[Amended 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 902; 4-6-1987 by Ord. No. 1657; 5-20-2002 by Ord. No. 02-303]
No person shall conduct the business of setting up and using a hackney carriage or limousine without first obtaining a hackney or limousine license from the City Council. A fee of $100 shall be paid for each vehicle authorized to be set up and used as a hackney carriage, and a fee of $75 shall be paid for each vehicle authorized to be set up and used as a limousine under such license, and every such license shall be valid from the date of issue until the first day of May next following. The number of hackney carriages to be licensed shall be limited to 18. The number of limousine vehicles to be licensed shall not be limited.
Every application for a hackney license or limousine license shall be made on a form provided by the City Clerk and shall set forth the name and residence of the applicant or, in the case of a firm or corporation, the name thereof and the location of its principal place of business and the name and residence of its manager or principal representative in charge of the business and the location of the garage or other place where such carriages are to be kept and of any stand, private or special, from which they are to be operated. If granted a hackney license, the applicant shall, within 30 days of such granting or within seven days of obtaining a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, whichever shall occur first, furnish a description of each vehicle used as a hackney carriage, including, in the case of a motor vehicle, the make, model and manufacturer's number and the number and date of the certificate of registration issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
Every hackney license and limousine license shall bear a suitable number and shall have recorded thereon the information contained in the application therefor. With every license so issued there shall also be provided a certificate for each vehicle licensed thereunder showing the license number, the name and residence of the licensee or, in the case of a firm or corporation, the name and principal place of business thereof and, in the case of a motor vehicle, the make, model and manufacturer's number and the number of the certificate of registration issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
A. 
No holder of a hackney license or limousine license shall conduct his/her business at any place other than that specified in his/her license, except as otherwise provided in this article, nor shall any such license be sold, assigned or transferred without the consent of the City Council, provided that in case a vehicle authorized to be set up and used as a hackney carriage or limousine under such license is sold or otherwise disposed of, the certificate thereof shall be returned to the City Clerk, and there shall be issued to the holder of such license a certificate, in the form prescribed by § 222-22, for such vehicle as may be acquired to replace the vehicle sold or disposed of upon application and the presentation of satisfactory evidence to the City Clerk and the payment of $0.50 for such certificate. The licensee shall notify the City Clerk of any change of his/her residence or, in the case of a firm or corporation, of its principal place of business or of the residence of its manager or principal representative in charge of the business.
B. 
Any holder of such license who shall cease to engage in the business for which he/she was licensed shall forthwith surrender his/her license and certificate or certificates to the City Clerk, and no refund therefor shall be made.
C. 
The City Clerk shall make a proper record of every such transfer, discontinuance of business or change of residence.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle as a business for the carriage of passengers for hire in the City by receiving and discharging passengers along the route in which such vehicle is operated or for transporting passengers by him/her as a business between fixed and regular termini without first obtaining a license from the Mayor and City Council and complying in all respects with the provisions of law relating thereto. Such license shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Mayor and City Council in such manner as may be provided by law. The fee for such license shall be $10.