Repealing Chapter 36 Relating to Taxicabs

Home Browse Search

Such - license shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year. A license for every calendar year thereafter shall issue upon filing of a medical certificate and the payment of One dollar ($1.00) unless the license for the preceding year has been revoked. SECTION 16. DISPLAY OF LICENSE Every driver licensed under this ordinance shall post his driver's license in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operating a taxicab. SECTION 17. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby given the authority to suspend any driver's license issued under this ordinance for a driver's failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, such suspension to last for a period of not more than thirty (30) days. The Board of Public Works and Safety is also given authority to revoke any driver's license for failure to comply with the provisions of this ordinance. However, a license may not be revoked unless the driver has received notice and has had an opportunity to present evidence in his behalf. SECTION 18. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CITY. STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. Every driver licensed under this ordinance shall comply with all City, State and Federal laws. Failure to do so will justify the Board of Public Works and Safety suspending or revoking a license. SECTION 19. VEHICLES - - EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE. (a) Vehicles must be licensed. Prior to the use and operation of any vehicle under the provisions of this ordinance said vehicle shall be thoroughly examined and inspected by the Police Department and found to comply with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be pre- scribed by the Board of Public Works and Safety. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide safe transportation and shall specify such safety equipment and regulatory devices as the Board of Public Works and Safety shall deem necessary therefore. When the Police Department finds that a vehicle has'met the standards established by the Board of Public Works and Safety, the Department shall issue a permit to that effect which shall also state the authorized seating capacity of said vehicle. (b) Periodic Inspections. Every vehicle operating under this ordinance shall be periodically inspected by the Police Department at such inter- vals as shall be established by the Board of Public Works and Safety to insure the maintenance of safe operating conditions. (c) Vehicles Must Be Kept in a Clean and Sanitary Condition. Every vehicle operating under this ordinance shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition according to rules and regulations promulgated by the Board of Public Works and Safety. SECTION 20. DESIGNATION OF TAXICABS Each taxicab shall bear on the outside of each front or rear door, in painted letters five (5) inches in height, the name of the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and the number of the license plainly painted 5 inches in height, on the rear of such vehicle, and in addition, may bear an identifying design approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety. No vehicle covered by the terms of this ordinance shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the Board of Public Works and Safety conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under the ordinance, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to ceceive or defraud the public; and provided further, that if, after a license has been issued for a taxicab here- under, the color scheme, identifying design, monogram, or insignia