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CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF KENT
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE.
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 755
Transportation Systems
755.01   Definitions.
755.02   Compliance; certificate and license.
755.03   Certificate application; contents.
755.04   Referral; hearing.
755.05   Council approval; issuance of certificate.
755.06   Insurance.
755.07   Fare rates.
755.08   Council's authority over certificate.
755.09   License required; fee.
755.10   License for driver.
755.11   Safety inspections.
755.12   Nontransferability.
755.13   Vehicle identification.
755.14   Retroactive measures.
755.15   City Manager's powers and duties.
755.99   Penalty.
 
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Licensing and accidents - see TRAF. Ch. 335
 
 
755.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   "Operator" means every person, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the business of transporting in a vehicle for hire any member of the general public but excluding the transportation of persons in taxicabs or buses.
   (b)   "Vehicle" means any motor propelled vehicle which has a seating capacity of not more than eighteen persons, excluding the driver, excluding taxicabs and buses.
   (c)   "Driver" means the person in actual physical control of a vehicle.
   (d)   "Street" means any street, alley or public way within the corporate limits of the City.    (Ord. 1970-67. Passed 8-19-70.)
755.02 COMPLIANCE; CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE.
   No operator shall begin to operate any vehicle for the transportation of the general public for hire over any streets of the City, without first obtaining from Council a certificate declaring that the public convenience and necessity requires such operation and obtain the license required by Section 755.09. (Ord. 1970-67. Passed 8-19-70.)
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