[Code 1974 §615.010; CC 1984 §31-16]
As used in this Article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
Any motor vehicle performing a bona fide for hire taxicab
service having a capacity of not more than five (5) passengers, exclusive
of the driver, and not operated on a regular route or between fixed
termini.
Includes any person who offers to the public a motor vehicle
for the purposes of hauling or transporting passengers for a charge
or fee.
The operator of a taxicab.
[Code 1974 §615.100; CC 1984 §31-17]
Each and every taxicab licensed under the provisions of this
Article shall at all times have permanently and prominently displayed
on both sides thereof a sign, the letters of which shall not be less
than three and one-half (3½) inches in height, designating
the name of the person owning and operating the taxicab and bearing
the number of the license issued by the City of Farmington therefor.
[CC 1984 §31-18]
Every taxicab being operated within the City shall have displayed
in a prominent place within the passenger compartment of the vehicle
a schedule showing the rate of fare authorized to be charged and no
further or different charges than those listed on the schedule shall
be charged.
[CC 1984 §31-21]
All taxicabs shall be kept in a thoroughly and mechanically
safe operating condition complying with all of the safety requirements
of this Code and other ordinances of the City and the Statutes of
the State regulating motor vehicles of a capacity of seven (7) passengers
or less, and all taxicabs shall be kept clean and properly painted.
[CC 1984 §31-22]
It shall be the duty of the driver of any taxicab to accept
as a passenger any person who seeks to use the taxicab when any taxicab
is vacant and for hire, provided, that the person is not intoxicated
and conducts himself/herself in an orderly manner.
[Code 1974 §615.020; CC 1984 §31-36]
No person shall engage in the taxicab business within the City,
either directly or indirectly, without first having obtained a license
as provided by the terms of this Article.
[Code 1974 §615.030; CC 1984 §31-37]
The application for a taxicab business license shall be filed
with the City Clerk setting forth the full name and address of the
applicant, the date the license is to become effective, the address
and location of the business, the period of time for which the license
is applied for, and the make, model and trade name of all motor vehicles
to be used in the business.
[Code 1974 §615.050; CC 1984 §31-39]
No taxicab business license shall be issued under this Article until the licensee shall have paid to the City of Farmington a license fee in the amount specified in Section 605.130 for each motor vehicle operated by the licensee in his/her business.
[1]
Editor's Note — Reference to city collector has been
changed to "City of Farmington" at the direction of the city in Supp.
#3, 4-2011.
[Code 1974 §615.060; CC 1984 §31-40]
A.
No
taxicab business license shall be issued under this Article until
the licensee shall have filed with the City Clerk, and the same has
been approved by the Mayor, a liability insurance policy with an insurance
company authorized to transact business within the State and which
policy shall meet the following requirements:
1.
The policy shall designate by explicit description or by appropriate
reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage thereby
is intended to be granted;
2.
The policy shall insure all persons for damage to or destruction
of property in the maximum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
resulting from any one (1) accident due to the negligent operation
or use of a taxicab used in the licensee's business; and
3.
The policy shall insure any person on account of the maintenance,
use or operation of the motor vehicle within the City limits against
loss from the liability imposed upon the licensee due to the negligent
operation or use of the vehicle to the extent and aggregate amount
exclusive of interest and cost with respect to each such motor vehicle
of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for bodily injury to or death
of one (1) person as a result of any one (1) accident and, subject
to those limits as to one (1) person, the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000.00) for bodily injury to or death of all persons
as a result of any one (1) accident.
[Code 1974 §615.080; CC 1984 §31-41]
No taxicab business license issued under the provisions of this
Article shall be assignable or transferable.
[Code 1974 §615.070; CC 1984 §31-42]
If, at any time, the City Council shall find that a licensee
is engaged in any unlawful calling or has violated any of the provisions
of this Code or other ordinances of the City, or has violated any
State or Federal law, or is conducting his/her 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 citizens of the City, or shall
determine for any reason that the licensee is not qualified or capable
of operating or conducting a taxicab business, the Council is hereby
authorized and empowered to revoke his/her license.
