As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TAXICAB
Includes all vehicles transporting passengers for remuneration
for which patronage is solicited publicly. This chapter shall not
be applicable to:
A.
Vehicles operating on established routes which are regulated
by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin;
B.
Vehicles rented to be driven by the renter or his agent, commonly
known as rent-a-cars;
C.
Vehicles operated solely as funeral cars or ambulances.
No person, firm or corporation shall for remuneration, transport
passengers in a taxicab within the City of Hayward without first having
obtained a taxicab license.
The taxicab license fee shall be $20 per year or any fractional
part thereof, for each vehicle operated by the same license. The license
year shall commence July 1 and end June 30 of the following year.
If less than six months remain of the license year, the license fee
for each taxicab shall be reduced one-half.
After approval by the Common Council and upon filing with the
City Clerk/Treasurer a receipt showing payment of the required license
fee, and the depositing of the policy of insurance, as provided, the
City Clerk/Treasurer shall issue to the applicant a taxicab license.
Each license granted shall be numbered and shall show the owners name
and address and the number of vehicles which may be operated thereunder.
No taxicab license shall be transferable either from one vehicle
to another or from one licensee to another person.
Taxicab licenses may be renewed by the City Clerk/Treasurer
upon the payment of the fee and filing of policies of insurance as
required.
A taxicab license may be revoked at any time by the Common Council
for the violation of any provision of this chapter or for the violation
of any provision of Chapter 85 of the Wisconsin Statutes. When any
taxicab license is revoked, it shall be the duty of the City Clerk/Treasurer
to immediately notify the licensee of such revocation.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of sections of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than
$5 nor more than $100 for each offense, and in default of payment,
shall be imprisoned in the Sawyer County jail not less than five days
nor more than three months.