10/07/85 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 7, 1985 Mr. Nagy said that when he questioned Mr. Woods about his business location, he was told that there was no office and that all dispatching was done from a phone in one of the vehicles. 5. Allowing a person without a valid taxicab driver's license to operate a vehicle for Roseland Cab. ( See 4-61 (mm) Richard Traxler applied for cab license #72 as the operator of that vehicle. He has not been issued a taxicab driver's license by the City of South Bend. In addition a petition has been signed by several neighbors of Mr. Woods because several taxicabs have been parked at Mr. Woods' residence on numerous occasions. Kathy Barnard, Director of Neighborhood Code Enforcement will present the facts relative to this particular complaint. As a last point, I feel an investigation into Allied Cab Company is in order since it appears that one of their cabs (license #66) was brought in for Roseland Cab's meter inspection. Mr. Joseph Nagy, Sr., Sealer, Weights and Measures was present and advised the Board that on April 29, 1985, he mailed letters to all the cab companies requesting that they submit their current rates. He stated that Roseland Cab was the only company that did not respond. Mr. Nagy advised that on September 23, 1985, he telephoned Roseland Cab and requested that they bring in their cabs for inspection. He further advised that on September 25, 1985 the meter serial number of Roseland cab license #66 was 4119. On October 4, 1985, Roseland Cab license #72 was reinspected and had the same meter serial number as #66 (4119). Mr. Nagy advised the Board that on September 24, 1985, Roseland Cab license #66 was seen at the corner of Mayflower and Western with a passenger. However that cab meter had not been approved. Additionally, Cab License #72 was condemned on September 24 and was seen at the airport on September 25. On October 2 license #72 was condemned again and was seen with a passenger in the cab shortly thereafter. Ms. Barnard stated that she began receiving complaints concerning the zoning violation in early June. In September, a petition was submitted to her asking that Roseland Cab Company cease operating its business at 1410 Viking Avenue. Mr. Roger Woods, owner of Roseland Cab Company, was present and spoke to the Board. He stated that on October 2, 1985, he tried to speak to Mr. Vance, Ms. Pfotenhauer and Ms. Barnard and was not able to speak to any of them. He advised that he currently has only one vehicle operating as a taxi and he has a person from Courtesy Cab taking his excess calls. He further stated that the vehicle bearing city license #66 was purchased from Allied Cab and that he uses it for luggage delivery only, not as a taxi cab. The other three cabs have mechanical problems or are inoperable and the ones parked at his house have had the taxi cab decals and lights stripped from them. Mr. Woods said that he has never run the taxi cab business out of his house. No drivers ever came inside his house, nor any passengers, except for a neighbor and he was told not to come to the house again but to call. He stated that just because he has his telephone in the house does not mean he runs the business from there. Mr. Woods advised that he put the meter from #66 into #72 because he was not using #66 as a taxi. Other cars that were on the list have been sold or wrecked months ago.