For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
TAXICAB
Any motor vehicle for the carriage of passengers for hire
to or from, or to and from, such destination as directed by the passenger
or passengers.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
No person shall drive or operate any taxicab in the Village
unless he or she is 18 years of age and has a valid Illinois driver's
license.
The President shall have the power to revoke any license issued
in pursuance of this chapter for failure to comply with or the violation
by the licensee or its agents, lessees, or employees of any of the
provisions of this chapter. No license issued hereunder shall be transferable.
All taxicabs shall contain a placard visible to the passengers
from the interior and showing a schedule of the rates of fare to be
charged. The fare may be charged in advance at the option of the taxicab
driver.
When any passenger hires the service of any taxicab operating
on the streets of this Village, such passenger shall be immediately
taken to his or her destination by the nearest reasonable travelled
route as the condition of the streets or public ways permit, unless
otherwise requested by the passenger.
No unemployed taxicab shall stand or be permitted to stand upon
any portion of the public streets, alleys, or public ways of this
Village except for such time as is necessary to load or unload passengers,
and except in such portions of the public streets, alleys, or other
public ways of this Village as shall be from time to time designated
by the Village Board as taxicab stands and allotted to the particular
licensee in question.
No taxicab shall be managed, operated, or controlled to violate
any parking or traffic ordinance of this Village nor stand or be managed,
operated, or controlled to obstruct traffic or interfere with the
free movement of traffic upon any street, alley, or public way in
this Village.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
No taxicab operating on the streets, alleys, or public ways
of the Village shall transport more passengers than permitted by its
seating capacity according to its trade rating.
After any taxicab has been engaged by any person, the taxicab
shall not receive or pick up any other passenger or passengers except
upon request of the person first engaging the taxicab.
No driver of any taxicab in this Village shall solicit any passenger
upon or along any of the streets, alleys or public ways of the Village.
When called to report to any given place in this Village, any
person or corporation operating a taxicab in this Village shall immediately
go to the place to which the taxicab is requested, if the person or
corporation has a taxicab available and not engaged, or as soon thereafter
as a taxicab is available.
Every vehicle licensed as aforesaid shall bear on the outside
thereof in a conspicuous manner, the name of the owner thereof in
letters at least two inches in height and in a style so as to be clearly
legible to the public.
No owner or driver of any vehicle licensed hereunder shall refuse to transport any person in the Village when available to do so. Failure to comply with this provision shall subject the person violating this requirement to the penalties set forth in §
116-99.
[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
Whoever violates any provisions of this chapter for which no other penalty is specified shall be subject to the penalty set forth in §
10-99 of the Code.