(A) License required. Each taxicab company shall obtain a Village taxicab company license.
(B) License fee. The license fee for taxicab companies shall be $275 per year.
(C) Service. Each taxicab company shall have taxicabs available to provide taxicab service 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Each taxicab company shall maintain, or shall be a member of an association which maintains, an office within the Village. Each taxicab company shall operate, or shall be a member of an association which operates, a 24 hour per day telephone service and a commercial 2-way radio station licensed by the Federal Communication Commission which provides radio communication between the taxicab company’s Maywood office and each taxicab operated by or on behalf of the taxicab company. Each taxicab company shall maintain a listing of the telephone numbers of its 24-hour telephone service in each telephone directory which covers the Village.
(D) Abandonment of service. A taxicab company shall be deemed to have abandoned service if it fails to provide service as required by § 118.02(C) for a period of 3 consecutive days.
(E) Insurance. Each taxicab company shall obtain a public liability insurance policy which covers each taxicab operated by or on behalf of the taxicab company. The insurance policy shall have limits of not less than $100,000 for injury or death to any one person up to a maximum of not less than $300,000 per occurrence and shall have limits of not less than $50,000 for property damage in any one occurrence. Each taxicab company shall maintain on file with the Building Director a certificate of insurance which evidences that the company has obtained and there is currently in force the insurance coverage required by this section. Such insurance certificate shall provide that not less than 10 days written notice of cancellation shall be given to the Village. In the event that the Village receives a notice of cancellation, the taxicab company license and all taxicab vehicle licenses issued to taxicabs operated by or on behalf of the taxicab company shall immediately terminate as of the effective date of the cancellation of the insurance policy unless the taxicab company provides a substitute policy of insurance which meets the requirements of this section. In case a final judgment or claim has been paid by or pursuant to any indemnitor or an insurance policy, as a result of which the amount of insurance coverage which a taxicab company has is reduced below the minimum required by this section, the taxicab company license of the taxicab company and any taxicab vehicle licenses issued to taxicabs operated by or on behalf of the taxicab company shall immediately terminate.
(F) Colors and names. All taxicabs operated by or on behalf of a taxicab company shall be identically painted so that they are readily identifiable as being operated by or on behalf of the taxicab company. However, no coloring scheme or name shall be similar to that of any other taxicab company licensed to do business in the Village.
(G) Drivers must have permit. A taxicab company shall not allow any taxicab operated by it or on its behalf to be driven by a person who has not been issued a Village taxicab driver permit.
(1997 Code, § 36.02) (Ord. 83-7, passed 4-28- 1983; Am. Ord. C0-00-28, passed 12-4-2000; Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021)