All entities holding one or more city taxicab permits shall:
(A) Provide adequate and reasonable service, including but not limited to a business location within the city, and a listed local telephone number at all times, which results in the availability of taxi service to all parts of the city at a minimum, from the hour of 6:00 a.m. through the hour of 12:00 midnight, seven days a week, excepting only national or state holidays, except by written consent of the Board of Public Works and Safety.
(B) Maintain vehicles for which the permits were issued in operating condition. Should such a permitted vehicle become inoperable, and not be returned to operation within the requirements of this chapter with reasonably prudent speed (not more than 30 days), the taxicab permit for that vehicle issued pursuant to this chapter may be revoked, at any time thereafter, by the Board.
(C) Maintain on file at the permittee's business location (see division (A) of this section) the name, photograph, fingerprints, current address and the chauffeur's license number of each permitted vehicle's taxi driver, and the name, address, and telephone number of the person that taxi driver designates to be notified in an emergency. That information, and any changes in that information, shall be promptly provided to the Board, in writing.
(D) (1) Maintain in full force and effect at no cost to the city a comprehensive auto and general liability insurance policy, with terms to the reasonable satisfaction of the Board and providing not less than $500,000 single limit liability coverage per occurrence issued by an insurer in good standing with the Indiana Department of Insurance providing that the city and its representatives and agents are to be named additional insureds under the policy and further providing primary insurance, with no other insurance affected by the city or another insured being required to contribute to a loss within that primary policy's limits, and providing that the policy shall not be cancelled, modified, amended, nor shall it expire during the term of the then current permit, or that permit being applied for, as appropriate.
(2) That policy shall provide costs of defense of the city, its representatives and agents, from and against all actions, claims, losses, damages, liability, costs, and expenses of every type and description, including but not limited to attorney fees, to which any or all of them may be subjected by reason of, or resulting from, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the acts or omissions of the permittee or the permittee's representatives and/or agents directly or indirectly arising from the operation of a taxicab. Additionally, the permittee shall have such other responsibilities and/or liabilities as the permittee may have under other applicable laws.
(E) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, any material noncompliance with this section shall be grounds for immediate termination of the relevant permit(s).
(Ord. 13-C-92, passed 6-9-92) Penalty, see § 114.99