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)
Upon the filing of an application, the city commission shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and to all persons to whom certificates of public convenience and necessity have been theretofore issued. Due notice shall also be given the general public by posting a notice of such hearing in the city hall. Any interested person may file with the city commission a memorandum in support of or opposition to the issuance of a certificate. (Prior code § 22-2-3)
A. If the city commission finds that further taxicab service in the city is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the chief of police, then the city commission shall issue a certificate stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under such certificate and the date of issuance. Otherwise, the application shall be denied.
B. In making the findings as described in subsection A, the city commission shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs already in operation, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions and the character, experience and responsibility of the applicant. (Prior code §§ 22-2-4, 22-2-5)
A. No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued or continued in operation unless there is in full force and effect an indemnity bond for each vehicle authorized in the amount of ten thousand dollars for bodily injury to any one person, in the amount of twenty thousand dollars for injuries to more than one person which are sustained in the same accident and five thousand dollars for property damage resulting from any one accident. Such bond 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 a holder, his servants or agents. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and shall have as surety thereon a surety company authorized to do business in the state.
B. The city commission may in its discretion allow the holder to file, in lieu of bond, a liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state. Such policy shall conform to the provisions of this chapter relating to bonds. (Prior code §§ 22-2-6, 22-2-7)
No certificate shall be issued or continued in operation unless the holder thereof has paid an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars for the right to engage in the taxicab business and ten dollars for each year for each vehicle operated under a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Such license fees shall be for the calendar year and shall be in addition to any other license fees or charges established by proper authority and applicable to such holder or the vehicle under his operation and control. (Prior code § 22-2-8)
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