Repealing Chapter 36 Relating to Taxicabs

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SECTION 40. DISPOSITION OF ARTICLES LEFT IN TAXICABS Whenever any package, article of baggage or goods of any kind shall be left in any taxicab or in the custody of the driver of any such vehicle, such driver shall, upon the discovery of such package or article, forthwith deliver the same to the company's main office and into the hands of the management in charge thereof and receive from such manager a receipt for same, ynless such package or article shall be sooner delivered to the owner thereof on the order of such owner. SECTION 41. RIDING ON FRONT SEAT It shall be unlawful for the driver or owner of any licensed taxicab to allow any person, except one person who pays his due fare, to ride on the front seat with the driver of such vehicle while the same is engaged in the business of carrying persons for hire. SECTION 42. POWER OF BOARD TO ADOPT ADDITIONAL RULES AND REGULATIONS The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have the power to make and adopt such additional rules and regulations as shall be in its judge- ment and discretion necessary and proper for safety in the driving or managing of taxicabs; provided, that such additional rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this article. SECTION 43. SEVERABILITY Each of the provisions of this ordinance are severable, and if any provision shall be declared to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 44. REPEALING PROVISION All ordinances or parts or ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 45. LICENSE REQUIRED No person shall operate any commercial, bus, making five or more stops within the city for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, without first having obtained a license for such bus. SECTION 46. FEES Any person desiring to obtain a license under Section 45 shall pay to the City Controller, for the benefit of the city, for each commercial bus to be so operated, an annual license fee of seventy -five dollars for each vehicle having a rated seating capacity of more than twelve passengers; provided, that such license fee shall not apply to commercial vehicles which are operating under the terms of any contract entered into by the owner thereof with the Board of Public Works and Safety and ratified by the Common Council and which are operated regularly under a regular time schedule; provided further, that the license fees for vehicles operated under any such contract and which have rated seating capacity of more than twelve passengers shall be twenty -five dollars per year. SECTION 47. SUBSTITUTE VEHICLES No license required by Section 45 shall be required for vehicles held in reserve for the purpose of substituting while vehicles on which license has been issued are being repaired, in which case the license tag on the vehicle for which a license has been issued and which is being repaired may be transferred temporarily to such reserve vehicle while it is being used as a substitute for the regular vehicle.