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Ordinance No• 523
AN ORDINANCE AMMING ORDINANCE NO* +6 7, PARTICULARLY
SECTIONS 4, 5 and 10 of ORDINAM '10. 877.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ames, Zeiss
That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 377' of the City Ordinances of the
City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically repealed and that the
following shall hereinafter be ,known as Section 4 of Ordinance
No 377s
*section . No vehicle shall be licensed as a
taxicab vatil it has been theroughly and eareftilly
inspected by the Clay Marshall or such other official
as the Council may direct, and found to be in a safe,
satisfactory and sanitary condition for the transporta-
tion of passengers. All such licrssed cabs shall
thereafter be inspected in the same moaner quarterly
between the 18th and. SOth of January, April., July
and October of each year. If any vehicle licensed
as a taxicab is Involved in a collision or accident,
notice thereof shall be given to the City Marshall
and an Inspection shall be made of said cab before
it can be again used in service. The reports of all
such examinations shall be filed with the City Glerk.*
That Section S of Ordinance No* 377 of the City Ordinanees of the
City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically repealed and that taw
following shall hereinafter be known as Section 8 of Ordinance
No* 377s
"Section i. Upon an application being granted,
the applicant shall, before the said license is
issued, take out liability insurance In a reliable
company to be approved by the Council, is a stove
not less than ten thousand dollars far each taxicab
licensed, said applicant must also file competent
evidence with the City Council that said policy
covers the period for which a license is to be
granted.*
That Section 10 of Ordinance No. 377 of the City 8sftmnaes
of the City of .Ames, Iawa, is hereby specifically repealed and that
the following shall hereinafter be known as Section 10 of Ordinance
No* 377s
*Section 10. Any parson, firm or corporation
obtaining a taxicab license shall be entitled to
have set off one parking stand or space for each
taxicab licensed where said taxicabs may stand
while awaiting calls or passengers. Such parking
spaces shall be assigned by the City Manager,
subject, however, to said persem, firs or eorpepa-
tion first obtaining written permission from the
primary tenant of the Land Immediately adjacent
to the space so desired.*
�I All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
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provisions of this amendment are hereby repealed.
!� This amendment to Ordinance No. 377 of the City Ordinances
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of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall be in force and effect from
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Land after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Dated at Ames, Iowa this Uth day of Srptembe ► , 1940,
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