No person shall operate or cause to be operated any taxicab
within the limits of the Village without having first secured a taxicab
business license as herein provided.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TAXICAB
Includes all vehicles carrying passengers for hire for which
public patronage is solicited, except such vehicles as operate on
established routes and regulated as public utilities by the State
of Wisconsin.
The police department shall inspect the mechanical condition
of each vehicle for which an application for a license is made and
shall make annual inspections of all licensed vehicles prior to the
license year. No vehicle shall be operated, whether licensed or not,
as a taxicab if the police department finds that the mechanical condition
thereof makes it unsafe for the carrying of passengers. Unannounced
inspections may be made by the police department upon a citizen complaint.
A. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all provisions
of Chapter 347 of the Wisconsin statutes and the relevant sections
of the Wisconsin Administrative Code describing and defining regulations
with respect to equipment on motor vehicles shall apply to all inspections.
A Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department inspection form shall be filled
out for each vehicle inspected. One copy of the inspection report
shall be retained on file at the Village Clerk's office.
The Administrator shall keep a register of the name and operator's
license number of each person owning or operating any vehicle licensed
under this chapter, together with the license number, description
and make, and name and address of the insurance companies and the
date of the expiration of such insurance, and furnish the Chief of
Police with a copy thereof. The records shall be open to public inspection
at all reasonable times.
All licenses to operate taxicabs issued to any person as provided
by this chapter shall be suspended automatically for a period of 15
days upon such person, his agents, servants or employees being convicted
of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Licenses issued or granted under this chapter shall be nonassignable
and nontransferable.
In addition to the revocation or suspension of any license issued under this chapter and any other penalties provided in this chapter, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter may be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-15 of this Code.