Cross Reference — As to licenses and business regulations, ch. 605.
State Law Reference — Authority to regulate vehicles for
hire, §94.110, RSMo.
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
Every person physically in charge of or driving a taxicab/limousine.
The privilege granted by the City to a person to engage in
the operation of a taxicab/limousine business within the City.
See "taxicab."
Any person having control of the operation or maintenance
and collection of the revenue of taxicabs/limousines.
A permit granted by the City to the driver of a taxicab/limousine.
Any street, alley, avenue, lane, public place or highway
within the City.
Means and includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business
of carrying persons for hire on the streets of the City whether the
same is operated from a street stand or from a garage, where no regular
or specific route is traveled but passengers are taken to and from
such places as they may designate; whether the charge therefor is
made on the basis of distance traveled as indicated by a taximeter
or basis of distance traveled as indicated by a taximeter or speedometer
attached thereto, or by any other method of determining distance,
such as by zoning system or otherwise, or the time consumed in traveling,
or on any other basis whatever. Limousines and limousine services
shall be included in the above definition of motor vehicles engaged
in the business of carrying persons for hire.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also amended the title
of this Chapter, which was formerly Taxicabs.
[R.O. 2007 §35-2; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4163 §1, 2-2-1976; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
No person shall engage in, operate or conduct a taxicab/limousine
business within the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, without first
obtaining a license to do so and paying the license tax therefor.
B.
Licenses may be granted to individuals in their own name or to corporations
together with the owner or manager of said corporation. All applications
of corporations shall state the names and addresses of all owners
and managers of said corporation and the license if issued shall be
in the name of the corporation and the owner or manager. Any change
in ownership or management of said corporation shall operate as a
forfeiture of said license.
C.
No person, corporation or partnership shall be granted more than
one (1) license.
D.
No license shall be granted to any corporation or partnership which
is principally owned, operated or managed by any person, corporation
or partnership which has a financial interest in any other taxicab/limousine
license, whether owned by him/her personally or through another corporation
or partnership.
E.
Each license holder shall have a separate principal place of business,
and no more than one (1) taxicab/limousine business shall be operated
out of the same business location.
[R.O. 2007 §35-2.1; Ord. No. 6493 §1, 6-3-2002; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Each license granted hereunder shall be granted for the operation
of a specific number of taxicabs/limousines to be operated under such
license to be not less than two (2) taxicabs. An applicant for a license
to operate more than six (6) taxicabs shall obtain the prior written
approval to operate all cabs in excess of six (6) taxicabs. A license
providing for the operation of more than six (6) taxicabs shall be
granted only upon the written approval of the City Manager. There
shall be no minimum limitation on limousines.
B.
In the event any license holder shall fail to have in service for
a continuous period of thirty (30) calendar days at least two (2)
taxicabs/limousines, the City Council may terminate that license.
[R.O. 2007 §35-3; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4163 §3, 2-2-1976; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Any person desiring to secure a license to engage in, operate or
conduct a taxicab/limousine business within the City shall file with
the City Clerk a written application therefor, in duplicate, giving
the following information:
1.
The full name and address of the applicant; if a partnership,
the name and address of all the partners; if a corporation, the name
and address of all the officers and directors, the trade name under
which the applicant does or proposes to do business and the address
of the principal place of business of the applicant.
2.
The number of taxicabs/limousines actually owned by the applicant
and the number held by it under lease, if any.
3.
The make, model, motor number and serial number of each taxicab/limousine
and the registered owner; provided, however, that the make, model,
motor number and serial number of each new motor vehicle included
in the application may be supplied by the applicant and endorsed on
the application at any time prior to the actual issuance of the license
by the City Collector.
4.
The experience, if any, the applicant has had in such business.
Such application shall be sworn to before a notary public or other
officer duly authorized to administer oaths.
B.
The license, if granted by the City Council, shall authorize the
operation of only those vehicles listed on said application or those
authorized as replacements or substitutes as provided for herein.
C.
No license holder shall operate any taxicab/limousine not properly
licensed.
[R.O. 2007 §35-4; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Upon the filing of any application for a license under this
Chapter and the granting of said license would not increase the number
of taxicabs/limousines authorized and licensed by the City of Poplar
Bluff, Missouri, the City Council shall determine, in its sole discretion,
whether such license shall be granted or not.
[R.O. 2007 §35-5; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Upon the filing of any application for a license under this
Chapter and the granting of said license would increase the number
of taxicab businesses or vehicles authorized and licensed by the City
of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the City shall first give notice of said
application to all other taxicab business owners licensed by the City.
If, within ten (10) days after said notice, no licensed taxicab business
owner shall have filed any written objection to the granting of said
license, the City Council shall determine in its sole discretion whether
such license shall be granted or not.
[R.O. 2007 §35-6; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4163 §4, 2-2-1976; Ord. No. 6493 §1, 6-3-2002; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 —
2, 4-18-2016]
Upon the filing of an objection to the issuance of a license
under this Article, the City Council shall thereupon proceed to conduct
a hearing upon such application giving at least ten (10) days'
written notice by mail of such hearing to the applicant and to all
existing holders of taxicab licenses. At such hearing and before any
license shall be issued, the applicant shall be required to show by
evidence satisfactory to the Council that upon the granting of such
application the applicant will maintain at least one (1) taxicab stand
and principal place of business and have in actual and continuous
operation therefrom at least two (2) taxicabs; that the applicant
is or will be upon the issuance of the license the actual bona fide
owner or lessee with sole right of control of all taxicab/limousines
described in the application for license; that all of said taxicabs/limousines
are in good mechanical condition and that the public convenience and
necessity will be served by the granting of such license. Any person
may appear and be heard in opposition to or in support of any such
application.
[R.O. 2007 §35-7; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
In determining whether the public convenience or necessity will
be served by the granting of an application for a license under this
Article, the Council may take into consideration the number of taxicabs
operated by the applicant, his/her or its facilities for furnishing
transportation by taxicab and any other matters which the City Council
may deem relevant upon the applicant's ability to conduct a taxicab
business with safety to those using the streets of the City and for
the convenience of the public.
[R.O. 2007 §35-8; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4354 §2, 11-6-1978; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No person shall be granted a license under the provisions of
this Chapter unless such person is of good moral character, a citizen
of the United States and a resident of Butler County, Missouri. Nor
shall any such license be issued to any person who has been convicted
of any felony within seven (7) years of the date of the application
for said license or who has been convicted of any offense involving
moral turpitude at any time or who has been convicted of any misdemeanor
within one (1) year of the date of the application for said license.
The City Council shall be the sole judge of the moral character of
any applicant.
[R.O. 2007 §35-9; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Upon the completion of the hearing required by this Article,
the City Council shall in due course and without delay grant or deny
the applicant a license to operate a taxicab business within the City.
[R.O. 2007 §35-10; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 6319 §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 6573 §1, 2-3-2003; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 —
2, 4-18-2016]
A.
No license to engage in a taxicab/limousine business shall be issued
until and after the applicant has filed with the City Clerk and the
same has been approved by the City Clerk a liability insurance policy
issued by an insurance company authorized to transact business in
Missouri, which liability insurance shall bind the insurer to make
compensation with respect to each taxicab/limousine operated by the
applicant as follows:
1.
Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury
to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) accident;
2.
One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) because of bodily
injury to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident;
and
3.
Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of injury to or
destruction of property of any others in any one (1) accident.
4.
Alternatively, an applicant may obtain a combined single limit
policy of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
B.
The liability insurance policy required by this Section shall be
in full force and effect at all times during the period of time for
which such license has been issued. If such insurance be canceled
or for any reason whatsoever be not in force or effect during such
period, the license shall automatically be revoked.
[R.O. 2007 §35-11; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4145 §1, 8-4-1975; Ord. No. 4163 §5, 2-2-1976; Ord. No. 4398 §2, 6-4-1979; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Each licensee under this Chapter shall pay an annual license fee
of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the operation of four (4)
taxicab/limousines. In addition, the licensee shall pay the sum of
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum per taxicab/limousine for all
taxicab/limousines licensed in excess of four (4) taxicab/limousines.
[Ord. No. 19-58, 9-16-2019]
B.
Even though a taxicab/limousine business may be sold and a new owner-operator
granted a new license for such business, only one (1) license fee
shall be required for any one (1) business for any one (1) calendar
year so long as the business remains substantially the same after
the sale as it was prior to the sale.
[R.O. 2007 §35-12; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
After any applicant has been granted a license and has met all the
qualifications required by this Chapter, the City Clerk shall endorse
upon one (1) copy of the application file "License Approved," together
with the date of such approval and shall deliver the same to the City
Collector. The City Collector shall, upon the payment of the appropriate
license tax, issue and deliver such license to the applicant together
with the sticker or plate for each taxicab/limousine covered by the
license.
B.
The Collector shall keep a record of the number of the taxicab/limousine
stickers or plates issued to each licensee together with the make,
model and motor number of the taxicab/limousine for which each was
issued.
[R.O. 2007 §35-13; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be for the calendar year in which they are issued and shall expire
on the 31st day of December following its date of issuance.
[R.O. 2007 §35-14; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
After any license shall have been issued under this Chapter,
the licensee shall be entitled to a renewal thereof for the succeeding
year, provided that the licensee made written application for said
renewal and pays the required license fee prior to the expiration
of his/her license and further provided that the applicant still meets
all the qualifications of a new applicant.
[R.O. 2007 §35-15; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No person shall operate a taxicab/limousine in the City limits
of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, except as licensed to do so by the City
of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. However, any licensed owner may allow his/her
operators to purchase or lease the taxicab/limousines licensed by
his/her business and such purchasers or lessees may operate the taxicab/limousines
they are purchasing or leasing so long as the City Clerk is furnished
a list of the owner, purchaser or lessee and so long as the purchaser
or lessee otherwise qualified as operator under the ordinances of
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and the Statutes of the State of Missouri.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve the license holder from all
duties and responsibilities under this Chapter, and such licensee
shall be fully responsible for the proper operation and maintenance
of all taxicab/limousines operating under his/her license, regardless
of ownership of any such taxicab/limousine.
[R.O. 2007 §35-16; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4657 §1, 3-1-1982; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Suspensions. If a written complaint is filed with
the office of the City Manager alleging that the operation or conduct
of a taxicab/limousine business within the City of Poplar Bluff is
presenting an immediate danger to public safety or severe menace to
the general welfare, the City Manager shall immediately investigate
said complaint. If the City Manager concludes that there is reasonable
grounds for probable cause to believe the complaint is true, the City
Manager shall notify the person or parties responsible for such conduct
and operations and direct them to cease and desist within twenty-four
(24) hours of said notice. If said person or parties continue to operate
the taxicab/limousine business in such a manner, the City Manager
is authorized and directed to suspend the license or licenses of the
taxicab/limousine business or licensee involved in such conduct or
operations. Such suspension shall remain in effect until the next
regular meeting of the City Council at which the matter will be presented
for resolution.
B.
Revocations. If a suspension identified in Subsection (A) hereof is brought to the City Council for resolution, or if, at anytime, the Council is of the opinion that any licensee heretofore granted a license to engage in, operate or conduct a taxicab or limousine business is engaged in any unlawful calling or has violated any provisions of this Chapter or any other applicable provisions of this Code, City ordinances, State or Federal Statutes or is conducting such business in such a manner as to constitute a danger to public safety or a menace to the general welfare and well-being of the City or that such licensee has otherwise become unqualified, unfit or incapable of engaging in, operating or conducting a taxicab/limousine business or that the operation of a taxicab/limousine business by such licensee does not serve the public convenience and necessity, then the Council may, after due hearing, revoke said license.
C.
Procedure. After action by the City Manager or complaint
presented directly to the Council, the Council may revoke the license
of said licensee or licensees as is appropriate. However, no revocation
shall take place until after the holder of such license or licenses
shall have received reasonable notice of the Council's intention
to consider revocation and after having been afforded a hearing before
the Council, at which hearing the licensee or licensees shall be permitted
to appear and to offer such testimony in his/her or their behalf as
may be relevant to the question of the revocation of such license
or licenses.
[R.O. 2007 §35-17; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
No licensee shall operate more taxicabs or any limousines other than
those included in the license unless and until application shall have
been made and approved increasing the number of taxicab/limousines
to be operated by the licensee. Said application for additional taxicab/limousines
shall be filed with the City Clerk, shall state the name and address
of the licensee, the number of taxicab/limousines sought to be licensed,
together with make, model, motor number and serial number of each,
and whether the same are owned or licensed by the licensee and the
reasons for requesting license for additional taxicab/limousines;
provided, however, that the make, model, motor number and serial number
of each new motor vehicle included in the application for additional
taxicab/limousines may be supplied by the applicant and endorsed on
the application at any time prior to the actual issuance of the license
by the City Collector.
B.
The same proceeding shall be had by the Council upon said application
as is provided for the granting of an original license under this
Article.
[R.O. 2007 §35-18; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Any licensee under the provisions of this Article may substitute
other taxicabs or limousines in place of that or those for which the
license is granted upon supplying the following information and meeting
the following conditions:
1.
The name and address of the licensee.
2.
The make, model, motor number and serial number of both the
substituted taxicabs or limousines and the vehicles which are being
replaced.
3.
Proof that the licensee is a bona fide owner or lessee with
sole right of control of the taxicab or limousines sought to be substituted.
4.
A certificate from a qualified mechanic showing that the substitute
taxicabs or limousines have been inspected and are in good mechanical
condition.
5.
A certificate from the City Clerk that the taxicabs or limousines
sought to be substituted have been included in and are covered under
the liability insurance policy of the licensee.
B.
Thereupon the Collector, upon the payment of fifty cents ($0.50)
for each sticker or plate issued, shall issue to the licensee stickers
or plates for each substituted taxicab/limousine and shall note on
his/her record the substitution made.
C.
When any substitution is made under the provisions hereof, the licensee
shall promptly remove the license sticker or plate from the taxicab/limousine
for which another was substituted and the same shall not thereafter
be used, unless and until it shall be substituted for another taxicab/limousine
under the provision hereof.
[R.O. 2007 §35-19; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
The City Clerk shall assign a license number to each vehicle
to be operated under a license issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Chapter. The licensee shall cause to be painted on the rear door
of each side of each taxicab/limousine the permit number issued by
the City Clerk, the number of taxicab/limousines authorized by said
permit or license and the car number of that particular vehicle assigned
by the licensee. The numbers assigned by the licensee shall be consecutive
numbers beginning with one (1) and ending with the highest number
of taxicab/limousines authorized under that permit or license. The
numbers and letters shall be uniform and shall be at least four (4)
inches high with three-quarter-inch brush stroke.
[R.O. 2007 §35-20; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No license issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
be transferred, sold or assigned, and any attempt by a licensee to
do so shall automatically revoke said license.
[R.O. 2007 §35-21; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No person shall operate a taxicab/limousine for hire within
the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, without first obtaining a permit
from the City to do so.
[R.O. 2007 §35-22; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4354 §3, 11-6-1978; Ord. No. 4508 §1, 9-2-1980; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 —
2, 4-18-2016]
No person shall be granted a permit under the provisions of
this Chapter unless such person is of good moral character, a citizen
of the United States, a resident of Butler County, Missouri, and has
a valid Missouri chauffeur's license. Nor shall any such permit
be issued to any person who has been convicted of any felony within
seven (7) years of the date of the application for said permit or
who has been convicted of any misdemeanor within one (1) year of the
date of the application for said permit or who, at any time, has been
convicted of a sexual offense, prostitution, gambling, pornography,
offenses involving controlled substances or in which the use of a
dangerous and deadly weapon was involved. The City Council shall be
the sole judge of the moral character of any applicant applying contemporary
community standards.
[R.O. 2007 §35-23; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Application blanks for a permit required by this Article may
be obtained from the Chief of Police. Each application for a permit
shall contain the name, age and address of the applicant, as well
as a statement whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony,
the violation of any Federal or State Statute relating to the use,
possession or sale of intoxicating liquors and any Federal or State
Statute relating to prostitution or any Federal or State Statute relating
to the use, possession or sale of narcotic drugs, whether such applicant
is a citizen of the United States, whether the applicant is an habitual
user of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs, whether the applicant
has been an habitual violator of traffic laws and ordinances and the
prospective employment of such applicant.
[R.O. 2007 §35-24; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Each applicant for a taxicab/limousine driver's permit
shall pass an examination as to his/her ability and fitness to operate
a taxicab/limousine, to his/her general knowledge of the traffic laws
of this State and the traffic regulations of the City as the City
Collector may prescribe. If such applicant shall fail to pass such
examination, no permit shall be issued. Before any taxicab/limousine
driver's permit is issued by the City Collector, the applicant
shall also furnish his/her photograph and fingerprint record and when
such permit is issued, the City Collector shall issue to the applicant
an identification card which shall show the name, age, sex and residence
of the person to whom such permit is issued together with the date
of the issuance thereof.
[R.O. 2007 §35-25; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7376 §2, 12-3-2012; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016; Ord.
No. 19-58, 9-16-2019]
A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be made for the issuance
of a taxicab/limousine driver's permit.
[R.O. 2007 §35-26; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Every taxicab/limousine driver shall, at all times while operating
a taxicab/limousine upon the streets of the City, carry and display
in such vehicle the taxicab/limousine driver's permit required
by this Article. Such permits shall contain thereon the name, age,
sex and residence of such driver. Such permit shall also have attached
thereto a photograph of the driver. Every such driver shall, upon
request of any passenger, give to such passenger his/her correct name
and address and any other information which will serve to identify
the driver and the operator of the taxicab/limousine to the passenger.
[R.O. 2007 §35-27; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
All permits shall expire on the 31st day of December following
the date of issuance.
[R.O. 2007 §35-28; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No permit issued under the provisions of this Article shall
be transferable.
[R.O. 2007 §35-29; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
Every such permit shall be subject to cancellation by the City Manager
for any one (1) or more of the following causes:
1.
Violation of State or Federal laws relating to alcoholic beverages,
narcotics or prostitution.
2.
Failure to report accidents.
3.
Willful failure to comply with any provisions of this Chapter
or other ordinances or other laws relating to the operation of taxicab/limousines.
4.
Violating ordinances fixing fares.
5.
Making a false statement in application for permit.
6.
Violation of State laws permitting or requiring the suspension
or revocation of driver's license.
7.
Repeated and persistent violation of traffic and safety ordinances.
8.
Physical disability or physical affliction which would materially
impair his/her ability to drive a taxicab/limousine.
9.
The violation of State, Federal or local laws involving moral
turpitude.
[R.O. 2007 §35-30; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No person shall operate as a taxicab/limousine for hire within
the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, any vehicle except one that is
licensed and registered with the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, as
herein provided.
[R.O. 2007 §35-31; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4422 §1, 9-4-1979; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Every vehicle used as a taxicab/limousine shall be inspected
for mechanical and safety defects at least once every six (6) months
by a qualified mechanic approved by the City Manager to make such
inspections. A copy of the report of such inspections shall be submitted
to the City Clerk, by the supervisor of the department to which the
mechanic belongs, immediately following each such inspection. Nothing
to the contrary herein withstanding, taxicab/limousine inspections
may be conducted more frequently if, in the opinion of the City Manager,
more frequent inspections are deemed necessary. Whenever the mechanic
deems a taxicab/limousine unsafe or unfit for taxicab/limousine use,
the license for such vehicle shall be suspended until such time as
the necessary corrections are made so as to insure that said taxicab/limousine
is safe and fit. During the suspension of said license, said taxicab/limousine
shall not be used to transport passengers for hire. The City Clerk
shall notify the owner of said unsafe and unfit taxicab/limousine
of such an unsafe or unfit report and the suspension of the license.
All inspection costs shall be paid by the licensee.
[R.O. 2007 §35-32; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be a violation of this Chapter for any taxicab owner
under the provisions hereof or any driver to engage in the practice
commonly known as "cruising," that is, in driving over any established
route of any other carrier and picking up passengers thereon.
[R.O. 2007 §35-33; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab/limousine
to move the same or cause the same to be moved after a collision or
accident involving such taxicab/limousine, until such driver has first
reported the same to the Police Department and a Police Officer has
arrived at the scene of such accident and authorizes the removal of
such taxicab/limousine.
[R.O. 2007 §35-34; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab owner or operator to refuse
to carry or transport any orderly person anywhere in the City, unless
previously engaged or unable to do so.
[R.O. 2007 §35-35; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful to carry in a taxicab more than five (5)
passengers in any taxicab and in no event shall more than two (2)
passengers ride in the front seat with the driver.
[R.O. 2007 §35-36; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No driver of a taxicab/limousine or owner of a taxicab/limousine
shall engage in selling intoxicating liquors or soliciting business
for any person selling intoxicating liquors.
[R.O. 2007 §35-37; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No driver of a taxicab/limousine shall pick up and deliver an
intoxicating alcoholic beverage to or for any person under the age
of twenty-one (21) years. Nor shall any driver pick up or deliver
any intoxicating beverage at any time or place that sales of such
items are otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance. No such item shall
be picked up or delivered unless or until the item is sealed and packaged
and the name of the seller, the date and time of the pickup is written
on said package by the seller.
[R.O. 2007 §35-38; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any driver or passenger of any taxicab/limousine
to drink alcoholic beverages of any kind while inside the taxicab/limousine.
[R.O. 2007 §35-39; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
No driver of a taxicab/limousine shall receive or discharge
passengers in the roadway of any street, but shall drive to the right-hand
sidewalk as nearly as possible or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to
the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge
passengers.
[R.O. 2007 §35-40; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
While a taxicab is engaged by any fare-paying passenger, the
driver of said taxicab shall not permit any other person to occupy
or ride in said taxicab, unless the person or persons first employing
the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of an additional passenger
or passengers.
[R.O. 2007 §35-41; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975]
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab/limousine driver or owner
to knowingly act in any manner as a panderer or pimp for prostitutes
or as contact for unlawful establishments of any character or to knowingly
transport any passenger to the abode of a prostitute for the purpose
of engaging in an unlawful act.
[R.O. 2007 §35-42; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any taxicab/limousine driver or owner
to knowingly transport any criminal, narcotic peddler, prostitute,
bootlegger or any other person in the commission of a crime or infraction
of the law in any manner.
[R.O. 2007 §35-42.1; Ord. No. 6493 §2, 6-3-2002; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
A.
A. It shall be the duty of every taxicab/limousine driver to:
1.
Obey and fully comply with the traffic regulations of the City
applicable to drivers of motor vehicles;
2.
Maintain the taxicab/limousine in a clean and orderly condition;
3.
Operate only such vehicles as are known to its driver to be
in good working order and to abstain from any taxicab/limousine suspected
or known to be in an unsafe condition;
4.
Be clean and neat in person and dress while operating a taxicab/limousine;
5.
Operate the taxicab/limousine in such manner as will not obstruct
or hinder the usual flow of traffic, nor obstruct the entrance or
exits of any premises open to the public;
6.
Convey any orderly person, upon request by signal or telephone
call, unless the taxicab/limousine is previously engaged;
7.
Abstain from smoking and the use of profane language while operating
a taxicab/limousine;
8.
Search the taxicab/limousine interior, immediately after the
termination of any hiring or employment, for any property lost or
left therein; and any such property, unless sooner claimed or delivered
to the owner, shall be taken to the Police station and deposited with
the officer in charge, taken written receipt therefor, within twenty-four
(24) hours of its discovery.
[R.O. 2007 §35-47; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 4933 §7, 12-2-1985; Ord. No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Each and every taxicab operated on the streets of the City shall
have affixed thereto at a location in plain view of any passenger
therein a placard setting out the rates for taxicab services, and
such rates shall be so shown thereon as to be readily visible to and
readable by any occupant of such taxicab.
[R.O. 2007 §35-48; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab/limousine to
demand or receive a fee or charge for taxicab/limousine services to
any person to whom said driver has not rendered said service under
the contemplation of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2007 §35-49; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal
fare of any taxicab/limousine after having hired the same.
[R.O. 2007 §35-51; Ord. No. 4133 §2, 6-2-1975; Ord.
No. 7697 §§1 — 2, 4-18-2016]
Any driver who shall be convicted twice of violating this Chapter
shall have his/her permit to operate a taxicab/limousine revoked and
shall not thereafter be issued a permit to operate or own a taxicab/limousine
within the City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
