[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
Unless the context indicates that a different meaning is intended,
the following words and phrases shall, for the purposes of this chapter,
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Any person driving a taxicab.
Any person having control of the operation or maintenance
of a taxicab or of the collection of revenue from its operation.
Any motor vehicle used for the transportation for hire or
reward of passengers upon the streets of the City, other than buses
being operated under franchise and over fixed routes between fixed
termini.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
A taxicab having no City license and the place of business of
which is not in the City may be used to bring passengers into the
City, but the driver thereof shall not solicit any passengers within
the City for any destination within or without the City.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
(a)
Each owner of a taxicab or taxicabs in operation in the City shall
keep in effect at all times such policies of insurance as are required
under the rules and regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles
and shall file with the Chief of Police a copy of the policy or a
certificate thereof.
(b)
Each such policy of insurance shall contain a clause whereby the
policy may not be canceled until after 30 days' notice of intention
to cancel shall have been given to the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
Every taxicab for which a certificate of public convenience
and necessity has been issued under this chapter shall be kept in
good order and repair at all times, shall not be operated in the City
unless it bears a current and valid inspection sticker issued by the
commonwealth and shall not be operated when the seal of the meter
has been broken or is otherwise malfunctioning.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
Every taxicab for which a certificate of public convenience
and necessity has been issued under this chapter shall have displayed
on the outside, on both sides, the name of the owner, in letters not
less than two inches high.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
No owner or driver of a taxicab shall permit the vehicle to
be used for unlawful purposes or knowingly transport persons therein
to any place for such purposes.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
Every accident in which any taxicab operated pursuant to a certificate
of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of
this chapter is involved shall be immediately reported to the Chief
of Police, whether such accident occurs within or without the corporate
limits of the City.
[Ord. No. 2005-1, 1-10-2005]
(a)
Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in any application filed pursuant to Article II of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(b)
Any person who operates a taxicab for hire in the City without holding a valid current taxicab driver's license issued pursuant to Article III of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(c)
Any person who shall violate any other provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
