(a) Each taxicab or automobile kept for hire in the City shall be licensed and the owner thereof shall pay to the Chief of Police, a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) annually for each taxicab or automobile kept for hire. The term “taxicab or automobile kept for hire” shall not be held to include motor busses, nor shall such terms be held to include any automobile leased or rented for private use without the services of a driver.
(b) All such licenses shall expire on midnight of the date shown on the license.
(c) Upon the application of the owner of a taxicab or automobile kept for hire, already licensed, the Chief of Police may authorize the transfer of the license to another taxicab or automobile kept for hire, owned by the same person, firm or corporation for a fee of ten dollars ($10.00). (Ord. 2009-40. Passed 12-18-09.)