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City of Chillicothe, MO
Livingston County
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New Laws (2) Index
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
A. 
A vehicle for hire company shall be responsible for conducting a background check prior to allowing a driver to provide transportation for hire services. A vehicle for hire company shall, at a minimum, verify that all drivers meet the following requirements:
1. 
The driver is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
2. 
The driver has all required licenses under the laws of the State to operate a vehicle for hire;
3. 
The driver has not been convicted within the past seven (7) years of:
a. 
Any felony; or
b. 
Misdemeanor involving driving under the influence, reckless driving, hit and run, or any other driving related offenses or any misdemeanor violent offenses or sexual offense.
4. 
The driver is not a match in the United States Department of Justice sex offender public website; and
5. 
The driver has not had more than three (3) moving violations in the prior three-year period of time, or one (1) of the following major violations in the prior three-year period of time:
a. 
Attempting to evade the police;
b. 
Reckless driving; or
c. 
Driving on a suspended or revoked license.
B. 
Vehicle for hire companies shall establish a zero-tolerance policy on the use of drugs or alcohol while its drivers are providing transportation for hire.
C. 
Vehicle for hire companies shall promptly suspend any of its drivers from transporting passengers for hire upon receiving a valid passenger complaint concerning a driver and shall conduct a commercially reasonable investigation to determine whether the complaint is valid. Such suspension shall be for at least the time period reasonably necessary for the vehicle for hire company to investigate the complaint.
D. 
Vehicle for hire companies shall not knowingly allow any driver to provide transportation for hire for the company if that driver is currently suspended by another vehicle for hire company or that driver has been removed or prohibited by that company from transporting passengers for hire.
E. 
Vehicle for hire shall keep and maintain detailed records relevant to the requirements of this Section for the purposes of documentation and verifying enforcement and shall promptly make all such records available to the Chief of Police upon request.
F. 
If a person files a complaint with the City against a driver or a vehicle for hire company, or if the City is investigating non-compliance or a Code violation, the City may inspect the vehicle for hires company’s records as reasonably necessary to investigate and resolve any complaint or violation. The director shall provide at least ten (10) days’ notice to the company prior to the inspection.
G. 
Vehicles for hire shall make the drivers identification available to passengers by posting the drivers identification in a conspicuous manner inside the vehicle for hire.
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
The City Clerk may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of this Article for the violation by the licensee or the employees of the licensee of any applicable provision of this Code of Ordinances, State law or City Ordinances, rule or regulation. Upon any suspension or revocation as set forth herein, the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing on same before the City Council. If a hearing is to be requested, licensee shall provide written notice to the City Clerk within five (5) days from the date of any suspension or revocation. Upon receipt of said notice, the Council, in due course, shall proceed to conduct a hearing to review said suspension or revocation. Any person may appear and be heard concerning the action by the City. After hearing the evidence presented, the City Council shall, in its discretion, decide whether the license should be suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
Drivers of vehicles for hire shall promptly deliver to the Police Department all objects of value left in the vehicle by passengers.
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
No driver of a vehicle for hire shall solicit passengers on public streets or in quasi-public places either by motion of hand or by mouth. The driver of any vehicle for hire shall neither solicit or accept passengers in any manner on public streets or quasi-public places.