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IADDITIONS AND <br /> CHAPTER 60 <br /> TAXICABS AND TAXI DRIVERS <br /> 1. DEFINITION. A taxicab is hereby defined to be a vehicle for hire by passengers not <br /> having any fixed route or schedule, but not including livery vehicles as defined elsewhere in this <br /> Code. <br /> 2. TAXI LICENSE REQUIRED. No taxicab shall be operated or driven on the streets <br /> and public ways of the City without a license therefor, nor unless it conforms to the requirements <br /> of this Chapter. No person shall operate a taxicab for hire upon the sireets of the City of <br /> Decatur, unless the driver of said vehicle shall have first obtained and shall have then in force a <br /> current taxicab driver's license issued under the provisiorrs of this Chapter. <br /> 3. FEE FOR TAXI LICENSE. The annual license fee shall be the sum of Eighty-Five <br /> Dollars ($85.00) for each of the first three (3) cabs and Thirty-Five Dollars ($35.00) for each <br /> additional taxicab licensed by the operator. <br /> 4. APPLICATION FOR TAXI LICENSE. <br /> A. Application for license shall be made in writing by the owner of the taxicab to the <br /> Finance Department upon forms to be supplied by said Finance Department. It shall contain the <br /> full name of the applicant and his address and the make, model, year of manufacture, state license <br /> number for the current year, engine number and factory number of each vehicle to be used. No <br /> license shall be granted to a person not of good moral character. <br /> B. If the owner is a corporation, or is not actively engaged in the operation of the <br /> business, said application must show the names and addresses of the principal stockholders <br />