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§ 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)
§ 112.06 LICENSE PREREQUISITES.
   (A)   No license shall be issued unless the sworn statement, filed as provided in § 112.04 herein, clearly discloses that the applicant is financially solvent.
   (B)   No license shall be granted to any person, firm, or corporation to operate any taxicab unless said person, persons, firm, partnership, or corporation has a permanent office from which to control and regulate the operation of such taxicabs.
('74 Code, § 112.06) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
§ 112.07 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE AND LICENSE IDENTIFICATION CARDS; APPEAL FROM DENIAL.
   (A)   Upon the filing of an application, the acceptance thereof by Council, and the payment of the proper fee as provided in § 112.05, and provided the stipulations set forth in § 112.06 are met, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the applicant a license permitting the operation of the motor vehicle or vehicles described in the application for one year, commencing January 1 and ending December 31 of each year, subject to revocation as provided in § 112.17. No license shall be issued for a term of less than one year. At the same time the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to said applicant separate license cards for each vehicle covered by such application, which identification card shall be prominently displayed in the vehicle as set forth in § 112.09. ('74 Code, § 112.07)
(Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
   (B)   Any person who is denied a license, or who has his license repealed or revoked, may appeal such decision in the same manner as is set forth in § 112.27.
§ 112.08 FAILURE TO OBTAIN LICENSE.
   (A)    No person, persons, firm, or corporation shall drive, run, operate, or permit the operation of any taxicab on or along any part of any street, avenue, or public highway in the city without first having filed the application provided for in § 112.04 and without first having received a license from the city to do so. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, or corporation to drive, run, operate, or permit the driving, running, or operation of any taxicab upon or along any street, avenue, or other highway within the city without first having paid the license fees as provided in § 112.05, without the license identification card being prominently displayed is said vehicle, and without complying with all provisions of this chapter.
   (B)   No additional vehicle or equipment shall be added to or used by the holder of any license until he has first reported such addition to the Clerk-Treasurer, made application for a license for such additional vehicle, and received a license and license identification card for such additional equipment. The application for additional equipment shall be made upon the same forms and there shall be furnished the same information provided for in the original application for a license.
   (C)   In the event of an emergency where extra taxicabs are necessary for the transportation of passengers, such as a convention or the like, and subject to the approval of the Clerk-Treasurer, temporary operating permits good for seven days from and including the date of issuance may be issued to the applicant upon the proper application as provided for in § 112.04 and upon the payment at the time of the application of a fee of $3 for each operating permit. Such temporary permits apply only to taxicab operators having secured the regular city license for the operation of a taxicab or taxicabs. In the event of any disaster or emergency such as flood, riot, war evacuation, or any such catastrophe, the Clerk-Treasurer shall have the right to suspend the foregoing requirement for a temporary operating permit during the emergency.
('74 Code, § 112.08) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
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