No person shall operate a taxicab or automobile kept for hire in the City without first obtaining a license for such purpose and paying to the City Manager a fee therefor of five dollars ($5.00) for each taxicab or automobile kept for hire, which license fee shall be in addition to the fee required to be paid on motor vehicles under the laws of the State, and in addition to any chauffeur's or driver's license fee. The terms "taxicab" and "automobile kept for hire" shall not include any automobile leased or rented for private use without the services of a chauffeur or driver.
All such licenses shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of each year. When the license is taken out or issued after June 30 of any year, the fee shall be one-half of the annual fee.
(Ord. 756. Passed 6-3-41.)