§ 6.72.100. Permit required—Violations and term.

A.

All owners of vehicles for hire being operated as taxicabs are required to maintain a current driver's permit and/or owner's permit. The permit shall be applied for and issued in the manner provided by in this chapter and Chapter 2.100 of this Code.

B.

No person shall operate a taxicab for hire upon the streets and roads of the metropolitan government area, and no person who owns or controls a taxicab shall permit such vehicle to be so driven and no taxicab licensed by the metropolitan government shall be so driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of such taxicab shall first obtain and shall have then in force a taxicab driver's permit issued under the provisions of this article.

(C)

A person commits an offense if he or she operates a taxicab in the metropolitan area without a driver's permit issued by the metropolitan transportation licensing commission.

(D)

A business commits an offense if it employs or otherwise allows a person to operate a taxicab owned, controlled or operated by the permittee unless the person has a driver's permit issued by the metropolitan transportation licensing commission and the commercial automobile liability insurance agreement required pursuant to Section 6.72.210(A).

(E)

Each permit shall be valid for one year and shall be subject to renewal pursuant to the provisions set forth in this article.

(Ord. BL2016-329 §§ 12, 13, 2016; Ord. BL2000-325 § 1 (part), 2000)