[CC 2000 §615.010; CC 1990 §660.010; Ord. No. 509 §1, 10-6-1974]
Unless it appears that a different meaning is intended, the
following words shall have the meaning given them by this Section:
Any individual or other legal entity, whether such entity
is a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, company, association
or joint-stock association, including the partners, officers, employees
and agents of the person, as well as any trustees, assignees, receivers
or personal representatives of the person.
Every way or place open for vehicular travel by the public
and regardless of whether it has been legally established by constituted
authority or by user for the statutory period of time as public highway.
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 2000 §615.020; CC 1990 §660.020; Ord. No. 509 §1, 10-6-1974]
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of owning,
operating, leasing or renting of taxicabs who maintains their principal
office and place of business in the City of Pagedale, Missouri, must
first acquire a license from the City so to do and pay the license
fee as hereinafter provided. (Said license shall not include the right
to operate a taxicab stand for which a separate license, based on
the number of cabs to be operated from said stand, is required nor
alleviate the necessity of purchasing a City motor vehicle license
for said vehicle.)
[CC 2000 §615.030; CC 1990 §660.030; Ord. No. 509 §3, 10-6-1974]
A.
No
license shall be issued to any person, firm, association or corporation
for the operation of a taxicab business unless the property on which
said business is to be operated shall contain an adequate water drain
or sewer for the removal of water from said property used in connection
with the operation of said taxicab business; said water drain or sewer
shall be so located and of such construction that it will carry the
water used in washing automobiles in such a manner that it will not
flow onto adjoining property or streets or highways.
B.
No
license shall be issued to any person, firm, association or corporation
for the operation of a taxicab business unless the property on which
said business is to be operated shall have erected thereon an inside
water closet and wash stand.
[CC 2000 §615.040; CC 1990 §660.040; Ord. No. 509 §1, 10-6-1974]
Any person, firm, association or corporation desiring to operate
a taxicab business shall make application in writing to the City Clerk
for a license so to do and such application shall show the location
of the property, the dimensions thereof, the number of square feet
to be occupied, the location of all buildings, the location of water
drains and sewers and the location of water closets and washstands;
the City Clerk shall submit such application to the Mayor and Board
of Alderpersons and upon approval by the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons
and upon payment of the license fee thereinafter set forth, the City
Collector shall issue the license which shall describe the business
authorized thereunder. The license so issued shall extend to and terminate
on the thirtieth (30th) day of June following the date of its issue.
[CC 2000 §615.050; CC 1990 §660.050; Ord. No. 509 §1, 10-6-1974]
The annual license fee for the operation of a taxicab business
shall be as follows:
Annual license fee: $30.00 per vehicle.
[CC 2000 §615.060; CC 1990 §660.060; Ord. No. 509 §1, 10-6-1974]
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined as set out in Section 100.220. Each day that any of the provisions of this Chapter are violated shall constitute a separate offense.
