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The words and phrases used in this Article shall have the meanings defined and set forth as follows:
CERTIFICATE: A certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Mayor, or the Mayor's designee, authorizing the holder thereof to conduct, in Ogden City, a business in the transportation of handicapped persons, pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
HANDICAPPED PERSON: A person who is not acutely ill, who does not, for any reason, require the service of an ambulance, and who, by reason of physical or mental infirmity may not be conveniently transported in public mass transportation, or in a taxicab without the special equipment provided for in this Article.
HOLDER: A person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
MANIFEST: A daily record prepared by a driver of a "special transportation vehicle", as defined in this Article, of all trips made by said driver showing times and places of origin and destination, number of passengers, and the charge for each trip, and generally the nature of the illness or handicap of each person transported.
PERSON: Includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership and any unincorporated association, excluding, however, the United States, the State of Utah, or any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE: Any specially constructed motor vehicle which is designed, and equipped and used for the transportation of "handicapped persons", as defined in this Article.
TRANSPORTATION: The carrying or movement by "special transportation vehicles" of handicapped persons. Such transportation shall not include, however, the movement of sick, injured or infirm persons who require the use of a stretcher or litter.
(1979 Code § 5.63.010; amd. Ord. 98-54, 8-18-1998)
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning or having under its control any taxicab to operate the same for hire upon the streets of the City unless a taxicab license has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article and is in full force and effect at the time of the operation or presence of said taxicab upon the streets of the City as aforesaid. No taxicab license shall be issued for any such taxicab except to the registered owner thereof and after compliance with the provisions of this Article.
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A. No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, a "special transportation vehicle" owned or controlled by him upon the streets of the City without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity as provided under Article B of this Chapter, authorizing the operations of a "special transportation vehicle", as defined herein.
B. All persons having a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of special transportation vehicle, issued by the City Council before January 6, 1992, and who were licensed under the former provisions of this Article for the 1998 calendar year, shall have a certificate of public convenience and necessity awarded to them, allowing them to operate the same number of vehicles as they are presently authorized to operate, without additional public hearing and without a determination by the Mayor that the public convenience and necessity has been demonstrated. Such existing licensees shall not be required to comply with other requirements of Article B of this Chapter, until January 2, 1999.
(1979 Code § 5.63.020 1
; amd. Ord. 98-54, 8-18-1998)
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The holder of any certificate, under this Article, shall apply for and obtain a business license under the provisions of Chapter 1, Article A of this Title and shall pay the fees as determined in Chapter 1, Article B of this Title.
(1979 Code § 5.63.100; amd. Ord. 97-94, 12-16-1997; Ord. 98-54, 8-18-1998)
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