HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - proof of publication, August 3, 1972 Pro6f of.Pitblication in The
ANTES DAILY TRIBUNE
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IOWA,STORY COUNTY,ss.
Xl W. T. Farley on oath
ay that I am}Mbajo� foreman
S DAILY TRIBUNE, a daily
rinted at Ames, Story County,
e annexed printedce #2407
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was published in said newspaper for
consecutive weeks, the first
and the last of said publication was on the
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19-72.
Sworn-to before me and subscri ed in my
presence byA-jQRjXAXXQrAXtX W. T. Farley
this ----4------ day of .....KU�;USt
rr �' ="NetarY Public
Fees,
in and for Story County.
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V'f 1 the holder thereof to or controlled by him to be (h) The color scheme or then the city council shall
• conduct a taxicab operated as a vehicle for insignia to be .used to direct the city manager to
business in the city. hire upon the streets of the designate the vehicle or issue a Certificate stating
Such a Certificate is City of Ames, Iowa, vehicles of the ap- the name and address of
ORDINANCE NO. 2407 personal to the holder without having first ob- plicant. the applicant, the number
AN ORDINANCE AMEN- and nontransferable. tained a Certificate of (i) Such further in- of vehicles authorized
DING CHAPTER NO. 37 OF (2)Drivers license means Public Convenience and formation as the city under said Certificate and
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF the permission granted Necessity authorized by manager.may require. the date of issuance;
THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA; by the city to a person to the City Council. Sec. 37-2004. Same—public otherwise, the application
REPEALING ARTICLE II drive a taxicab upon the Sec: 37-2003. Same— hearing. shall be denied.
OF SAID CHAPTER; streets of the city. application. Upon the. filing of an In making the above
ESTABLISHING A NEW (3)llolder means a person An application for a application, the city findings, the city council.
ARTICLE II, INCLUDING to whom a Certificate of Certificate shall be filed council shall fix a time and shall take into con-
DEFINITIONS, REQUIR- Public Convenience and with the city -manager; place for a public hearing sideration the number of
EMENTS FOR ISSUING AND Necessity has been said application shall be thereon. Written notice of taxicabs already in
REVOCATION OF CER- issued. verified under oath and such hearing shall be given, operation, whether
TIFICATES OF PUBLIC (4) Person includes an shall contain the following to the applicant by the city existing transportation is
CONVENIENCE AND individual, a cor- information: clerk and to all persons to . adequate to meet the
NECESSITY FOR poration or other legal (a) The name and address whom Certificates of public need, the probable
OPERATION OF TAXICAB entity, a partnership, of the applicant. Public Convenience and effect of increased service
COMPANIES, TAXICAB and any unincorporated (b) The financial status of Necessity have been on local traffic conditions
LICENSES A N D association. the applicant, including theretofore issued. Any and existing taxicab
OPERATION; REPEALING (5) Rate card means a card the amounts of all un- interested person may file service,and the character,
ALL ORDINANCES AND issued by the holder or paid judgments against with the city clerk a experience and respon-
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN displayed in each the applicant and the memorandum in support sibility of the applicant.
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND taxicab which contains nature of the tran- of or opposition to the Sec. 37-2006. Same—
ESTABLISHING AN EF- the rates of fare then in saction or acts giving issuance of a Certificate. renewal.
FECTIVE DATE. force. rise to said judgments. Sec. 37-2005. Same— Any person lawfully
- IT IS ORDAINED BY THE (6)Taxicab or cab means a (c) The experience of the issuance. , operating taxicabs upon
CITY COUNCIL OF THE motor vehicle regularly applicant in the tran- If the city council finds the streets of Ames, Iowa,
CITY OF AMES, IOWA: engaged in the business s p o r t a t i o n o f • that further taxicab ser- at the time of adoption of
Section 1.Article II,Chapter of carrying passengers passengers. vice in the City of Ames, the requirement for a
No.37 of the Municipal Code of for hire and not (d) Any facts which the Iowa, is required by the Certificate of Public
the City of Ames, Iowa, as operated on a fixed and applicant believes tend public convenience and Con v e n i e n c e a n d
hitherto existing is hereby scheduled route. to prove that public necessity and that the Necessity shall be entitled
repealed. (7)Taximeter means an convenience and applicant is fit, willing and to continue during the
Section 2. A new Article II, instrument or device necessity require the able 'to perform such period of the existing
Chapter No. 37 is hereby attached to a taxicab granting of a Cer- public transportation and licenses. However,no,such
added to the Municipal Code of which measures tificate. 10 conform to the existing licenses shall be
the City of Ames, Iowa as mechanically the (e) The number of vehicles provisions of this chapter, renewed nor new licenses
follows: distance driven and the to be operated or con-
ARTICLE II. Taxicabs waiting time upon which trolled by the applicant
D I V I S 1 0 N 1 the fare is based. and the location of the granted unless and until
DEFINITIONS AND (8) Trip card means a daily proposed dispatch such person has been
CERTIFICATE 0 F record prepared by a center,including type of issued a Certificate of
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE taxicab driver of all radio equipment to be - Public Convenience and
AND NECESSITY trips made by said used. Necessity. Any lawful
Sec. 37-2001. Definitions. driver showing the time (f) The proposed hours of holder of a Certificate of
The following words and and place of origin, operation including Public Convenience and
phrases when used in this destination, number of plans for service during Necessity shall not be
chapter shall have the passengers, and the hours the bus depot may required to renew the
meanings as set out amount of fare for each be closed and to provide same unless said Cer-
herein: trip. service on an tificate is revoked,
(1)Certificate means a Sec. 37-2002. Certificate of emergency basis. voluntarily surrendered or
Certificate of Public Public Convenience and (g) The plans and the licenses herein
Convenience and Necessity—required. arrangements made for required are not renewed
Necessity issued by the No person shall operate vehicle maintenance within thirty (30) days,.
city council, authorizing or permit a taxicab owned and repair. after the expiration
-- th&eof. Renewal of said
Certificate shall be ac-
cording to . the same
procedure as' for the
original issuance thereof.
Sec. 37-2007. Same—
suspension or revocation.
After a hearing,notice of
which was published at
least ten (10) days in ad-
vance, the city council
may by resolution, revoke
or suspend a holder's
Certificate of Public
Convenience and
Necessity for one or more
of the following on the part
of the holder:
(a) Repeated failure to
make available for
public use the minimum
number of taxicabs for
which the Certificate of
Public Convenience and
Sec. 37-2019. Revocation of sla11u111g uY011 +,ue Puonc
'.I ,_tL NOTICE licenses. stands or available for a card, the size of which
— council The city ncil may shall be approved by the
Necessity was issued; Y public hire,but nothing in(b) Failure to maintain his (Continued from Page 12) revoke any taxicab license this section shall prohibit license collector, on which
operating taxicabs in Certificate of Public or driver's license the driver from leaving the card shall be printed in
such mechanical con- Convenience a n d Whenever a violation of car for such length of time plain legible type the rate
dition and state of Necessity and is otherwise any provision of this ar- as may be necessary to of fares charged by the
title is shown. assist passengers into or taxicabs.
repair as to assure safe, in order, the applicant P g is to bei Receipts clean and comfortable shall be advised of the Sec. 37-2020. Qualifications out of his taxicab,nor from Sec.37-2030. P
transportation to the tentative approval of his for drivers. leaving the car for such furnished.
An applicant for a If any passenger shall so
public; application. � PP length of time as may be
(c) Knowingly permitting Sec. 37-2013. Liability driver's license shall necessary for ,him to use demand,the driver of the
his taxicabs to be insurance and approval of Possess an Iowa chauf- the telephone in connection taxicab shall give the
operated by drivers not application. feur's license and shall be with the operation of the passenger a receipt in
licensed by the City of Upon tentative approval of an age authorized under car. Drivers loitering or proper form for the fare
Ames. of his application for a the laws of Iowa to operate standing in the lobbies or received and the receipt
a public or common entrances of buildings, shall show the number of
(d) Knowingly permitting license, the applicant g
carrier. passengers carried upon
his taxicabs to be shall, before the license is depots or stores is
operated by drivers who issued file with the city Sec. 37-2021. Issuance of prohibited. the particular trip in-
drivers license; records. Sec. '37-2026. Parkin volved.
discourteous to the of liability insurance Drivers licenses shall be
• a r,e h a b i t u a 11 y clerk competent evidence g Sec. 37-2031. Contracting
stands.
issued b the city clerk use on hourly basis per-
public, particularly to coverage for the taxicab Y Y Any holder of a Cer-
customers. for the period of the license upon a finding by the chief tificate of Public Con- — --
(e) Any other violation of b a reliable company, of police that the applicant . venience and Necessity is
Y P Y'the provisions of this has the qualifications as entitled to have set off one milted.acceptable to the city, in a
Article. sum not less than $100,000 set forth in section 37-2020 parking stand or space Nothing herein shall
An interested hereof.The city clerk shall where the taxicabs may Y person may for personal injury of one Y prevent the owner or
file with the cityclerk a keep a record of licenses in stand while awaiting calls operator of a taxicab from
person and$200,000 for two
memorandum in support of or (2) or more per accident his office. or passengers and shall contracting for the use of
opposition to the proposed and $25 000 property Sec. 37-2022. Display of have such additional the cab on an hourlybasis,
P P P Y driver's license required;
suspension or revocation. liability per accident for q parking stands or spaces at a rate to be agreed upon
DIVISION 2. TAXICABS each taxicab to be licen- fee. for additional taxicabs by the parties.
sed. The city clerk shall When a driver's license owned and operated by the Sec. 37-2032. Prepayment
Sec. 37-2011. License Y is issued the city clerk
required. then approve the ap person as may be of rates permitted; refusal
No taxicab shall be li
lication and issue the shall deliver to the driver a authorized by the city to pay.operated within the City of license. Certificate,in such form as council and in the locations Every driver of a
i t deermne, with
Ames which has not been Sec. 37-2014. License fees. he may as determined by the city taxicab has the right to
the license number manager.
The fee for the license,to ger.
licensed by the City of demand payment of the
be aid annually and in thereon, which Certificate Sec. 37-2027.• Odometer estimated legal fare in
Ames pursuant to the P Y
terms of a Certificate of advance., is for the first shall be displayed inside rates authorized; in- advance and may refuse
Public Convenience and taxicab,the sum of twenty- stallation; inspection of employment unless so
Necessity issued to one five dollars ($25.00); for taximeters. prepaid. Any person who
each additional license Authority is hereby has used the services of
issued to any one person, the passenger portion of granted to the owner of any, the taxicab, and shall
the sum of five dollars the cab at all times when licensed taxicab to charge refuse to pay the fare
($5.00). Licenses extend the cab is in operation.The odometer rates or to install
from the first day of fee for a license is one in the cab a taximeter of a
Ames Daily January until the last day dollar ($1.00)
size and design approved
.
Tribune I of December following, Sec. 37-2023. Inspection of by the city manager or therefor as fixed by this
Thurs., Aug. 3, 1972 and a full license fee must vehicles. agent. .The installation chapter is guilty of a
+nunnnuunmm�nnnnmm�nnnnmmmmminomn„smuimsi�m�mn be paid for any part of the No vehiale shall be shall be inspected by the misdemeanor.
controlling and responsible Year. licensed as a taxicab until city manager or agent and. Sec. 37-2033. Hours of
for the operation of the Sec. 37-2015. License Y shall be certified b him as
it has been thoroughly and 'service required;
card—issuance, contents. accurate. After sundown
taxicab. carefully inspected by the Unless a special ex-
Upon a license being and until sunrise the face
Sec. 37-2012. Application city manager or his agent ception is made in the
for license—tentative granted there shall be and found to be in a safe, of every taximeter shall be terms of his Certificate of
approval.
delivered to the licensee a satisfactory and sanitary illumined by a suitable Public Convenience and
A holder of a Certificate card of such size and form condition for the tran- light. Necessity, each holder
as may be determined by Sec. 37-2028. Rates to be
of Public Convenience'and sportation of passengers. shall provide 24 hour taxi
Necessity desiring a the city clerk. The card All licensed cabs shall approved. service at all times.
shall contain the official thereafter be inspected in No person owning or Sec. 37-2034. Unlawful to
license for a.taxicab shall city license number of the operating an taxicab
make written application taxicab and shall be signed the same manner guar P g Y make false call for cab.
therefor to the city clerk g terly between the fifteenth within the limits of the If is unlawful for any
by the clerk. City of Ames shall charge
upon blanks to be _Fur- and twentieth of January, Y g person to make a false
Sec. 38-2016. Same— Aril Jul and October of to exceed rates approved telephone call or order of
nished by the Cit; . The transfer prohibited, ex- P Y b resolution of the city
application shall contain each year. If any vehicle Y Y any kind or nature for any
the full name of the holder ception. council.
Licenses are not to be licensed as a taxicab is taxicab service what-
of the Certificate of Public transferred, with the involved in a collision or Sec. 37-2029. Visibility of soever.
Convenience and accident, notice thereof meters;'rates to be posted. Section 3. All ordinances
exception that the city shall be given to the city Every taximeter shall be
Necessity; the full name g Y
clerk may approve the and•an inspection so connected or affixed to
and address of the owner, transfer of a license from managerP �
the make, model and year shall be made of the cab the taxicab that the nnwuutuunumunnumnmm�mmmm�nnnwnunaumm�tminannnrtn
one vehicle to another of before it can be again used amount of fare determined
of manufacture-of the car, the same ownership upon in service.The report of all and charged for its use Amps Oeily Tribune
the Iowa' state license receipt of evidence of P 13
number for the current P examinations shall be filed shall be plainly visible to Thurs., Aug. 3, 1972
insurance coverage and with the city clerk. all passengers or oc ^uunuunmuunniuunuununnnnuuunmunnmmnnnunmoumirtninrtn year, the engine and, other necessary in
factory number of the formation with regard to Sec.37-2024.Owner's name cupants of the taxicab,and
and parts of ordinances in
same and evidence that.the the vehicle to on door required. there shall be posted in a be licensed. Y
Ever taxicab licensed conspicuous place on the conflict herewith are hereby
vehicle has been inspected
and approved b the city Sec. 37-2017. Same— repealed.
PP Y Y under-the provisions of this inside of the taxicab in the Section 4. This ordinance is
visible to passengers. article shall have the name tllss�gger� compartment
manager or his agent. The license card ' _..__.__________ in full force and effect from
Upon determination by the of the owner thereof and after its passage and
referred to in section 37- taint painted on the main
city clerk that the ap plainly P publication as provided b
plication is within the place
shall be affixed in a ,panel of each rear door of law. P Y
number of taxicabs place within the taxicab so the vehicle in letters at Passed this 25th day of Jul that the same is visible at least one and one-half (1- Y Y>
authorized by a valid 1972.
all times to any passenger +_) inches in height.
(Continued on Page 13) within the vehicle. Stuart N. Smith,
Sec. 37-2025. Drivers to
— Sec. 37-2018.' City driver's remain in or around Mayor
license required. vehicle; exceptions. Mary E. Paul,
No person shall drive or The driver of any City Clerk
operate a taxicab unless taxicab shall remain upon Published in The Ames
the person shall have first the driver's seat or inside Daily Tribune, August 3, 1972.
obtained a city driver's his taxicab, or stand near
license therefor. the taxicab at all times,
while the taxicab is