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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-10 06-24 AP l VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER Hennepin County, Minnesota 1 � 51140. to AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF TAI- ' CABS AND REGULATING TfiEIR OPERATION IN THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER The Village Council of Brooklyn Cen- . ter do ordain: THE NORTH HENNEPIN POST Section 1. Definitions. Unless other- wise expressly stated, whenever used in this ordinance, the following words shall ; AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION have the meaning given to then by this . section : a: The word "taxicab" shall mean and include any motor vehicle engaged in the ' carrying of persons for hire, whether over a fixed route or not, and whether STATE OF MINNESOTA } the same be operated from a street SSA stand or subject to calls from a COUNTY OF ENNEPIN or otherwise operated for hire; but the H te Shall not include vehicles subject G to control and regtilation by the Rail- road and Warehouse Commission or ve- t hides regularly used by undertakers in carrying on their business. l b. The word "street" shall mean and being duly sworn on oath says that he is and during all the times herein include any street, alley, avenue, court, y bridge, lane or public place in the V stated has been 2 �� a �`�Q of The Post Publishing Co., the publisher of lage of Brooklyn Center. } the newspaper known as THE NORTH HEN EPIN POST, and has full knowledge of the facts herein c. The words "taxicab driver" shall mean and include any person who drives a taxicab whether such person ,! st d; that for more than on- year prior to the publication therein of the. .�LZtie. be the owner of such taxicab or be em- 1 ployed by a taxicab owner or operator. ` d. The word "operator" shall mean and f 6--i-- ! , • • �— hereto attached, said newspaper was include any person owning or having printed and blished in he Village rystal in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on control of the use of one or more taxi - t Thursday of ach week; that during a s d time the following conditions have existed: cabs 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 ' Said newspaper has been printed in the English language from its known office of publication within include one or more persons of either the village from which it purports to be issued as above stated in column and sheet form equivalent in space sex, natural persons, corporations, part - t to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; it has been issued once each week from a nerships, and associations. known office established in such place for publication and equipped with skilled workmen and necessary Section 2 License Required. No op- • material for preparing and printing the same; the press work thereon has been done in its known office of erator shall operate a taxicab within publication; in its makeup not less than twenty -five per cent of its news column has been devoted to local erator the news of interest to the community which it purports to serve; it has contained general news, comment and Villain a tax ge limits without first having t h- icab license therefor under 1 miscellany; it has not wholly duplicated any other publication and has not been entirely made up of pat - the provisions of this ordinance. ents, plate matter, and advertisements; it has been circulated in and near its said place of publication to the Each son extent of at least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers; it has had shall applicant the Village clerk for such cant for a taxicab license entry as second class matter in its local postoffice; and there has been on file in the office of the County sh a upon them Village be Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing [ a provided by the the name and location of said newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications Village. and must comply with the fol- as a legal newspaper lowing provisions to the satisfaction of the • Village council. a. Ile a citizen of the United States. ; - , b. Ile of the age of twentyone (21) years That the legal or official matter hereto attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was or over if a natural person and in the case of any co- partnership, firm ar cor- t puration, must be authorized_ to operate printed and published therein in the English language once each week, for. ...V - -:-w successive weeks; taxicabs and carry on business in ac- S? ; /__ cordance with the laws of the State of That it s first so published on Thursday, the j day of Minnesota. c. Must fill out upon the blank form L / provided by the Village a statement cov- 19.-5.5., and thereafter on Thursday of each week to and eying each vehicle to be so licensed, giving the full name and address of the owner; the class and passenger- including Inc day of 19 and carrying capacity of each .vclticle for that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby which a license is desired; the length acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said legal or of time the vehicle has been' in use; official matter, to -wit: the make of car; the engine number; the serial number and the state gaged, abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz -6 -pt. Oldstyle number; Is hether the same is mortgaged, the name of the mortgagee and the abedefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz -6 -pt. Devinne amount of said mortgage; also the hold- er of legal title to said motor vehicle abedefghijkllnnopgrstuvwxyz- 71/2-pt. Excelsior if other than the applicant; or whether ' abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz -71/2 Memphis Bold said vehicle is leased, li ensed, or under any form of contract permitted to be used and operated by some other person r than the one holding legal title thereto, , • - ��•' what person, firm or corporation col- lects the revenues from the operation of r r , ' '' /.' said taxicab and pays the expenses of J ,/�` operating the same, the amount of lia- . -''';/ < -' . fr t a 'L-ae. „s, // b,lity insurance carried and the schedule of rates to be charged. • 1f said application is made by an iudi- Subscribed and Swoaa t before vidua] owner, it shall be signed and sworn to by such owner, if it is by a partner- _ ship, then it shall be signed and sworn me this day of , A.1) -, 19:-.:7 to by one of the partners; and if by a - t corporation, then by one of the duly elect- _1 ed officials of said corporation. J , t /�� Section 3. Taxicab lee. The applicant rt._ d_ - . . j s i z t , f t_ rte } applying for a taxicab license shall, before being issued said license, pay into the Vil- ' lage treasury the stun of $10.00 for each ?,;. and every vehicle to be so Licensed; pro - ” - ' � �( t� � vided, that if the said license is denied for t ` ' 'y ' i t tC'rn (; pt;nty Mn I- any reason, the aforesaid fee or fees y C mmlasiop Expires. N shall forthwith be returned to the appli- • * I96Q cant. 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 regu- I lar fee paid by the transferor when the license was issued, and upon approval of the Village coaateil of such transfer. Section 4. Examination of Taxicabs. The council shall cause the Village mar - I section 10. Insurance Policies. Before shall or some other employee on behalf a license shall be delivered to any opera - of the Village thoroughly and carefully tor he shall deposit with the Village clerk to examine each taxicab before a license company policy or policies of insurance with is' - granted to operate the same. No taxi- , company or companies duly licensed to cab shall he licensed which does not co ast• transact such business in this state, in- ply with the .following: - curing the operator of any taxicab to be a. It ➢Host be, in a thoroughly safe con- : licensed against loss from the liability diti for the transportation of pas- Nn imposed by law for damages on account sengers. - ' of bodily injuries or death, or for Jam- b. It must be clean and of good appear- ages to property resulting from the own - ance and well painted and varnished, ersbip, maintenance or use of any taxi - Such other examinations and tests , of li- Affidavit of Publication cab to be owned or operated under such ceased taxicabs may be ordered by the Op , license, andLagreeityg to pay to any judg- . council from time to tithe as it may ment creditor to the extent of the amounts ' deem advisable. specified in such merit rendered policy, any final judg - Section 5. Granting License. If- the.'Vil- : against the assured by i lage council is satisfied that the public convenience of such liability. The policy or convenience and good order will be served , policies shall be approved by the Village to thereby, it may grant a number rand shall attorney as ce form and compliance with give' the number ..and an adequate descrip- this ordinance. The limit in any such tion of the taxicabs licensed thereunder. insurance policy of such liability of the Section 6. License Plates and Numbers. insurer on account of the ownership, There shall be delivered to the operator maintenance and use of such taxicab of each and every licensed taxicab a metal shall not be less than $25,000 for bodily license tag to he fastened and displayed injuries to or death of one person and upon the .outside of the windshield of ' ,$5x0,000 on account of any one accident each and every taxicab so licensed, so that • resulting in injuries to and /or death of said, license may be plainly visible from Published in more than one person, and a total of the front of said taxicab exat ceed all times. ,and THE NORTH HENNEPIN POST 45000 liability for . d -to property of Said license tag shall not exceed two ,and others, arising out of any one accident. one-half inches in the longest measurement Section 11. \Iiscel shag and shall, bear the license nusnher of the BOX "B" a. All taxicab drivers shall be clean and taxicab and proper descriptive words, in- courteous at all times. eluding the year for which the license ROBBINSDALE MINNESOTA b. No driver of any licensed taxicab was issued, and such license tag shall be shall carry any other than the of distinctly different shape for any three consent such passenger. passenger consecutive years. In case any licensed first employing a taxicab without the operator shall lbse a metal license tag licensed he person shall charge or attempt to DATE OF PUBLICATION e. No persohr shall secure' a duplicate thereof by apply fare e any passenger a greater rate of ing to the Village clerk and paying the ' fare than that to which the taxicab stun of $3.00 therefor before doing any in nci ed under the resolution of the further business with the taxicab -frown council. which the tag is lost. 0. No- taxicab driver shall deceive any Every taxicab which shall solicit or ac- passenger who may ride with him, or rcpt business on the streets of this mu -, who may desire to ride in any such y-, or stand or • wait , for „hire. vehicle, as to his destination or distance nictpalit shall - -h'ade some designation of, the char; ATTORNEY traveled or to be traveled. acter of - the vehicle painted in plain visi- Section 12, Separability, Every section, ble letters on each ' side `.thereof.- . Every provision or part of this ordinance is sec- driver of, °such - ',taxicab- shal'',weat pas 'tic ;- Glared separable from every other sec - cap or hat a metal }slate bearing - the wcttds tion, provision or part; and if any sec - "Licensed Taxicab ' printed in letters at tion, provision or part of any ordinance - least; one-,half , .( -) inch its ,.height..,.; shall be held invalid it shall not affect' . Section' 7. `., Taicica6: Cards. The ;4}s a ' the other section, provision or part for of any taxicab shall - Cause torbe print- thereof. ed - in plain, legible letters displayed in- Section 13. Penalty. Any person vio- side tbe.'taxicab" a card giving- the Hum - gating the provisions of this ordinance. her of the 'license, the maximum 'rates.yof FILED shall be guilty of .a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by fare to be charged; and - a' 'stftetneitt that a fine or not more than one hundred any: :Aacr Ft " , . , fiA: -t#te psi- ,dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for _„ . _ __ _ not more than ninety (90) days, or by both, for each office. cab must be retttrited by the taxicab "Section 14. Effect. This ordinance driver to the Village clerk's office, where, shall take effect from and after its pas - it .>atoy ef#e - Identified and •laimed. . The' sage and publication. card shall also contain the statement,' THE NORTH HENNEPIN POST 1954. Passed the council this 9th day of June, ".Ask the Driver for still and Receipt," in bold type. ARTHUR PAULSON, Section 8, Rates- No operator or taxi -, Robbinsdale, Minnesole President of Council cab driver shall charge any passenger a !(SEAL) rate in excess of the rate approved by the 11 , ATTEST: PAUL 18. WEEKLY, Village council. Every passenger shall Village Clerk receive a receipt therefor when he pays, t (Published in The North Ilennepin Post his fare. ,June 24, 1954). Section 9. Taxicab Drivers. No person, either the operator or employee of such operator, shall drive a taxicab in this Vil- lage without first having been licensed as a chauffeur under the General Statutes of Minnesota; and every driver shall dis- play such chauffeur's license badge con- spicuously upon his coat or cap as there- in provided.