(a) No license to operate a driverless auto-for-hire shall be issued or renewed by the Village Clerk-Treasurer, and no person shall operate any such vehicle, or permit the same to be operated, unless and until the applicant deposits with the Village Administrator a policy or policies of liability insurance issued by a responsible insurance company, approved as to sufficiency by the Administrator and as to legality by the Solicitor, providing indemnity for or protection to the rentee against loss in amounts provided for in this chapter and agreeing to pay, within the limits of such amounts, to any judgement creditor, any final judgment rendered against the rentee by reason of the liability of the rentee to pay damages to others, except to occupants of such driverless auto-for-hire, for bodily injury, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, and for damages to or destruction of property sustained during the term of such policy resulting from negligent operation, maintenance or use of such driverless auto- for-hire. However, any person claiming the protection of this section shall, within 30 days after the date of the accident out of which the injury or damage arises, file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer his or her claim for injury or damages together with a statement setting forth, to the best of his or her knowledge, the day, hour and place of the accident, the license number of the vehicle at fault, the name and address of the driver, if known, and the name and address of witnesses of the accident to the extent the same are known to him or her, except that where the injured person is by the accident rendered incapable of preparing the claim and statement required herein, such claim and statement may be filed within 30 days after such person becomes able to prepare the same or, in the case of death resulting from the injury, within 30 days after the date of such death.
(b) The policy of insurance required by this section may provide that if a rentee is independently insured against liability, the indemnity herein provided shall not apply except to the extent that such independent insurance is made to furnish the protection required by this chapter. It shall further be permissible for the owner to furnish insurance as to damages for personal injuries, including death, and an indemnity bond as to property damages or vice-versa.
(Ord. 1184, passed 1-28-1952; Am. Ord. 82-3, passed 1-4-1982)