CHAPTER 5
FOR HIRE MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE 4. STREET STAND
SECTION:
§2573: Not To Be Changed Without Permission
§2574: Stands Permitted For Special Occasions
§2575: Permit Good Until Revoked
§2570 APPLICATION FOR
The City Council or the Traffic Authority of the City may grant to any person having a permit the right to have any of the vehicles referred to in such permit while awaiting employment, to stand at certain designated places upon the streets of the City, provided, however, that the person desiring such a street stand shall make written application to said City Council or said Traffic Authority, stating the number and kind of vehicles for which said stand is sought, and the proposed location of such stand; provided, also, that such application shall contain either the written consent of the owner, agent or lessee on the property before which said stand is desired. (Ord. 395, §4.01, adopted 1947)
§2571 REGULATIONS GOVERNING
The exact location of said street stand shall be designated by said Council, or by the Traffic Authority, and shall then be designated by white paint or other white material with the words "Taxi Zone" in black letters thereon. No stand shall be within two hundred feet (200’) of any other stand thereto for allowed and fixed by the Council or by the Traffic Authority on the same street. No such stand shall be wider than fourteen feet (14’) on streets where parking at an angle is permitted, nor wider than twenty feet (20’) where parallel parking is required. Said stand may be used interchangeably by any of the licensed vehicles owned by the person to whom said privilege is granted. (Ord. 395, §4.02, adopted 1947)
§2572 MAY BE USED JOINTLY
Any one street stand, as herein defined, granted to any person, may be used jointly by any two (2) or more persons holding a permit and a license under this Chapter, provided that a consent of each of said persons for such use is first obtained, and the right to use stand jointly is granted by said City Council or said Traffic Authority. (Ord. 395, §4.03, adopted 1947)
§2573 NOT TO BE CHANGED WITHOUT PERMISSION
No street stand shall be changed from the designated location except upon application, in writing, and the consent of said City Council or Traffic Authority to said change. (Ord. 395, §4.04, adopted 1947)
§2574 STANDS PERMITTED FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The City Council may allow persons having a permit under the provisions of this Chapter to stand upon the public streets, in sections set apart for that purpose by said City Council, at places other than regular street stands, when it is deemed necessary to provide the use of taxicabs or other vehicles to meet the needs of the traveling public, or other public or private gatherings. The owners or operators of such vehicles allowed to operate from said locations so designated by the Council shall conform to any special orders, rules or regulations issued and directed by said City Council and shall obey the police or traffic officers designated to control the operation of said vehicle at the time and place so designated by them. (Ord. 395, §4.05, adopted 1947; amd. by Ord. 934, §1, adopted 1993)
§2575 PERMIT GOOD UNTIL REVOKED
All permits issued for street stands as herein provided, shall remain in full force and effect until the same shall be cancelled, either upon the request of the applicant, or if the person who has given his written consent to use said stand in front of his said property shall have notified the City Council or the Traffic Authority that such permission has been withdrawn, or until the said permit shall have been withdrawn by the City Council or the Traffic Authority as herein provided. (Ord. 395, §4.06, adopted 1947)