CHAPTER 112: TAXICABS
Section
General Provisions
   112.01     Definitions
   112.02     Compliance with city regulations
   112.03     License required
   112.04     License application
   112.05     License fee
   112.06     License prerequisites
   112.07     Issuance of license and license identification cards; appeal from denial
   112.08     Failure to obtain license
   112.09     License display
   112.10     Insurance required
Taxi Drivers
   112.25     Operator's license required
   112.26     Application
   112.27     Appeal and review
Operation
   112.35     Parking
   112.36     Driving cab while intoxicated
   112.37     Baggage charge restricted
   112.38     Lost articles
   112.39     Production of license
   112.40     Ejection of passengers
   112.41     Interrupted service
   112.42     Display of rates
   112.43     Maintenance of cabs
   112.44     Grounds for revocation or suspension; appeal
 
   112.99     Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 112.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   "TAXICAB." Every motor-driven vehicle used within the city for public hire and carrying passengers for hire or otherwise, along or over public streets, avenues, or other highways in the city, the destination or route of which is under the direction of a passenger transported therein. This term shall not be taken to mean any hearse, bus, or school bus.
('74 Code, § 112.01) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
§ 112.02 COMPLIANCE WITH CITY REGULATIONS.
   (A)   No person, persons, firm, or corporation shall drive, run, or operate any taxicab upon or along any street, avenue, or other highway in the city except in accordance with the regulations, terms, and conditions set forth in this chapter.
   (B)   No person, persons, firm, or corporation shall stop, stand, or park any taxicab on or along any street, avenue, or other highway in the city except in accordance with the regulations, terms, and conditions set forth in this chapter.
('74 Code, § 112.02) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
§ 112.03 LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person, persons, firm, or corporation shall operate a taxicab or while operating a taxicab, stop to solicit passengers, stop to allow passengers to alight, or stop to allow passengers to enter the taxicab on or along any street, avenue, or other highway in the city, without first having secured a license to do so as provided by this chapter.
('74 Code, § 112.03) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
§ 112.04 LICENSE APPLICATION.
   Any person, persons, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a taxicab or taxicabs or a taxicab service on or along any of the streets, avenues, or highways of the city shall, before undertaking to do so, file with the Clerk-Treasurer a signed application in writing, duly sworn to by the applicant or applicants, showing the following:
   (A)   The name of the person, persons, partnership, firm, or corporation desiring the license and if a firm, the full name of each of the partners thereof;
   (B)   The place of residence and principal place of business of the applicant or applicants;
   (C)   That said applicant is financially able to render taxicab service as petitioned for, together with a disclosure of resources and financial backing, including liabilities;
   (D)   That said applicant intends to and will, if issued a license to do so, run and operate such taxicabs as shall be necessary in such service. He shall aver that he owns and is the sole owner of certain described taxicabs, and that he intends to and will operate such taxicabs in such service;
   (E)   The age and experience in automobile operation and the residence of each of the proposed drivers of such taxicabs;
   (F)   The make, model, factory number, license number of the motor vehicle to be driven as a taxicab, and whether owned outright or under conditional sale purchase and if conditional sale contract, from whom purchased and by whom financed; and
   (G)   The location and address of the office of said person, persons, firm, or corporation.
('74 Code, § 112.04) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
§ 112.05 LICENSE FEE.
   Any person, firm, or corporation making application as provided in § 112.04 herein shall also, at the time of filing such application, pay to the Clerk-Treasurer for the benefit of the city as an annual license for each taxicab covered by said application, a sum as follows:
   (A)   A fee of $25 for the first vehicle to be operated; and
   (B)   A fee of $10 for each additional vehicle.
('74 Code, § 112.05) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
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