[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cedarburg 1-2-1991
as Title 7, Ch. 11 of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall operate any motor vehicle for taxicab
or limousine purposes upon the highways and streets of the Town unless such
person is licensed by the Town as a chauffeur and unless such taxicab or limousine
business is licensed by the state by the licensing of each taxicab or limousine
as hereinafter provided.
B.
Application for the licensing of a taxicab or limousine business shall be addressed to the Town Board and shall be filed with the Town Clerk, together with a tendered license fee, prorated on the basis of the annual license fee set forth in Subsection D, should such remaining portion of the calendar license year be less than 11 months. The Town Clerk shall present such application to the Town Board at its next regular meeting, and the Board shall consider such application and shall instruct the Town Clerk to issue the license or dismiss the application upon a majority vote of the Board.
C.
No license for a taxicab or limousine business based
on new application therefor shall be issued except upon a showing that the
available transportation facilities are not adequate to meet the public need
and that the applicant is acceptable and able to furnish it.
D.
The license fee shall be as set by the Town Board, to
be paid to the Town Clerk.
E.
The license year for a taxicab or limousine business license shall be from July 1 through June 30. As a condition of the continued holding and renewal of the license for a taxicab or limousine business, the proprietor, owner or his agent shall pay to the Town the license fees computed as set forth in Subsection D above each year on or before the 15th day of June.
A.
It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle for the conveyance
of passengers for hire or permit the same to be operated, nor shall any license
be issued hereunder, until and unless the applicant for a license deposits
with the Town Clerk a certificate of liability insurance for the vehicles
for which licenses are sought, said certificate of liability insurance to
be acceptable and approved by the Town Clerk and issued by a company authorized
to do business in the State of Wisconsin, indemnifying the applicant in the
amount of $50,000 for damage to property and $100,000 for injury to one person
and $300,000 for injury to more than one person caused by the operation of
said vehicles in the Town.
B.
Each taxicab or limousine insurance policy shall contain
a provision that the same may not be cancelled before the expiration of its
term except upon 30 days' written notice to the Town. Every day upon which
any vehicle is operated for the conveyance of passengers for hire or when
taxicab, limousine, cab or similar transportation is offered to the public
without an insurance policy as required herein being in effect and on file
with the Town Clerk shall be deemed a separate violation. The cancellation
or other termination of any insurance policy issued in compliance with this
section shall automatically revoke and terminate all licenses issued for the
taxicab or limousine covered by such insurance policy, unless another policy
shall be provided and in effect at the time of such cancellation or termination.
A.
Licenses nontransferable. Licenses issued or granted
under this chapter shall be nonassignable and nontransferable.
B.
Information card to be displayed. A card containing the
name of the owner, license number, the number of the vehicle and rates of
fare printed thereon shall be placed and at all times kept in a conspicuous
place inside such vehicle.
C.
Liability of licensee. Any licensee shall be liable for
any violations of ordinances or statutes by any and all persons operating
taxicabs or limousines under its license.
D.
Number of passengers. No licensee or person driving a
taxicab or limousine shall carry or permit to be carried in any such vehicle
more than the number of persons specified in the license applicable to such
vehicle.
E.
Town Board may impose further restrictions. Any licensee
hereunder shall be subject to such further regulations and restrictions as
may be imposed at any time by the Town Board.
F.
Rates to be posted. Every person operating a taxicab
shall have at all times prominently posted and displayed in said taxicab so
as to be visible to the passengers therein the rates or fares for the use
of such cab.
G.
Taxicabs to be marked. Every taxicab shall be distinctly
marked on two sides, in letters not less than 1 1/2 inches in height, with
the word "Taxicab," together with the licensee's name.
This chapter shall not apply to persons, firms, or corporations engaged
in the business of carrying passengers for hire, both interstate and intrastate,
between regularly established points and on regularly established time schedules,
nor to the operator of a motor vehicle engaged in the business of transporting
school students for hire, or to municipally sponsored taxicab services.
No person who has been transported by a taxicab shall refuse to pay
the fare for such transportation as such fare is shown on the taximeter or
zone meter.
A.
Revocation. Licenses granted under §§ 290-1 through 290-4 may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Town Administrator or law enforcement officer for any violation of this chapter. When a taxicab or limousine license is revoked or canceled as herein provided, the Town Administrator or law enforcement officer shall immediately notify the owner to cease at once to operate the vehicle for which the license has been revoked as a taxicab or limousine.
B.
Appeals. Any person who receives a revocation of license
and objects to all or part thereof may appeal to the Town Board within seven
days of the receipt of the order and the Town Board shall hear such appeal
within 30 days of receipt of such written notice of the appeal. After such
hearing, the Town Board may reverse, affirm or modify the order or determination.
