HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2043 - 5/23/1989 - TAXICAB OPERATORS PERMITNO. 2043
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 18.4219, 18.4220, 18.4221 AND 18.4222
PERTAINING TO TAXICAB OPERATORS PERMIT OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police of the Village of Elk Grove
Village is primarily responsible for enforcing provisions of
the Municipal Code pertaining to taxicab licenses and operators
permits; and
WHEREAS, the Chief has advised the Board of his recommen-
dation to amend the current regulations with respect to taxicab
operators permit so that said regulations may be consistent
with similar regulations of neighboring municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees find and believe
that the amendments as set forth in this Ordinance are in the
best interest of the Village.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board
of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of
Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Sections 18.4219, 18.4220, 18.4221 and
18.4222 of the Municipal Code be and the same are hereby amended
to read as follows:
18.4219 Operators Permit/Application. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to operate a taxicab within
the Village of Elk Grove Village without first
having obtained a valid operators permit there-
fore as herein provided. It shall be unlawful
for any person owning or controlling any taxi-
cab to employ or permit any person to operate
a taxicab within the Village unless such driver
has a valid operators permit issued by the
Village.
Any person desiring to secure an operators permit
or renewal thereof shall make application in
writing therefore to the Village Clerk. The
application for the permit shall contain the
name of the applicant; his residence and employ-
ment history; driver's license number and current
status thereof; information as to whether the
state driver's license has ever been suspended
or revoked and if so, when and for what cause;
a list of all convictions, if any, for violation
of federal, state or municipal laws; and such
other information as deemed appropriate by the
Chief of Police.
18.4220 Qualifications/Investigation/Issuance/Reciprocity.
A. Qualifications.
1. Every applicant for a public passenger
vehicle chauffeur's license shall be no
less than twenty-one (21) years of age.
2. The applicant must pass a physical exami-
nation by a licensed physician, at his own
expense, subject to the examination con-
ditions on the form provided by the Village
of Elk Grove Village. Such certificate
sets forth the opinion of the examining
physician that the applicant is physically
able to engage in the driving of public
passenger vehicles without risk to the public.
3. The applicant must be the holder of a valid
State of Illinois Driver's license.
4. The applicant must not have been convicted
of any felony or Class A misdemeanor within
the past five (5) years.
5. The applicant must not have had his driver's
license suspended or revoked in any state
within the past three (3) years as a conse-
quence of violations of law concerning his
operation of a motor vehicle.
B. Investigation. Upon filing of such applica-
tion, the Chief of Police shall make or cause
to made a careful and diligent investigation,
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including fingerprinting of applicant. The
report of such investigation and a copy of
the traffic and police record of the appli-
cant, if any, shall be considered in evalu-
ating the application.
C. Issuance. If the Chief of Police shall be
satisfied that the applicant satisfies the
requirements set forth in the above Sections,
and is a fit person to be licensed, such appli-
cation shall be approved and the license issued.
The operators license shall be displayed at
all times in the taxicab driven by the oper-
ator in plain view of the passenger. It shall
be unlawful to transfer any operators permit
from one person to another.
D. Regional Reciprocity. The Chief of Police
is authorized to issue a license to any appli-
cant who has a current valid public passenger
vehicle chauffeurs license issued by the Villages
of Arlington Heights, Schaumburg or Mount
Prospect without requiring the applicant to
complete the full application process set
forth herein. Should the existing license
from one of the stated municipalities be within
three (3) months of expiration on the date
the application is submitted, the Chief of
Police may authorize such testing as he deems
necessary to ensure the applicant's qualifi-
cations under the provisions of this Section.
18.4221 Fee. The fee for the initial issuance of an oper-
ators permit shall be Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars
and such permit shall expire on the thirty-first
(31st) day of May of each year following the date
of issuance. The annual fee for any renewal there-
of shall be Ten ($10.00) Dollars.
18.4222 Suspension/Revocation.
A. Suspension. The Village Manager, in his dis-
cretion, may suspend a taxicab operators permit
for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days,
for any failure or refusal to comply with the
provisions of this Chapter, for any violation
of federal, state or municipal law, upon a
determination that said permit was obtained
fraudulently, that the permittee has become
physically, mentally or emotionally unfit to
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perform his duties as a taxicab operator, or
t' -t there has been any fra, ulent use of the
t_.;icab operators permit. �.,e Village Manager
may further suspend any taxicab operators per-
mit in the event the individual's chauffeurs
permit in the Villages of Arlington Heights,
Schaumburg or Mount Prospect has been like-
wise suspended by any of said municipalities.
B. Revocation. The Public Vehicle Commission
may revoke any operators permit for repeated
violation of traffic laws, ordinances of the
Village, laws regulating the conduct of the
driver and failure to render good service.
Said revocation shall be after a hearing and
the operator shall be granted an opportunity
to defend charges made against him. The reco-
vation of a chauffeurs permit issued in the
Villages of Arlington Heights, Schaumburg
or Mount Prospect shall be deemed sufficient
cause for the revocation of the operators
permit granted herein.
Section 2: Any person, firm or corporation who shall have
violated any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be subject
to a fine of not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars nor more than
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for each and every offense.
Section 3: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized
to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
Section 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
VOTES: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
APPROVED:
Charles J. Zettek
VILLAGE PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
VILLAGE CLERK
PASSED this 23rd day of May 1989.
APPROVED this 23rd day of May 1989.
PUBLISHED this 25th day of May 1989,
in pamphlet form.
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