2005-51 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 60 - TAXICABS AND TAXI DRIVERS

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. � �. ORDINANCE NO. 2005-51 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 60 - - TAXICABS AND TAXI DRIVERS - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Sections 9 and 12 of Chapter 60 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same are hereby, modified and amended, so that said Sections 9 and 12 of said Cha ter 60 as so modified and amended shall rovide as follows: P P 9. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. The Financial Management Department shall issue all licenses hereunder only (a) upon favorable action by the Council, and; (b) upon evidence that applicant has filed his certificates of insurance with a showing that all required insurance policies are in force and effect, and; (c) upon certificate or report by an ASE certified mechanic that each vehicle to be used complies with requirements hereinafter set out; and; (d) upon payment of the fees required. 12. STANDARDS FOR VEHICLES. No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been examined and certified by an ASE certified mechanic that each vehicle to be used complies with the requirements set forth herein and a certificate of safety issued thereon and said vehicle is clean, of good appearance, well painted, equipped with a taxi-meter and so constructed that the occupants can be plainly seen from the outside of said vehicle at all times. Each such vehicle shall be so tested semiannually and a report of such test shall be filed in the Financial Management Department. After any accident involving a taxicab, the Chief of Police or his designee may require that said taxicab again be tested at such of�cial testing station. The City Manager or his designee may revoke or suspend the license of any t�icab not inspected and certified as herein provided or any taxicab which upon being tested as aforesaid fails to qualify for a certificate of safety or is found to be unclean, not of good