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'~,,. ,~ ., j ,1 .~:.,~ ~: r ~~..~ ~~, SC l• LJ 39'7 AN ORDI1v4TdCE DEFIIdI~TG A "TAXICAB"; DEFINING Tr~i' TERr$ °T1~xTCAB BUSIiv~SS'°; REGULATIPdG '1I{E TAXICAB ;3USIdESS IId ~l'r~ CITY OF LA PORTS; RE~I,UIRINu ALL PERSONS, FIRP•4S APd~ COF,PORATIOIv'S BEFORE CUidDUCTiNG A TnXICrli3 BUSIIvTESS IN SAID CITY TO OB'?AIN FROi~ ^1HE CITY CO:~~~ISSIOI~d A PERMIT THEF,EFOR; PROVIDIidG Th'E r~20DE AI`s idANNER OF OBTAITdIT•dG SUCH PERT~IITS; PRESCRIBING THE CO1dTENTS OF SUCH PERDiITS; REQUIRI1dG EACEi PE:RI~lITTEE TO PAY IN ADV_-^.NCE C.ER^lAIN FEES FOR THE USE OF THE STREETS; AND Ti ^ AMOUI~iT '"iIE~:EOF; Rr,- QUIRING EACH PEI't•:iITTLE TO F ILE A STATEP•~NT I~IITH ^lI-~ CITY OLERK SHO;''ING ^1 HE NUidi~?~ OF VEHICLES PROPOSED TO BE OPER.~TED ~ HTNI UNDER SUCH PER"r~1I T , TOGETHER t^TI?'H `THE MAKE, 1'dOTOR NUPdBER, STr1TE LICETdSE NU2~IBER AT•L I%i0i7EL OF EACEi; PROHIBITING THE HOLDER OF A PERidI l^ FRGi~1 OPERATING AIW TAXI CAB NOT O'rdldED t3Y HIt~; REO,UIR- ING EACH PERI~ffTTE~ TO CARRY PUBLIC LIABILITY AG-^_IPdST IIdJURY TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY AND REQUIRIiQG SUCH POLICIES OF IidSURATdCE TO BE FILED i,rI~'H T:.•. CITY CLERK; i$AKING ANY VIOLATIOId OF THIS ORDINANCE A I~fISDEi~'ANOR AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEF.EFOR, BE IT ORDAINED BY TIC CITY COMI~~IISSIOPd OF THE CITY Or' L_4 PORTS: Section 1. By the term "taxi cab" as used in this ordin2.r~ce is meant any and all vehicles carrying passengers for dire, ex- cept motor buses or motor coaches operated by bus lines otter de- signated routes in anc. throur;h said City. Section 2. The term "conduct a taxicab business" as used in this ordinance shall 'oe held to mean the use of one or more taxi- cabs within the corporate limits of the City of La Porte, b;.r the o~,mer thereof, for the ?~urnose of carrying passengers for hire, eitn.er by driving the same himself or having the same dri wn uy some other person, proti~lded that this definition shall not apply to any licensed chauffeur hired as a driver 'ray any person, firm or corporation holding a permit to coi~duct a taxicab i~usiness in the City of La Porte. Section 3. Before any person, firm or corporation shall con- duct a taxicab business in the City if La Porte he shall file with the City C1erli r,n apvlic~~.tion to the Commission of said City for a ver~i.t to conduct such business in said City; the anplica.tion shall st~.te the name and address of such applicant, whether the applicant is an individual, firm or corporation, anc if a firm, the n~..me anc~ address of each member thereof anr'_ the number of vehicles proposed to bee operated under such permit.