Ordinance 295-74 - Laserfiche WebLink

• CHAPTER 17 - FOR-HIRE VEHICLES BUSINESS Section 1 License Required. It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle for hire, including taxicabs and convalescent coaches over or upon or along any of the streets or alleys of the City of Everett, without having procured a license from the City Clerk. Section 2 Definitions : The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings as set out herein: CRUISING means the driving of a for-hire vehicle on the streets , alleys, or public places of the City of Everett in search of, or soliciting prospective pas- sengers for hire. HOLDER means a person to whom a license has been issued. MANIFEST means a daily record prepared by a taxi- cab driver of all trips made by said driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of pas- sengers, and the amount of fare of each trip. PERSON includes an individual, a corporation, or other legal entity, a partnership, and any unincorpo- rated association. RATE CARD means a card issued by the City Clerk for display in each taxicab which contains the rates of fare then in force. WAITING TIME means the time when a vehicle for- hire is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger or passengers to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger or passengers . Section 3 The term "For-Hire Car" shall mean and include every motor vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire, and not operated exclusively over a fixed and defined route. This term shall also include motor vehicles designated as "taxicabs" and "convalescent coaches . " "Convalescent Coaches" shall mean motor vehicles for hire designed for the transportation of handicapped persons who by reason of physical or mental infirmity may not be conveniently transported on public mass transportation vehicles or in taxicabs or who cannot drive their own automobile. The patients transported by such vehicle shall be limited to the following classes of patients : (1) Patients transported by wheel chair must be able to get into the chair with the help of one person. (2) Patients must be stable and able to take care of himself. (3) Patients must not be incapacitated by medication nor need oxygen or aid enroute.