ARTICLE 1
GENERALLY
GENERALLY
SECTION:
24-1-1: Definitions
24-1-2: Police Authority For Inspection And License
24-1-3: Appointment Of Taxicab Inspectors
24-1-4: Taxicab License Required; Term
24-1-5: Inspections Of Vehicles As Prerequisite To Licensing
24-1-6: Bond Or Insurance Policy Required
24-1-7: Applications And Issuance Of Taxicab Licenses
24-1-8: Public Convenience And Necessity; Declaration Prerequisite To Issuance Of Taxicab License; Exceptions
24-1-9: Public Convenience And Necessity; Grounds For Determination
24-1-10: Public Convenience And Necessity; Hearing And Procedure
24-1-11: Requirements For Taxicab License Decals
24-1-12: Revocation Or Suspension Of Taxicab License
24-1-13: Register Of Licensed Taxicabs
24-1-14: Duty Of Owners To Furnish Service; Abandonment Of Service
24-1-15: Taxicab Colors And Name
24-1-16: Carrying Additional Passengers
24-1-17: Overcharging
24-1-18: Prepayment Of Fare May Be Demanded; Duty Of Drivers To Convey Orderly Persons
24-1-19: Receipt For Fare Paid
24-1-20: Schedule Of Rates Of Fares; Rate Card Required
24-1-21: Credit Card Payments
24-1-22: No Smoking
24-1-23: Cellular Telephones
The following words and phrases shall have the meanings, and are hereby defined, as follows:
OWNER: Every person having the use or control of one or more taxicabs as defined in this section.
TAXICAB: All public vehicles driven by mechanical power, used for the carriage of persons for hire, except those vehicles commonly known as buses.
TAXIMETER: A mechanical instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated, either for distance traveled or for waiting time, or for both, and upon which such charge shall be indicated by means of figures. (Ord. 2011-0-1, 1-3-2011)
The establishment of a mechanical inspection test for taxicabs, the licensing and inspecting of taxicabs in accordance with such test, the examining of applicants for licenses to drive such taxicabs, the licensing of drivers and enforcing of the provisions of this article shall be under the control of the Chief of Police. (Ord. 2011-0-1, 1-3-2011)
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