(A) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to operate within the city limits until the owner shall have obtained a license therefor from the Finance Director/City Clerk/Tax Administrator, which license is hereby fixed at thirty dollars ($30.00) per year. The license period shall extend from July 1 to June 30 of each year, and any license issued for any portion of a year shall be upon a pro rata basis.
(B) No license shall be issued to the owner of any taxicab except to a holder of a certificate issued by the State Department of Motor Transportation. This license is in addition to the license fees required by the State Department of Motor Transportation and is in lieu of all other license tax or charge by any other ordinance of this city and shall exempt the holder thereof from payment of the occupational tax based on net profit provided by Chapter 115, but shall not exempt the holder thereof from withholding or paying the occupational tax of one percent (1%) of gross receipts as to any employee and shall not exempt any operator of a taxicab, other than the owner and holder of a license under this section, from payment of the tax, if employed as a driver or operator of a taxicab by another. This license is fixed in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of KRS 281.635.
(Ord. 430.9, passed 5-14-62) Penalty, see § 116.99