A. No person, firm or corporation, or owner, agent, employee or driver, shall operate or permit to be operated a motor vehicle operated as a taxicab or livery car unless the proper license has been issued to the owner thereof and/or the person using the vehicle in carrying on the taxicab or livery car business, and said license is in force.
B. Every license shall expire on April 30 next following the date of issue and the cost of the same shall not be prorated for a part of the year, nor shall the same be assignable or transferable from one person to another.
C. License fees for each taxicab and/or livery car shall be payable to the city treasurer in the following amount per year or fraction thereof: Twenty five dollars ($25.00) per car where there are ten (10) or fewer vehicles in the owner's fleet and a two hundred fifty dollar ($250.00) fleet license fee where there are more than ten (10) vehicles in the owner's fleet. Said fee shall be paid to the city treasurer before the license is issued and the fees required herein shall be in addition to any fee required by the laws of this state.
D. No license shall be issued until there has been filed with the city clerk the liability bond or policy as provided in section 5.44.160 of this chapter.
E. The license fee required by subsection C of this section shall be in addition to any fee required by the state.
F. A license can be applied for by owners of the vehicles sought to be licensed and/or persons using the vehicles in carrying on a taxicab or livery car business but it shall be the owner, who will be the holder of the license, who shall be responsible for all business authorized by and under said license, including the responsibility to provide sufficient, permitted drivers and dispatch personnel, proper maintenance and current state license tags, registration and safety inspection of the vehicles to be operated within the city, and sufficient insurance liability coverage necessary to operate the taxicab or livery car service safety and in accordance with the requirements of the license, provisions of this chapter and with the laws of this state.
G. No refunds shall be made for any reason. (Ord. 627 §1, 1985: prior code §19-2)