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The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue for each vehicle so licensed a number on a card or certificate, the numbers being assigned in the consecutive order of issue of licenses, beginning with the number one, which number shall be placed on the vehicle in full view of passengers, which shall be in the following form:
CITY OF OWATONNA Taxicab License No. ____________ |
(1992 Code, § 491:15)
No license shall be issued for and no taxicab, automobile or similar vehicle used for hire, shall be operated or used in or upon the streets of the city for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, and it shall be unlawful to so operate such taxicab, unless there shall have been filed with the Clerk-Treasurer a liability contract of insurance, issued to the owner of such taxicab, which shall be on the form of the standard automobile liability insurance policy in customary use, to be approved by the Council and issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state, said policy to include provisions naming the city as an additional insured, to secure payment, in accordance with the provisions thereof, to any person, except employees of the owner, for personal injuries to such persons and for any damage to property, except property owned by, rented to, leased to, in charge of or transported by the owner, other than baggage of passengers, caused by the operation of such taxicab, in the amount of $300,000 combined single limit or equivalent.
(1992 Code, § 491:20) Penalty, see § 10.99
No license shall be issued for any vehicle until said vehicle has been inspected by a motor vehicle maintenance shop approved by the state and noted defects corrected. Such inspection and approval must be received before initial issue, before annual renewal and six months following initial issue or renewal.
(1992 Code, § 491:23)
All licenses shall be issued for specific conveyances, except as otherwise herein provided. License tags, including number and year for which issued, shall be plainly visible from the front seat of the conveyance. Both sides of every licensed taxicab, when in use, shall be plainly and permanently marked as such with a painted sign or appurtenances showing the full or abbreviated name of the licensed company.
(1992 Code, § 491:35) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each applicant shall file with the City Clerk-Treasurer, before a taxicab license is issued or renewed, a schedule of proposed maximum rates to be charged by him or her during the licensed period for which the application is made. The schedule of proposed maximum rates shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the taxicab in full view of passengers riding therein. The applicant may change rates by notifying the City Clerk-Treasurer’s office.
(1992 Code, § 491:40)