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

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15. STANDARDS FOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE. No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been examined and certified by a currently certified ASE eeftified mechanic that it complies with the requirements of this Chapter, including the requirements that it is clean, of good appearance and well painted and so eefistmeted that the oeeupants eem be plainly seen &e the outside of said ehie10 at all times. 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. 16. OCCASIONAL USE LICENSE. Vehicles used for hire only occasionally for special events such as weddings, anniversaries, parties, celebrations, school dances, or similar events may be issued an occasional use license. No occasional use license shall be issued unless an appointment has been made by a patron in advance for the special event for which the license is sought. Each special use shall require a separate license. Application shall be made on forms provided by the City. Approval by the City shall be expedited. Occasional use shall mean not more than ten (10) special events per calendar year. An occasional use license shall authorize use of the licensed vehicle only during the special event, including a reasonable time before the event begins and after the event ends, and shall specify the special event for which the license is issued. The carrying of passengers for any use other than described in the occasional use license is prohibited. The fee for an occasional use vehicle for hire license shall be Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00). The annual fee for an occasional use vehicle for hire driver's license shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). Application for each shall be made on forms approved by the City. All requirements of this Chapter shall be applicable to occasional use licenses, except the provisions requiring vehicle marking and posting the schedule of rates within the vehicle shall not apply to vehicles licensed under this section.