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Upon satisfactory compliance with the requirements for the issuance of a driver's license as set forth in this chapter, and upon written recommendation of the Police Department, the City Clerk shall issue to the applicant a taxicab or motor vehicle for hire driver's license, which shall be in such form as to contain the photograph and signature of the licensee. Such driver's license shall expire at 12:00 midnight on June 30 of each calendar year. No person shall operate a public taxicab or motor vehicle for hire within the City without first obtaining a State chauffeur's license, as required by law, and a license as a driver under this chapter. No person shall permit an employee who is not so licensed to operate such a vehicle. Before the issuance of such driver's license, the applicant shall pay to the City Treasurer the fee set forth in Section 210.10(j) of the Administration Code.
Every licensed driver shall have his or her license, together with his or her photograph, conspicuously displayed on the inside of his or her taxicab or motor vehicle for hire so that it may be easily seen by an occupant of the taxicab or motor vehicle for hire.
The City shall honor, for operation on the streets of the City, a taxicab or motor vehicle for hire driver's license issued by any other City which is contiguous to the City of Wayne upon registration of such license with the City Clerk, provided that each such Municipality reciprocates in recognizing drivers licensed under this chapter by granting them the same privilege.
(Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
Any driver's license issued under this chapter may be renewed by the driver applying for such renewal of his or her license by paying the fee and indicating in such application his or her full name and residence address, together with a statement of the date upon which his or her original license was granted and the successive years in which it was renewed by the City, and at the same time submitting his or her fingerprints to the Police Department for its investigation and approval thereof, if requested by the Department.
(Ord. 10-A-3. Passed 8-17-71; Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
If at any time during the license year a licensee wishes to change the assumed name under which he or she operates such business, he or she may do so upon the payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to the City Clerk for each licensed vehicle, the assumed name of which he or she wishes to change.
(Ord. 10. Passed 2-18-64; Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
All taxicabs shall have affixed thereto a taximeter and no person shall operate or permit to be operated any taxicab unless the taximeter has first been inspected, tested and approved by the Police Department and a certificate of inspection issued therefor, provided that a variance of three percent shall be considered correct. Fees as set forth in Section 210.10(k) of the Administration Code shall be paid to the City Treasurer at the time such inspection is made and before a certificate of inspection may be issued. No person shall operate or permit to be operated a taxicab equipped with a taximeter not having the case thereof sealed and the cover and gear intact. Every taximeter shall be so affixed that the amount of fare determined shall be plainly visible to the passengers thereof, and after sundown it shall be illuminated by a suitable light. Taximeters shall be examined at least once every year by the Police Department, and such Department shall keep a record of all such inspections and approvals or disapprovals made.
No person having a taxicab under his or her control shall operate such taxicab or permit it to be operated for hire, after a passenger enters the taxicab, unless and until the taximeter is engaged for recording the fare.
(Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
Every vehicle licensed under this chapter shall be cleaned and kept clean, both as to the interior and exterior thereof, while it is being offered for service. The failure on the part of any owner or driver to keep the interior and exterior, or either of them, in a clean and presentable condition at all times while in service, or while waiting for service, shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and shall be the basis for suspending or revoking any license issued under this chapter.
If any licensed vehicle is damaged in any way, if it can be driven and properly controlled, it may be permitted to be driven in service for not more than one week after such damage or injury. If at the end of one week it is not properly repaired, it must be taken from the street and kept out of service until such vehicle is completely repaired.
After any motor vehicle has been used as a taxicab or motor vehicle for hire for three years, such vehicle shall be ineligible to be licensed thereafter as a taxicab or motor vehicle for hire in the City unless it is specifically approved as to its physical condition by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 10. Passed 2-18-64; Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
The Police Department shall maintain a constant vigilance over all taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire to see that they are kept in a condition of continued fitness for public use, and to this end the Police Department shall inspect or cause to be inspected all taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire at least twice each year or on the complaint of any resident or as often as may be necessary.
(Ord. 10. Passed 2-18-64; Ord. 2001-11. Passed 6-5-01.)
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