[1-21-1946, § 1]
No person shall use a vehicle as a taxicab upon the streets of the Village without first obtaining a license from the Village Clerk.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
The number of taxicabs for the Village is limited to one for each 1,000 inhabitants; provided, however, no person shall be licensed to own, have or operate more than 12 taxicabs as provided under the provisions of this chapter.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
If the President and Board of Trustees find from the investigation and hearing that the public convenience and necessity justify the operation of the vehicle for which a license is desired it shall notify the applicant of its finding. Within 60 days thereafter, the applicant shall furnish to the President and Board of Trustees any and all additional information which may be required, and if the President and Board of Trustees then find that the applicant is the owner and bona fide operator of the vehicle for which license is desired, and that such vehicle complies with all of the pertinent ordinances of the Village, license shall thereupon be issued to the applicant upon the payment of the proper license fee.
If the President and Board of Trustees find from such investigation and hearing that the public convenience and necessity does not justify the operation of the vehicle for which license is desired, it shall forthwith notify the applicant of such finding.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
In determining whether public convenience and necessity require the licensing of such taxicabs for which application may be made, the President and Board of Trustees shall take into consideration whether the demands of public convenience and necessity require such proposed or such additional taxicab service within the Village; the financial responsibility of the applicant; the number, kind, type of equipment; the schedule of maximum rates proposed to be charged, the color scheme to be used by the applicant; the increased traffic congestion and demand for increased parking spaces on the streets of the Village which may result: and whether the safe use of the streets by the public both vehicular and pedestrian will he preserved by the granting of such additional license; and such other relevant facts the President and Board of Trustees may deem advisable or necessary.
[5-2-1949, § 1]
A taxicab license shall be issued as of the fiscal year commencing May first and shall be effective for such period of time unless sooner suspended or revoked.
[5-2-1949, § 1; 1-21-1956, § 1]
Applications for licenses for the taxicabs shall be made to the Village Clerk by the owner or operator thereof upon blank forms to be furnished by the Village Clerk, and such application shall contain the full name and address of the owner or operator, the class of the vehicle for which the license is desired, the length of time the vehicle has been in use, the number of persons it is capable of carrying, and if a motor-driven vehicle, the motor power thereof. Such application shall thereupon be referred by the Village Clerk to the Chief of Police.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and examined and found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers, clean, fit, of good appearance and well painted.
No license shall be issued to any person having the name or color of their taxicab similar to that of any other person licensed to operate a taxicab within the limits of the Village. The Chief of Police shall make or have made by his inspectors such examination and inspection before a license shall be issued, and the inspector of weights and measures, or any inspector appointed by him shall examine any taximeter attached to any taxicab and see that the same is accurate before the license to operate such taxicab is issued by the Village Clerk, and report his findings to the Chief of Police. Upon approval of the application by the Chief of Police, he shall so endorse such application and file the same with the Village Clerk, who shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue the license in the manner provided by Section 48-21.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
No person shall be licensed to operate a taxicab until the owner or operator thereof has complied with all the provisions of this chapter and with the state law pertaining to a surety bond or the insurance policy issued for the benefit of any person who might suffer damage by reason of the operation of such vehicle; provided, however, that the person owning, controlling or operating such taxicab shall file with the Village Clerk a continuing policy of insurance in full force and effect, in a solvent and responsible company authorized to do business in the state, insuring such person against liability in any injury to or death of any person from the negligence of the assured or the agents, servants and employees of the assured in the operation of any taxicab vehicle during the license period. Such policy of insurance may cover one or more taxicab vehicles and insure such person for a stun not less than $10,000, for injuries to or death of any one person, but may provide for maximum liability of $100,000 for any one accident.
Such policy of insurance shall provide for payment and satisfaction of any final judgment rendered against the injured for such injury or death, and shall provide that suit may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction upon such insurance policies by the owner of any such judgment. Such policy of insurance shall also contain a provision that the same cannot be cancelled by the issuing company without giving 10 days' notice in writing of such cancellation to the assured and the Village Clerk, either personally or by registered mail. Before issuing such license the applicant shall submit to the Village Clerk the approval of such bond by the secretary of state, or proof of the issuance of such insurance policy.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
The taxicab license to be issued by the Village Clerk shall be in the form of a card or plate which shall contain the official license number of the taxicab, together with the date of the inspections. Such card shall be signed by the Village Clerk and shall contain blank space upon which an entry shall be made of the date of inspection of the taxicab by the Chief of Police or an inspector appointed by him. License cards shall be of a distinctly different color each year, and in the case of taxicabs the license number assigned thereto shall in each case be the same as that issued to the vehicle for that year pursuant to law. Such cards shall be affixed to a conspicuous and indispensable part of each taxicab. The design of such plates shall be changed annually.
[9-19-1949, § 1]
Each taxicab license issued shall be nontransferable and shall be stamped across the face of such license the legend "NONTRANSFERABLE."
[1-21-1946, § 1; 5-2-1949, § 2]
In addition to all license fees, every licensee shall pay to the Village in advance an annual fee as provided in Section 29-11.
[1-21-1946, § 1]
Taxicab licenses granted under this chapter are subject to revocation or suspension at any time by the President of the Village for good cause shown or if it shall have been determined that the taxicab is not in good condition for operation. Licenses when so revoked or suspended shall not be reissued until the cause for such revocation shall have been removed to the satisfaction of the President of the Village.
The President shall revoke or suspend the license of any taxicab found to be unfit or unsuited for public patronage.