[CC 1978 §605.160; Ord. No. 675 §§2—4, 9-14-1964]
A. 
All taxicabs before operating in streets of Chaffee shall be licensed. Fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per year for the first (1st) cab and an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00) per year for each additional cab. Before being granted license, each cab owner must make application to the City Clerk upon application furnished by the City. This application shall be accompanied by a liability policy in some reliable insurance company in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for one (1) person or three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) per accident. This application shall show the make and model of the automobile and shall contain a statement showing the automobile to be in good mechanical repair. It shall be further approved by a member of the State Highway Patrol as to its mechanical condition. Upon receipt of application in proper form and approved liability policy, the license shall be issued.
B. 
The City has the authority to inspect all cabs as to the mechanical condition at any time. If upon inspection the cab is found to be faulty as to mechanical condition, it must be immediately withdrawn from service until its mechanical condition has been approved by the City Marshal.