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Before any licensee operates any taxicab, it shall secure and during the term of the franchise, maintain in force at all times, a liability insurance policy covering each vehicle operated as a taxicab, having limits of not less than $100,000 for bodily injury to any one person, not less than $300,000 for injuries to more than one person which are sustained in the same accident, and not less than $50,000 for property damage resulting from one accident. The policy of insurance shall inure to the benefit of any person who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property proximately caused by the negligence of the grantee, its servants or agents. A copy of the policy of insurance or a certificate of the insurance shall be filed in the office of the City Administrator. The insurance shall be carried with an insurance company authorized to do business in the state.
(Prior Code, § 29-2) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each driver shall be licensed as required by the laws of the state and the city and shall wear an identification badge at all times while on duty.
(Prior Code, § 29-3) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each taxicab shall bear an identifying symbol or design and the actual name of the grantee as the owner.
(Prior Code, § 29-4) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle, or operate or permit to be operated any business, using the words "taxi", "taxicab" or "cab" without compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 29-5) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
In addition to vehicles actually licensed under the foregoing provisions, the licensee shall be permitted to have available stand-by taxicabs to temporarily replace licensed vehicles while the licensed vehicles are undergoing repairs or alterations. In order to qualify a stand-by taxicab, the grantee shall submit to the City Administrator the same application and information required for a licensed vehicle, appropriately altering the application to indicate that the same is for a stand-by vehicle. When stand-by taxicabs are in use, the city taxicab license of the vehicle undergoing repairs shall be transferred to the replacement taxicab. None of the provisions of this section are to be construed as authorizing the operation of a taxicab on the streets of the city by the grantee without a city license displayed.
(Prior Code, § 29-6) (Ord. 813, passed - -)
(A) Prior to the initial use and operation of any vehicle under the authority of any license, the vehicle shall be thoroughly examined and inspected by the Police Department and found to comply with all standards of safety prescribed by the laws of the state or the city. When the Police Department finds that a vehicle proposed to be used as a taxicab has met the standards of safety prescribed by law, the Department shall notify the City Administrator of the fact and the City Administrator is authorized to issue a license for the vehicle upon compliance of the grantee with the other provisions of this chapter.
(B) Every vehicle operating under the authority of this chapter shall be inspected from time to time and at least annually by the Police Department to ensure the continued maintenance of safe operating conditions. The operation of any vehicle which fails to meet the standards of safety established by laws shall be discontinued until the time as the deficiency is eliminated.
(Prior Code, § 29-7) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
Vehicles must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. Every vehicle operating under the authority of this chapter shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition both as to interior and exterior.
(Prior Code, § 29-8) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in a taxicab unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab shall request or consent to the acceptance of additional passengers.
(Prior Code, § 29-9) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
No driver shall permit more persons to be carried in a taxicab as passengers than the rated seating capacity of his or her taxicab as stated in the license for the vehicle issued by the City Administrator. The rated seating for each taxicab operated under this franchise shall be determined by the Police Department and reported to the City Administrator for inclusion in the license certificate.
(Prior Code, § 29-10) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
No driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons, upon request, unless previously engaged or unable or forbidden by the provisions of this chapter to do so.
(Prior Code, § 29-11) (Ord. 813, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99
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