No person shall operate a taxicab or jitney
for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire within the Town
in violation of any state law, this article or any other ordinance
of the Town now in effect or hereafter adopted or amended.
Each person desiring to operate a taxicab or
jitney shall first obtain and maintain in full force and effect a
permit from the Town.
Any person desiring to obtain a permit to operate
a taxicab or jitney shall fill out and submit to the Chief of Police
an application which shall read as follows:
Application for Taxicab Operating Permit
in Milton, Delaware
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To the Chief of Police
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Milton, Delaware
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Sir: ________________
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I _____ hereby make application for _____ permit(s)
to operate taxicab(s) on and over the streets of the Town of Milton,
Delaware, according to the Town ordinance pertaining to taxicabs,
furnish below your required information.
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State Motor Vehicle License No. __________________
(for 19)
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Method of Lighting and Heating
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Total Number of Cabs to be Operated by Applicant
_____
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Owner's (Owners') Signature
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Every driver of a taxicab or jitney shall be
required to have on his person at all times a card which shall give
his name, address, and date of approval of his application.
The following form of application for a driver's
identification card shall be required by the Chief of Police before
issuing a license to operate in Milton:
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(Applicant NOT to fill in)
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Application for Driver's Identification
Card to
Operate Taxicab in the Town of Milton,
Delaware
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Important Notice
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The making of any false statement in the application
may subject the offender to the cancellation of his permit. Detection
of such false statement may result in refusal of permit or, if granted,
taxicab operation cancellation.
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The following application must be properly filled
out in ink in the applicant's own handwriting and all questions therein
answered.
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Chief of Police
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Milton, Delaware
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I hereby make application for a Driver's Identification
Card to operate a taxicab in the Town of Milton in accordance with
your Department's taxicab regulations:
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*How long have you lived in Milton?
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*Have you ever been arrested? If not, answer
"NO;" if so, give date, nature of charge and disposition of case:
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Signature of Applicant
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Any person desiring to obtain a taxicab or jitney
permit must file and thereafter keep and maintain in full force and
effect a certificate of an insurance company authorized to do business
within the state, certifying:
A. That such vehicle is covered by insurance against
public liability and property damage, in the following minimum:
(1) Injury to or death of one person: $10,000;
(2) Injury to or death of more than one person resulting
from one accident: $50,000;
(3) Injury to or destruction of property: $5,000;
B. That the policy of such insurance contain in effect
a provision that the issuing company shall notify the Town Council
of its intent to cancel the policy not less than 30 days after such
notice shall have been received by such Council and that policy shall
remain in full force and effect until the expiration of such period;
C. That the policy contain in effect a provision, in
case execution upon any judgment against the insured in action of
damages arising out of the operation of the vehicle insured is returned
unsatisfied, that an action may then be maintained by the person in
whose favor such execution issued, his executors, administrators,
or assigns against the insurer for the amount of the execution not
exceeding the limits of liability in the policy contained; and
D. That the insurer may be sued upon the policy at any
time prescribed by the laws of the state within which any such action
may be brought.
No taxicab or jitney shall be parked or cruised
upon Union Street and Federal Street within the business districts,
except as hereinafter provided:
A. The Chief of Police shall designate and may, from
time to time, change areas sufficient in size for the parking of taxicabs
and jitneys.
B. The Town shall provide appropriate markers and signs
clearly defining such area as reserved for such parking of taxicabs
and jitneys.
C. Any authorized taxicab or jitney may be parked in
such area at any time while awaiting a call.
D. No taxicab or jitney shall be entitled to be parked
in any particular space of such area, and, if a given operator of
a taxicab or jitney at any given time finds all spaces of such area
filled, he may only park the same at the curb until such time as a
space becomes available in the area.
Each taxicab or jitney operated for the purpose
of transporting passengers for hire within the Town shall have displayed
on the rear, right and left side of the vehicle a sign plainly legible
for a distance of 100 feet, giving the name of the person, firm or
corporation operating the vehicle, and designating that the vehicle
is a taxi or jitney.
No taxicab or jitney operator whose cab or jitney
is standing in a parking area or taxi stand and waiting for business
shall refuse to carry any orderly person applying for a taxi or jitney
who agrees to pay the proper fare.
In the event a penalty is not provided by a
specific section of this article for the offense prohibited therein:
A. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this
article shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or both.
[Amended 6-2-1986]
B. For the purpose of this article, each day that a violation
continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
C. The application of any penalty set forth herein shall
not be held to prevent the enforced removal of any prohibited condition.