[R.O. 2009 §12-401; Code 1969 §39-2]
No taxicab shall be offered for and engaged in carrying passengers
with or without baggage for hire over or upon the public streets or
places in the City until a license for each taxicab so operated shall
have been obtained as provided in this Division.
[R.O. 2009 §12-402; Code 1969 §39-3]
Upon permission being granted by the Board of Aldermen for the
operation of taxicabs, the applicant shall present the permit to the
City Clerk/Administrator and upon the payment to the City Clerk/Administrator
of a license tax of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each taxicab proposed
to be operated, as specified in the permit, the City Clerk/Administrator
shall issue to the applicant a license therefor, which license shall
be non-transferable and non-assignable and shall expire on December
thirty-first (31st) next following its date, provided that if such
license is granted after July first (1st) in any year, a license tax
of one-half (½) the above amount may be charged for the remaining
portion of such calendar year.
[R.O. 2009 §12-403; Code 1969 §39-4]
The taxicab license issued by the City Clerk/Administrator shall
be posted and kept posted at all times in a prominent place in the
taxicab for which it is issued.