of motor vehicles for hire when such vehicle has been used in excess of one hour, additional time shall be charged or on the basis of quarter-hour fractions of the rate charged for the first hour’s use of such motor vehicle. The amount charged shall be upon an hourly basis. The time shall begin when the motor vehicle is ready at the time and place requested by the passenger, shall continue until the passenger has been discharged and the car shall have had time thereafter to return to the garage or stand by the most direct route and at the maximum speed permitted by law. The driver of a motor vehicle for hire shall give the passenger a receipt showing the time when the trip commenced and concluded, and shall be signed by the driver. There shall be displayed in plain public view on each motor vehicle for hire a sign giving the rates charged by the hour.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
(a) No person, either owner or employee, shall drive a taxicab or motor vehicle for hire in the City without having first obtained a license from the City Clerk. Each applicant for a public driver’s license shall have the following qualifications and comply with the following conditions:
(1) Be of the age of 18 years or over.
(2) Be a resident of the County for at least ninety (90) days preceding the application or having a demonstrated knowledge of the physical layout of the City of Flint.
(3) Be in good physical health, have good eyesight, not be subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or any infirmity of body or mind which would render him or her unfit for safe operation of a motor vehicle.
(4) Be able to read and write the English language.
(5) Be of good moral character, clean in dress, person and language and not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs.
(6) Shall give for reference as to his good character the names and addresses of two reputable citizens of the City of Flint.
(7) Fill out upon a blank form to be supplied by the office of the City Clerk a statement giving his or her full name, present residence, place of residence for previous five (5) years, age, height, weight, color of eyes and hair, how long he has driven an automobile, whether he or she has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or found guilty of the violation of any traffic laws, whether he or she has been licensed previously as a driver or a chauffeur, and if so when and where, whether his or her license has ever been revoked and for what cause. The statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant and filed with the City Clerk as a permanent record.
(8) Each applicant must file with his or her application two (2) recent photographs of himself/herself of a size that may easily be attached to the license, one (1) of which shall be attached to the license, when issued, and one filed with the application.
(b) The application shall be referred to the City Administrator for investigation and examination as to whether the applicant is worthy, capable, of good moral character and properly qualified by experience to operate and drive a public motor vehicle. As soon as the examination has been completed, the City Administrator shall return the application with his or her report to the City Council.
(c) Upon the approval of the application by the City Council, and upon the payment to the City Clerk of the fee provided herein, the public driver’s license shall be granted to the applicant by the City Clerk.
(d) For each new application or renewal the fee shall be as specified in Chapter 26 of this Code.
(e) The public driver’s license granted shall contain a true photograph of the licensee, the licensee’s name, residence, age, height, weight, color of hair, color of eyes, and his or her signature, and shall be conspicuously displayed on the inside of his vehicle with a light thrown on it at night so it may easily be seen both in the day and night time by occupants of the vehicle.
(f) A full and complete copy of each application filed and each license issued together with record entries of renewals or revocations shall be kept on file in the City Clerk’s office.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 1322, passed 4-2-1956; Ord. 2337, passed 5-18-1972; Ord. 2834, passed 5-24-1982; Ord. 3085, passed 1-9-1989; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
Any person holding a public driver’s license may make an application for the renewal of his or her license for the next year upon forms to be furnished by the City Clerk entitled “Applications for Renewal of License,” which shall be filled out with the full name and address of the applicant together with a statement of the date upon which is his or her original license was granted and the license number, which shall be immediately referred to the City Administrator. Upon the return of the application with an endorsement by the City Administrator that there have been no complaints or convictions against the applicant during the preceding year, the City Clerk shall issue a public driver’s license for the next year upon payment of the license fee.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 1168, passed 3-8-1964; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
Upon the issuance of a public driver’s license there shall be delivered to the licensee a metal badge with the license number thereon which shall be worn on the right breast of the outer garment exposed to the public view at all times while such person is engaged in his employment as a public driver.
(Ord. 347, passed 6-26-1930; Ord. 3783, passed 12-13-2010)
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