751.04 INVESTIGATION, GRANTING OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL, DISPLAY OF LICENSE.

   (a)   The Safety-Service Director, upon the filing of such application, shall investigate the statements made therein, and if he/she determines that the public welfare will be served by the granting of the license so applied for, he/she shall issue in writing to the applicant a license for each vehicle which the applicant desires to operate for public hire within and from the City. Any license issued hereunder shall expire on January 1st of the year following the year in which it is issued, unless sooner terminated hereunder. A license which is in good standing may be renewed from year to year by the Safety-Service Director upon the applicant paying the required annual license fee set forth in Section 751.06 , furnishing the liability insurance required by Section 751.05 , and complying with the provisions of Section 751.03 . Such license so renewed shall be subject to all the provisions of this Chapter.

   (b)    Every taxicab operated upon the streets of the City shall have displayed at all times in the taxicab in plain view of the passengers, a copy of the license or permit under which the taxicab is operating, an explanation as to how fares are to be calculated, and the driver's identification card of the driver of the taxicab.

   (c)   In addition to the license issued by the Safety-Service Director, the Safety-Service Director shall also issue to the owner an annual license decal which a City Police Officer shall affix to the lower right hand corner of the rear window of the licensed taxicab. Failure to clearly display the annual license decal on the rear window of the taxicab shall be a violation of this Ordinance.
(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.05 LIABILITY INSURANCE.

   (a)   No person shall operate a taxicab, except as provided in Section 751.02 , or permit such vehicle to be so operated, and no license shall be issued hereunder, until and unless the applicant for such license shall deposit with the Safety-Service Director, and keep in full force and effect the following:

   (b)   A policy or certificate of liability insurance, for each taxicab for which a license is sought, acceptable to the Safety-Service Director and the Law Director, insuring the applicant in the following sums:

 

Bodily injury
Per person	$100,000
Per occurrence	300,000
Property damage	100,000
Uninsured motorist	50,000/100,000

   (c)    Such policy shall contain a clause obligating the insurance company to give at least ten days written notice to the Safety-Service Director before any cancellation, change of coverage of the policy, or change of vehicles covered by the policy. Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be immediately revoked by the Safety-Service Director upon the cancellation, lapse or termination of the policy of insurance, or change of coverage without notice to the City. A license revoked for failure to maintain insurance coverage or cancellation of insurance coverage shall not be reinstated by the Safety-Service Director, until the applicant complies with all original licensing requirements of this Chapter.

   (d)    The City of Mansfield shall be named as an additional insured on all insurance policies required under this Section.

(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.06 ANNUAL LICENSE FEES.

   Every person granted a license hereunder to operate a taxicab shall pay annually, beginning on or before January 1st of each year, a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each taxicab operated for hire under a license issued by the City.

(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.07 INSPECTION OF VEHICLES.

   Each taxicab shall be inspected annually by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, by January 1st of each year, and shall bear a safety inspection sticker showing that it has successfully passed the inspection. The annual inspection is to be made immediately prior to application for the annual re-licensing of taxicabs required under this Chapter.

(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.08 DRIVER'S LICENSE.

   No person shall drive or be allowed to drive any taxicab required to be licensed by Section 751.02 unless the owner of the taxicab has been duly issued a license to operate the same under this Chapter, and the person driving the taxicab has submitted an application for and been issued a license to drive a taxicab by the City.

(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.09 APPLICATION INFORMATION.

   Every applicant for a license as a driver of a taxicab shall make an application to the Safety-Service Director on forms provided by the Safety-Service Director and shall set forth in the application that the applicant is:

   (a)   A citizen of the United States or a legal alien;

   (b)   Able to speak, read and write the English language;

   (c)   Twenty-one (21) years of age or over;

   (d)   Free of defective or uncorrected vision, defective or uncorrected hearing, epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble, and any other infirmity, physical or mental, which in the opinion of the Safety-Service Director may render him unfit for the safe operation of the taxicab;

   (e)   Not addicted to the use of alcohol or drugs;

   (f)   In possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license, not subject to any suspensions, issued by the state of Ohio.

   The applicant shall also furnish any other information required by the Safety-Service Director. Applications shall be sworn to by the applicant. An application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be paid with each application. Each application shall be kept on file in the Safety-Service Director's Office.
(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)

751.10 PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRED.

   Every applicant for a Taxicab drivers license under the provisions of this Chapter shall submit with their application two unmounted unretouched photographs for the purpose of issuing a photo identification card pursuant to Section 751.14 of this Chapter. Said photographs must be passport sized so as to be easily attached to an identification card. Once the photo is attached to the card it may not be removed.

(Ord. 16-269. Passed 2-7-17.)