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Any person who, while being a passenger in any taxicab, shall violate any law, ordinance, or rule of the state or the city, may be ejected from such vehicle by the driver thereof. However, if such passenger has paid his fare in advance, the driver shall return to him the unearned balance of such fare.
('74 Code, § 112.21) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
In case any vehicle used as a taxicab shall become disabled for any reason, or there shall arise a condition such that the driver is unable to convey the passenger in whose employ such vehicle may be at the time of such disability and the disability cannot be remedied so that the carriage of such passenger may be continued within 15 minutes from the time the vehicle became disabled, no fare shall be charged or collected for any service rendered or distance traveled up to the time of the disability. However, if the passenger or passengers being conveyed in the vehicle or in whose employment the vehicle is being operated at the time shall elect to remain in the vehicle or continue such employment after the disability has been remedied, full rates for the distance or time traveled shall be charged as if no disability had occurred.
('74 Code, § 112.22) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60)
Each person, firm, or corporation operating a taxicab in the city shall at all times have printed on a card the maximum fare and rates for transportation of passengers, together with the prevailing schedule of rates for such taxicab, which card shall be prominently displayed in each taxicab so that it can readily be seen and read by all passengers. A copy of the prevailing schedule of rates for each taxicab shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer and refiled in the event of any changes therein.
('74 Code, § 112.23) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
It shall be the duty of every person, firm, or corporation operating a taxicab in the city to cause all vehicles to be checked every three months by a reputable automobile garage in or adjacent to the city, and obtain a certificate certifying that the vehicle is mechanically fit to be used as a taxicab.
('74 Code, § 112.24) (Ord. 1476, passed 2-15-60) Penalty, see § 112.99
(A) Any license issued to any owner, operator, or driver under the terms and conditions of this chapter, may be revoked or indefinitely suspended by the Mayor or Council if:
(1) Any of the provisions of this chapter are violated by any license holder hereunder whether owner, operator, or driver;
(2) There is repeated flagrant violations of any municipal ordinance or the laws of the state regulating or controlling traffic upon the streets;
(3) Upon report of the Chief of Police it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the Mayor or Council that the vehicle so licensed is not properly constructed, is not in good mechanical repair, or is not otherwise a safe conveyance for transportation of passengers; or
(4) Upon a showing to the satisfaction of the Mayor or Council that any representation made by said licensee, whether operator or driver, in the application for such license is false.
('74 Code, § 112.25) (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.