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License Period: January 1, through December 31, Name of Applicant/Business: Name(s) of Principal Business Owner(s): Street Address of Applicant: Mailing Address of Applicant: Phone No. of Applicant: Email: Please list vehicle descriptions and license plate numbers of all taxicabs operating under this license: (attach additional sheets if necessary). If the vehicle is not required under State law to have a license place to operate please provide another identifying number (VIN, fleet number, etc). A license plate or other unique identifying number is required. Vehicle Description (year, make, model) License Plate Number Signature of Applicant Date For City Use Only Required Attachments: o Driving record for each taxicab operator o Background check for each taxicab operator o Rate structure o Public liability insurance policy City of Cody Taxi License Application NEW LICENSE License Fee Date Paid License No ---PAGE BREAK--- GENERAL INFORMATION: 1. No individual, partnership, corporation or any other entity shall operate or cause to be operated any taxicab, which is defined as any vehicle or animal-drawn carriage, for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire within the City without first obtaining a license from the City. 2. The annual license period runs from January 1 through December 31. Fees are not prorated for new licenses that begin mid-year. 3. The annual fee for a taxi license is $25.00 per each taxicab to be operated. Only the vehicles listed on the taxi license application may be operated. After issuance of a taxi license, any changes to the vehicles operated under the license must be immediately reported and an amended application submitted to the Administrative Services division at City Hall. 4. No license to operate a taxicab within the City shall be granted to any applicant unless the applicant has a public liability insurance policy with a combined single- limit coverage of not less than $500,000 for public liability, property damage and bodily injury coverage; or a public liability policy with split-limit coverage providing minimums of $100,000 property damage and $250,000 each person and $500,000 each accident. 5. If your liability insurance policy expires during the license period you must submit a copy of the replacement or renewed policy prior to the policy expiration date to continue operating as a taxi service. 6. Full disclosure of the City laws governing taxicab licenses appears in City Ordinance Title 3 Chapter 3. NEW LICENSES: Step 1: Complete a Taxi License application and turn it in to the Administrative Services office at City Hall with the following required attachments: driving record for each taxicab operator background check on each taxicab operator rate structure copy of the operator’s public liability insurance policy Step 2: Upon receipt of a completed application and all required attachments, the City will schedule a hearing at the next available regularly scheduled Council meeting. The City will also notify all current taxi license holders of the new application and scheduled hearing. City of Cody Taxi Licensing Instructions ---PAGE BREAK--- Step 3: The applicant should appear at the hearing to answer any questions or provide additional information as needed by the Council in deciding whether or not to issue the license. Step 4: If the Council approves the application, the applicant must pay all fees prior to the issuance of the license. Once all fees are paid, the City will issue one license per taxi as listed on the application. Each license is vehicle-specific and must be kept in the vehicle(s) at all times. RENEWAL OF LICENSES: In December of each year, the Administrative Services division will mail out renewal applications for the following license year to all active licensees. Taxi licenses expire December 31st of each year and the renewal must be complete by that date for license holders to continue to operate. If the renewal process is not completed, the license will expire and may be subject to revocation by the City Council When you receive your renewal application, review the information for accuracy, make any changes necessary, and submit the renewal application and the following required attachments and fees to the Administrative Services division at City Hall: copy of the operator’s public liability insurance policy (or binder showing coverage) rate structure payment of $25.00 per each taxicab to be operated Upon receipt of the renewal application, required attachments, and fees the City will issue one renewal license per taxi as listed on the application. Each license is vehicle-specific and must be kept in the vehicle(s) at all times. If you do not intend to renew your license, sign the non-renewal statement at the bottom of the renewal application and return it to Administrative Services. The license will be inactivated at that time. If you do not renew your license and at a later date decide to operate as a taxicab service again you must go through the new licensing process to obtain another license. ---PAGE BREAK--- Taxi License Who: Any person or business may apply for a taxi license. All taxicab operators must provide public liability insurance with a combined single limit coverage of not less than $1,000,000 for public liability, property damage and bodily injury coverage. Drivers of taxi cabs must comply with the requirements in section 3-3-9 of the Municipal Code. Purpose: Authorizes a person or entity to operate a taxicab. A taxicab is defined as any motorized vehicle or animal drawn carriage, for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or donation of monies within the city. Duration: Annual license from January 1 to December 31st. The license must be renewed each year. Fee: $25 per taxicab that is to be operated per year. Limit: There is no limit to the number of taxicabs that can be operated under a license or the number of licenses that can be issued. Licenses shall not be assignable or transferable to any other operator. Additional requirements include signage, condition of taxicab, seating capacity, schedule of rates, and driver requirements-see the Municipal Code for more information. Approval: The City Council must approve the issuance of the license. Process: 1. Applicant fills out a Taxicab License Application and provides all attachments as stated on the application. 2. Forward the application to Sara or Cindy to put on the next Council agenda 3. Upon receiving the applications, notice shall be served upon any other licensed operators of the time set for hearing. 4. Once approved, set up the person or business in the Business Licenesing module of Caselle if they do not already have an account. 5. Enter the new license 6. Calculate the billing on the license 7. Post the payment to the license 8. Print the license stamp, sign & make a copy of the license give the original to the applicant 9. File the application and copy of the license in central files ---PAGE BREAK--- Chapter 3 TAXICABS 3-3-1: LICENSE REQUIRED: 3-3-2: APPLICATION; GOVERNING BODY POLICY IN CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE: 3-3-3: FEES; LICENSE DURATION: 3-3-4: INSURANCE COVERAGE: 3-3-5: STATE AND FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER REGULATIONS: 3-3-6: LICENSE TRANSFERABILITY: 3-3-7: LICENSE REVOCATION: 3-3-8: SCHEDULE OF RATES: 3-3-9: LICENSE; DRIVER'S: 3-3-10: BACKGROUND CHECKS: 3-3-11: TAXICAB SIGNAGE: 3-3-12: TAXICABS; CONDITION AND SEATING CAPACITY: 3-3-13: TAXICAB STANDS: 3-3-14: VIOLATIONS; PENALTY: 3-3-1: LICENSE REQUIRED: No individual, partnership, corporation or other entity shall operate or cause to be operated any "taxicab", which is defined as any motorized vehicle or animal drawn carriage, for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire or donation of monies within the city without first having obtained a license therefor from the city as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-2: APPLICATION; GOVERNING BODY POLICY IN CONSIDERATION OF ISSUANCE: The application for such license shall be made to the administrative services director and shall be issued by the administrative services director with the approval of the governing body. It is declared to be the policy of the governing body that there shall be issued only such licenses to taxicab operators as the public convenience and necessity require, and further, to issue such licenses only to those persons who are responsible and trustworthy in every way and agree to render adequate service to meet the needs of the public for taxicab service within the city. In acting upon all applications for such licenses, the governing body shall take into consideration, in addition ---PAGE BREAK--- to the question of public convenience and necessity, the question of the applicant's qualifications for rendering adequate service to the public, his/her character, integrity and financial responsibilities. When complete applications for additional taxicab operator's licenses are received by the administrative services director, he/she shall serve notice upon any other licensed operators of the time set for hearing upon the application, which time shall be the next regular meeting of the governing body; provided, that if any such application and required attachments is received within less than ten (10) days before the next regular meeting of the governing body, the matter may be set for hearing at the following regular, adjourned or special meeting of the governing body. Failure to completely disclose all information requested on an application or a misrepresentation of information on such application may result in the denial of a taxicab license. The decision of the governing body upon any application shall be final. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-3: FEES; LICENSE DURATION: The fee for a license to operate taxicabs as provided in this chapter shall be twenty five dollars ($25.00) for each taxicab per year that is to be operated. All such licenses issued shall be on a calendar year basis from January 1 to December 31. Fees shall not be prorated for licenses issued mid year. Licenses which are not renewed by December 31 shall expire. In such instances the license cannot be renewed, however the operator may submit an application for a new license. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-4: INSURANCE COVERAGE: Before the issuance of a taxicab license, or any renewal thereof, the operator shall furnish to the city a certificate or other evidence that all taxicabs to be operated under the license are covered by the following insurance: All new taxicab operators to apply for a new license after January 1, 2011, shall provide public liability insurance with a combined single limit coverage of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for public liability, property damage and bodily injury coverage. All taxicab operators licensed prior to January 1, 2011, shall provide the same public liability insurance policy with combined single limit coverage of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00). Proof of insurance shall be evidenced by a current certificate kept on file with the administrative services director throughout the term of the license. Operators shall notify the administrative services director or his/her designee within ten (10) working days of the effective date of any change in the insurance coverage, the expiration of the policy or the cancellation or nonrenewal of the insurance in whole or in part and provide proof of new coverage meeting the requirements of this section. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-5: STATE AND FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER REGULATIONS: All taxicabs that fall within the Wyoming department of transportation or United States department of transportation rules and regulations and are governed by those rules and regulations shall provide evidence of compliance with such rules and regulations before the issuance of a taxicab license, or any renewal thereof. ---PAGE BREAK--- Compliance with state or federal motor carrier regulations does not exempt any operator from the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-6: LICENSE TRANSFERABILITY: Licenses issued hereunder are declared to be personal privileges and shall not be assignable or transferable to any other operator. An operator may, however, substitute one taxicab for another during a license year upon application to the administrative services director or his/her designee. Such transfer may be approved by the administrative services director or his/her designee and does not require governing body approval. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-7: LICENSE REVOCATION: The governing body hereby reserves the right to revoke any and all licenses granted for failure to comply with the terms of this chapter and title 6 of this code, and in the event such taxicab is operated in an unlawful manner or for unlawful purposes or for any and other good causes shown. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-8: SCHEDULE OF RATES: A printed or typewritten copy of the rates and process charged for transportation of persons or property by taxicab shall be kept on file with the administrative services director or his/her designee and conspicuously posted in each taxicab and in the office of the licensed operator. Any change in the rates and process shall be filed in writing with the administrative services director or his/her designee fifteen (15) days prior to the effective date of the change. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7- 2010) 3-3-9: LICENSE; DRIVER'S: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a licensed taxicab without first complying with the following requirements: A. Be eighteen (18) years of age or over; B. Possess a valid state of Wyoming driver's license; C. Must have no convictions for driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated within the last five years and no more than two in the last ten (10) years prior to the application date and have no more than five moving violation convictions within the last five years prior to the application date; no other felony or serious driving related convictions or guilty pleas and have no serious accidents in which the driver was at fault. A "serious accident" is defined as an injury requiring immediate medical care or when a fatality occurs. There shall be an ongoing obligation for the operator to disclose in writing to the administrative services director or his/her designee any pending charges or new convictions against a driver which will affect the above requirements. If a new driver is added under an existing taxicab license the operator shall notify the administrative services director or his/her designee in writing within ten (10) days of the addition and provide a copy ---PAGE BREAK--- of the driving record for the new driver. It is the responsibility of the operator to ensure that all their drivers meet the above requirements. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-10: BACKGROUND CHECKS: To determine the suitability of prospective applicants, the city shall require all operators and drivers to obtain a criminal history and driver history from each state where the driver has been licensed for the past ten (10) years. Upon application for a taxicab license the administrative services director or his/her designee shall review the records provided by the applicant and each driver listed on a taxicab license application. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-11: TAXICAB SIGNAGE: Each taxicab licensed shall have, while in operation, painted, vinyl or magnetic letters and numbers readable from a distance of twenty feet (20') with the name and phone number of the operator on both the left and the right sides of the taxicab. If more than one taxicab is operated by the same operator each taxicab shall be designated by a different number and such number shall also appear on both the left and right sides of the taxicab. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-12: TAXICABS; CONDITION AND SEATING CAPACITY: No motor vehicle shall be operated as a taxicab unless it is properly licensed and registered with the state of Wyoming and is equipped with proper brakes, lights, tires, horn, muffler, rear vision mirror, safety restraint devices such as belts and/or safety harnesses, and windshield wipers in good condition. Every taxicab operating under this chapter is subject to inspection at the discretion of the chief of police or his/her designee, to ensure continued maintenance and safe operating conditions. The number of passengers carried by a taxicab at any time shall not exceed the seating capacity of the vehicle. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-13: TAXICAB STANDS: All taxicabs operated by any licensed operator may be parked, when unemployed, at such location as designated by the chief of police as provided in section 6-1-14 of this code. Such location shall be properly marked as reserved taxicab space and not for use by the public. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) 3-3-14: VIOLATIONS; PENALTY: Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is punishable pursuant to section 1-4-1, "General Penalty; Continuing Violations", of this code. (Ord. 2010-23, 12-7-2010) ---PAGE BREAK--- Name of Applicant/Business: Name(s) of Principal Business Owner(s): Street Address of Applicant: Mailing Address of Applicant: Phone No. of Applicant: Email: Addition of a New Vehicle to Existing License A FEE OF $25 PER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE IS REQUIRED Please list vehicle descriptions and license plate numbers of all taxicabs being added to an existing license: (attach additional sheets if necessary). If the vehicle is not required under State law to have a license place to operate please provide another identifying number (VIN, fleet number, etc). A license plate or other unique identifying number is required. A FEE OF $25 PER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE IS REQUIRED. Vehicle Description (year, make, model) License Plate Number Transfer of an Existing License to a New Vehicle NO ADDITIONAL FEE REQUIRED Please list vehicle descriptions and license plate numbers of all taxicabs being added to an existing license: (attach additional sheets if necessary). If the vehicle is not required under State law to have a license place to operate please provide another identifying number (VIN, fleet number, etc). A license plate number is required. VEHICLE TRANSFERRED FROM VEHICLE TRANSFERRED TO Taxi License # Vehicle Description Vehicle Description License Plate # Signature of Applicant Date City of Cody Taxi License Application Transfer/Addition