(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
The number of taxicabs permitted to operate or to be licensed to operate under § 116.01 is hereby limited to fifteen (15) and no more than that number shall be permitted to operate or be licensed hereunder at any one time or period. This section is enacted under and pursuant to the provisions of KRS 281.635 (4).
(Ord. 430.9, passed 5-14-62) Penalty, see § 116.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab within the city limits who does not possess a Kentucky operator’s license and who does not also possess a permit issued by the Finance Director/City Clerk/Tax Administrator to operate a taxicab within the city limits.
(B) Such permits shall be issued by the Finance Director/City Clerk/Tax Administrator upon application on forms to be furnished by the Finance Director/City Clerk/Tax Administrator showing the holder of the permit to have the following qualifications:
(1) Is in sound health.
(2) Possesses normal vision.
(3) Has held an automobile driver’s or taxicab operator’s license for at least two (2) years prior to the issuance of the permit, which has not been revoked or suspended during that period or at any previous time.
(4) Is a person of normal sobriety, intelligence, and ability and is of good moral character evidenced by the affidavit of at least two (2) reputable citizens and residents of the city.
(5) Has not been convicted of a felony for which he has not been pardoned.
(C) No permit shall be issued by the Finance Director/City Clerk/Tax Administrator until and unless written application showing the above qualifications has been submitted and approved by the City Manager in writing.
(D) A fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid by the applicant to cover the expense of processing the application before any permit authorized by this section shall be issued.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any taxicab within the city limits without displaying in a prominent place within the taxicab and in plain view of any occupant thereof the permit herein required with a full face photograph of the holder of the permit which shall be at least three (3) inches by three (3) inches in size.
(F) This section is enacted under and pursuant to the provisions of KRS 281.635 (5).
(Ord. 430.9, passed 5-14-62) Penalty, see § 116.99
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