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1978-069u ,ORDINANCE NO. 78-' AN ORDINANCE LICENSING PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENTWAND; - BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES,- ILLINOIS: SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS As used in this Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms defined in this section have the meanings as- scribed to them. A. CABMAN - a person engaged in business as a proprietor -of - one or more taxicabs B. COACHMAN A person engaged in business as a proprie- tor of one or more livery vehicles. ° C. LIVERY VEHICLE - a public passenger vehicle for hire only at a charge or fare for each passenger per trip or for each vehicle per trip, fixed by agreement in advance. D. PERSON - a persoia, firm, corporation or other entity. E. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE - 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 -de- voted exclusively for funeral use or in operation of a metropoli- tan transit authority or public utility under the laws of Illinois. F. TAXICAB a public passenger vehicle for hire only at lawful rates of fare which, are as recorded and indicated by a taximeter. G. TAXIMETER - any mechanized device which records and in- dicates a charge or fare measured by distance traveled, waiting #me and extra passengers - SECTION 2': LICENSE REQUIRED :No ;person :shall - conduct the business of _hackman, cabman, coachman or of operating a public passenger vehicle for Lire -with- gut having'-first obtained a license therefor as is herein provided; snd every party conductinvsuch business shall conform to -the pro - visions herein contained. .A license shall =be required for every mblic> passenger- vehicle for hire that provides a :service wholly z rlthin the- confines of the Village or for any service that is ini- tiated within the Village. SECTION 3: LICENSES Upon compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance the ZUrk shall issue a license to be issued in the manner as generally • prescribed for the issuance of licenses, except as otherwise set forth in this Ordinance provided no ,license shall be granted to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. The Clerk may grant renewals of licenses hereunder and may issue licenses for the replacement of one -vehicle by another by same owner or licensee. I SECTION 4: PUBLIC 'CONVENIENCE- No license shall be issued to any person for the operation of a' taxicab or taxicabs, unless and until the corporate authorities first- declare that public convenience and necessity require such operation. In arriving at their decision as to public convenience and necessity the corporate,authorities shall take into consideration: A. The public demands and traffic conditions; B. The number, kind, type of equipment, rates and color a schemes proposed; C. increased traffic congestion and available parking space; D. The safe use of the streets and such other relevant facts as the corporate authorities may deem advisable or necessary. 'SECTION 5 CONDITION OF VEHICLE Before a public passenger vehicle may be licensed, said vehicle must be found by an inspector appointed by the Village Manager to be: A —Less than 4 years old. B., _In a safe, clean condition. SECTION 6 THREE MONTH INSPECTIONS Every licensed public passenger vehicle must pass an inspection by .an a.uto,mechanic.approved by the Village Manager once in every three (3)- month period. No vehicle shall continue.to °be licensed which does • -4wt pass the-inspection. A'fed of $10.00 shall be paid the Village Clerk for each inspection. SECTION 7: INSURANCE =�io person shall conduct the business of hackman, cabman, coachman -3- I or -of operating a- public: passenger vehicle for -_hire unless the person shall insure each vehicle to'be operated as a public passenger vehicle with the following public liability insurance :.coverage: {A) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,'000:00) per person for bodily injuries; • (B) Three hundred thousand .dollars ($300,000.00)per .accident for bodily injuries; Ten thousand thousand dollars ($10,000:00) for property - damage. i Each person conducting the business of hackman, cabman, coach- -man or of operating a public passenger vehicle for hire within the Village shall, on or before the fifth day of each month here- after, present to the Clerk his certificate showing insurance carried thereon in compliance with the foregoing provisions of -this Ordinance, - and the Clerk shall acknowledge presentation of the certificate by writing the date and his initials upon the certificate. Failure to present the proper insurance certificate shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance and shall be grounds for immediate revocation of licenses issued for the opera- tion of public passenger vehicles within the Village. SECTION 8: TAXI CAB STANDS No vehicle of any kind -shall -stand upon, be parked upon, or ' make use of any public taxi or hack stand in the Village unless the owner thereof has obtained a license as provided herein. SECTION 9: CLERK'S REGISTER It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a register of the ynames of persons -to whom licenses are-granted or transferred, the dates when issued or transferred, -the :numbers of the licenses, and the descriptions of the vehicles licensed. SECTION 10: NAME AND NUMBER OF VEHICLE -Mach taxicab licensed as aforesaid shall bear,- on.the outside ~thereof, in a- conspicuous place, the;name of >the: owner thereof in' Utters not less than two - inches (2 ") in height, properly propor- tioned 7,and legible. .Every taxcab,.:. shall, -in. addition to the name, beara number -on the outside thereof in a conspicuous place. SECTION 11: RATES OF FARES The xate of fares to be charged by.the- operator of any such taxicab shall not exceed the following: For the first one - sixth .(1/6) of a:-mile or =fraction thereof $.60 For each additional one -sixth (1/6) of a • mile or fraction thereof ,10 For -each additional passenger over the'age of twelve {12) years carried in such vehicle .20 For -.each one minute of waiting time .10 For a trip to a destination outside the cor- porate limits of Buffalo Grove the amount show- ing on the meter plus an additional twenty per- cent (20 %). No meter or other measuring device -shall be pulled or the mechanism thereof started until all patrons shall have entered the vehicle. All rates of fare -shall be :posted in letters at least three - fourths inch (3/4 ") in size in legible form in such manner as to be visible from the rear seat of the vehicle .Such ;sign shall also state that the customer shall pay only that a- mount which appears on the meter. A schedule shall also be posted showing the rates of fare for out of town destinations where the additional twenty percent (20 %) charge over that shown on the meter is applicable. • SECTION 12: DISPUTES OVER FARE: RECEIPT All disputes as to prices or distances shall be :settled by -any member of the police force most convenient to the site of the dispute. Upon request of any passenger, the driver of the vehicle shall give the persons so requesting a receipt for the amount of fare demanded and paid SECTION 13: PENALTY FOR OVERCHARGE The owner or driver of any vehicle, taxicab... licensed as aforesaid, who may have- demanded and received any fare in excess of .4hat is provided in this Ordinance, shall return the excess received sand in _addition, be -liable to a penalty of twenty -five dollars ($25.00) -and to the revocation of his license. `SECTION 14: ADVANCE PAYMENT Except where the =fare is -registered on a meter, every owner or #river shall have the right to 71demand his_:.fare of-the person .so em- him on entering his vehicle., and may refuse to.- convey any per- -,am who shall not ,comply -with -the demand. SECTION 15: REFUSAL TO CARRY PASSENGER -;No - owner or driver of any vehicle,'; licensed under this Or ,dinance, -shall refuse to- convey in this`Village, any person with .*r-without baggage, when applied to for that purpose; or, having undertaken to convey the person, shall fail or' neglect to do so, under a penalty of twenty -five dollars ($25.00) for each offense. SECTION 16: MULTIPLE FARES No-person or owner having accepted employment from any person shall while the person having employed him is in his vehicle accept or :solicit any other.person as.a. passenger except at the request and i direction of the person who shall already have employed him. SECTION 17 SOLICITING TRADE It :shall be unlawful for the owner or. driver of any such ve- hicle to solicit by word, gesture or otherwise, the patronage of any person upon any public street in the Village. SECTION 18: LOITERING PROHIBITED It shall be unlawful for any person not the driver or opera- tor of a public passenger vehicle to sit.in the front seat of the vehicle, with or without the presence of the driver, or operator while any vehicle is parked at any designated taxicab stand. It shall be unlawful for any person not the -owner or operator of a public passenger vehicle to ride in the front seat of the vehicle, except a passenger for hire,-while in or during the course of trans - porting a passenger to a designated destination. It shall be unlaw- ful for any owner or operator of any public passenger vehicle to permit any person, a passenger for hire excepted, to sit in the front seat while at a taxicab - stand -or -to -ride in the front seat with the driver while a passenger for.hire is being transported. :SECTION 19: REVOCATION OF 'LICENSE In addition to any ,other penalties :prescribed, any licensee - boving been found guilty of a-second - violation of any Section of this Ordinance shall be - subject to having his "license -revoked by the President after .a hearing held by the President after-due no- ;Tice to the licensee of 'the time :and place-of-the hearing and of =the charges to be considered >at the hearing. o i - SECTION 20: STICKER;" LICENSE 'PLATE. Village stickers shall be purchased from the Village for all public passenger vehicles prior to the issuance by the Village of a license for a public passenger vehicle. SECTION 21: DRIVER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD; APPEARANCE Each public passenger vehicle licensed hereunder shall have a card of identification of the operator of the public passenger -vehicle displayed prominently in the vehicle, said card to contain a picture of the operator of the vehicle. Each operator of a public passenger vehicle licensed hereunder shall be cleanly and properly :attired while operating, the vehicle, 'SECTION 22: MINIMUM OPERATING PERIOD All licensees hereunder shall be obligated to operate the public passenger vehicles licensed > hereunder -a minimum of eight (8) months in each calendar year. The failure to so operate a public passenger conveyance vehicle for a- said -eight (8) months ' period shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the license issued under this Ordinance. SECTION 23: NUMBER OF VEHICLES r The number of taxicabs licenses to be issued by the Village under this Ordinance shall be limited o eleven Theme_ .;ber of livery vehicle licenses to be issued by the Village under this Ordinance shall be limited to ten (10). SECTION 24: TAXIMETERS Every taxicab shall be equipped with a taximeter connected with and operated from the transmission of the taxicab to which it is attached. The taximeter shall be equipped with-a flag at least three inches - (3 ").by two inches (.2") In :size. - -The flag shall be :Mainly visible 'from the street ..and =shall be . kept -up when the taxi- cab -is for hire and shall , be:kept - down -when it is engaged. Taxi --meters shall have a .dial:or; dials to register ;the tariff in actor- ee -with the lawful-rates and charges . `The dial - < shall be in plain view of the passenger while riding -aud: between sunset and sunrise =the :,dial shall be lighted' =to _enable :,the ,passenger to :read it. It ha11 be unlawful for any ;person to operate or drive a livery vehi- cle *gipped with s taximeter. -7- :-SSECTION 25: FEES The fee for the license.of -each public passenger vehicle .shall be $30.00 .annually. SECTION 26: LIVERY The - outside of the body of a- livery vehicle shall`be of a .,solid color without any inscription thereon. No lights shall be i attached to or exposed - outside -of -such vehicle, unless required -or permitted by the law of the State of Illinois regulating traf- fic. -"SECTION 27: PENALTIES Except as herein otherwise set forth, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions hereof shall be fined not less than $10.00 or more than $500.00 for=each offense. Every 4day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate .offense. SECTION 28: VALIDITY This Ordinance may be published in pamphlet form and shall be in full force and.effect. from and after its ,passage, approval and publication according to law. SECTION 29: REPEAL Ordinance Number 76 -42, an Ordinance Licensing Passenger Ve- hicles is hereby repealed in its entirety. 4 -Rech, Marienthal, AYES: Stone, Kandel NAYES :1 Mendenhall ABSENT: 1 Bogart PASSED: October 2, ,1978. APPROVED: October .2, , ,1978. TUBLISHED: 1978. APROVED VILLAGE PRESIDENT :TEST: VILLAGE CTi - 0 . . 0 ORDINANCE NO. 78 %2 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS As used in this Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise, the terms defined in this section have the meanings as- scribed to them. A. CABMAN - a person engaged in business as a proprietor of one or more taxicabs. B. COACHMAN - A person engaged in business as a proprie- tor of one or more livery vehicles. C. LIVERY VEHICLE - a public passenger vehicle for hire only at a charge or fare for each passenger per trip or for each vehicle per trip, fixed by agreement in advance. D. PERSON - a person, firm, corporation or other entity. E. PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE - 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 de- voted exclusively for funeral use or in operation of a metropoli- tan transit authority or public utility under the laws of Illinois. F. TAXICAB - a public passenger vehicle for hire only at lawful rates of fare which, are recorded and indicated by a taximeter. G. TAXIMETER - any mechanized device which records and in- dicates a charge or fare measured by distance traveled, waiting time and extra passengers. SECTION 2: LICENSE REQUIRED No person shall conduct the business of hackman, cabman, coachman or of operating a public passenger vehicle for hire with- out having first obtained a license therefor as is herein provided; and every party conducting such business shall conform to the pro- visions herein contained. A license shall be required for every public passenger vehicle for hire that provides a service wholly 1pa within the confines of the Village or for any service that is ini- tiated within the Village. SECTION 3: LICENSES Upon compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance the Clerk shall issue a license to be issued in the manner as generally prescribed for the issuance of licenses, except as otherwise set forth in this Ordinance provided no license shall be granted to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. The Clerk may grant renewals of licenses hereunder and may issue licenses for the replacement of one vehicle by another by same owner or licensee. SECTION 4: PUBLIC CONVENIENCE No license shall be issued to any person for the operation of a taxicab or taxicabs, unless and until the corporate authorities first declare that public convenience and necessity require such operation. In arriving at their decision as to public convenience and necessity the corporate authorities shall take into consideration: A. The public demands and traffic conditions; B. The number, kind, type of equipment, rates and color schemes proposed; C. Increased traffic congestion and available parking space D. The safe use of the streets and such other relevant facts as the corporate authorities may deem advisable or necessary. SECTION 5: CONDITION OF VEHICLE Before a public passenger vehicle may be licensed, said vehicle must be found by an inspector appointed by the Village Manager to be: A. Less than 4 years old. B. In a safe, clean condition. SECTION 6: THREE MONTH INSPECTIONS Every licensed public passenger vehicle must pass an inspection by an auto mechanic approved by the Village Manager once in every three (3) month period. No vehicle shall continue to-be licensed which does not pass the inspection. A fee of $10.00 shall be paid the Village Clerk for each inspection. SECTION 7: INSURANCE No person shall conduct the business of hackman, cabman, coachman -3- or of operating a public passenger vehicle for hire unless the person shall insure each vehicle to be operated as a public passenger vehicle with the following public liability insurance coverage: (A) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per person for bodily injuries; (B) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,.000.00)per accident for bodily injuries; (C) Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for property damage. Each person conducting the business of hackman, cabman, coach- man or of operating a public passenger vehicle for hire within the Village shall, on or before the fifth day of each month here- after, present to the Clerk his certificate showing insurance carried thereon in compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Ordinance, and the Clerk shall acknowledge presentation of the certificate by writing the date and his initials upon the certificate. Failure to present the proper insurance certificate shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance and shall be grounds for immediate revocation of licenses issued for the opera- tion of public passenger vehicles within the Village. SECTION 8: TAXI CAB STANDS No vehicle of any kind shall stand upon, be parked upon, or make use of any public taxi or hack stand in the Village unless the owner thereof has obtained a license as provided herein. SECTION 9: CLERK'S REGISTER It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a register of the names of persons to whom licenses are granted or transferred, the dates when issued or transferred, the numbers of the licenses, and the descriptions of the vehicles licensed. SECTION 10: NAME AND NUMBER OF VEHICLE Each taxicab licensed as aforesaid shall bear, on the outside thereof, in a conspicuous place, the name of the owner thereof in letters not less than two inches (2 ") in height, properly propor- tioned and legible. Every taxicab shall, in addition to the name, bear a number on the outside thereof in a conspicuous place. -4- SECTION 11: RATES OF FARES • The rate of fares to be charged by the operator of any such taxicab shall not exceed the following: For the first one -sixth (1/6) of a mile or fraction thereof $.60 For each additional one -sixth (1/6) of a mile or fraction thereof .10 For each additional passenger over the age of twelve (12) years carried in such vehicle .20 For each one minute of waiting time .10 For a trip to a destination outside the cor- porate limits of Buffalo Grove the amount show- ing on the meter plus an additional twenty per- cent (20%) . No meter or other measuring device shall be pulled or the mechanism thereof started until all patrons shall have entered the vehicle. All rates of fare shall be posted in letters at least three - fourths inch (3/4 ") in size in legible form in such manner as to be visible from the rear seat of the vehicle. Such sign shall also state that the customer shall pay only that a- mount which appears on the meter. A schedule shall also be posted showing the rates of fare for out of town destinations where the additional twenty percent (207x) charge over that shown on the meter is applicable. SECTION 12 DISPUTES OVER FARE: RECEIPT All disputes as to prices or distances shall be settled by any member of the police force most convenient to the site of the dispute. Upon request of any passenger, the driver of the vehicle shall give the persons so requesting a receipt for the amount of fare demanded and paid. SECTION 13 PENALTY FOR OVERCHARGE The owner or driver of any vehicle, taxicab... licensed as aforesaid, who may have demanded and received any fare in excess of what is provided in this Ordinance, shall return the excess received and in addition, be liable to a penalty of twenty -five dollars ($25.00) and to the revocation of his license. SECTION 14: ADVANCE PAYMENT Except where the fare is registered on a meter, every owner or driver shall have the right to demand his fare of the person so em- ploying him on entering his vehicle, and may refuse to convey any per- son who shall not comply with the demand. -5- SECTION 15: REFUSAL TO CARRY PASSENGER No owner or driver of any vehicle, licensed under this Or- dinance, shall refuse to convey in this Village, any person with or without baggage, when applied to for that purpose; or, having undertaken to convey the person, shall fail or neglect to do so, under a penalty of twenty -five dollars ($25.00) for each offense. SECTION 16: MULTIPLE FARES No person or owner having accepted employment from any person shall while the person having employed him is in his vehicle accept or solicit any other person as a passenger except at the request and direction of the person who shall already have employed him. SECTION 17: SOLICITING TRADE It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of any such ve- hicle to solicit by word, gesture or otherwise, the patronage of any person upon any public street in the Village. SECTION 18: LOITERING PROHIBITED It shall be unlawful for any person not the driver or opera- for of a public passenger vehicle to sit in the front seat of the vehicle, with or without the presence of the driver or operator while any vehicle is parked at any designated taxicab stand. It shall be unlawful for any person not the owner or operator of a public passenger vehicle to ride in the front seat of the vehicle, except a passenger for hire, while in or during the course of trans- porting a passenger to a designated destination. It shall be unlaw- ful for any owner or operator of any public passenger vehicle to permit any person, a passenger for hire excepted, to sit in the front seat while at a taxicab stand or to ride in the front seat with the driver while a passenger for hire is being transported. SECTION 19: REVOCATION OF LICENSE In addition to any other penalties prescribed, any licensee having been found guilty of a second violation of any Section of this Ordinance shall be subject to having his license revoked by the President after a hearing held by the President after due no- tice to the licensee of the time and place of the hearing and of the charges to be considered at the hearing. -6- SECTION 20: STICKER;'LICENSE PLATE Village stickers shall be purchased from the Village for all public passenger vehicles prior to the issuance by the Village of a license for a public passenger vehicle. SECTION 21: DRIVER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD; APPEARANCE Each public passenger vehicle licensed hereunder shall have a card of identification of the operator of the public passenger vehicle displayed prominently in the vehicle, said card to contain a picture of the operator of the vehicle. Each operator of a public passenger vehicle licensed hereunder shall be cleanly and properly attired while operating the vehicle. SECTION 22: MINIMUM OPERATING PERIOD All licensees hereunder shall be obligated to operate the public passenger vehicles licensed hereunder a minimum of eight (8) months in each calendar year. The failure to so operate a public passenger conveyance vehicle for a said eight (8) months period shall be grounds for immediate revocation of the license issued under this Ordinance. SECTION 23: NUMBER OF VEHICLES The number of taxicabs licenses to be issued by the Village under this Ordinance shall be limited to eleven (11), The num- ber of livery vehicle licenses to be issued by the Village under this Ordinance shall be limited to ten (10). SECTION 24: TAXIMETERS Every taxicab shall be equipped with a taximeter connected with and operated from the transmission of the taxicab to which it is attached. The taximeter shall be equipped with a flag at least three inches (3 ") by two inches (2 ") in size. The flag shall be plainly visible from the street and shall be kept up when the taxi- cab is for hire and shall be kept down when it is engaged. Taxi- meters shall have a dial or dials to register the tariff in accor- dance with the lawful rates and charges. The dial shall be in plain view of the passenger while riding and between sunset and sunrise the dial shall be lighted to enable the passenger to read it. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a livery vehi- cle equipped with a taximeter. -7- SECTION 25: FEES The fee for the license of each public passenger vehicle shall be $30.00 annually. SECTION 26: LIVERY The outside of the body of a livery vehicle shall be of a solid color without any inscription thereon. No lights shall be attached to or exposed outside of such vehicle, unless required or permitted by the law of the State of Illinois regulating traf- fic. SECTION 27: PENALTIES Except as herein otherwise set forth, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions hereof shall be fined not less than $10.00 or more than $500.00 for each offense. Every day that the violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. SECTION 28: VALIDITY This Ordinance may be published in pamphlet form and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. SECTION 29: REPEAL Ordinance Number 76 -42, an Ordinance Licensing Passenger Ve- hicles is hereby repealed in its entirety. 4 -Rech, Marienthal, AYES: Stone, Kandel NAYES:1 Mendenhall ABSENT: 1 Bogart PASSED: October 2, ,1978. APPROVED: October 2, ,1978. PUBLISHED: ,1978. ATTEST; VILLAM c APPROVED: VILLAGE PRESIDENT