(A) For the purpose of this section,
PAINT or PAINTED shall mean the application of coloring matter in oil solution, not in water solution.
(B) (1) Every person, firm, corporation, or association owning and operating a taxicab under license from the village may adopt any trade name, design, color scheme, or method of painting or lettering for such taxicabs as approved by the Mayor.
(2) The trade name, design, color scheme, or method of painting or lettering shall include the following matter:
(a) A serial body number assigned by the Mayor to each taxicab and painted on each side and on the rear of the taxicab; and
(b) The name of the owner or the trade name under which he, she, or it does business, painted on each side of the taxicab.
(C) Whenever the name of the owner, or the trade name under which he, she, or it does business, does not include any one of the words taxicab, taxi, or cab, the word taxicab shall be painted on each side of the taxicab immediately beneath the name or trade name.
(D) Whenever any person, firm, association, or corporation owning or operating taxicabs does not adopt and use an approved trade name, design, color scheme, or method of painting and lettering as hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be mandatory for the person, firm, association, or corporation to paint the following matter on its taxicabs:
(1) (a) A framed panel, containing on separate lines the name of the owner, the word taxicab and the serial body number assigned to the taxicab by the Mayor. The panel shall be painted on each side of the taxicab, and shall cover no less area than ten inches by 12 inches.
(b) The form of the panel shall be substantially as follows:
JOHN T. SMITH
TAXICAB
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(2) The serial body number assigned the taxicab by the Mayor, painted on the rear exterior of the taxicab.
(E) (1) All mandatory lettering and wording, whether in a particular trade name, design, color scheme, method of painting or lettering, or otherwise, shall be at least two inches in height, and shall be of such color as in the opinion of the Mayor will contrast distinctly with the color of the taxicab body.
(2) The serial body numbers on the sides and rear shall be no less than three inches in height.
(F) No person shall cause or permit any taxicab to appear with a trade name, design, color scheme, or method of painting and lettering that is unapproved by the Mayor or not in accordance with terms of this subchapter.
(1967 Code, § 112.14) (Ord. O-23-42, passed 6-8-1942) Penalty, see § 112.99