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Home My WebLink About~Master - Regulating Taxicabs ORDINANCE NO. 592 AN OYMI'NANCL DEFININIG, LICENSING A 'REGULATING TA.YICABS; LICENS- ING DRIVERS TI REOF; EST!�BLISHI -H �ES AND FARES- PROVIDING FOR STANDS UPON THE, PUBLIC STREETS; REPEALING ALI., ORDL'41ANCE i CON- IFROVISIGNS. LICTINiG HER1] "vITH; .1"ROVIDI AG PUNISHIIa-aNT FOR A VIOLkTIUj"41 OF ITS Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Awes, Iowa: Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance the term "taxicab" shall mean any motor vehicle carrying; '>assenfrers for hire, except those operating upon a plan similar to 0, street railways. Section 2. No person, firm or corporation shall iithin the city operate a taxicab without first ha,7ihg obtained From the City Council a license therefor, and without having complied with all other provisions of this ordinance. Section 3. The fee for such license, to be paid annul-.Ily and in advance, shall be for the first taxicab, the sum of fifty dolla -s; for each additional license issued to any one person, firm or corpor .tion, the sijm of ten dollars. Licenses shall ex- tend fror, the first day of April until the last day of Parch full owin ; and full license fee must be paid for any part of such year. Section 4. No vehicle shall be licensed as a taxicab until it has bee?, thoroughly and carefully inspected by the City Marshal. or such other official as the Council -may direct, and found to be in a safe, satisfactory and sanitary condition for the transportation of passengers. All such licensed cabs shall there- 1 after be inspected in the same Wanner quarterly between the 15th and 20th of January, Anril, July and October of each year. If j any vehicle licensed a.s a taxicab is involved in a collision or accident, notice thereof shall be given to the City 11anager or to such other official as the Council may direct, and an inspection shall be made of said cab before it can be again used in service. The report of all such examinations shall be filed with the City Clerk. Section 5. Upon an a.-pplication being (;ranted, the appli- cant shall, before the said license is issued, tc?l:e out liability in urt.n ce in a relic<=.bl e co- ;any to be approved by the Council, in a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars for each taxicab licensed, said applicant. must also file competent evidence with the City Council th--.t said policy covers the period for which a I license is to be granted. Section 6. Every taxicab licensed under the �)rovisions of this ordinance shall have the name of the owner thereof plainly painted on the main panel of each rear door of the said vehicle In letters at least one and one-half inches in height. Section 7. Any person, firm or corporation desiring, a license for a taxicab shall make written application therefor to the City Council upon blanks to be furnished by the City Clerk. Said application shayl contain the full name and address of the o finer, the make, model and year of manufacture of the c-.r, the Iowa State license number for the current year, and the en{;ine and factory number of the same. i I Section S. Upon a license being granted there shall be de- livered to the licensee a cp.rd of such size and form as may be determ'.ned by the City Clerk. Such card shall contain the of- ficial city license number of the taxicab and shall. be signed by the said clerk. Licenses shall not be transferable, with the excention thrt a license may be transferred from one car to another of the same ownership, with the approval of the Council. Section 9. The license card above referred to shall be affixed in a place in the said taxicab so thn,t same it visible to any passenF-;- ,er. Section 10. Any person, firm or corporetion obtaininf-, a taxicab license shall be entitled to have set off two parking stands or spaces where said taxicabs may stand w1ille awaiting calls or passengers. Such parkint, spaces shall be assi-ned by the City Manager, subject, -however, to said person, firm or corporation first obtaining written permission from. the primnry tenant of the land Immediately adjacent to the space so desired. The permission so obtained shall be renewed and refiled with the City 1,1an-c-,er at the time of renewal of any taxicab license. Section 11. No person shall drive or o",erate a taxicab unless said person shall have first obtained a driver's license therefor. Section 12. An applicant for such a license shall be at least twenty-one years of age, of sound physique, good eye sight, not subject to epilepsy or any other infirmity of body or Mina which :mould affect his or her ability to properly handle a taxi- cab. He or she must be able to read and -write the English language and must s!'.ow that he or she is familiar with the traffic ordinances of the City. The applicant shall demonstrate under direction of the City Manager his or her ability and skill to handle a vehicle in congested traffic or difficult conditions. Applicant must be of good moral character and not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor. Section 13. Driver' s licenses shall "he issued by the City Clerk upon a finding that the applicant has the qualifications sett forth in the preceding section, The Cler1k, is hereby authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations for determining, the (lualifice.tions of applicants as may be deemed proper. Section 14. IThen such license is issued there shall be de- livered to the driver a certificate, in such form as may be determined by the City Clerk, with the license number thereon, which certificate shall be displayed inside the passenger portion lof said"cab when said cab is in operation. The fee for such license shall be. one dollar. Section 15. For the purpose of regulating prices chargeable under this ordinance, the City of des shall be divided into two zones. Zone 1 shall comprise the territory wit-in the lst, 2nd and 3rd wards, and Zone 2 shall comprise the territory within the 4th ward. No V)erson, firm or corporatio-, operating, a taxi- cab under the provisions of this ordinance shall charge more than the following amounts -and prices: (1) The prices charged -for taxicab services between any points within Zone 1 shall not exceed the following: For one passenger, 25¢ For two passengers, 20� each For three or more passengers, 15� each -2- (2) The prices charge d for taxicab services between any anoints wtt.hin Zone 2 shall not exceed the following: 147o r one passenf-,er, 25�, For two passengers, 20� each For three or more passengers, 15.,,4�, each (3) The -,"Irices charged for taxicab services between Zone 1 and Zone 2 shall not exceed the following: For one T)assenger, 50� For two passengers.. 30� each For three or more r,.)assenge.rs, 25N each (4) For each trunk carried in connection with. a passenger, an additiona-1 fee of 50� per trunk. 1 (5) For each three minutes or fract.'ion thereof for waitin,,v, time, the sum of 16 .�- Waiting time shall mean time consumed while waiting at the direction of a passenger. Section 16. There shall be nosted in each taxicab in a position to be visible to any passenger, a card or sheet showing the rates as set forth in the -,recedlnf; section, and. a map show- ing, the areas included in the respective Zones 1 and 2. If any passenger shall so demand,, the driver of the taxicab shall give to said passenger a receipt in proper form for the fare received and said receipt shall sloe the number of passengers carried upon the particular trip involved. Sect on 17. Every person, firm or corpor-ti-on taking out a taxicab license shall furll:Lsh 24 hour service. Section 18. Any person, firm or cornoration violating any provisions of t1iis ord-*,In,,�,,nce shp.111,, upon conviction thereof, be subject to imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or to a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) . Mhenever the fine and Costs imposed for the violation of this ordinance are not r)aid,, the 1,erson convicted nay be committed to jail until the 'fine and costs are -,Drald, not exceeding thirty (30) days. Section 19, The City Council of Ames may revoke any taxi- cab license or driver' s license whenever a violation of any provisions of this ordinance is shown. Section 20, Ordinance No. 377 and all other ordinances or arts thereof in. conflict herewith are hereby repeated. I Section 21. T'-rJ.s ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after Its passage and publication as required by law. Pas;�-ied this 5th day of Avjr-jl, 1943. 1,,Iay6r A,ttest: City CLe rk Published this 7th day of April, 1943. Moved by Palmer, seconded by Adams that Ordinance No. 592 be passe on its first reading. Voting Aye: Adams, Knight, McCormick, Acheson, MacDonald and Palmer. Voting Nay: None. Moved by MacDonald, seconded by Knight that the rules be suspended and the second and third readings omitted and Ordinance No. 592 placed on its final reading. Voting Aye: Adams, Knight, McCormick, Acheson, MacDonald and Palm r. Votinc; Nay: None. Mo*ed -by Palmer, seconded by Adams that Ordinance No. 592 do now piss . Voting Aye: Adams, Knight, McCormick, Acheson, MacDonald and Palm r. Voting Nay: None. Mayor declared. Ordinance No. 592 duly passed. I , J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing; Ord. No . 592 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of April 1943, and pi.3blished in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 7th day of April 1943. W. Prather,er, i ty Cler