For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVER. The person driving and having physical control over a taxicab whether he or she be the licensee or in the employ of the licensed operator.
OPERATOR. A licensee owning or otherwise having control of one or more taxicabs.
TAXICAB. Any passenger conveyance being driven, on call or traversing a scheduled route for public use or hire upon payment of a fare or at regular fare rates, but not including such as are designed for mass transportation as buses, trains or streetcars.
(`86 Code, § 4.37)
(A) It is unlawful for any person to drive or operate a taxicab without a license therefor from the city.
(B) (1) The annual license fee for the operator's first conveyance and each additional conveyance operated under the license shall be set by the City Council.
(2) If a licensed vehicle is disabled through mechanical failure or for needed repairs.
(3) The license may be temporarily transferred to another conveyance for a seven-day period upon approval by the city.
(C) All licenses shall be issued for specific conveyances, except as otherwise herein provided. License tags, including number and year for which issued, shall be plainly visible from the front of the conveyance. Both sides of every licensed taxicab, when in use, shall be plainly and permanently marked as such with a painted sign or appurtenances showing the full or abbreviated name of the licensed operator.
(D) The number of licensed conveyances operated within the city shall be limited to 15 until the population exceeds 15,000. One conveyance may be licensed for each 2,000 persons in excess of 15,000. Numbers of licensed conveyances shall be based upon federal census figures or an official intermediate count of the residents of the city.
(`86 Code, § 4.37) (Am. Ord. 739, passed 11-16-99)
Before a taxicab license is issued by the Council, and at all times effective during the licensed period, the licensee shall have and maintain public liability and bodily injury insurance in the amount established by the City Council. The insurance shall cover all passengers carried by the insured licensee and shall be for public taxicab purposes. All policies shall contain a clause providing for a ten-day written notice to the Records Administrative Secretary before cancellation and a memorandum of the insurance shall be furnished to the city before a license is issued.
(`86 Code, § 4.37)
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