CHAPTER 114:
Taxicabs
Section
General Provisions
114.02 Display of name and sticker
114.03 Inspection and examination
114.04 Taxicabs from other municipalities
Licensing
114.16 Application for license; eligibility
114.17 License fees; insurance requirements
114.18 Issuance of license and sticker
114.21 Monthly report to Clerk
GENERAL PROVISIONS
114.01 DEFINITION.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TAXICAB. Any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire for which public patronage is solicited. Railroad cars, motor buses, operating under the authority and jurisdiction of the State Commerce Commission shall not be considered TAXICABS.
(’81 Code, § 20.01)
114.02 DISPLAY OF NAME AND STICKER.
Every taxicab operated in the city, in addition to the exhibition of the license sticker required under this chapter, shall have printed or painted or attached in the center of one of the door panels on each side of the taxicab, in letters at least two inches high the name of the taxicab operator.
(’81 Code, § 20.07) Penalty, see § 114.99
114.03 INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION.
Any person operating any taxicab in the city, whether as owner, operator, driver, lessee or licensee, shall when requested, submit the taxicab to the Chief of Police or any other police officer of the city for examination for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the taxicab is in good condition and complies with the laws of state with reference to the condition of motor vehicles and operation thereof.
(’81 Code, § 20.11) Penalty, see § 114.99
114.04 TAXICABS FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
This chapter does not prohibit the operator of a taxicab licensed in another municipality from coming within the city to convey a passenger from another location to a chosen destination within the city or from coming within the city to convey any passenger therefrom to a distant location outside the city, upon bona fide calls made for such service to the stand or taxicab office of such operator in any such municipality. But a taxicab operator, not licensed by the city, shall not cruise about the city or pick up a passenger or permit a passenger to enter his taxicab for the purpose of being conveyed to any point either within or without the limits of the city.
(’81 Code, § 20.13) Penalty, see § 114.99
LICENSING
114.15 LICENSE REQUIRED.
(A) No person, whether acting as owner, principal, agent, employee, lessee or licensee, shall operate or permit to be operated upon the streets of the city any taxicab. (’81 Code, § 20.02)
(B) No person shall drive a taxicab unless he has a chauffeur’s license from the state. (’81 Code, § 20.06)
Penalty, see § 114.99
114.16 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE; ELIGIBILITY.
(A) A separate application shall be made for each vehicle to be used as a taxicab, which application shall be substantially as set forth in the appendix at the end of the chapter. (’81 Code, § 20.03)
(B) The operator of a taxicab shall be a person of good moral character. The City Council shall not authorize the issuance of a taxicab license to any person it does not deem to be of good moral character. (’81 Code, § 20.05)
114.17 LICENSE FEES; INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
(A) A license fee of $50 per year shall be paid for each vehicle operated as a taxicab. License fees for the full year shall be due and payable on May 1, in any particular year. Where the licenses are issued subsequent to November 1, the license fee to be paid for the time between its issuance and the May 1 following shall be one-half of the fee required for the entire year. (’81 Code, § 20.08)
(B) Each applicant for a license to operate a taxicab shall procure a suitable policy of insurance or indemnity in an approved insurance or indemnity company, which policy shall be issued in a coverage of $100,000 for liability for death or personal injury suffered by any person or persons by reason of the operation of such taxicab, and an additional sum of $15,000 covering property damage resulting from or due to the operation of any taxicab. All policies of insurance or indemnity shall be deposited with the Clerk for the use and benefit of any person interested therein. (’81 Code, § 20.14)
114.18 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE AND STICKER.
Upon the approval of an application by the City Council and by the Mayor, the applicant shall present the application to the City Administrator who shall determine and collect the fee required. Upon payment of the license fee, the City Administrator shall issue the applicant a taxicab license which shall be kept in plain view within the taxicab at all times. Said taxicab license shall be approximately five and one-half inches by eight and one-half inches and shall have printed thereon “Taxicab – Lewistown, Illinois – License,” along with the applicant’s information, expiration date of the license and the signature of the City Administrator.
(’81 Code, § 20.04) (Am. Ord. 2016-7, passed 6-28-16) Penalty, see § 114.99
114.19 TRANSFER OF LICENSE.
The license issued for any vehicle may be transferred to any other vehicle operated by the same person upon payment of a fee of $1 to the city.
(’81 Code, § 20.09)
114.20 REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
The Mayor may revoke or suspend the license of any operator of a taxicab found to be unsafe or not in good driving condition. The Mayor may revoke any license for failure on the part of any owner, operator, driver, lessee or licensee to comply with the provisions of this chapter. If a taxicab license is suspended or revoked, no refund shall be made to the person to whom the license was issued for any portion of the license fee.
(’81 Code, § 20.12)
114.21 MONTHLY REPORT TO CLERK.
Each person to whom a taxicab license has been issued shall on or before the tenth of each month make a monthly report to the Clerk, giving the following information:
(A) Name, address, chauffeur’s license number and its date of issue, of each driver.
(B) A report of every accident in which a driver has been involved during the preceding month, giving the date and place of the accident and a digest of any court proceedings had in connection with the accident.
(C) The names and addresses of each officer of any corporation operating taxicabs; or if a partnership, the names and addresses of each partner; or if a single person is the operator, his name and address.
(D) The amount of public liability insurance carried on each taxicab, and the name and address of the company carrying the insurance.
(’81 Code, § 20.10) Penalty, see § 114.99
114.99 PENALTY.
(A) Any person who operates a taxicab in the city without a license shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $750.
(B) Any person who in making an application for a license, or in making any monthly report required by this chapter, shall wilfully make any misrepresentation therein shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $750.
(C) Any person who violates any other pro-visions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $750.
(’81 Code, § 20.15)
APPENDIX. APPLICATION FORM.
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APPLICATION FOR TAXICAB LICENSE |
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Application is hereby made for a taxicab license to be used in connection with the motor vehicle described herein: |
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Full name of owner ______________________________________________________________________ |
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Applicant, if other than owner _____________________________________________________________ |
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Make of motor vehicle ___________________________________________________________________ |
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Passenger capacity of the same _____________________________________________________________ |
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Motor number Serial number ______________________________________________________________ |
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Number of taxicab licenses heretofore issued to the undersigned applicant now in force ________________ |
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The applicant hereby agrees that in consideration of the issuance of the license hereby applied for that the motor vehicle above described shall not at any time while it is operated as a taxicab in the city of Lewistown, Illinois be driven or operated by other person than a person licensed as a chauffeur under the laws of the State of Illinois. |
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Date ________________ |
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Applicant |
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By____________________ |
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Application approved by the City Council of the City of Lewistown, Illinois on _______ day of ______________ |
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___________________________ |
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City Clerk |
(’81 Code, § 20.03)