After the application has been approved by the City Manager, the City Recorder shall, upon payment of fees established by the City Council in this subchapter or as may hereafter be amended by resolution of the City Council, grant a license to the applicant to operate a taxicab company. The annual license fee is as follows: for each vehicle to be operated as a taxi, the sum of $25 per year; provided, however, that the license may be issued semi-annually upon the payment of $12.50, the license to expire on June 30 and December 31 of each year. Each taxi shall carry its own license which shall be plainly visible in the vehicle at all times. The license shall not be transferable to another licensee or to another vehicle; provided, however, that the City Manager, in his or her discretion, may authorize a transfer of a license from a less serviceable vehicle to a more serviceable vehicle and waive payment of the regular license fee upon proof that the less serviceable vehicle has been permanently withdrawn from use in carrying passengers for hire by the licensee, or upon proof that the previous vehicle is in a temporary state of needing service and repairs.
(Prior Code, § 110.036) (Ord. 984, passed 9-15-1980)