§ 18-224. Required.

(a)

No taxicabs shall be operated upon the streets of the city without first obtaining a license, as provided in this division, and otherwise complying with the several requirements of this article. No taxicabs shall be operated upon the streets of the city except by a driver duly licensed, as provided in this section.

(b)

Applications for licenses for taxicabs shall be made by the owners to the city controller, and shall contain the full name and address of the owner, a description of the vehicle, including make, model, year of manufacture, state license number for current year, and motor and chassis numbers, the length of time the vehicle has been in use, the number of persons, exclusive of the driver's compartment, it is capable of carrying, and such other information as the board of public works and safety may from time to time require.

(c)

No taxicab shall be licensed until it has been thoroughly and carefully inspected and examined and found to be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of passengers, is clean and reasonably presentable in both outward and interior appearance and is registered under the laws of the state. Its taximeter shall be tested, as hereinafter provided, and found to be not in error in excess of five percent. If such examination shall disclose compliance with all of the foregoing provisions, such fact shall be so certified to the city controller by the chief of police or police officer making the inspection.

(Code 1968, tit. 500, § 3; Code 1985, § 119.10; Ord. No. 937, 3-18-1946; Ord. No. 1137, 11-19-1956; Ord. No. 1678, 1971)