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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Ordinance No. 2752 Known as an Ordinance known as License & Regulate Taxicab Owners J I { ORDINANCE No. cif-d � Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, //r 192 7. Attest: 5- %r / City Clerk. - President of Common. Council. • Attest - „ � � � �.,� ,.....�_.� ti � Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Ben Indiana _- i / 192 57 __ Q City Clerk Approved and signed by me 1927 ( 62 - M ayor r v ORDINANCE NO. 2806 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2752 KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE TAXICAB OWNERS, AND TAXICAB DRIVERS,ETC. , BY CREATING AND ADDING THERETO THREE NEW SECTIONS TO BE NUMBERED 31-a, 31-b , and 31-c. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: That Ordinance Numbered 2752 being an Ordinance to license and regulate taxicab owners, taxicab drivers, etc. , be and the same is hereby amended by creating and adding thereto three sections known as Sedtions 31-a, 31-b and 31-c and which sections are as follows, to wit: SECTION 31-a ! Every taxicab licensed under the provisions of said ordinance shall have the name of its owner plainly painted in letters at least two inches in height in the center of the main panel of either door on each side of said vehicle and no other lettering shall appear upon such doors. Said lettering shall be removed in the event of change of ownership and if again used as a taxicab the proper lettering shall be placed thereon before the same shall be used again. li SECTION 31-b Every taxicab licensed under the provisions of said ordinance shall have firmly attached to it and in good working order a mechanical device known as a "governor" , which device controls the speed of such taxicab. Said governor shall be set so as to prevent said taxicab from being driven faster than thirty (30) miles per hour and it is hereby made the duty of both the owner and the driver of such taxicab to see that said governor shall be set so as to prevent said taxicab from being driven faster than thirty (30) miles per hour and it is hereby made the duty of both the owner and the driver of such taxicab to see that said governor shall be in good working order at all times said car is used for taxicab purposes, The tampering with said governor so as to render it ineffective in its control of the speed of said taxicab and the preventing of the same from being run at more than said thirty (30) miles per hour shall be a violation of said ordinance and such driver or operator shall be subject to a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ( $10.00)' and not more than the penalty provided in said ordinance. ( SECTION 31-c Whenever any owner and/or operator and/or licensee who has heretofore qualified under said Ordinance Number 2752, an ordinance licensing and regulating taxicabs, etc. , to operate and/or drive taxicabs, shall file with the Board of Public Safety of said City on blanks by it provided, an application for a permit to license to occupy a certain designated place upon a public street or place of said City as a stand for a taxicab or taxicabs and shall show on such application the number of taxicabs he wishes to maintain at the particular stand, and represents that he will maintain on such stand or in the building next adjacent thereto , for at least eight hours bf each day, a designated person or persons to represent said taxicab owner, operator or licensee which person is authorized to take charge of and control such stand and receive calls for cabs, then the said Board is hereby authorized and empowered to grant a license or permit to such owner and/or operator and/or lessee to so occupy such stand. Said Board shall not authorize any stand unless the place designated and requested by such applicant is suitable and desirable as a stand for taxicabs and located atsuch place or places where, in the judgment of the Board, the public may congregate, and where they may be best served and said Board may, in its discretion, revoke or modify the license for such stand whenever the place becomes undesirable and/or unsuitable as a stand for taxicabs. The said Board may refuse license the the applicant is not properly equipped to render adequate public service and cancel such license or permit whenever the licensee fails to occupy or to properly use such stand. No license or permit for the occupancy of such stand shall be transferred or assigned without the consent in writing thereon of the Secretary of said Board duly authorized and directed by the said Board. The stand for which such license shall issue shall not encroach upon any part of the streets or curbs zoned, or designated for any other purpose. All stands thus licensed shall be marked by the Police Depart- ment 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 Licensee" plain- ly stencilled upon the same. All such stands may be occupied and used only by taxicabs belonging to or under the control of the particular licensee to whom the same is assigned for the full period of twenty- four (24) hours each day, except that all such taxicab stands shall always be available for use by the Police of Fire Department of said City and shall be subject to the rights of reasonable ingress and egress of the abutting property owner or his lessee. I I Only such persons as are licensed to occupy taxi stands may occupy and use such stands and may not occupy any place as a taxicab stand not authorized or licensed by said Board of Public Safety. All licenses so issued shall terminate on December 31st of the year in which issued. SECTION 31-d It shall be unlawful for the owner, lessee or operator of any taxicab affected by 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 owner and/or operator and/or lessee. The standing of any taxicab at a stand other than such for which the owner and/or operator and/or leasee holds a stand license as herein provided shall be cause for revocation of the taxicab license provided for by this ordinance. The time reasonably necessary to take on or discharge passengers at points of embarkment or discharge, shall not be construed as a standing of the taxicab; but, unless at licensed stands, as soon as such passengers have been received or discharged, the taxicab shall, unless at a licensed stand, leave the point of parking where such act of peeeiving or discharging passengers has taken place . SECTION 31-e. All other provisions of said Ordinance Numbered 2752 shall remain in full force and effect, including the penalties which shall apply to these sections, save and except as herein modified. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and legal publication. / • • i GEO. F. HULL �/, )112201E?t OF THE C OM! ON COUNCIL.