Ordinance 2297-98 - Laserfiche WebLink

the prospective passengers how long it will be before the call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Section 39: Establishment and use of taxicab stands. A. The city council may, by resolution upon the recommendation of the city's traffic engineer establish taxicab stands within the city. The areas so established by the city council as taxicab stands shall be identified, and the hours and times such areas may be occupied by taxicabs shall be specified in the resolution establishing such areas. All taxicab stands will be used on a rotation basis. Each taxicab shall have available a separate operator. Taxicabs found unattended at taxi stands, or operating without a valid taxicab license may be impounded. B. It is unlawful for any driver to leave a vehicle unattended for more than ten minutes at a taxicab stand. It is unlawful to use a taxi stand for purposes other than to await the carriage of passengers for hire. Section 40: Advertising regulations. It is lawful for any person owning or operating a vehicle-for-hire to permit advertising matter to be affixed to or installed on such vehicle;provided, that advertising on the exterior of any vehicle for hire shall be limited to a trunk and/or sides without obstructing the driver's vision or interfering with required letters or roof reader. The chief of police may also require additional regulations relating to advertising as he deems necessary to insure the safe operation of vehicles for hire. Section 41: City nonliabilitv. A. It is expressly the purpose of this ordinance to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this ordinance. B. It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provision nor term used in this ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the city or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation or enforcement of this ordinance shall be discretionary and not mandatory. C. Nothing contained in this ordinance is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the city, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this ordinance, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the city related in any manner to the enforcement of this ordinance by its officers, employees or agents. Section 42: Violation-Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is 21