(A) Each vehicle operated under authority of a limousine service license shall be inspected from time to time, and at least annually, by the Police Department, to ensure continued maintenance of safe operating conditions. The Chief of Police shall send notice to all license holders to submit their vehicles for inspection.
(B) After receiving notice from the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, the licensee shall be allowed seven days to take the licensed vehicle or vehicles to an inspection station for inspection. The license of all licensed vehicles not inspected within that period will be suspended by direction of the Business Licensing Commissioner.
(C) The inspection will include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Vehicle make, year and identification number;
(2) State license number and year;
(3) City vehicle license number and year;
(4) Vehicle color;
(5) Vehicle number;
(6) Company name;
(7) Service brakes;
(8) Emergency brakes;
(9) Horn;
(10) Rear view mirror;
(11) Windshield wipers and washers;
(12) Headlights;
(13) Tail lights;
(14) Stop lights;
(15) Turn signals;
(16) Speedometer;
(17) Taximeter;
(18) Rates displayed;
(19) Steering;
(20) Interior condition;
(21) Exterior condition;
(22) Windows;
(23) Tires; and
(24) Current bond sticker.
(D) Any vehicle failing to pass the inspection will be given a period of five working days to allow for repairs. The vehicle cannot be used as a vehicle for hire until repairs have been completed and it passes inspection. If the vehicle does not pass reinspection within the five-working-day period, the license will be suspended by direction of the Business License Commissioner.
(E) The Chief of Police shall prescribe reasonable standards which vehicles must satisfy to pass the inspections required prior to licensing and periodically thereafter, which standards shall be designed to assure that vehicles licensed by the city are mechanically dependable, safe and clean and that they satisfy the requirements of this subchapter.
(2000 Code, § 5.34.070)