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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-23 08-15 AP CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER ORDINANCE NO.— AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 21 REGARDING THE LICENSI REGULATION OF TAX OF TAXICABS PHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: *11k6 Section 1: Chapter 21 of the City BROOKLYN CENTER POST Ordinance is hereby amended by the (A continuation of the Brooklyn Center Press) repeal of the following: (Section •21.101. DEFINITIONS. Unless u sed I expressly stated, AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION whenever r used this ordinance, the following words shall have the meaning given to them by this section: (a) The word "taxicab" shall mean and include any motor vehicle engaged in the carrying of per- STATE OF MINNESOTA sons for hire, whether over a SS. fixed route or not, and whether COUNTY OF HENNEPIN the same be operated from a street stand or subject to calls from a garage, or otherwise Op- erated for hire; but the term shoji not include vehicles sub - ject to control and reg- ulation by the Railroad and E. C. L'Herault, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all the times herein stated has been the President of hicles regularly used by under- • Warehouse Commission or - The Post Publishing Co., publisher and printer of the newspaper known as takers in carrying on their bus- BROOKLYN CENTER POST (A Continuation of Brooklyn Center Press) iness. (b) The word "street" shall mean andhasfull knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: and include any street, alley, (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent avenue, court, bridge, lane or in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each public place in the City Of week. (3) Said newspaper has 50 percent of its news columns, devoted to news of local interest to the community Brooklvn Center. which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, (c) The words "taxicab plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports driver" shall mean and in. to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75 percent of its clude any person who drives total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second -class matter in its a taxicab, whether such person local post- office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the be the Owner Or such taxicab Or be employed by a taxicab owner CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER or operate. in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in The City of Crystal in said county, established and open (d) The word "operator" shall mean during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and and include any person owning maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control or having Control of the use of during all such regular hours and at which time said newspaper is printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each one or more taxicabs used for, issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions hire upon the streets or engaged for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with taxicab withhin in the a t City. to the b operating a the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior To January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form (e) The word "person" shalt mean -, Prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn To before a and include Oft Or more persons notary public stating That the newspaper is a legal newspaper. of either se>t, natural persons, corporation; „partnerships, and He further states.on oath that The printed .. i - ..- .::.,1.....'`.�:. •..::- :-. --.- ." ` .. :`:: " .. . ..... .. . ............... ... . association9.) (Section 21.11- LICENSE t .......... ................ REQUIRED. No i�perator shall r r operate a taxicab within the City `.'............,... -- ....�.'.. �. ce, ................,.... ../." limits without first having obtained a ' taxicab license therefor under the hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in provisions of this ordinance. •, (Section 21.100. EXAMINATION OF //�� TAXICABS. The council shall cause the Engiisfilanguage ,once each week, for ...,:'.. successive weeks; that itwasfirstsopublishedon ....�. the Village marshal or some other ... employee on behalf of the Village to examine thoroughly and carefully the., :..I -...day of.:-. ,.:. f ...... ° each taxicab before a license is . .- ...19..: and wasThereafter printed and published on every ..................... v granted to operate the same. No , . taxicab shall be licensed which does to and including the.......... day of ........................ 19.. .... and that the following is a printed copy of the not comply with the following: (a) It must 'be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in of passsQnnger$.- (b) It must be clean and of good appealanre_and well painted and the com position position and publication of said notice, to wit: Such OtZrpxaminations and tests Of • licensed taxicabs may be ordered by the Council from time to time as it abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxy7 -5 pt. Sans may deem advisable.) (Section 21.105. GRANTING LICENSE. If the Village Council is satisfied that the public convenience - and good order wi II be served thereby, It may grant a number and shall give , the number and an adequate description of the taxicabs licensed • thereunder.) - (Section 21 -106. DISPLAY OF .......................................................... ............................... LICENSES AND MARKINGS. The operator of every taxicab shall display Subscribed and sworn to before in a conspicuous place on the inside of the taxicab a copy of the license issued for said taxicab. In the event a license m y r is issued covering more than one ..........d� Qf.�...:.:. °'. ...A.D., 19.. - .... vehicle, sufficient copies of said ! rJ license shall be provided to the ir': c .:.? : ... F..n ....,., L :e - ....................... ............................... • licensee for each of the vehicles Every taxicab which shall solicit or accept business on the streets of this (NOTARIAL SEAL) municipality, or stand or wait for hire shall have some designation of the Notary Public ....... ........................County, Minnesota character of the vehicle painted in plain visible letters on each side thereof. Every driver of such taxicab shall wear on his cap or hat a metal My Commission Expires ....... .......................19...... plate • ri the words Taxicab" printed in letters a tleas one -half ("2) inch in height.) (Section 21 -107. TAXICAB CARDS. The operator of any taxicab shall cause to be printed in plain, legible letters, displayed inside the taxicab, a card giving the maximum ratesof fare to be charged, and a statement mat (Section 21 -113. PENALTY. Any Section 21 any package or article left in the violating r taxicab must be returned b oNS the provisions of this POLICIES. Befoore re license shall be INSURANCE y the ordinance shall be guilty of a issued to any operator r he shall deposit taxicab driver to the Village office, misdemeanor and shall upon con- with the City Clerk certificates of where it may be identified and viction thereof be punished by a fine of insurance issued by a company duly claimed. The card shall also contain • not more than three hundred ($300) licensed to transact such business in the statement, "Ask the Driver for Bill dollars and by imprisonment not to • Minnesota. Such insurance shall in- and Receipt" in bold type.) exceed ninety (90) days.) sure the taxicab owner and driver (Section 21-108. RATES. No operator Section 2: Chapter 21 of the City against loss from liability for damages operations upon Brooklyn Center or taxicab driver shall charge any Ordinances is hereby amended by the on account of bodily injuries or death, streets. Passenger a rate in excess of the rate addition of the following: or for damages to property resulting Section 21 -108. RATES. Every approved by the Village Council. Section 21 -1e1. DEFINITIONS. from the ownership, maintenance, or taxicab operated under this ordinance Every passenger shall receive a Unless otherwise'.. jxp►es pies y stated, use of any taxicab to be licensed, and shall display in view of all passengers receipt therefor when he pays his whenever used following words s Wt or - dinance, the agreeing to pay any judgment creditor a rate card setting forth the authorized fare.) Taxicabs ve the No to the extent of the amounts specified races of fare. Rates charged may not (Section 21.709. I fol ilowing moan meanillss: " " " " " "' �" in such policy. The limit in any such •exceed taxicab rates which are lawful DRIVERS. No person, either the mean and include any Affidavit of Publication f insurance policy shall be not less than in the City of Minneapolis. The driver operator or employee of such motor vehicle engaged in the 5100,000 for bodily injuries to or death of any taxicab shall, upon demand by operator, shall drive a taxicab in this carrying of persons for hire, of one person, $300,000 on account of the passenger, render to such Village without first having been whether over a fixed route or not, OF any accident resulting in injuries to passenger a receipt for the amount licensed as a chauffeur under the and whether the same is operated and -or death of more than one person charged, either by a mechanically General Statutes of Minnesota and from a street stand or subject to at a total of $50,000 liability or a y printed receipt or hi a specially every driver Shall display such calls from a garage, or otherwise damage to property of others, rising prepared receipt on which shall be the chauffeur's license badge con- operated for hire; but the term shall out of any one accident. name of the owner, license number, spicuously upon his coat or cap as not include vehicles subject to Section 21 -104. TAXICAB FEE. The amount of meter reading or charges therein provided.) • control and regulation by the applicant applying for a taxicab 4and date of transaction. ( Section 21 -110. 1 NSURANCE Minnesota Public Service Corn- . license shall pay an annual license fee Section 21.109. TAXICAB DRIVER'S POLICIES. Before a license shall be mission. of $25 for each vehicle to be so licen. LICENSE. No person shall drive a delivered to any operator he shall Street shall mean and include any sed. taxicab in the City of Brooklyn Center deposit with the Village Clerk the highway, street, alley, avenue, court Section 21 -105. EXAMINATION OF unless said person possesses the ap- policy or policies of insurance with or Lane in the City of Brooklyn TAXICABS. Prior to the use and propriate license or licenses required company or companies duly licensed Center. operation of any vehicle as a taxicab under the provisions of Minnesota law, i to transact such business in this state, Taxicab drivers shall mean and in- under the provisions of this ordinance, Said license or licenses shall be insuring the operator of any taxicab to be licensed against loss from the clude any person who drives a Ptlblishod 111 said vehicle shall comply with rules displayed in full view of all passengers liability imposed by law for damages taxicab, whether such person be the and regulations prescribed in this while such driver is operating a owner of the taxicab or employed by Ordinance. Licensed vehicles may f taxicab. or for damages t on account gees t bodily o proper resulri r Lath, ting a taxicab owner. BROOKLYN CENTER POST +from time to time be subject to in- Section 21 -110. SEPARABILITY. from the ownership, maintenance or Operator shall mean and include any spection by the Police Department Every section, provision or part of this 5617 Corvallis Ave N. upon reasonable notice. Taxicabs ordinance is declared separable from use of any taxicab h i must be in a thoroughly safe condition every other section, provision, or part owned or person owning or directing the use of operated under such license, and one or more taxicabs used for Aire MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55429 and must be clean, sanitary and of and if any section, provision, or art agreeing to pay any judgment creditor upon the streets of Brooklyn Center- P to the extent of the amounts specified Persons shall mean and include an good appearance. shah be held invalid, it shall not a t. in such policy, any final judgment individual, firm, partnership, Section 21 DISPLAY OF any other section, provision, or p p ar rendered against the assured by association, corporation, or any LICENSES ANND D MARKINGS. The ih Secti reason of such liability. The policy or similar organization. DATE OF PUBLICATION operator of every taxicab shall display Section 21 -111. PENALTIES. Any in a conspicuous place on the inside of 1 person violating The provisions of this Policies shall be approved by the City • Taximeter shall mean a meter in- the taxicab a copy of the license issued ordinance shall be guilty of a attorney as to form and compliance strument or device contained in and for said taxicab. In the event a license misdemeanor and shall upon con. with this ordinance. The limit in any attached to a taxicab which is issued covering more than one viction thereof be punished by a fine of such insurance policy of such liability measures mechanically the distance vehicle, sufficient copies of said not more than three hundred 5700) of the insurer on account of the driven and the waiting time upon license shall be provided to the dollars and by imprisonment not to ownership, maintenance and use of which a fare is based. licensee for each of the vehicles exceed ninety (90) days. such taxicab shall not be less than Section 21 -102. LICENSE covered. Ord inanceNo.......... 525,0Wfor bodily injuries toor death of REQUIRED. No person shaft operate ATTORNEY Every taxicab- soliciting or ac- Section 3: This ordinance shall one person and S50,0W on account Of or permit a taxicab owned or con- cepting business on the streets of become effective after adoption and any accitlent resulting in injuries to trolled by him to be operated as a Brooklyn Center shall have some I upon thirty (30) days following its and -or death of more than one person, • vehicle for hire upon the streets of the r designation of the character of the legal publication. and a total of $5,000 liability for City of Brooklyn Center without first vehicle painted in plain visible letters Adopted this .... day of ... , 19... . damage to property of others, arising having obtained a taxicab license. thereon. out of any one accident.) Provided, however, that any taxicab (Section 21-111. MISCELLANEOUS. licensed to operate in any other Section 21 TAXIMETER Mayor (a) All taxicab drivers shall be municipality of this State may carry REQUIRED. Alll l t Taxicabs operated ATTEST: ...... ... under the authority of this ordinance Clerk ............ clean and courteous at all times. passengers from said municipality shall be equipped with taximeters Published in the official newspaper ... (b) No driver of any licensed taxi. where so licensed to any place or point fastened in front of the passengers, Effective date .................... cab shall carry any other than within the City of Brooklyn Center and FILED visible and readable to them at all (Parentheses indicate matter to be the passenger first employing may receive passengers for carriage times of day and night. The taximeter 1 deleted, bold face indicates new a taxicab without the consent of f to such municipality where so licen- • shall be operated mechanically by a matter.) such passenger. sed; but owners and drivers of such mechanism of standard design and (Published in the Brooklyn Center (c) No person shall charge or at- vehicles shall not be permitted to construction, driven either from the post, Aug. 75, 7974.) tempt to charge any passenger solicit business in the City of Brooklyn transmission or from one of the front a greater rate of fare than that Center or otherwise operate a taxicab which the taxicab is entitled un- on the streets of Brooklyn Center wheels a flexible and permanently � attached driving mechanism. der the resolution of the council. without being licensed under the BROOKLYN CENTER POST Taximeters shall be sealed at all (c) No taxicab driver shall deceive provisions of this ordinance. points and connections to prevent any passenger who may ride Each applicant for a taxicab license manipulation which would affect with him, or who may desire to shall apply to the City Clerk for such recording and reading reliability. The ride in any such vehicle, as to • license and must be at least eighteen 1 _ 1 + taximeter shall have thereon a flag to his destination or distance years of age, must conform to ap• - licable laws of Minnesota, and must denote when the vehicle is employed traveled or to be traveled.) p and when it is not employed, and it (Section 21.112. SEPARABILITY. furnish to the City Clerk information shall be the duty of the driver to throw Every section, provision or part of this covering each vehicle to be so licen- the flag of such taximeter into a non. ordinance is declared separable from sed, giving the full name and address recording position at the termination every other section, provision or part; of the owner, the class and Passenger- of each fare trip. Taximeters shall be and if any section, provision or part of carrying capacity of each vehicle, the subject to inspection from time to time any ordinance shall be held invalid, it mileage and length of time a by the Police Department. Upon shall not affect any other section, pro- respective vehicle has been in use, the discovery of inaccurate taximeter vision or part thereof.) f make of vehicle, the vehicle regis- tration number, and such other in- • operation the licensee shall be ordered to cease operation until the taximeter formation as the City Clerk may is repaired and approved to resume require.