[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.