2012-73 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 60 - VEHICLES FOR HIRE

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13. DRIVER'S IDETIFICATION CARD. A. The City shall issue to all qualified applicants a vehicle for hire driver's license card in such form as may be prescribed by the City. The driver's license card shall prominently display at a minimum the driver's full name, his photograph, his vehicle for hire driver's license number, and the name, address and phone number of the vehicle for hire licensee who owns the vehicle operated by the driver. Multiple vehicle for hire driver's license cards may be issued to a single driver, upon the written approval of the licensee whose vehicle the driver seeks licensure to operate. No vehicle for hire driver's licensee shall operate any vehicle for hire except one owned by the licensee described on the driver's license card displayed in the vehicle for hire. It shall be a violation of this Chapter to alter, mutilate, or in any way obscure the information displayed on the driver's license card. Section 4. That Section 15 of said Chapter 60 be, and the same is hereby, further modified and amended so that said Section 15 as modified and amended shall provide as follows: 15. STANDARDS FOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE. No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been examined and certified by a currently certified ASE mechanic that it complies with the requirements of this Chapter, including the requirements that it is clean, of good appearance and well painted. Each such vehicle shall be examined and certified by a currently certified ASE mechanic semi-annually and a report of such test shall be filed with the City not later than November 15 of each year. After any accident involving a vehicle for hire, the Chief of Police, or his designee may require that said vehicle for hire again be tested by a currently certified ASE mechanic. The City Manager or designee may revoke or suspend a vehicle for hire license if any vehicle licensed therein shall fail inspection as required herein, or be found unclean, not of good appearance or not well painted. No such suspension or revocation shall issue for any vehicle for which the licensee submits an affidavit in a form provided by the City, stating under penalty of perjury that the vehicle has been removed from service, that the vehicle identification numbers and names required to be painted on the vehicle have been permanently rendered no longer visible, and the licensee will not use the vehicle for hire until such time as the vehicle is again certified as meeting the requirements of this Chapter. Similarly, vehicle for hire licenses suspended or revoked for failing inspection, or being found unclean, not of good appearance or not well painted may be reinstated by the City Manager or designee upon submission of an affidavit in a form provided by the City, stating under penalty of perjury that the vehicle has been removed from service, that the vehicle identification numbers and names required to be painted on the vehicle have been permanently rendered no longer visible, and the licensee will not use the vehicle for hire until such time as the vehicle is again certified as meeting the requirements of this Chapter. Section 5. That Section 16 of said Chapter 60 be, and the same is hereby, further modified and amended so that said Section 16 as modified and amended shall provide as follows: