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Codified Ordinances of Marietta, OH
Codified Ordinances of the City of Marietta, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 702 Transient Guest Tax
CHAPTER 705 Advertising
CHAPTER 712 Garage Sales
CHAPTER 713 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 717 Garbage Collection
CHAPTER 721 Licenses and Taxation
CHAPTER 722 Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Mobile Food Service Operations
CHAPTER 725 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 727 Tourist Vehicles
CHAPTER 729 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 733 Tattoo Establishments
CHAPTER 735 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 739 Video Service Providers
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 725
Taxicabs
725.01   Definitions.
725.02   Driver’s license required.
725.03   Driver’s license application.
725.04   Driver’s qualifications.
725.05   Driver’s license examination.
725.06   Driver’s license issuance.
725.07   Driver’s license form.
725.08   Driver’s license fee.
725.09   License suspension or revocation.
725.10   Posting pictures of drivers.
725.11   Renewal of driver’s or operator’s license.
725.12   Driver changing companies; application amendment; fee.
725.13   Operator’s license required; Director of Public Safety and Service to grant.
725.14   Operator’s license application.
725.15   Operator’s qualifications.
725.16   Operator’s license examination.
725.17   Operator’s license issuance and expiration.
725.18   Operator’s license form and contents.
725.19   Operator’s license fee.
725.20   Business office and comment cards required.
725.21   Limitation in number of operator’s licenses.
725.22   Revocation of license; reissuance.
725.23   Liability insurance required; coverage.
725.24   Limits of liability coverage.
725.25   Cancellation or termination of policy.
725.26   Director of Public Safety and Service to keep records; records open to public.
725.27   Taximeters required.
725.28   Fare rates established.
725.29   Rules governing group riding.
725.30   Vehicle requirements.
725.31   Overloading prohibited.
725.32   Drivers not to refuse service.
725.33   Receipts to be furnished upon request.
725.34   Safety and cleanliness regulations.
725.35   Failure to pay fare.
725.99   Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.22, 715.66
Power to establish stands and fix rates - see Ohio R.C. 715.25
Operation and equipment - see TRAFFIC CODE, Title Five
   725.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)    "Taxicab" means any automotive vehicle offered for hire as a common carrier to the general public for the purpose of transporting passengers from place to place as they may direct, except motor buses operated on regular routes.
   (b)    "Taxicab operator" means every corporation, association, joint stock association, person, firm or partnership, their lessees, directors, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, or the personal representatives or assigns of a deceased owner, owning, controlling, operating or managing the business of one or more taxicabs upon the streets of the City.
   (c)    "Taxicab driver" means any person driving a taxicab, either as the owner thereof or as the employee of a taxicab operator.
(Ord. 92(90-91). Passed 7-19-90.)
   725.02 DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person shall operate a taxicab or automobile for hire as a taxicab driver within the City without first procuring or renewing and maintaining in full force and effect a taxicab driver's license.
(Ord. 92(90-91). Passed 7-19-90.)
   725.03 DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION.
   Application shall be made to the Chief of Police of the City for a taxicab driver's license by any person desiring to drive a taxicab, either as an employee of a taxicab operator or individually as an operator.
(Ord. 92(90-91). Passed 7- 19-90.)
   725.04 DRIVER'S QUALIFICATIONS.
   (a)    An applicant for a taxicab driver's license shall be able to speak and read the English language, shall be eighteen or more years of age, shall have good eyesight and hearing and sound physique, shall have a working knowledge of the traffic laws and rules of the State and the City, shall be competent to drive a motor vehicle upon the streets of the City and shall be of good moral character, as evidenced by the absence of convictions for any theft offense, drug offense, sex offense or felony as defined in the Ohio Revised Code. The qualifications for eyesight shall be:
(1)    Vision, either with or without lens correction, of not less than 20/40 with either eye;
(2)    Normal color vision; and
(3)    Fields of vision for motion of at least ninety degrees temporal ward.
   (b)    Eyesight qualifications shall be supported by a certificate from a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist; the qualifications for hearing and physique shall be supported by a certificate from a licensed physician and the qualification of moral character shall be supported by the affidavits of two reputable local citizens.
(Ord. 92(90-91). Passed 7-19-90.)
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