Amending Chapter 4, to revise provisions for licensing of taxicab companies, vehicles and drivers

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Measures finds that a vehicle is in safe operating condition, is in compliance with the requirements of this subsection ~lrt~~-~be~, and has met the standards established by the~o~ cs this section, the Controller shall to issue a vehicle license to the owner or driver of the vehicle. `'__~ The license shall state the authorized seating capacity of the vehicle. (3) Every velTiele taxicab operating under this section shall be periodically inspected by the 1?nliee Department of Central Services at such intervals as 1?'~~}i~-~arlcs necessary to insure ensure the maintenance of safe operating conditions. In addition no license or renewal of license shall be issued for any vehicle unless it has passed I'ali~e both Department of Central Services and Bureau of Weights and Measures inspections within sixty (601 da~prior to such issuance or renewal. The schedulin og f inspections is the responsibility of the taxicab company_ (4) Every --vile taxicab operating under this section shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition inside the passenger area and trunk and outside the vehicle. Vehicles must also be free from mechanical defects rust and body damage Members of the Police Department the DeQartment of Code Enforcement or the Department of Central Services may conduct periodic unannounced inspections of taxicabs in order to ensure compliance with this paragraph's provisions and shall report any noncompliance to the Controller. (5) Every taxicab operating under this section shall have a top light permanently affixed which indicates that the vehicle is a taxicab The top light must be in good working order and must be illuminated between sundown and sunup each day while it is in operation. (6) Ever taxicab must be associated with a com~any licensed under this section. (c) Information on exterior of taxicab; no imitation of insignicr.-• removal of identi ins in ormation: (1) £-aelz Every taxicab shall bear on the outside of each front or rear door, in pRirrted letters between three (3) and five (5) inches in height, the name of the holder of a company license ,the number of the vehicle license between three (3 and plairrly-pain~ted five (5) inches in height on the rear of such vehicle. and a vehicle license plate bearing the number of the license and the year of issuance. (2) The taxicab may bear an identifying design approved by the ~Inrks Controller. No vehicle covered by the terms of this section shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the Ord Controller, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on vehicles already operating under this artiele section, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public. If after a license has been issued for a taxicab, the color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia thereof is changed so as to 6