O-91-55ORDINANCE NO. 0 -91 -55
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD OF 1975 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Published in pamphlet form this
16th day of December , 1991
by the President and Board of
Trustees of Deerfield.
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD OF 1975 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
WHEREAS, the
municipality, has
as granted by the
WHEREAS, the
into intergovernmi
ch. 127, par. 741
Village of Deerfield, as a home rule
the authority to exercise all home rule powers
Illinois Constitution of 1970;
Village of Deerfield is authorized to enter
ental agreements pursuant to Ill. Rev. Stat.,
et sea.;
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield believes it is in the best
interest of the Village to participate in the Public Passenger
Vehicle- Inspection /License Group with certain other Illinois
municipalities;
WHEREAS, the Public Passenger Vehicle- Inspection /License
Group has prepared uniform procedures for the licensing and
regulation of taxicabs and liveries;
WHEREAS, the Village of Deerfield believes the health,
safety and welfare of the Village is better served by
implementing these uniform procedures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES,
ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code of the
ONE: Village of Deerfield of 1975, as amended, be and
is hereby further amended by deleting said
Chapter 18 in its entirety and substituting therefore the
following Chapter 18 entitled "Public Transportation ":
"Chapter 18. Public Transportation.
ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL.
§18 -1. Definitions.
§18 -2. Enforcement.
ARTICLE 2. CERTIFICATES, LICENSING
AND INSPECTION.
Division 1. Taxicab Company Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity.
§18 -3 Taxicab Company Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity.
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§18 -4 Application.
§18 -5 Public Hearing on Taxicab Company Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity
Application.
§18 -6 Issuance or Denial of Taxicab Company
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity.
§18 -7 Insurance Required.
Division 2. Public Passenger Vehicle Licenses.
§18 -8
Public Passenger
Vehicle License
Required.
§18 -9
Public Passenger
Vehicle License
Application.
§18 -10
Issuance, Display
and Registration of Public
Passenger Vehicle
License.
§18 -11
Public Passenger
Vehicle License
Term and
Fees.
§18 -12
Public Passenger
Vehicle License
Non -
Transferable.
Division 3. Inspection.
§18 -13 Public Passenger Vehicle Inspection.
§18 -14 Inspection Stations.
§18 -15 Suspension of Public Passenger Vehicle
Licenses and Appeal Procedures.
Division 4. Taxicab Identification.
§18 -16 Designation of Taxicabs.
Division 5. Chauffeur License.
§18 -17 Chauffeur License Required.
§18 -18 Unlawful to Employ Unlicensed Driver.
§18 -19 Chauffeur License Application.
§18 -20 Applicant Qualifications.
§18 -21 Investigation.
§18 -22 Issuance and Display of Chauffeur License.
§18 -23 Chauffeur License Term and Fee.
§18 -24 Chauffeur License Non - Transferrable.
§18 -25 Suspension or Revocation of Chauffeur
License and Appeal Procedure.
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Division 6. Schedules of Fees.
§18 -26 License Fees.
ARTICLE 3. SERVICE AND FARES.
Division 1. Passengers.
§18 -27 Public Passenger Service.
§18 -28 Regular Telephone Service Required.
§18 -29 Soliciting.
§18 -30 Pubic Passenger Vehicles Licensed Elsewhere.
§18 -31 Livery Vehicle Operation.
§18 -32 Number of Passengers.
§18 -33 Additional Passengers After Engagement.
Division 2. Fares.
§18 -34 Schedule of Established Rates of Fare and
Charges.
§18 -35 Posting Established Rates and Charges.
§18 -36 Receipt of Fare to be Furnished to
Passengers.
§18 -37 Refusal of Passengers to Pay Legal Fare;
Fraud.
§18 -38 Taximeters.
§18 -39 Fixing of Rates Prohibited.
§18 -40 Penalty.
ARTICLE 4. RECIPROCAL PUBLIC PASSENGER
VEHICLE AGREEMENTS.
§18 -41 Reciprocal Public Passenger Vehicle Licensing
Agreement.
§18 -42 Inspection of Reciprocally Licensed Public
Passenger Vehicles and Examination of
Drivers.
§18 -43 Revision of Reciprocal Public Passenger
Vehicle Agreement.
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ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL.
Sec. 18.1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Chapter:
(a) Chauffeur means a person who is the driver of
a public passenger vehicle licensed by the Village as a
public chauffeur.
(b) Inspection Station means any official State
of Illinois testing station, or other facility
designated by the Chief of Police to conduct
inspections of public passenger vehicles.
(c) Livery Vehicle means a public passenger
vehicle for hire only at a charge or fare for each
passenger per trip or for each vehicle trip fixed by
agreement in advance.
(d) Public Passenger Vehicle means a motor
vehicle, as defined in the Motor Vehicle Law of the
State of Illinois, which is used for the transportation
of passengers for hire; excepting those devoted
exclusively for funeral use or in operation of a
metropolitan transit authority or public utility under
the laws of the State of Illinois.
(e) Public Passenger Vehicle Owner means any
person owning, or leasing from another, a public
passenger vehicle.
(f) Rate Card means a card-issued by the Village
of Deerfield for display in each taxicab which contains
the rates of fare then in force.
(g) Taxicab means any licensed public passenger
vehicle equipped with a taximeter and operated for the
transportation of passengers for hire.
(h) Taxicab Company means any person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business of operating one or
more taxicabs for the transportation of passengers for
hire.
(i) Taximeter means any mechanical or electronic
device attached to a taxicab which records and displays
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a charge or fare in dollars and cents measured by
distance travelled and waiting time.
(j) Waiting Time means the time when a taxicab 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.
(k) Vehicle means every device in, upon or by
which any person or property is or may be transported
or drawn upon a highway except devices moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks.
Sec. 18 -2. ENFORCEMENT.
The Village Manager and the Village of Deerfield
Police Department shall enforce the provisions of this
Chapter.
ARTICLE 2. CERTIFICATES, LICENSING
AND INSPECTION.
Division 1. TAXICAB COMPANY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
Sec. 18 -3. TAXICAB COMPANY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC
CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the
business of a taxicab company, as defined in Article 1
of this Chapter, within the corporate limits of the
Village; except in compliance with provisions of this
Chapter. It shall be unlawful to engage in the
business of a taxicab company unless such person has
applied for and obtained a certificate of public
convenience and necessity.
Sec. 18 -4._ APPLICATION.
A written application, verified under oath, for a
taxicab company certificate of public convenience and
necessity shall be filed with the Village Manager. An
application for a taxicab company certificate of public
convenience and necessity shall include the following:
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(a) The citizenship of the applicant; if a
natural person, the place of the applicant's birth, or
if a naturalized citizen, the time and place of
naturalization.
(b) In the case of a corporation for profit, or a
club; the date of incorporation, the objects for which
it was organized, names and residence addresses of
shareholders, and the percentage of ownership of each.
(c) Applicant's previous residences for past five
years.
(d) Applicant's previous employment history.
(e) Applicant's experience in the transportation
of passengers for hire.
(f) Applicant's current financial status,
including any unpaid judgments and pertinent
information relative to any such judgments.
(g) Applicant's outstanding obligations, fees or
fines with the Village of Deerfield.
(h) Any previous convictions of felony and /or
traffic violations.
(i) The number of vehicles to be operated or
controlled by the applicant and the location of
proposed depots and terminals.
(j) The color scheme or insignia to be used to
designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant
pursuant to the requirements of Section 18 -19 of this
Chapter.
(k) Such other information may be required by the
Village Manager.
Sec. 18 -5. PUBLIC HEARING ON TAXICAB COMPANY
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND
NECESSITY APPLICATION.
(a) Upon the filing of an application, the
Village Manager shall submit same to the Board of
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Trustees and the Board of Trustees shall fix a time and
place for a public hearing thereon.
(b) Notice of such hearing shall be given to the
applicant and to all persons to whom certificates of
public convenience and necessity have been theretofore
issued.
(c) Due notice shall also be given the general
public by posting a notice of such hearing in the
Village Hall.
(d) Any interested person may file with the
Village Manager a memorandum in support of or
opposition to the issuance of a certificate.
Sec. 18 -6. ISSUANCE OR DENIAL OF TAXICAB COMPANY
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND
NECESSITY.
(a) If the Board of Trustees finds that further
taxicab service in the Village is required by the
public convenience and necessity and that the applicant
is fit, willing, and able to perform such public
transportation and to conform to the provisions of this
Chapter, then the Board of Trustees shall direct the
Village Manager, upon compliance by applicant with the
provisions of this Chapter, to issue a certificate
stating the name and address of the applicant, the
number of vehicles authorized under said certificate
and the date of issuance; otherwise, the application
shall be denied.
(b) If the Board of Trustees finds from the
investigation and hearing that the public convenience
and necessity justify the issuance of a certificate, it
shall notify the applicant of its finding and within
sixty (60) days thereafter, the applicant shall comply
with the further provisions of this Chapter for the
issuance of licenses for the vehicles to be operated.
(c) If the Board of Trustees finds from such
investigation and hearing that the public convenience
and necessity do not justify the issuance of a
certificate, it shall forthwith notify the applicant of
such finding.
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Sec. 18 -7. INSURANCE REQUIRED.
(a) No certificate of public convenience and
necessity shall be issued or renewed unless the
applicant has produced and has filed with the Village
Clerk the following:
(1) A certificate from the Secretary of
State showing compliance with the owner for each public
passenger vehicle with the provisions of the Illinois
Revised Statutes now or hereafter relating to the
bonding or insurance of motor vehicles for carriage of
passengers for hire.
(2) A policy of insurance or certificate of
insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to
do business in the State of Illinois in the amount of
not less than: one - hundred thousand dollars
($100,000.00) for bodily injury to any person; three -
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for injuries to
more than one person which are sustained in the same
accident and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for
property damage resulting from any one accident. Said
policy or certificate shall be in full force and effect
at the time of license issuance and shall provide that
the coverage may not be cancelled or materially changed
without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the
Village Manager.
(b) If any insurance is cancelled or permitted to
lapse for any reason, the Village Manager shall suspend
the licenses for the public passenger vehicle affected
for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, to permit
other insurance to be supplied in compliance with the
provisions of this Section. If any such other
insurance is not supplied within the period of
suspension of the license, the Village Manager shall
revoke the certificate of public convenience and
necessity and /or the licenses for such public passenger
vehicles.
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Division 2. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE.
Sec. 18 -8. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE
REQUIRED.
It shall be unlawful to operate a public passenger
vehicle, as defined in Article 1 of this Chapter, for
hire within the corporate limits of the Village of
Deerfield unless said vehicle is licensed and operated
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
Sec. 18 -9. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE
APPLICATION.
Application for a public passenger vehicle license
shall be made upon a form provided by the Village.
Said application shall be filed with the Village
Manager and shall contain the following:
(a) The owner's full name, residence address,
residence phone number, business address, business
phone number, for each individual applicant, partner,
general partner of a limited partnership, and principal
officers of a corporation.
(b) A complete description of the vehicle
including the make, model, year, seating capacity,
vehicle identification number, manufacturer's
identification number, state license number, vehicle
engine horsepower; and color, color scheme, and /or
insignia of the vehicle in accordance with the
requirements of Section 18 -16 of this Chapter.
(c) Evidence of liability insurance coverage as
required by Section 18 -7 of this Chapter.
Sec. 18 -10. ISSUANCE, DISPLAY AND REGISTRATION OF
PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE.
(a) Subject to the fulfillment of the terms and
provisions of this Chapter, including passing the
vehicle inspection as required by Section 18 -131 the
Village Manager is hereby authorized to issue the
public vehicle license to the applicant.
(b) The Village Manager shall assign to the
public passenger vehicle a public passenger vehicle
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license decal which shall be affixed to the certified
inspection plate. Such inspection plate shall be
visibly displayed on the left side of the rear bumper
of the public passenger vehicle.
(c) It shall be the duty of the Village Manager
to keep a register of the names of persons to whom
licenses are granted, the date of issuance, the number
of the license and the description of the vehicle
licensed.
Sec. 18 -11. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE TERM
AND FEE.
A public passenger vehicle license issued pursuant
to the provisions of this Chapter shall expire on
December 31 following such issuance, unless such
license is suspended or revoked.
Sec. 18 -12. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE LICENSE NON-
TRANSFERABLE.
It shall be unlawful to transfer any public
passenger vehicle license from one vehicle to another.
Transference of any public passenger vehicle license
shall be grounds for revocation of all license
privileges granted to the licensee pursuant to this
Chapter.
Division 3. INSPECTION
Sec. 18 -13. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE INSPECTION.
(a) All public passenger vehicles shall be
inspected at least three (3) times during the year as
ordered by the Chief of Police.
(b) Any public passenger vehicle company or
owner, after being notified to submit all their public
passenger vehicles for inspection, will be allowed
seven (7) days after the date designated by the Chief
of Police to have their vehicles inspected. After
seven (7) days, the license of each public passenger
vehicle not inspected will be suspended by the
direction of the Village Manager.
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(c) Such public passenger vehicle inspections shall
be conducted at an authorized inspection station, as
designated by the Chief of Police, and shall include, but
not be limited to, the verification of testing of the
following under the criteria and procedures set forth by
the Chief of Police:
(1)
identification
(2)
(3)
number and yea:
(4)
Vehicle make, model year and vehicle
number.
State license number and year.
Village public passenger vehicle license
C.
Company name.
(5) Vehicle color scheme and insignia.
(6) Front and rear brakes.
(7) Emergency brake.
(8) Horn.
(9) Rearview mirror.
(10) Windshield wipers and washers.
(11) Headlights.
(12) Taillights
(13) Brake lights.
(14) Turn signals.
(15) Speedometer.
(16) Taximeter.
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
Rates of fare displayed.
Steering.
Interior condition.
Exterior condition.
Windows.
Tires.
Exhaust system.
Current bond sticker.
Items (5), (16) and (17) enumerated above shall not be
applicable to a livery vehicle as defined in this chapter.
(d) If any public passenger vehicle fails to pass
inspection as required in this Section 18 -13, a period of
five (5) working days will be allowed to complete the
required repairs. The vehicle cannot be used as a public
passenger vehicle for hire until repairs have been
completed and it passes reinspection. If repairs are not
completed, and the public passenger vehicle does not pass
reinspection within the five (5) working day period, its
public passenger vehicle license will be suspended by
direction of the Village Manager.
(e) Subject to rules and regulations of the Board of
Trustees, no person owning or operating a public
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passenger vehicle shall permit advertising matter to be
affixed to the exterior of such public passenger
vehicles.
Sec. 18 -14. INSPECTION STATIONS.
(a) The Chief of Police shall designate those
facilities which may serve as inspection stations to
conduct the vehicle inspections required by this
Article, which stations may be within or outside the
Village of Deerfield. The Chief of Police shall
establish procedures for conducting the inspections and
minimum standards in order that a vehicle be approved.
He shall supply inspection stations with certified
inspection forms, numbered certified vehicle
inspections tickets and such other supplies as may be
required by this Chapter.
(b) A list of authorized inspection stations
shall be kept by the Chief of Police and shall be given
to each public passenger vehicle owner together with
the notice that vehicles must be inspected. An owner
may use the authorized inspection station of his
choice.,
(c) Inspection stations shall charge the
inspection fee authorized by the Chief of Police for
all public passenger vehicle inspections. There shall
be no charge for a reinspection within the five (5)
working days allowed for repairs to a vehicle that
fails the inspection. The authorized inspection fee
shall be charged for reinspection made after the five
(5) work day grace period.
(d) The Chief of Police shall cause unannounced
spot checks of authorized inspection stations to assure
compliance with the inspection procedures, standards
and fees, and shall investigate all complaints of
misconduct by inspection stations or their employees.
Noncompliance with the requirements of this Article or
.the regulations established by the Chief of Police
shall be cause for suspension or revocation of the
designation as an authorized inspection station.
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Sec. 18 -15. SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC PASSENGER LICENSES
AND APPEAL PROCEDURES.
(a) If, after the inspection and approval of any
public passenger vehicle, as provided for in this
Chapter, such public passenger vehicle shall from any
cause become unsafe for the transportation of
passengers or shall become unclean or unsightly in
appearance, the license of such public passenger
vehicle shall be suspended by the Village Manager until
the public passenger vehicle and all its accessories
shall be put in fit condition for public use and has
been approved and inspected as provided in this
Article.
(b) The licensee shall have eight (8) calendar
days following the date of notice of the suspension to
request a hearing before the Village Manager. If no
such request for hearing is received within eight (8)
calendar days, the Village Manager's suspension shall
be final.
(c) The licensee shall have the right to be
represented at such hearing by counsel.
(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the Village
Manager shall issue his decision to affirm or reverse
the suspension and shall mail a copy of the decision to
the licensee within two (2) working days following the
conclusion of the hearing.
Division 4. TAXICAB IDENTIFICATION
Sec.-18 -16. DESIGNATION OF TAXICABS.
(a) Every licensed taxicab shall bear on both
sides of the vehicle the name of the taxicab company,
its telephone number, and an insignia or logo approved
by the Chief of Police. Such vehicle identification
shall be in contrast to the color of the vehicle and in
lettering no less than two inches (2 ") in height and no
greater than five inches (5 ") in height.
(b) Each taxicab shall bear on both exterior
sides of the vehicle, in arabic numerals, the
identification number assigned to such vehicle by the
taxicab company in lettering no less than three inches
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(3 ") in height and no greater than five inches (5 ") in
height. The taxicab identification number shall also
be conspicuously located within the passenger
compartment of said vehicle in lettering no less than
four inches (4 ") in height and no greater than five
inches (5 ") in height.
(c) No taxicab licensed under this Chapter, shall
have a color scheme, identifying design, logo, monogram
and /or insignia that, in the opinion of the Chief of
Police, imitates or is similar to color scheme,
identifying design, logo, monogram and /or insignia of
any other licensed taxicab company or municipal vehicle
of the Village of Deerfield.
Division 5. CHAUFFEUR LICENSE.
Sec. 18 -17. CHAUFFEUR LICENSE REQUIRED.
If shall be unlawful for any person to operate any
public passenger vehicle for hire within the Village,
unless the driver of said public passenger vehicle
shall have first obtained and have in full force and
effect a valid chauffeur license issued under the
provisions of this Article.
Sec. 18 -18. UNLAWFUL TO EMPLOY UNLICENSED DRIVER.
No person owning, controlling or operating any
public passenger vehicle for hire within the Village,
shall employ or permit any person other than a
chauffeur licensed under provisions of this Chapter to
operate such vehicle upon the public ways in the
corporate limits of the Village. Failure to comply
with the requirements of this Section shall be grounds
for the suspension and /or revocation of all license
privileges granted to the public passenger vehicle
owner pursuant to this Chapter.
Sec. 18 -19. ;CHAUFFEUR LICENSE APPLICATION.
(a) An application for a chauffeur license shall
be filed with the Village Manager or his designate on
the form provided.
(b) Such application shall include the following
information:
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(1) Applicant's full name, residence address
and date of birth.
(2) Applicant's employment history and
experience in the transportation of passengers for
hire.
(3) Current status of applicant's Illinois
driver's license and number as given by the Illinois
Secretary of State.
(4) Whether the applicant's State driver's
license has ever been suspended or revoked and if so,
when and for what cause.
(5) A list of all convictions, if any, for
violation of Federal, State or municipal laws.
(6) Two personal references, unrelated to
the applicant.
Sec. 18 -20. APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS.
(a) Every applicant for a public passenger
vehicle chauffeur's license shall be no less than
eighteen (18) years of age.
(b) The applicant must pass a physical
examination by a licensed physician, at his own
expense, subject to the examination conditions on the
form provided by the Village of Deerfield. Such
certificate sets forth the opinion of the examining
physician that the applicant is physically able to
engage in the operation of public passenger vehicles
without damage to the public.
(c) The applicant must not have been convicted of
any felony or Class A misdemeanor within the past five
(5) years.
(d) The applicant must be the holder of a valid
State of Illinois Driver's License.
(e) The applicant must not have had his driver's
license suspended or revoked in any state within the
past three (3) years as a consequence of violations of
law concerning his operation of a motor vehicle.
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(f) The applicant must be able to read, write and
speak the English language.
Sec. 18 -21. INVESTIGATION.
Upon receipt of a completed application form, the
Village Manager shall make or cause to be made a
careful and diligent investigation, including
fingerprinting the applicant. The report of such
investigation and a copy of the traffic and police
record of the applicant, if any, shall be considered in
evaluating the application.
Sec. 18 -22. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF CHAUFFEUR
LICENSE.
(a) If the Village Manager shall be satisfied
that the applicant satisfies the requirements set forth
in Section 18 -20 of this Article, and is a fit person
to be licensed, such application shall be approved and
the license issued; if not so satisfied, the Village
Manager shall refuse to issue such license and shall
notify the applicant. The applicant shall have the
right to a hearing and appeal in accordance with the
procedures established by the Village Manager.
(b) The chauffeur license shall be displayed at
all times in the public passenger vehicle in plain view
of the passenger.
Sec. 18 -23. CHAUFFEUR LICENSE TERM AND FEE.
A chauffeur license issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Article shall expire on December 31
following such issuance. A chauffeur license may be
renewed for successive calendar years upon continuing
satisfaction of the standards for issuance as set forth
in Section 18 -20 of this Article.
Sec. 18 -24. CHAUFFEUR LICENSE NON- TRANSFERABLE.
It shall be unlawful to transfer any public
passenger vehicle chauffeur license from one person to
another. Transference of such license shall be grounds
for revocation.
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Sec. 18 -25. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF CHAUFFEUR
LICENSE AND APPEAL PROCEDURE.
(a) The Village Manager, at his discretion, may
suspend, for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days,
or revoke a public passenger vehicle chauffeur license,
for any failure or refusal to comply with provisions of
this Article; for any violation of Federal, State or
municipal law; upon a determination that said license
was obtained fraudulently; for excessive rudeness or
abuse of passengers; that the licensee has become
physically, mentally or emotionally unfit to perform
his duties as a public passenger vehicle operator; or
that there has been any fraudulent use of the public
passenger vehicle chauffeur's license by or with the
consent of the licensee.
(b) The licensee shall have eight (8) calendar
days following the date of notice of the suspension or
revocation to the request a hearing before the Village
Manager. If no such request for hearing is received
within eight (8) calendar days, the Village Manager's
suspension or revocation shall be final.
(c) The licensee shall have the right to be
represented at such hearing by counsel.
(d) At the conclusion of the hearing, the Village
Manager shall issue his decision to affirm or reverse
the suspension or revocation and shall mail a copy of
the decision to the licensee within two (2) working
days following the conclusion of the hearing.
Division 6. SCHEDULE OF FEES.
Sec. 18 -26. LICENSE FEES.
(a) There shall be no fee for a certificate of
public convenience and necessity.
(b) The annual fee for a public passenger vehicle
license issued under this Chapter shall be forty
dollars ($40.00).
(c) The annual fee for a Chauffeur License issued
under this Chapter shall be five dollars ($5.00).
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VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD OF 1975 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
ARTICLE 3. SERVICE AND FARES.
Division 1. PASSENGERS.
Sec. 18 -27. PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICE.
(a) All persons engaged in the public passenger
vehicle business in the Village of Deerfield operating
under the provisions of this Chapter shall operate
every public passenger vehicle regularly in the
municipality to the extent reasonably necessary to meet
the public demands for passenger service. They shall
answer all calls received by them for service inside
the corporate limits of the municipality as soon as
they can do so and if said service cannot be rendered
within a reasonable time, they shall notify the
prospective passengers how long it will be before the
said call can be answered and give the reason therefor.
Any licensee who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere
within the corporate limits of the municipality at any
time when such licensee has available vehicles, or who
shall fail or refuse to give overall service, shall be
deemed in violation of this Chapter and said license
may be subject to suspension or revocation.
Sec. 18 -28. REGULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE REQUIRED.
Every holder of a taxicab company license or
livery vehicle license shall have and keep in service
at all time, while his license is in effect, regular
telephone service within the municipality, by means of
which a person desiring to rent a public passenger
vehicle may call the licensee by calling the licensee's
telephone exchange number. The licensee shall cause
the telephone number to be listed in the local
telephone directory which is published in and for the
municipality by the telephone company which furnishes
local telephone service in the municipality.
Sec. 18 -29. SOLICITING.
No driver
employment by
vehicle to and
hotel, railway
the proper and
such place.
of a public passenger vehicle shall seek
repeatedly or persistently driving his
fro in a short space before any theater,
station or by otherwise interfering with
orderly access to or egress from any
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Sec. 18 -30. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES LICENSED
ELSEWHERE.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Article, a public passenger vehicle licensed by
another municipality may discharge but shall not
solicit nor accept passengers within the Village.
Sec. 18 -31. LIVERY VEHICLE OPERATION.
(a) Livery vehicles shall not pick up or solicit
passengers for hire from the streets.
(b) Livery vehicles shall not park in taxicab
stands.
(c) Livery vehicles shall not indiscriminately
accept passengers, but shall be limited in scope of
operation to carrying for hire on a contract basis at a
price agreed upon prior to employment and by
arrangement of the parties at the time of initial
telephone contact by the customer to the livery
company.
Sec. 18 -32. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS.
No driver or operator of a public passenger
vehicle shall carry more than the rated passenger load
per vehicle.
Sec. 18 -33. ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS AFTER ENGAGEMENT.
After a public passenger vehicle has been hired by
one or more persons traveling together, the operator
shall not pick up other persons without the express
permission of the person or persons first engaging the
public passenger vehicle. An appropriate sign shall be
posted indicating the restrictions on shared rides.
Division 2. FARES.
Sec. 18 -34. SCHEDULE OF ESTABLISHED RATES OF FARE
AND CHARGES.
No owner or driver of a taxicab shall charge a
greater sum for the use of a taxicab than in accordance
with the following rates:
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(a) $ 1.20 flag or demand charge for the first
1/7 mile;
(b) $ .20 for each additional 1/7 mile or
fraction thereof;
(c) $ .50 for each additional passenger to the
same destination, excluding children under twelve (12)
years of age when accompanied by an adult; and
(d) $18.50 for each hour of waiting time; such
waiting time shall begin five (5) minutes after arrival
at the place to which the taxicab has been called.
(e) $ 5.00 minimum charge for orders between
eight o'clock (8:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M.
(f) The charge displayed on the meter shall
include both the established mileage rate and the
waiting time in one total figure.
Sec. 18 -35. POSTING ESTABLISHED RATES AND CHARGES.
There shall be affixed on the inside of each
taxicab in a place conspicuous to any person riding in
such taxicab, in a frame covered by glass or other
transparent materials a rate card issued by the
Village, upon which card shall be printed in plain,
legible type the rates of fare as prescribed in Section
18 -34.
Sec. 18 -36. RECEIPT OF FARE TO BE FURNISHED TO
PASSENGERS.
The driver of any taxicab shall upon demand by the
passenger render to such passenger a receipt for the
amount charged, either by a mechanically printed
receipt or by a specially prepared receipt on which
shall be the name of the owner, license number or motor
number, amount of meter reading or charges and date of
transaction.
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Sec. 18 -37. REFUSAL OF PASSENGERS TO PAY LEGAL FARE;
FRAUD.
(a) No person shall refuse to pay the legal fare
of any of the vehicles established in this Chapter
after having hired the same.
(b) No person shall hire any public passenger
vehicle with intent to defraud the person, from whom it
is hired of the value of such service.
Sec. 18 -38. TAXIMETERS.
(a) Accuracy. No taxicabs shall operate with
passengers for hire unless the taximeter shall be
accurately recording the fare to be charged.
(b) Position. A taximeter shall be located so
that its face can be seen by a passenger from the rear
compartment of the vehicle.
(c) Illumination. Adequate lighting facilities
shall be provided for illuminating the face of the
taximeter so that it may be conveniently read by the
passenger whenever the taximeter is in operation.
(d) Flags. Taximeter shall be equipped with a
flag at least three inches by two inches in size,
either painted red or bearing letters at least one inch
in height, the word "Vacant" or the words "For Hire."
The flag post of such flag shall be kept towards a
vertical position when the taxicab is for hire and such
flag post shall be immediately pulled down and kept in
a horizontal position when such taxicab is engaged.
(e) Transfer. No person controlling or operating
any taxicab shall transfer any taximeter or any other
taxicab unless a new inspection and certification of
such taximeter is made.
(f) Tampering. No person shall tamper with,
break or mutilate any taximeter, cable or seal thereof.
Sec. 18 -39. FIXING OF RATES PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation licensed under the provisions of this
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Chapter to conspire among themselves or with other
persons to fix or control rates for taxicab hire within
the Village. It is the purpose of this Chapter to
provide for free and uncontrolled rates, except as to
maximum rates set by the Village, and any scheme,
device or other subterfuge employed by any licensee to
evade this purpose shall be deemed to be in violation
of this Chapter and grounds for revocation or
suspension.
Sec. 18 -40. PENALTY.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this
Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined an amount not to
exceed $500 or shall be imprisoned in the Village or
County Jail for a period of time not to exceed ten
days, or both fined and imprisoned.
ARTICLE 4. RECIPROCAL PUBLIC PASSENGER
VEHICLE AGREEMENTS.
Sec. 18 -41. RECIPROCAL PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE
LICENSING AGREEMENT.
The Village may, from time to time, enter into a
reciprocal licensing agreement with other
municipalities in order to eliminate duplication of
public passenger vehicle and public passenger vehicle
driver licensing and inspection. In the event that a
reciprocal public passenger vehicle licensing agreement
exists between the Village of Deerfield and another
municipality served by the same public passenger
vehicle company and in order to operate within the
Village of Deerfield, the public passenger vehicle
company shall comply with the provisions of this
Chapter.
Sec. 18 -42. INSPECTION OF RECIPROCALLY LICENSED
PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES AND
EXAMINATION OF DRIVERS.
The Village of Deerfield shall permit the
operation of public passenger vehicles within the
Village which have been licensed by a municipality with
whom the Village has a reciprocal licensing agreement,
and the Village shall permit the operation of public
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passenger vehicles within the Village by drivers
possessing a valid public passenger vehicle driver's
license issued by a municipality with whom the Village
has a reciprocal licensing agreement.
Sec. 18 -43. REVISION OF RECIPROCAL PUBLIC PASSENGER
VEHICLE AGREEMENT.
In the event that, as provided by the terms of the
reciprocal public passenger vehicle licensing
agreement, the Village is advised by a participating
municipality that said municipality has amended the
provisions of its public passenger vehicle licensing
ordinance in areas related to the inspection, licensing
and maintenance of public passenger vehicles and
licensing of public passenger vehicle drivers, the
Village President may rescind said reciprocal licensing
agreement and require full compliance by the public
passenger vehicle companies with all Village ordinance
regulations relating to the licensing and operation of
public passenger vehicles and licensing of drivers as
they apply to all other licensees within the Village."
SECTION That the Village Clerk is hereby directed to
TWO: publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION That this Ordinance shall be in full force and
THREE: effect from and after its passage, approval and
publication, as provided by law.
AYES: Ehlers, Marovitz, Rosenthal, Seidman, Swanson, Swartz (6)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
PASSED: This 16th day of December , A.D., 1991
APPROVED: This 16th day of December , A.D., 1991
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
ATTEST: 'j
VI GE CLERK