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Section 3. this ordinance shall become effective immedi-
ately upon its passage and Approval.
Passed_ _ 9/9 1946 Approved 9210 1946
Jesse N. Owens Jesse 11 , Owens
President of the Council Mayor
Attest:
-------�_H_. W= Ells
City Clerk
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AN ORDINANCE providing for the regulation of taxicabs, amending
Chapter 16 by adding five additional sections thereto, and repeal-
ing Section 835 of the Revised Ordinances for the City of Jef'f'erson,
1941.
GL'1�1.)i01:v
BE IT -RESOLVED BY THE GlTY u uuNuib OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1, Section 835, Revised Ordinances of the City of JefTerson,
1941, is hereby repealed.
Section 2. CERTIFICATES OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.-
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association
or corporation to engage in the business of operating a taxicab
business unless such person, firm or corporation shall first ac-
quire from the City of Jefferson a certiricate of convenience and
necessity; provided, however, that those persons, firms =r cor-
porations engages in the taxicab buismess at tree time of Lne passage
ofttiiis ordinance shall be presumed to be convenience and necessity
to$ the public welfare and shall be permitted to operate until
their applications are passed on by the Police `'oard fob the City
of Jefferson, Before additional licenses are issued by the Police
,oard of the ''ity of Jefferson it shall be necessary for the per-
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son, firm or corporaLion desiring said license to operate a taxicab
business to file a written application with the City -lerk, add-
ressed to the Police Board:,:af• the .City. of "efferson, and
(a) Said written application shall have attached to it as
an exhibit, :a financial statement showing the true financial state-
ment of the operator;
(b) Said application shall show the number of- taxicabs owned
by the applicant and to be used in the taxicab business, together
with a complete description of laid taxicabs, showing the year,
make, model and motor number of such vehicle;
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(c) Said application shall briefly stpte the reason why the
public convenience and necessity will be served by the granting oft.
the application.
Upon tLe filing of said application the "ity Clerk will
cause the same to be filed with the Police I'oard of the City of
Jefi'erson and the Police , oard of the city of J efferaon will cause
said application to be set down for public hearing, at which hearing
evidence will be taken to co::sider the needs and the effects of the
additional service, and the Police "oard shall cause the �'ity
"I erk to give ten days written notice to all persons, forms or
corporations then and there engaging in thetaxicab business and
all those persons, firms or corporations holding a certificate of
convenience and necessity to engage in the taxicab business.
The Police Poard in determining whether a certificate of con-
venience and necessity shall be issued to the applicant shall take
into consideration the following:
(a) The number of taxicab owners licensed and the number
oftaxicabs in operation,
(b) Whether requirements of public convenience and necessity
canbbe met and complied with only by the issuance of additional
licenses;
(c) The resulting effect upon the business of existing
licenses and upon the existing agencies of transportation in the
City;
(d) Traffic congestion and its relation to_ traffic movement
and to the safety of the public using the streets;'
(e) The financial responsibility of the applicant;
(f) Whether applicant is a law-abiding, moral and upright 4.
citizen.
(g) Any other facts which may be revelant.
No certificate of convenience and necessity shall be issued
by the Police board to any pr=rson, association or corporation who
at the time of the hearing does not own at least two four-door
vehicles, which vehicles shall be exclusively used in said taxicab
business. At said public hearing existing common carriers of
persons operating within Jefferson Iity *all be notified and b
shall have an opportunity to defend against the application and to
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show that the convenience and necessity of the ; ublic ,wit 1 not
be served ny ne granting of such application. When said cetti-
ficate of convenience and necessity is issued by the Police "oard of the
City of Jefferson the City Clerk of the City of Jefferson shall notify
the applicant and issue the applicant a license; provided, however,
that said applicant must meet all the requirements of Chpater 16, Re-
vised Ordinances of the City of Jefferson, 1941.
All operators and all taxicabs engaging in business at the time
of passage of this ordinance shall automatically be granted a certifi-
cate of convenience and necessity to engage in business and such taxi-
cabs or vehicles shell not be required to meet the restrictions con-
tP fined herein.
Section 3. REVOCATION OF OPERATORS LICENSES,- The Police hoard
may revoke a certificate of convenience and necessity already issued a
taxicab operator for the following reasons:
1. If the operator fails to engage in the taxicab business for
a period of thirty days;
2. If the operator has made misrepresentations before the
Police -Board in order to secure his certificate of convenience and
necessity;
3• For the violation of any law or ordinance;
4. ,Permitting drivers to operate without having a taxicab driver' s
license as provided by the City Ordinances;
5. Whenever the operator is found to be operating his business
`k in illegal or immoral manner.
Section 4. TRANSFER OF LICENSE.- No taxicab operator shall have
'-� the right to transfer his license to another operator without first
having obtained the consent of the Police 'oard and the new applicant
shall always file an application showing the same facts as eee re-
quired in the original application for certificate of convenience and
necessity.
Section 5. Any and all ordinances or parts of any ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. 'his ordinance shall take effect From and after its
passage and approval.