Repealing Chapter 36 Relating to Taxicabs

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(b) The representation that there will be maintained a telephone connection directly to the main office of such holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity near such stand or in the building next adjacent thereto, for at least eight hours each day or that there will be maintained two -way radio communication between the taxicab using such stand and the central office of the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Upon the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity complying with the above requirements, the Board, in its sole discretion, may permit such holder to occupy the designated place as a taxi stand if such occupancy is consistent with public convenience and necessity. For the purpose of this section "holder" shall include any group or association of individuals to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued who join together or associate themselves together for the joint use by them of such taxicab stands. The holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity under this ordinance shall pay One hundred twenty -five dollars ($125.00) per year to the city controller for each twenty -two feet of the public streets occupied and used as a taxi stand; provided that if any taxi stand permit is granted by the city on streets not equipped with parking meters, this fee shall not be charged. Such taxistand permits shall continue to be valid from year to year upon payment of the prescribed fee or until suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance. No taxi stand permit shall be transferred or assigned without the written consent of the Secretary of the Board of Public Works and Safety, duly authorized and directed by the Board. The stand for which such permit shall be issued shall not encroach upon any part of the streets or curbs zoned or designated for any other purpose. Such taxistand permit may be revoked by the Board of Public Works and Safety for good cause shown after due notice to the holder of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity; and hearing. All taxi stands shall be marked by the Police Department by appropriate painting of the adjacent curb and by affixing to the curb at each end of the stand a metal standard to be furnished by the licensee with the words "Taxicab Stand of it plainly stenciled upon such standard. All taxi stands may be occupied and used only by taxicabs belonging to or under the control of the particular holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to whom such stands are assigned for the full period of twenty -four hours each day; provided, that all such taxi stands shall always be available for use by the police or fire departments of the city and shall be subject to the rights of reasonable ingress and egress of the abutting property owner or his lessee. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall issue to any present holder of a taxicab license under the ordinance in effect prior to the effective date hereof of a permit to occupy taxi stands, the places respectively heretofore designated and assigned by the Board of Public Works and Safety to such holders of a taxicab license without the necessity of complying with this section. SECTION 27. PARKING AT PLACES OTHER THAN TAXI STANDS PROHIBITED: It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any taxicab licensed under the provisions of this ordinance to cause or permit such taxicab to stand while waiting employment at any place other than a taxicab stand so designated and licensed to such holder under the provisions of Section twenty -six (26). The standing of any taxicabs at a stand not licensed as provided in Section twenty -six (26) shall be unlawful.