Chapter 5.24
TAXICABS

Sections:

5.24.010    Requirements for operation.

5.24.020    Multiple licenses.

5.24.030    Violation--Penalty.

5.24.010 Requirements for operation.

Persons desiring to operate a taxicab within the corporate limits of the city shall be required to do the following prior to engaging in the taxicab business:

A.  Shall file with the city recorder an application setting forth the following information:

1.  The name and address of the applicant;

2.  The number of licenses that he or she is applying for and the make, serial number, motor number, latest state license number and the PUC number, if any, on each vehicle to be used for each license;

3.  The amount and name of the company in which his public liability and property damage insurance is carried, together with proof that the current premiums are fully paid.

B.  An annual license fee determined as set out in Ordinance 2361, set out in this code in "Fee Schedule," shall be paid by each applicant.

C.  The applicant shall be required to prominently display in his taxicab the rates charged to passengers. (Ord. 2524 §1, 1984; Ord. 2381 §2, 1980)

5.24.020 Multiple licenses.

There shall be no limit to the number of licenses authorized pursuant to this chapter so that more than one taxicab business can operate within the city at any one time. (Ord. 2381 §3, 1980)

5.24.030 Violation--Penalty.

Any person violating any of the terms of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment in the city jail for not to exceed thirty days or both and by revocation of the violator’s license to operate a taxicab service. (Ord. 2381 §4, 1980)