(A) No valet parking operator license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued unless the applicant agrees to park all cars entrusted to him in legal off-street sites acceptable to the village.
(B) No valet parking operator license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued unless the applicant provides proof to the village that he has obtained liability insurance covering all locations at which he operates or seeks to operate in the minimum amounts of $1,000,000 per occurrence for public liability, and $500,000 per occurrence for property damage. The insurance policy shall be for a term at least coextensive with the duration of the license and shall not be subject to cancellation except upon 30 days’ prior notice to the village. The insurance policy shall name the village as a joint insured. Upon termination or lapse of the licensee’s insurance coverage, any license issued to him shall automatically expire.
(C) No valet parking operator license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued unless the applicant provides proof to the village that the business establishment for which the valet parking service is to be provided has made available a loading zone at least 25 feet in length immediately adjacent to its premises for the pickup and delivery of the patrons’ vehicles. Where the loading zone is to be on-street, the business establishment shall submit a plan designating an area for such use. The valet parking operator will not be allowed to stack vehicles into public throughways or otherwise impair traffic flow on-street. No license shall be issued for the operation of a valet parking service at that establishment until the designation of the curb loading zone, with proper signage, has been approved.
(D) No valet parking operator license, or renewal thereof, shall be issued to any applicant who has been found in violation of any provision of this subchapter two or more times within the 180-day period prior to the date of the application or three or more times within the 365-day period prior to the date of the application.
(E) A maximum of two valet parking signs shall be posted by the operator to designate the loading zone. The signs shall be posted only during the hours valet parking services are being provided and shall be removed at all other times. All signage shall conform to village ordinances.
(F) Every valet parking operator shall have a valid driver’s license and insurance. The valet parking operator shall place or cause his agent to place on the dashboard of each patron vehicle a sign or placard of a size no smaller than 8½ inches by 11 inches in such a manner so as to be conspicuously visible through the windshield of the patron vehicle. The sign or placard shall contain the following information in red or black letters no less than one inch high: “This Vehicle Parked By (valet parking operator) For Customer Of (business establishment).” In addition, each attendant of a valet parking operator shall, while on duty, wear conspicuously placed on his clothing an insignia which identifies the valet parking operator for whom the attendant is working.
(G) All valet parking attendants must, upon taking custody of a patron’s vehicle, issue a numbered receipt to each customer containing the name, address and telephone number of the company providing the valet service.
(H) The valet parking operator shall hold the village harmless and indemnify it from any liability.
(Ord. 1562, passed 3-18-96) Penalty, see § 154.99