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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo 144 Providing for the Licensing and Regulation of Taxicab and Taxicab Driver Operating within Maplewood and Providing Penalties for the Violation ThereofORDINANCE NO. 144 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF TAXICAB AND TAXICAB DRIVERS OPERATING WITHIN MAPLEWOOD AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MAPLEWOOD DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. No person, firm, co -partnership, corporation or association shall use or operate for hire within the Village of Maplewood, any taxicab or public vehicle for hire, without first obtaining a license to so do for eachvehicle to be so used; except that this license shall not be required of any taxicab or public vehicle for hire, which is properly licensed under the laws of another municipality or under the laws of the State of Minnesota or the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission. If such vehicle brings passengers into the Village of Maplewood; provided, that no taxicab or public vehicle not licensed under this ordinance may solicit business in Maplewood. Passenger buaiismsses duly authorized by the Railroad and Warehouse Commission are exempt from this ordinance. Section 2. Definitions. Except where otherwise expressly stated, the following terms, as used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as herein set forth: (1) TAXICAB. The term "taxicab" shall mean and include any motor driven vehicle for the transportation of passengers for hire. (2) TAXI -METER. The term "taxi -meter" shall mean and include any mechanical instrument or device approved by the Village of Maplewood, by means of which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically calculated and on which such charge is plainly indicated. (3) DRIVER. The term "driver" shall mean the individual in immediate control of the movement of a taxicab. (4) DRIVER'S PERMIT. A "driver's permit" shall consist of an identification card hereinafter described, issued by the Village of Maplewood to any person authorized to drive a taxicab upon the streets of said Village. (5) TAXICAB LICENSE. A "taxicab license" is the card or other document issued by the Village of Maplewood to the owner of such taxicab, which is required to be affixed to and displayed within the taxicab at all times that the said taxicab is being used and operated pursuant to authorization as provided by this ordinance. (6) OWNER. The word "owner" shall mean any person, firm, partner- ship, corporation or association that has obtained from the Village of Maplewood a taxicab license pursuant to this ordinance. Section 3. Application for Taxicab License. Each applicant for a license to operate a taxicab shall: (1) Be the owner or lessee of the vehicle for which a license is requested; and the said vehicle shall be properly licensed under Minnesota Motor Vehicle License laws. (2) Be a citizen of the United States or shall have made application for first citizenship papers. (3) If an individual the applicant shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and if a corporation or association, the applicant shall be properly chartered or authorized to do business as such in accordance with the laws of Minnesota. (4) Must completely answer all questions and provide all information required on the application form furnished by the Village Clerk. Section 4. Taxicab licenses shall be issued for the calendar year and the license fee for each taxicab for one year or any part thereof, is hereby fixed at `Thirty Dollars ($30.00). This license fee is not subject to pro -ration for periods of less than the complete calendar year. Section 5. (a) No taxicab license shall be issued except pursuant to Council resolution, after a hearing, declaring that public convenience and necessity require the proposed taxicab service for which application for license is made. The Council shall determine from time to time the number of taxicabs required for public convenience and necessity within the Village of Maplewood. (b) Declaration of public convenience and necessity by the Council based upon a hearing shall not be necessary for the renewal of existing taxicab licenses, providing that failure to apply for a renewal at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of existing license shall be considered to be an abandon- ment of the right to renewal and a Council hearing may be ordered by the Council in its discretion. Section 6. Vehicle Requirements. No taxicab shall be licensed hereunder until it has been inspected by an authorized agent of the Village and found to be: (1) In proper mechanical condition? (2) Clean, painted and properly maintain d (3) Equipped with inside door handles easily operated] (4) Equipped with a meter in good working order which is lighted, sealed and so located as to permit the passenger to see the meter when operating' (5) And displayed therein in the passenger portion of the taxicab a printed card or sign showing the rate of fare, said rates to be as established by the Council pursuant to this ordinance. (6) All taxicabs, after original licensing, shall be subject to periodic inspection by an agent or agency of the Village authorized to perform such inspection. Section 7. Each taxicab licensed hereunder shall be insured for a minimum amount of $25,000 for individual personal injury claim and $50,000 for one occurrence and $10,000 for property damage; such policy to be subject to approval of the Village Attorney as to form and such policy also to contain a clause obligating the insurer to give a ten (10) day written notice to the Village in event of cancellation. A certificate from a properly licensed insurance company showing such insurance to be in effect shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of the license. -2- Section 8. Each application, together with such supplemental reports and the certificate of insurance as re uired by this ordinance, when fully processed by the Clerk, the Village Attorney anVor such other agent of the Village, required to do so, shall be submitted to the Council and the Council may grant or deny such license in its discretion. Section 9. Form of License. The license issued shall authorize the owner named in the application for the particular vehicle and shall contain the name, signature and address of the owner, the description of the vehicle by serial number, and State Motor Vehicle License number, make and model and shall also contain the Village taxicab license number designated for said license by the Village Clerk. Section 10. License Transfer. Upon application by the owner to the Village Clerk for transfer of a taxicab license, an existing license may be transferred to a new or different vehicle without payment of an additional fee for the remainder of the license year. The application for transfer shall be in such form and contain such information as the Clerk, with the approval of the Village Council may determine. Section 11. Taxicab Fares. The Council may by resolution, regulate minimum and maximum taxicab fares for all taxicabs licensed under this ordinance and such regulated fares shall take effect ten (10) days after the Village Clerk has mailed copies of the resolution regulating the fare to all taxicab licensees. Section 12. Revocation. A taxicab license may be revoked by the Council for cause pursuant to hearing. Such hearing to be held after five (5) days notice to the licensee. A taxicab license may be suspended temporarily by the Police Department and suspension shall continue until otherwise ordered by the Council providing that the charges of the Police Department be delivered in writing, to the owner and providing also that the Council afford the owner a hearing at its first scheduled meeting immediately following the Police suspension order. Upon hearing, the Council may continue the suspension for a specific period or may terminate same. Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be used or permitted to be used for any unlawful purpose, or to take or transport any person to any place for any unlawful act, including prostitution, lewdness or gambling. Section 14. No person shall drive a taxicab and no person, partnership, or corporation shall hire or permit anyone to drive a taxicab unless and until such driver has obtained a taxicab driver's permit as provided herein. Section 15. Driver's Permit. (1) Application for driver's permit shall be made to the Village Clerk on a form of application prepared by the Clerk and approved by the Council. (2) Such applicant shall take a taxicab driver's examination, which examination will be given by a duly authorized agent of the Village. (3) The fee for a driver's permit shall be Three Dollars ($3.00) per calendar year or any portion thereof. (4) Upon issuance by the Clerk, pursuant to approval by the Council, the taxicab driver's permit shall have stated thereof% the satisfactory fulfillment of application requirements attested to by the Clerk, with the Clerk's signature and the seal of the Village affixed thereto and shall also contain a photograph and the signature of the licensed driver. -3- (5) Whenever any licensed taxicab driver changes his address he shall within five (5) days of such change, notify the Village Clerk. (6) Renewal of driverts license each year shall not require Council approval. Section 16. A driver's license may be revoked or suspended by the Village Council at any time for cause. Section 17. The Police Department of the Village may, from time to time, reco�meA dlla'-Aall os of Village streets or public highways within the Village, to be used as s be plainly marked. No motor vehicles, other than licensed taxicabs shall make use of any such taxicab stand for stopping or parking. Section 18. Any person convicted of violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days,or both. Section 19. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Passed the Council this A'- day of '�µ�,�.t� , 1961. Attests Mayor Ayes - Sl ztp %zG� Kays - Clerk (2) Such applicant shall take a taxi- cab driver's examination, which examination will be given by a duly authorized agent of the Vil- lage. (3) The fee for a driver's permit shall be Three Dollars ($3.00) peri calendar year or any portion there- of. (4) Upon issgance by the Clerk, pur- suant to approval by the Council, the taxicab driver's permit shall have strFted thereon, the satisfact- ory fulfillment of application re- quirements attested to by the Clerk, with the Clerk's signature and the. seal of the Village affixed there- to and shall also contain a photo- graph and the signature of the licensed driver. (5) Whenever any licensed taxicab driver changes his address he shall within five (5) days of such change, notify the Village Clerk. (6) Rewal of driver's license each YWa shall not require Council ap- prgsal. Section 16. A driver's license may be revoked or suspended by the Village Council•at any time for cause. Secti.; 17. The Police Department of :the Village may, from time to time, `eeommend portions of Village streets or Public highways within the; Village, to be used as taxicab stands and shall be Plainly marked. No motor vehi-les, other than licensed taxicabs shall make use of any such taxicab stand for stopping or parking. Section 13. Any person convicted of !violation of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than .One I*indred Dollars ($100.00) or imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days, or both. Section 19. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and Publication. Passed the Council this 2nd day of November, 1961. Forrest R. Schmid Mayor Ayes - 5 Nays - o 2ttest : jgmes M. Hafner perk View Nov. S, 1961 j'' -- &hate Qf ", 7tICYC£$O M SS. County of Ramsey --------- e ------------------------------------ being duly sworn, on oath says; that he is, and during all the times herein stated has been -------------------- the --------------------------------------- publisher of the newspaper known as Ramsey County Review, and has full knowledge of the facts hereinafter stated; that for more than one year prior to the publica- tion therein of the --- Qrdinanc4` -------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------hereinafter described, said newspaper was printed and published in the Village of North St. Paul, in the County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, on Wednesday of each week; that daring all said time said newspaper has been print- ed in the English language from its known office of publication within the Village from which it pur- ports to be issued as above stated and in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in space to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; has been issued once each week from a known office established in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the necessary material for preparing and printing the same, and the presswork on that part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it purports to serve has been done in its known office of publication; that during all said time in its makeup not less than twenty- five per cent of its news columns have been devoted to local news of interest to the community it pur- ports to serve; that during all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated in and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as second class matter in its local post office; and that a copy of each issue has been filed with the State Historical Society, St. Paul; and that there has been on file in the office of the County Auditor of Ramsey County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of said newspaper and the existence of the conditions ,onstituting its qualifications as a legal newspaper. That the ------------ QY';.L,L.iladxLae________________________hereto attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for -------- no ------------------ successive weeks; that it was first so published on Wednesday the--- —At- h ------------ day of_____X*Yfe®bI&,_r ----------- 19-6i and thereafter on Wednesday of each week to and including the ------------------- day of ------------------------------ 19-___; and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit: ab a def ghi j klmnopgrstuvwxyz��y�yyy�y,, ��.7LH17iIA 1f Subscribed and sworn to before me -LLL--=- a� - Notary Publi �j .i' V, 1 �`\'u�'�, Mji\fl+ My commission expires-. v`J Co 966. sel 1 7ublic, R�xPi�s Sept. l0, 1963 r, Minn. --19---- v, ORDINANCE NO. 144 ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR E LICENSING AND REGULATION TAXICAB AND TAXICAB DRIV- S OPERATING WITHIN MAPLE- I OOD AND PROVIDING PENAL - ES FOR THE VIOLATION THERE F. HE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VIILLAGE OF MAPLEWOOD DOES ORDAIN : Section 1. No person, firm, eo-part- nership, corporation or association shall use or operate for hire within the Village of Maplewood, any taxicab or public vehicle for hire, without first ob- taining a license to so do for each vehicle to be so used, except that this license shall not be required of any taxicab or public vehicle for hire, which is properly licensed under the laws of another municipality or under the laws of the State of Minnesota or the State Railroad and Warehouse Com- mission, if such vehicle brings Pass- engers into the Village of Maplewood; provided, that no taxicab or public vehicle not licensed. under, this ordi- nance may solicit business in Maple- wood. Passenger busses duly authorized by the Railroad and Warehouse Com- , mission are exempt from this ordi- nance. Section 2. Definitions. Except where otherwise expressly stated, the follow- ing terms, as used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings respectively ;ascribed to them as herein set forth: i (1) TAXICAB. The term "taxicab" shall mean and include any motor driven vehicle for the transporta- tion of passengers for hire. I(2)TAXI-METER. The term "taxi- meter" shall mean and include any mechanical instrument or device approved by the Village of Maple- wood, by means of which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanicall ycalculated and on which such charge is plainly in- dicated. (3) DRIVER. The term "driver" shall mean the individual in immediate control of the movement of a taxicab. (4) DRIVER'S PERMIT. A "driver's permit" shall consist of an identi- fication card hereinafter described, issued by the Village of Maple- wood to any person authorized to drive a taxicab upon the streets of said Village. ;5) TAXICAB LICENSE. A "taxicab license" is the card or other docu- ment issued by the Village of Maplewood to the owner of such taxicab, which is required to be affixed to and displayed within the taxicab at all times that the• said taxicab is being used and operated Pursuant to authorization as pro- vided by this ordinance, (6) OWNER. The word "owner'li shall mean any person firm, partner- ship, corporation or association that has obtained from the Vil- lage of Maplewood a taxicab li- cense pursuant to this ordinance. Section 3. Application for Taxicab License. Each applicant for a license to operate a taxicab shall: (1) Be the owner or lessee of the vehicle for which a license is re- quested; and the said vehicle shall be properly licensed wider Min- nesota Motor Vehicle License laws. (2) Be a citizen of the United States or shall have made application for first citizenship papers. (3) If an individual the applicant I shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and if a corporation or association, the applicant shall be properly chartered or authorized to do business as such in accord- ance with the laws of Minne- sota. (4) Must completely answer all ques- tions and provide all information required on the application form 1 furnished by the Village Clerk. Section 4. Taxicab licenses shall be issued for the calendar year and the license fee for each taxicab for one year or any part thereof, is hereby fixed at Thirty Dollars ($30.00). This license fee is not subject to pro -ration for periods of less than the complete calendar year. Section 5. (a) No taxicab license shall be issued except pursuant to Couai- cil resolution, after a hearing, declaring that public convenience and necessity require the proposed .,taxicab .service, for which application for license is made. The Council shall determi?li e from time to time the number of taxi- cabs required for public ' convenience and necessity within the Village of Maplewood. (b) Declaration of public convenience and necessity by the Council based up- on a hearing shall not be necessary for the renewal of existing taxicab licenses, providing that failure to ap- Ply for a renewal at least thirty (30) days, before the expiration of existing �license shall be considered to be an abandonment of the right to renewal and a Council hearing may be ordered by the Council in its discretion. Section 6. Vehicle Requirements. No taxicab shall be licensed hereunder until it has been inspected by an auth- orized agent of the Village and found to be: �.� (1) In proper mechanical condition; (2) Clean, painted and propertly main- tained; (3) Equipped with inside door handles easily operated ; (4) Equipped with a meter in good working order which is lighted, .sealed and so located as to permit the passenger to see the meter when operating; (5) And displayed therein in the pass- enger portion of the taxicab, a Printed card or sign showing the rate of fare, said rates to be as established by the Council pur. suant to this ordinance. (6) All taxicabs, after original licens- ing, shall be subject to periodic in- spection by an agent or agency of the Village authorized to perform such inspection. Section 7. Each taxicab licensed hereunder shall be insured for min- imum amount of $25,000 for individual Personal injury claim and $60,000 for one occurence and $10,00 for property damage; such policy to be subject to approval of the Village Attorney as to form and such policy also to contain a clause obligating the insurer to give a ten (10) day written noticeto the Village in event of cancellation. A - certificate from a .properly licensed in- surance company showing such insiir- ante to be in effect shall be a condi- tion ,precedent to the issuance of the license. Section 8. Each application, together with such supplemental reports and the certificate of insurance as required by this ordinance, when fully processed by the Clerk, the Village Attorney and/or such other agent of the Vil- lage, required to do so, shall be sub- mitted to the Council and the Council may grant or deny such license in its discretion. Section 9. Form of License. The license issued shall authorize the own- er named in the application for the particular vehicle and shall contain the name, signature and address of the owner, .the -description of the vehicle by serial number, and State Motor Vehicle License number, make and model apd shall also contain the Vil- lage taxicab license number designated for 'said license by the Village Clerk. Section 10. License Transfer. Upon application by the owner to the Vil- lage Clerk for transfer of a taxicab license, an existing license may be transferred to a new or different vehicle without payment of. an addi- tional fee for the remainder of the license Year. The application for trans- fer shall be in such form and contain such information as the Clerk, With the approval f the Village Council, may determine Section 11. Taxicab Fares. The Coun- cil may by resolution, regulate minim- um and maximum taxicab fares for all taxicabs licensed under this ordi- nance and such regulated fares shall take effect ten (10) days after the Village Clerk has mailed copies of the resolution regulating the fare to all taxicab licensees. Section 12. Revocation. A taxicab license may be revoked by the Coun- cil for cause pursuant to hearing. Such hearing to be held after five (5) days notice to the licensee. A tax- icab license may be suspended tempor- arily by the Police Department and suspension shall continue until other- wise ordered by the Council providing that the charges of the Police Depart- ment be delivered in writing, to the owner and providing , also that the Council afford the owner a hearing at its first scheduled meeting immediately following the Police suspension order. Upon hearing the Council may continue the suspension for a specific period or may terminate same. Section 13. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be used or permitted to be used for any unlawful purpose, or to take or transport any person to any place for any unlawful act, in- cluding prostitution, lewdness or gambling. Section 14. No person shall drive ,a taxicab and no person, partnership, or corporation shall hire or permit any- one to drive a taxicab unless and un- til such driver has obtained a taxicab driver's permit as provided herein. Section 15. Driver's Permit. (1) Application for driver's ,permit shall be made to the Village Clerk tr ! on a. Aorm of application prepared lij+'thV'Nerk and approved by the Council.