727.01 Definitions.
727.02 Compliance required.
727.03 Franchise required, nonexclusivity; annual fee.
727.04 Inspection of tourist vehicles, authority of Safety-Service Director.
727.05 Liability insurance required.
727.06 Franchise suspension or revocation.
727.07 Age and licensing requirements.
727.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Operation and equipment - see TRAFFIC CODE, Title Five
Taxicabs - see BUS. REG. Ch. 725
Unless otherwise expressly stated, when used in this chapter the following terms shall mean as follows:
(a)
"Tourist vehicle" means any bus, trolley, automobile, limousine, other motor vehicle, horse-drawn vehicle, or pedicab offered for hire to the general public for the purpose of transporting passengers from place to place of historical or general interest within the City.
(Ord. 262(08-09). Passed 7-8-09.)
(b) "Tourist travel company" means every corporation, company, association, proprietorship, firm, partnership or individual operating or managing the operation of any tourist vehicle within the City.
(c) "Street" means any public street, alley or public way within the corporate limits of the City.
(Ord. 211 (82-83). Passed 12-1-83.)
No tourist travel company shall operate any tourist vehicle for the transportation of persons upon any of the streets of the City in which the contract of hire is entered into within the corporation limits of the City, or in which the point of departure is within the City, unless such company has been granted a franchise for such operation by Council. Any such franchise granted shall not be assignable except with permission of Council. Franchises granted pursuant to this chapter shall be nonexclusive. Each tourist travel company granted a franchise pursuant to this chapter shall pay an annual fee to the City of two hundred dollars ($200.00), payable not later than January 31 of each year.
(Ord. 55 (90-91). Passed 4-19-90.)
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