Repealing Chapter 36 Relating to Taxicabs

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ORDINANCE NO. l�A3��66 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 36 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, 1962, RELATING TO TAXICABS AND OTHER VEHICLES; AND ENACTING AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TAXICABS AND OTHER VEHICLES; LICENSING TAXICABS AND TAXICAB DRIVERS; PROVIDING FOR TAXICAB STANDS ON THE PUBLIC STREETS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AS AMENDED BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: Chapter 36 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, 1962, relating to taxicabs and other vehicles is hereby repealed and the following ordinance is enacted in lieu thereof: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance have the meanings as set out herein; (a) Certificate means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Board of Public Works and Safety authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in the City of South Bend, Indiana. (b) Cruising means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys, or public places of the City of South Bend, Indiana, in search of, or soliciting prospective passengers for hire. (c) Driver's license means the written permit granted by the Board of Public Works and Safety to a person to drive a taxicab upon the dtreets of the City of South Bend, Indiana (d) Holder means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued. (e) Manifest means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by said driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip. (f) Person includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership, and any unincorporated association, and shall also include any group or association of individuals to whom a certi- ficate of public convenience and necessity has been issued who join together or associate themselves together under a trade name for operation of a taxicab business. (g) Rate card means a card issued by the Board of Public Works and Safety for display in each taxicab which contains the rates of fare then in force. (h) Taxicab means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of less than eight (8) persons and not operated on a fixed route. (i) Taximeter means a meter instument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based. (j) Taxi stand means a place on public property where the Board of Public Works and Safety has authorized a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to receive passengers.