[3/6/1950, § 1]
From and after the passage of this Part, it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs and other vehicles for transporting persons for hire and soliciting business therefor upon the streets and highways and/or permitting their taxicabs to stand on or along the streets and highways of the Borough of Gettysburg for the purpose of soliciting or receiving passengers without having first obtained a permit or license therefor as hereinafter set forth.
[3/6/1950, § 2; as amended by Ord. 114, 6/13/1968, § 1; and by Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a taxicab or other vehicle for the transportation of persons for hire in the Borough to engage in the practice known as "cruising" in that portion of the Borough designated in Chapter 15, § 15-401 of these ordinances, as now or as may hereafter be amended.
[3/6/1950, § 4]
Any person, persons or corporation desiring to operate a taxicab, and to use the streets of the Borough of Gettysburg in connection therewith as hereinbefore and as hereinafter set forth, may make application for a license therefor to the Mayor, setting forth therein a statement of the equipment to be used in said business, the use of the streets desired and such other and further information as the Mayor may require. Said application shall be accompanied by an application fee of $20, which fee shall be deemed to be sufficient for investigating the facts surrounding the application and with particular reference to the desired use by the applicant of the streets of the Borough.
[3/6/1950, § 5; as amended by Ord. 114, 6/13/1968, § 2]
In the event the applicant desires to use a parking space or curbline of any street within said area as provided for in § 13-602 as a taxi stand for making taxicabs available to the traveling public, his request therefor shall be referred to the Safety Committee of the Borough Council for approval or disapproval and for designating the selected space or spaces for the use of such applicant.
[3/6/1950, § 6; as amended by Ord. 1/2/1968-A]
When the Mayor has investigated the facts surrounding the application and has satisfied himself that the proposed operation of the applicant is not unlawful, he shall issue a license to the applicant upon payment of an annual license fee equal to and including said sum of $20 plus the sum of $200 for each parking space reserved for said applicant as aforesaid, provided that the Mayor at his discretion may accept said license fee in quarterly installments. Said license may provide for the installation and use of curb telephones to be approved by the Safety Committee upon proof that the owner of the property opposite such space or spaces consents to the use thereof.
[3/6/1950, § 7; as amended by Ord. 114, 6/13/1968, § 3]
The Mayor may revoke any license issued hereunder upon the conviction of the licensee of any offense under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any ordinance of the Borough, including this Part, connected with such license or the business conducted thereunder.
[Ord. 1028-85, 8/12/1985; as amended by Ord. 1296-99, 12/13/1999, § 2]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part 6 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 6 continues shall constitute a separate offense.