Sections:
5.48.010 Definitions.
5.48.020 Certificate of public convenience required.
5.48.030 Certificate-Application contents.
5.48.040 Application-Hearing- Notice.
5.48.050 Certificate issuance- Considerations.
5.48.060 Bond or insurance required.
5.48.070 License fee.
5.48.080 Certificates-Nontransferable.
5.48.090 Certificates-Suspension and revocation.
5.48.100 Taxi cab driver's license required.
5.48.110 Taxicab driver's license application.
5.48.120 Physician's certificate required.
5.48.130 State driver's license and knowledge of city required.
5.48.140 Police investigation of applicant.
5.48.150 Taxicab driver's license-Decision by city clerk.
5.48.160 Taxicab driver's license-Issuance-Renewal.
5.48.170 Display of driver's license.
5.48.180 Compliance with all laws mandatory.
5.48.190 Taxicab driver's license-Suspension and revocation-Notice.
5.48.200 Taxicab identification-Restrictions.
5.48.210 Standards of service.
5.48.220 Daily manifests required.
5.48.230 Solicitation-Restrictions.
5.48.240 Cruising.
5.48.250 Receiving and discharging passengers.
5.48.260 Refusal to serve prohibited.
5.48.270 Rates to be posted.
5.48.280 Payment-Receipt upon demand.
5.48.290 Refusal of passenger to pay fare.
5.48.300 Violation of chapter-Report to mayor.
For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
"Certificate" means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the city commission authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in the city.
"Cruising" means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the city in search of or soliciting prospective passengers for hire.
"Driver's license" means the permission granted by the city clerk to a person to drive a taxicab upon the streets of the city.
"Holder" means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
"Manifest" means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by such driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers and the amount of fare of each trip.
"Rate card" means a card issued by the city commission for display in each taxicab which contains the rate of fare then in force.
"Taxicab" means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of rive persons or less and not operated on a fixed route. (Prior code § 22-1-1)
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the city commission. (Prior code § 22-2-1)
An application for a certificate shall be filed with the city clerk upon forms provided by the city and such application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information:
A. The name and address of the applicant;
B. The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of ail unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments;
C. The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers;
D. Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate;
E. The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals;
F. The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
G. Such further information as the city commission may require. (Prior code § 22-2-2)
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