(A) City Clerk to issue. The City Clerk shall issue a taxicab owner’s license if:
(1) The City Council approves the issuance of the taxicab owner’s license;
(2) The applicant provides proof to the City Clerk that the applicant has obtained and filed with the State Secretary of State an insurance policy issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state, providing insurance coverage for each and every taxicab owned, operated or leased by applicant with minimums as are provided by the laws of the state;
(3) The Chief of Police, or his or her designate, certifies and reports that each vehicle to be used as a taxicab complies with the provisions of this chapter; and
(4) The applicant has paid all required fees and costs.
(B) Contents of license. Each taxicab owner’s license issued hereunder shall contain a distinguishing number, the name of the holder of the taxicab owner’s license, the owner’s residence address, the owner’s business address, the number of taxicabs to be operated and an assigned number for each taxicab, the make and type of each vehicle to be used, the factory number thereof, and the state license number thereof. The number assigned hereunder to the owner and each taxicab shall in each case be the same as that assigned to the owner and the taxicab for the previous year if a previous license has been issued hereunder.
(C) License year. All taxicab owner’s license shall expire on April 30 of each year, irrespective of the date of issuance.
(D) License fee. The City Clerk shall charge a fee of $20 per year for each taxicab owned or operated by the taxicab owner to whom or to which a taxicab owner’s license has been issued hereunder. The fee shall not be prorated for a fractional part of a year.
(E) Duplicate license. Whenever an owner has lost or destroyed a taxicab owner’s license issued to the owner, or any placard or plate issued thereunder, the City Clerk upon verified application therefore may issue a duplicate license, placard or plate upon payment of a fee in the amount of $5 for each license, placard and or plate re-issued.
(1980 Code, § 19.918) (Ord. 9329, passed 3-19-2018) Penalty, see §
125.999