HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-326 Regulating TaxisAN ORDINANCE REGULATi~NG ~AXICABS
BE IT ORDAINED BY
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THE CO~4ON COUNCIL O~' THE CIT~ 0~' CAP~4EL~
WHEREAS~ the Common Council of the City of Carmel,
at regular meeting~ has determined tha~ the services
by persons~ firms, or corporations who hold out for public
the use of taxicabs~ should be regulated~
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of
the City of Carmel, Indiana, as follows:
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
Section 10
Definition
Taxicab License
Application for License
Issuance of License~ Liability
Taxicab Stands
Displaying Rates~ Excessive Charges
All Drivers To Be Licensed
Suspension or Revocation of License
Renewal of License
Penalties
Section 1. Definition. For purposes of
this chapter~
"TAXICAB" shall mean and include any vehicle used to carry not
more than six (6) passengers (other -than the driver) for hire
not operating on a fixed route.
Section 2. Taxicab License.
(A) No person~ firm~ o~ corporation shall r~eg~.arly
operate or cause to be operated a taxicab or offer the services of
any vehicle as a taxicab within the City of Carmel unless the
owner of the vehicle has obtained hereunder a taxicab license
governing such vehicle and each such vehicle carries a number
assigned to it by the City.
(B) Every such taxicab license shall expire on December
31 for the year in which issued. Licenses issued on or after July
1 of any year shall be issued at 1/2 the annual license fee herein
provided.
(C) The annu'al license fee for each taxicab shall be
a general description of each vehicle for which a license
desired~ the marking or lettering to be used thereon; ana any
other information required by the Clerk-Treasurer pertinent to the
issuance
of such license.
Section 4. Issuance of License.
(A) The Common Council shall hold a hearing upon each
application for $ license. If the Common Council finds upon such
hearing that the public convenience and necessity do not justify
the operation of the vehicle for which license is desired~ it
shall forthwith notify the applicant of its findings. If it finds
from such hearing that the public convenience aha necessity do
justify the operation of the vehicle er vehicles for which license
is desired, it shall forthwith notify the appticant~ within sixty
(60) days thereafter~ applicant shall furnish and ~ile with the
Clerk-Treasurer the following:
(1) A full transcript of the information appearing on
the certificate of title of each vehicle for which license is
desired~ and the state license number of each such vehicle°
(2) A certification that each vehicle for which a
license is desired has been inspected and tested end that each
such vehicle is roadworthy and safe for operation as a taxicab~
(3) The name of each person who will operate such
taxicabt with the driver'S license number of each such person~
(4)' A policy~or policies of liability insurance issued
for the life of the license applied for or longer~ by a
responsible insurance company, for each taxicab in an amount not
less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in any one accident,
or Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to any one person
for personal injury, and in addition, any damages which may be
assessed against the applicant in an amount not less than Two
~.,~ ~v ~h~,~and Dollars ~$2~0,000.00) for property damage
(B) Thereupon the Common Council shall examine the
supporting information and documents and being satisfied that
applicant is the owner of any such vehicle~ that the same is a
safe and fit conveyance~ and that satisfactory insurance has been
issued and is in force thereon~ it shall~ upon payment of the
prescribed license fee~ issue a license to the applicant. A
person accepting such a license hereunder shall thereby indemnify
the City of Carmel against any and all liabililty alleged to exist
as a result of operation of such taxicabs. Licensees hereunder
are not agents or servants of the City of Carmel~ and the City of
Carmel does not recommend~ endorse, or certify the safety of
Applicant and shall have no liability exposure for any action or
inaction of such licensees°
(C) A certified copy of the license shall be exhibited
in a prominent place in each taxicab at all times°
Section 5. Taxicab Stands°. At the time of issuing the
license, the Common Council may designate a regular parking space
for the taxicab or taxicabs~ and it may prescribe rules for usage
of this stand suitable to applicant's business and agreeable with
the public convenience and welfare.
Section 6. Displaying Rates; Excessive Charges. Every
taxicab shall display at all times a printed list of the fares and
rates to be charged passengers for transportation~ and it shall be
unlawful for any owner or driver to Charge any amount in excess of
such printed rates. Applicant shall keep on file with the
Clerk-Treasurer a current list of such fares an~ rates~
Section 7. All Drivers ~o Be Licensed° No person under
twenty-one (21) years of age and no person other than a driver
duly licensed to operate a vehicle for public passengers under the
laws of the state shall operate a taxicab on any street or alley
of the municipality.
~'ither suspend or revoke such license° The Common Council may
prescribe rules for a hearing procedure regarding such suspension
or revocation°
Section 9o Renewal of Llcenseo All owners of taxicabs
hereby licensed, at the completion of the year for which such
license was issued~ shall be entitled to a renewal for each
succeeding year without a finding of convenience or necessity
providing all other requirements of this code have been complied
with°
Section 10.
this chapter shall be
Pen~ Whoever violates any provision of
fined not more than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) per violation~ A separate offense shall be deemed
committed on each day that a violation occurs or continuss.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April~ 1982~
CARMEL COMMON COUNCIL
BY
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Indiana,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel~
on this 19th day of April~ 1982, at the hour of 7:30
1982.
Approved and signed
by me on this 19th day of April,
~a~or, City of darmel, Indiana