[Amended 6-3-1985 by Ord.
No. 902; 4-6-1987 by Ord. No. 1657; 5-20-2002 by Ord. No. 02-303]
No person shall conduct the business of setting up and using
a hackney carriage or limousine without first obtaining a hackney
or limousine license from the City Council. A fee of $100 shall be
paid for each vehicle authorized to be set up and used as a hackney
carriage, and a fee of $75 shall be paid for each vehicle authorized
to be set up and used as a limousine under such license, and every
such license shall be valid from the date of issue until the first
day of May next following. The number of hackney carriages to be licensed
shall be limited to 18. The number of limousine vehicles to be licensed
shall not be limited.
Every application for a hackney license or limousine license
shall be made on a form provided by the City Clerk and shall set forth
the name and residence of the applicant or, in the case of a firm
or corporation, the name thereof and the location of its principal
place of business and the name and residence of its manager or principal
representative in charge of the business and the location of the garage
or other place where such carriages are to be kept and of any stand,
private or special, from which they are to be operated. If granted
a hackney license, the applicant shall, within 30 days of such granting
or within seven days of obtaining a certificate of registration from
the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, whichever shall occur first, furnish
a description of each vehicle used as a hackney carriage, including,
in the case of a motor vehicle, the make, model and manufacturer's
number and the number and date of the certificate of registration
issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
Every hackney license and limousine license shall bear a suitable
number and shall have recorded thereon the information contained in
the application therefor. With every license so issued there shall
also be provided a certificate for each vehicle licensed thereunder
showing the license number, the name and residence of the licensee
or, in the case of a firm or corporation, the name and principal place
of business thereof and, in the case of a motor vehicle, the make,
model and manufacturer's number and the number of the certificate
of registration issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.
A.
No holder of a hackney license or limousine license shall conduct his/her business at any place other than that specified in his/her license, except as otherwise provided in this article, nor shall any such license be sold, assigned or transferred without the consent of the City Council, provided that in case a vehicle authorized to be set up and used as a hackney carriage or limousine under such license is sold or otherwise disposed of, the certificate thereof shall be returned to the City Clerk, and there shall be issued to the holder of such license a certificate, in the form prescribed by § 222-22, for such vehicle as may be acquired to replace the vehicle sold or disposed of upon application and the presentation of satisfactory evidence to the City Clerk and the payment of $0.50 for such certificate. The licensee shall notify the City Clerk of any change of his/her residence or, in the case of a firm or corporation, of its principal place of business or of the residence of its manager or principal representative in charge of the business.
B.
Any holder of such license who shall cease to engage in the business
for which he/she was licensed shall forthwith surrender his/her license
and certificate or certificates to the City Clerk, and no refund therefor
shall be made.
C.
The City Clerk shall make a proper record of every such transfer,
discontinuance of business or change of residence.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle as a business for the
carriage of passengers for hire in the City by receiving and discharging
passengers along the route in which such vehicle is operated or for
transporting passengers by him/her as a business between fixed and
regular termini without first obtaining a license from the Mayor and
City Council and complying in all respects with the provisions of
law relating thereto. Such license shall be revocable at the pleasure
of the Mayor and City Council in such manner as may be provided by
law. The fee for such license shall be $10.
