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PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
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TITLE ONE - Business Regulation Generally
TITLE THREE - Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire
TITLE FIVE - Weights and Measures and Consumer Protection
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705.01. License required.
   No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of renting automobiles to the citizens of the City without first having procured a license to do so from the Director of Finance.
(1952 Code § 25-27-1)
705.02. License fee.
   Licenses to engage in the business of renting automobiles to the public shall be issued by the Director of Finance upon application therefor and the fee for each person, firm or corporation engaged in such business shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00) per year. Any license fee indicated by this section shall be in addition to the fee required under the laws of the State on all motor vehicles. The license year shall begin April 1.
(Ord. 152-05. Passed 3-22-05.)
705.03. Liability insurance required.
   Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of renting automobiles to the public, shall carry liability insurance on each automobile so rented to the extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000) property damage; five thousand dollars ($5,000) for injury to one person in any one accident; and ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for injury to two or more persons in any one accident. Such liability insurance shall be approved and filed with the Director of Finance before any license hereunder is issued by him.
(1952 Code § 25-27-3)
705.04. Police inspection of vehicles.
   The Police Division shall, whenever it deems proper, inspect the automobiles of all persons engaged in the renting of such vehicles to the public to determine whether or not they are properly equipped, kept in a sanitary condition and as to their fitness for use on the streets of the City. When found to be unfit after such inspection, the use of such cars shall be immediately discontinued.
(1952 Code § 25-27-4)
705.05. Automobile trailer rentals.
   No person firm or corporation shall engage in the business of renting automobile trailers in the City to the public without first having procured a license to do so from the Director of Finance.
(1952 Code § 25-27-6; Ord. 198-61)
705.06. License fee.
   Licenses to engage in the business of renting automobile trailers to the public shall be issued by the Director of Finance upon application therefor, and the fee for each person, firm or corporation engaged in such business shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) per year per each location. The license year shall begin April 1.
(Ord. 152-05. Passed 3-22-05.)
705.07. Definition.
   The word "trailer" as used herein includes all trailers except house trailers, camping trailers, tourists trailers, tractor trailers and such truck trailers as are licensed by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Interstate Commerce Commission or similar regulatory body of Ohio or any other state.
(1952 Code § 25-27-8; Ord. 198-61)
705.08. Liability insurance required.
   Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of renting trailers as defined herein, shall carry liability insurance on each trailer so rented to the extent of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in property damage; twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for injury to one person in any one accident; and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for injury to two or more persons in any one accident. Such liability insurance shall be approved by and filed with the Director of Finance before any license hereunder is issued by him. Such policy shall provide that the insurance carrier shall pay, not later than thirty days after any judgment is recovered against the owner or lessor of such trailer for damage to property or personal injuries sustained or wrongful death caused by the negligence of the owner or lessor of such trailer. Such policy shall provide coverage to the licensee, his or its lessor or authorized agent of the lessor.
(1952 Code § 25-27-9; Ord. 198-61)
705.09. Safe equipment.
   Before a license shall be issued to any applicant hereunder he shall certify to the Director of Finance that his equipment is of a good quality and in a safe and operational condition and complies with any and all safety requirements of the State of Ohio or the City.
(1952 Code § 25-27-10; Ord. 198-61)
705.99. Penalty.
   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.