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(a) Application for a license under this chapter shall be made in writing and filed with the City Manager or his or her authorized representative. Such application shall give the following information:
(1) The applicant's name;
(2) The applicant's age and address;
(3) The applicant's marital status;
(4) The make, ownership, engine number, license number and seating capacity of the automobile or automobiles to be used in the business; and
(5) Whether or not the applicant has been convicted of a violation of any law of the State or ordinance of the City in the five years preceding the date of such application.
(b) Applications filed with the Manager or his or her representative under this chapter shall be referred to Council at its regular meeting.
Council may limit the number of taxicabs licensed to operate in the City to such a number as is deemed by it to be in the interest of public safety and welfare. Council may refuse to issue a license when in its opinion the number of taxicabs already licensed is sufficient for the public safety and welfare.
(Ord. 118. Passed 5-6-46.)
(a) Upon approval by Council of an application filed under this chapter, a license shall be issued to the applicant by the City Manager or his or her authorized representative, covering the automobile or automobiles in question, which license shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
(b) Before the issuance and delivery of such license, the applicant shall furnish the Manager or his or her representative with the following:
(1) Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each motor vehicle licensed;
(2) A written statement from a competent garage in the City that the vehicle or vehicles are in good mechanical order and equipped with safe tires.
(c) Each and every taxicab licensed under this chapter shall have in full force and effect at all times an insurance policy covering personal injury and property damage in no less than the following amounts: one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each person; three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for each accident; and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for property damage. Duplicate copies of all such insurance policies shall be submitted to the Manager or his or her representative along with certification that all premiums have been paid. Failure to comply with this subsection shall cause an automatic revocation of such license. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation of this subsection occurs or continues.
Six months after the issuance of a license under this chapter, the licensee shall furnish a new garageman's certificate, to comply with Section 876.05(b)(2). Failure to do so shall result in suspension of the license until such certificate is furnished.
(Ord. 118. Passed 5-6-46.)
The holder of any license issued under this chapter may substitute one automobile for another with the written consent of the City Manager or his or her authorized representative and upon compliance with the provisions of Section 876.05(b)(2) and (c).
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