(A) No person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall operate a taxicab within the corporate limits of the city without obtaining an annual taxicab operator permit from the city. The permit fee shall be $100 and paid annually to the Clerk-Treasurer’s office. No taxicab operator permit shall be issued until the operator has demonstrated compliance with all items in this chapter.
(B) Any applicant or holder of a taxicab operator permit shall agree to inspection of all taxicab vehicles owned or operated by the applicant or holder of a taxicab operator permit by any representative of the city, its Police Department, or the County Sheriff’s Department, at any time without advance notification or cause. In addition to the actual taxicab vehicles, this inspection may include any taxicab staging lot located in the county or any adjacent county, along with any taxicab office located in the county or any adjacent county, including all taxicab driver records and trip records.
Penalty, see § 110.99