The following shall apply to all businesses defined in Chapter
615 - Taxicabs, unless stated otherwise:
[Ord. No. 1038 §3, 7-21-2014]
All applications for new or renewal business licenses shall
be subject to review by the City Manager, and it is his discretion
to either issue\renew or not issue\not renew said license. In the
event the said license is not issued\not renewed by the City Manager,
said applicant shall have the right to appear before the City Council
at its next regularly scheduled meeting to appeal the City Manager's
decision on the license.
[Ord. No. 1038 §3, 7-21-2014]
The City Manager shall have the right to suspend or revoke a
business license. In the event said license is suspended or revoked
by the City Manager, said business owner shall have the right to appear
before the City Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting to
appeal the decision of the City Manager.
The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
meanings set out herein:
Proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on
account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of
said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a
motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one (1)
accident, and, subject to said limit for one (1) person, in the amount
of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury to
or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) because of injury to or destruction
of property of others in any one (1) accident.
Any motor vehicle performing a bona fide for hire taxicab
service having a capacity of not more than five (5) passengers, exclusive
of the driver, and not operated on a regular route or between fixed
termini.
[CC §7.20; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
A.
No
owner or operator of any taxicab may enter the City of St. John for
the purpose of doing business from a cab stand therein without first
registering such taxicab with the City Manager and completing a form
to be furnished by said City Manager which form shall require, among
other things, the following:
1.
The name and address of the owner or owners, and if a corporation,
the name and address of the officers thereof.
2.
The State license number of each taxicab and the number of the operator's
Missouri chauffeur's license.
3.
The rates to be charged and name and address of each operator of
each taxicab.
4.
The points where such taxicabs will be stationed for calls.
[CC §7.21; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988; Ord. No. 765 §4, 5-19-2003]
Each taxicab or fleet owner authorized to do business in this City shall pay a yearly license fee based on the guidelines as set forth in Section 605.090 from January first (1st) to December thirty-first (31st), and receive a license from the City Manager's office.
[CC §7.22; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
A.
A current,
passport-size photograph of the operator with his name, address and
chauffeur's license number shall be prominently posted in each taxicab.
B.
The
name and address of the company insuring the passenger against personal
injury and property damage shall be prominently posted in each taxicab.
Said insurance shall be no less than twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00) for one (1) person or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
for more than one (1). Five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) property
damage and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) medical payment insurance.
Each taxicab shall display "Proof of Financial Responsibility".
[CC §7.23; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
Every taxicab shall be equipped with an automatic meter for
the purpose of measuring the fare to be charged and the fact of said
meter shall at all times be in plain view of the passenger; provided
however, one (1) or more taxicabs may be operated on a zone system,
if the zone charges are prominently displayed on an outside door of
the taxicab in letters not less than two (2) inches high.
[CC §7.24; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
No person may drive or operate a taxicab in this City if he
has any infirmity of body or mind which might render him unfit for
such operation, nor may any such vehicle be driven or operated by
any person who is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs,
or anyone having violations of the controlled substances law within
one (1) year prior to application for license. Every such vehicle
must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and the motor, brakes,
and other mechanisms must be kept in good working order.
[CC §7.25; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
The City Manager or his agent shall, annually or more often,
inspect any taxicab operating over and upon the streets of the City,
for the purpose of determining the mechanical fitness of the taxicab.
If, upon such inspection, any mechanical unfitness is found, affecting
the safe operation and use of the taxicab, it shall be immediately
taken out of service and remain out of use, until such defect has
been repaired or otherwise remedied and the taxicab has been approved
by the City Manager.
[CC §7.26; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988]
The number of licenses granted hereunder shall be limited to
four (4) vehicles and the number of companies permitted to operate
within the City is limited to two (2).
[CC §7.27; Ord. No.
349 §2, 12-5-1988; Ord. No. 1014 §1, 7-15-2013]
Any person who operates a taxicab, or owns a taxicab and permits
it to be operated in the City of St. John without a valid license,
or without complying fully with all provisions of this Chapter, or
who in any other way violates any of the provisions of this Section,
will be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense, or
imprisonment for ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
