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§ 112.10 INSURANCE REQUIRED.
   No license shall be issued and no taxicab shall be operated upon any street, avenue, or public highway in the city, until there has been filed with the Clerk-Treasurer an indemnity undertaking or policy of insurance executed by an insurance company legally authorized to execute such instruments in the state, running for at least the year of the license to be issued to the applicant, subject to the approval of the Clerk-Treasurer. Said insurance shall provide for the payment of any final judgment that may be rendered against the insured for damages to property or for bodily injury or death of passengers or other persons resulting from collision or other accident for which said person, persons, firm, or corporation may be found liable while operating the taxicab described in said application, in the sum of up to $5,000 for property damages and $50,000 to $100,000 for the injury or death of any person or persons so injured or killed as above provided. In addition, such insurance policies shall provide that if the policy is cancelled by the company during its term, ten days' written notice prior to such cancellation will be given to the city.
('74 Code, § 112.10) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
TAXI DRIVERS
§ 112.25 OPERATOR'S LICENSE REQUIRED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab as a driver thereof within the city without first having secured a license to do so from the city. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab as a driver thereof without having on his person a taxicab driver's license issued by the city. The fee payable upon the issuance of a taxi driver's license shall be $5 for each driver's fee for the first year and $3 per year thereafter.
('74 Code, § 112.11) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
§ 112.26 APPLICATION.
   Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the city shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer an application in writing for a taxicab driver's license, properly numbered, duly sworn to by the applicant for each license, which application shall show the following:
   (A)   The name, picture, and present address of the applicant;
   (B)   The address of each place of residence of the applicant during the three years prior to the date of application;
   (C)   The place of employment, the kind of employment, and the name of each of the employers of the applicant for the two years immediately preceding the date of application;
   (D)   The age and sex of the applicant;
   (E)   The applicant's experience in general motor vehicle operation;
   (F)   Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted in any court of any crime or misdemeanor, and if so, the facts concerning each such conviction;
   (G)   Whether or not the applicant uses intoxicating liquors;
   (H)   The applicant's state chauffeur license number; and
   (I)   A certificate of the Chief of Police showing that such applicant has been duly examined as to his ability to drive and operate a motor vehicle, that he has been examined concerning the traffic ordinances of the city and the traffic laws of the state, that he has been examined as to conviction of any crime or misdemeanor, and that in the opinion of said officer, the applicant is a fit and proper person to receive a taxicab driver's license.
('74 Code, § 112.12) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
§ 112.27 APPEAL AND REVIEW.
   In case any applicant has been denied a license or if his license has been revoked or suspended, the applicant or licensee, as the case may be, shall, within three business days, have the right to appeal to the Council from that denial, revocation, or suspension. Notice of appeal shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk- Treasurer who shall fix the time and place for hearing, the same to be not later than the next regular Council meeting thereafter. The Clerk-Treasurer shall notify the Mayor and all members of the Council of the time and place of such hearing. The appellant may appear and be heard in person or by counsel. If, after hearing, a majority of the members of the Council present at that meeting declare in favor of the applicant, the license shall be forthwith issued or fully reinstated as the case may be; otherwise the order appealed from shall become final.
OPERATION
§ 112.35 PARKING.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm, or corporation operating a taxi business to stand, leave standing, park, or permit the parking of a taxicab on or along any street, avenue, or highway, with or without a driver therein, for a longer period than five minutes at any one time, unless said taxicab has been engaged and is under the direction of a passenger or passengers so engaging said taxicab and except for the standing or parking at such places so designated as taxicab stands. It shall be unlawful for any such taxicab to park double or otherwise than next to the curb except while actually receiving or discharging passengers.
('74 Code, § 112.16) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
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