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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-10 06-09 CCO • ;,e,,- it% - AN ORDINANCE .rauvlulaLT FOB THE L .. 4a uw OF TAXICABS AND EMULATING SIR ON' IN TEE mut= OF BROORLIN MISR The Village Council of Brooklyn Center do ordain: Section 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used in this ordinance, the tailoring 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 carry arrying of persons for hire, whether over a fixed, route or not, and whether the same be operated from a street stand or subject to calls from a garage, or otherwise operated for hire; but the tern shall not include vehicles subject to control and regulation by the Railroad and Warehouse Commission or vehicles regularly used by undertakers in • • carrying on their business. b. The word "street" shall mean and include any street, alley, avenue, court, bridge, lane or public glace in the Village of Brooklyn Center. G. The words "taxicab driver" shall mean and include any person who drives a taxicab, whether such person be the owner of such taxicab or be employed by a taxicab owner or operator. d. The word "operator" shall mean and include any person owning or having control of the use of one or more taxicabs used for hire upon the streets or engaged in the business of operating a taxicab within the Village. e. The word "person" shall mean and. include one or more persons of either sex, natural persons, corporations, partnerships, and. associations. Section 2. License Revived. No operator shall operate a taxicab within • the Village limits without first having obtained a taxicab license therefor under the • • provisions of this ordinance. Each applicant for a taxicab license shall apply to the Pillage clerk for such license upon a form to be provided by the Village, and asst comply with the following provisions to the satisfaction of the Village council. a. Be a citizen of the United States. b. Be of the age of twenty -one (21) years or over if a natural person, and in the case of any co- parttntnership, firm or corporation, must be authorized to operate taxicabs and carry on business in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. c. Must fill out upon the blank for provided by the Village a statement covering each vehicle to be so licensed, giving the fall name and address of the owner; the class and passenger- carrying capacity of each vehicle for which a license is desired; the length of time the • vehicle has been in use; the snake of car; the engine number; the serial number and the state license number; whether the same is mortgaged, the name of the mortgagee and the amount of said mortgage; also the holder of legal title to said motor vehicle if other than the applicant; or whether said vehicle is leased, licensed, or under any torn of contract permitted to be used and operated by some other person than the one holding legal title thereto, what person, firm or corporation collects the revenues from the operation of said taxicab and pays the expenses of operating the same, the amount of liability insurance carried and the schedule of rates to be charged. If said application Is made by an individual owner, it shall be signed and sworn to by such owner, if it is by a partnership, then it shell be signed and sworn to by one of the partners; and if by a corporation, then by one of the duly elected. • officials of said corporation. • • 1 Section a. Taxicab Fee. The applicant applying for a taxicab license shall, before being issued said license, pay into the Village treasury the sate of $1 0.00 for each and every vehicle to be so licensed; provided, that if the said license is denied for any reason, the aforesaid fee or fees shall forthwith be returned to the applicant. Any license may be transferred during any year only upon the additional payment of a proportional part of the fee by the transferee in addition to the regular fee paid by the transferor when the license was issued, and upon approval of the Village council of such transfer. Section 4. Examination of Taxicabs. The council shall cause the Village marahal or some other employee on behalf of the Village thoroughly and carefully to examine each taxicab before a license is granted to operate the same, No taxicab shall be licensed which does not comply with the following: a. It mast be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of • passengers. b. It mist be clean and of good appearance and well painted and varnished. Such other examinations and tests of licensed taxicabs may be ordered by the council from time to time as it may deem advisable. Section 5. Grentine License. If the Village council is satisfied that the public convenience and good order will be served thereby, it may grant a number and shall give the number and an adequate description of the taxicabs licensed thereunder. Section 6. License plates and Numbers. There shall be delivered to the operator of each and every licensed taxicab a metal license tag to be fastened and displayed upon the outside of the windshield of each and every taxicab so licensed, so that said license maybe plainly visible from the front of acid taxicab at all times. Said license tag shell not exceed two and one -half inches in the longest • measurement and shall bear the license number of the taxicab and proper descriptive words, including the year for which the license was issued, and such license tag • • 1 • shall be of distinctly different shape for any three successive years. In case any licensed operator shall lose a metal license tag he shall secure a duplicate thereof by applying to the Village clerk and paying the sum of 40.00 therefor before doing any further business with the taxicab from which the tag is lost. Every taxicab which shall solicit or accept business on the streets of this municipality, or stand or wait for hire shall have some designation of the 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 plate bearing the words "Licensed Taxicab" printed in letters at least one -half (i) inch in height. Section 7. Taxicab Cards. The operator of any taxicab shall cause to be printed in plain, legible letters displayed inside the taxicab a card giving the number of the license, the maximum rates of fare to be charged, and a statement that any package or article left in the taxicab mast be returned by the taxicab driver to • the Village clerk's office, where it may be identified and claimed. The card shall also contain the statement, "Ask the liver for Bill and Receipt," in bold type. Section 8. Rates. No operator or taxicab driver shall charge any passenger a rate in excess of the rate approved by the Village council. Every passenger shall receive a receipt therefor when he pays his fare. Section 9. Taxicab Drivers. No person, either the operator or employee of such operator, shall drive a taxicab in this Village without first having been licensed as a chauffeur under the Genera]. Statutes of Minnesota; and every driver shalt display such chauffeur's license badge conspicuously upon his coat or cap as therein provided. Section 10. Insurance Policies. Before a license shall be delivered to any operator he shall deposit with the Village clerk the policy or policies of insurance with company or companies duly licensed to transact such business in this state, • insuring the operator of any taxicab to be licenses against less from the liability . • - • imposed by law for damages on accoun of bodily injuries or death, or for damages 4 • • fr • to property resul irom the ogn-r,..m.p, maintenance or use of any taxicab to be owned or operated under such license, and agreeing to pay to any judgment creditor to the extent of the amounts specified in such policy, any final judgment rendered against the assured by reason of such liability. The policy or policies shall be approved by the Village attorney as to form and compliance with this ordinance. The limitin any such insurance policy of such liability of the insurer on account of the ownership, maintenance and use of such taxicab shall not be less than 50,040,C3 for bodily injuries to or death of one person and :I on account of any one accident resulting in injuries to an/or death of more than one person, and a total of f liability for damage to property of others, arising out of any one accident. Section 11. Miscellaneous. . All taxicab drivers shall be clean and courteous at all times. • b. No driver of any licensed taxicab shall carry any other than the passenger first employing a taxicab without the consent of such passenger. c. No person shall charge or attempt to charge any passenger a greater rate of fare than that to which the taxicab is entitled under the resolution of the council. d. No taxicab driver shall deceive any passenger who may ride with him, or who may desire to ride in any such vehicle, as to his destination or distance traveled or to be traveled. Section 12. Separability. Every section, provision or part of this or- dinance is declared separable from every other section, Provision or part; and if any section, provision or part of any ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any other section, provision or part thereof. • Section 13. Penalty. Any oerson violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor nnd shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($i00.00) or by imprison- ment for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both, for each offense. Secbion lh. Effect. This ordinance shall take effect from and after Its nassage and publication. Passed the council this - day of , 1954. President of Council 410 , City Clerk