The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
means any office, structure or other place from which a holder
shall, by means of telephone or radio communication, dispatch, control
or direct the operation of taxicabs, and shall include any such place
where telephonic or personal requests for taxicab service are regularly
received and forwarded to drivers for appropriate action.
means any individual who shall drive, propel or operate or
shall be in possession or control of a taxicab.
means any individual person or any partnership composed of
2 or more persons or any duly organized corporation which shall be
the holder of a license duly issued by the chief of police for the
conduct of the taxicab business in the city.
means a vehicle, however powered or propelled, regularly
engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a
seating capacity of less than 10 persons and not operated on a fixed
route.
(Code 1954 § 21.1; Ord. 1546 § 1; Ord. 1772 § 1)
No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in
a taxicab operated by him or her unless the person first engaging
such taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of additional passenger
or passengers.
(Code 1954 § 21.2; Ord. 1772 § 1)
Whenever the driver of any taxicab shall be called to pick up
passengers at any place within the city and be requested by them to
wait temporarily, or shall discharge passengers and be requested by
them to remain in attendance at such location for their return, such
driver may park the taxicab at the curb.
(Code 1954 § 21.7; Ord. 1772 § 1)
Whenever the driver of a taxicab shall park the taxicab, the
driver shall conform to all applicable ordinances of the city and
laws of the state. Parking time limits shall apply equally to such
vehicle.
(Code 1954 § 21.9; Ord. 1772 § 1)
No holder shall maintain, operate, control, use or otherwise
employ a dispatching station located within any area which has been
reserved exclusively for residential purposes by any ordinance of
the city, except as follows:
A.
Upon
application by any holder in good standing, the city council may issue
a permit to such holder for the operation of a dispatching station
within an area reserved exclusively for residential purposes.
B.
Such
permit may be revoked by the city council after notice to the holder
and hearing at which he or she shall have an opportunity to appear
and present evidence, if the council shall find that the holder has,
in the operation of the dispatching station, violated the terms and
conditions of the permit, or caused or created a nuisance, or when
necessary, in the judgment of the council, to conform to comprehensive
zoning ordinances adopted pursuant to any master plan adopted by the
city.
(Code 1954 § 21-12; Ord. 791 § 1; Ord. 1772 § 1)
The city council may, of its own motion or upon the written
request of any aggrieved party filed with the city clerk not less
than 10 days after any decision by the chief of police authorized
by this chapter, shall review, or by order duly made in its minutes
or by resolution, refer to a committee of not less than 3 of its members
such matters for review, any decision of the chief of police authorized
by this chapter. The city clerk shall, within 5 days after receipt
of written request for review, set the matter down for hearing not
less than 20 days there-after and shall, within such 5 days, give
notice of the hearing, the date and place thereof and the decision
to be reviewed to the following: the mayor and each councilmember,
the chief of police and each person who has filed a written request
for notice of the time and place of hearing, and who has therein stated
his or her name and the place to which such notice may be addressed.
Any person aggrieved or affected by such decision shall have full
opportunity to present evidence. Any decision reached by a majority
of the committee in case of a committee hearing or by a majority of
the council shall be final. The chief of police shall have an opportunity
to present evidence.
(Code 1954 § 21.13; Ord. 1772 § 1)
Whenever any notice is provided for in this chapter the same
may be delivered personally to the person to be notified or to any
partner of a partnership holder or applicant or to any officer or
managing employee of a corporation holder or applicant or the notice
may be given by mail. Whenever notice is given by mail it shall be
enclosed in an envelope addressed to the person to be notified at
the address on any application filed by such person or any corrected
address filed with the chief of police, whichever is subsequent, postage
fully prepaid, registered with return receipt requested and deposited
in the United States Post Office in the city. Any notice mailed in
the manner as herein provided shall be deemed conclusively to have
been received within 48 hours after deposit.
(Code 1954 § 21.15; Ord. 1772 § 1)
