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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 766 - 9/28/1971 - LIVERIES/AMEND CODEORDINANCE NO, 766 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE BY ADDING THERETO A NEW ARTICLE, ARTICLE -CIX, LIVERIES NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, counties of Cook and DuPage, as follows: Section 1: That Chapter 22 of the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village be and is hereby amended by adding thereto a new article, Article -CIX, Liveries, which reads as follows: " Article ]CIX Liveries. A. Business License 22..1901 License Required. It shall be.unlawful to engage in the business of operating a livery in the municipality without first having secured a license therefor. Applications for such licenses shall be made in writing to the Clerk, and shall state thereon the name of the applicant, the intended place of business, and the num- ber of liveries to be operated. If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the president and secretary thereof shall be given. 22.1902 Definition. The term "livery" as used in this Article, shall mean and include any vehicle used to carry passengers for hire, providing no passenger shall be transported unless the passenger has previously arranged for the transportation in advance by telephone or written order. 22.1.903. Character of Applicant. No such license shall be issued to or held by any person who is not a person of good character or who has been convicted of a felony; nor shall such license be issued to or held by any corporation if any officer thereof would be ineligible for a license under the foregoing conditions. 22.1904. Fee. The annual fee, payable in advance, for such licenses shall be twenty-five dollars plus fifteen dollars for each livery operated. Whenever the number of liveries so operated shall be increased during the license year, the licensee shall notify the Clerk of such change and shall pay the additional fee. Such fee shall be in lieu of any other vehicle fee required by ordinance and the Clerk shall issue in numerical order suitable tags or stickers for each luxury vehicle. Such tag or sticker shall be attached to the front right windshield on each livery while it is in use, and may be transferred to any livery put into service to replace one withdrawn from service. The licensee shall notify the Clerk of the motor number and state license number of each livery operated and of the corresponding municipal tag or sticker number. 22..1905 Vehicles_ No livery shall be operated unless it bears a state license duly issued; and no such livery shall be operated unless it is equipped with proper brakes, lights, tires, horn, muf- fler, rear vision mirror, and windshield wiper in good condition. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to inspect every livery annually, or so often as may be necessary to see to the enforcement of the provisions of this section. All livery vehicles operated by one licensee shall have identical, uniform exterior color or colors, providing any firm operating a livery service at the time of adoption of this ordinance shall have two years -2- from the date of a•i;ption to comply with this requirement. No two licensees shall have the same exterior color or colors for their livery vehicle or vehicles. 22.1906. Drivers. No person shall drive a livery, or be hired or permitted to do so, unless he is duly licensed by the Secretary of State of Illinois to operate a vehicle transporting fare paying passengers. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a livery, while on duty, to drink any intoxicating liquor, or to use any profane or obscene language, to shout or call to prospective passengers, to disturb the peace in any way, or to transport a passenger in violation of the terms of this ordinance. 22.1907. Insurance No livery shall be operated unless it is covered by a bond or public liability policy, as required by statute, and in addi- tion, an excess liability policy which provides company limits of $50,000/ 100,000 for each person and occurrence, underlying limits of $50,000/100,000 for each person and occurrence, and total limits of $100,000/300,000 for each person and occurrence and Property Liability Damage of $25,000 for each accident. 22.4908. Traffic Rules. It shall be the duty of every driver of a livery to obey all traffic rules established by statute or ordinance. 22.1909. Unlawful Use. It shall be unlawful to knowingly permit any livery to be used in the perpetration of a crime or misdemeanor. 22.1910. Passengers. It shall be the duty of the driver of any livery to accept as passenger any person who seeks to so use the livery provided such person is not intoxicated and conducts himself in an orderly manner, and has previously contacted the livery operator in ac- cordance with the terms of this ordinance. No person shall be admitted to a livery occupied by a passenger without the consent of the passenger. The driver shall take his passenger to his destination by the most direct available route from the place where the passenger enters the livery. -3- 22.1911. Rates of Fare. service shall be as follows: The fare schedule for livery a. For fares originating within Elk Grove Village and terminating at a location other than O'Hare Airport, or for fares originating at a point other than O'Hare Airport and terminating in Elk Grove Village, the fare will be fifty-five (554) cents per mile. b. For fares originating in that part of the Village lying east of Route 53 and terminating at O'Hare Field, or vice versa, the fare will be six dollars ($6.00) and for every subsequent adult, one dollar ($1.00). C. For fares originating in that part of the Village lying West of Route 53 and terminating at O'Hare Field, or vice versa, the fare will be seven dollars ($7:00), and for every subsequent adult, one dollar ($1.00). d. With respect to items a, b and c, all minors who are a child of an adult passenger shall be transported at no extra cost. e. With respect to items b and c, a passenger may, by prior arrangement, obtain a discount by means of pre -purchasing a ticket for a minimum of four (4) rides, which said rate to be established between the licensee and the passenger. A copy of the fare schedule set out herein shall be posted in a place visible to passengers in all liveries licensed by the Village of Elk Grove Village. B. CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE 22.1,912. License Required. No person shall drive a livery unless he shall have secured a license therefor as herein provided. _� 22.1913. Fee. The annual fee for a livery driver's license shall be one dollar. 22.1914. Qualifications. No such license shall be issued to any person who is not competent to operate a motor vehicle or who is not familiar with the traffic laws and ordinances. The chief of police shall examine each applicant for a livery driver's license to determine the competency of the applicant, and no such license shall be issued excepting on certificate of the chief that the applicant has demonstrated his ability to operate a motor vehicle as required herein. 22..1915. Revocation. The Village President may revoke any livery driver's license for .repeated violations of traffic laws or ordinances, or of any ordinance provision regulating the conduct of such driver. Ca CERTIFICATE 22.1916. Certificate Required. No license to operate a livery in the municipality shall be issued unless and until the Public Vehicle Commission of the Village of Elk Grove Village shall certify that the public need for livery service requires the additional service to be rendered by the applicant. In deciding this question, the Commission shall consider the need of the public for livery ser- vice, the number of liveries in operation, and the anticipated future demands. 22.1917. Existing Service. No such certificate shall be re- quired for the renewal of any operator's license. 22.11918. Abandonment. If any licensee on whose behalf such certificate has been issued shall fail to operate all or any of the liveries covered by such certificate for a period of fourteen -5- consecutive days, the certificate may be revoked or modified by the Commission so as to cover and authorize only the number of liveries actually operated. 22.1919. Subject to the conditions and limitations of this Article, exclusive permission and authority are hereby granted to the licensees hereunder to operate the liveries licensed hereunder upon the public streets and other public ways within the Village limits unless terminated or revoked as herein provided. It shall be unlawful and the Village will not permit any public passenger vehicle not licensed hereto as a livery business within the Village of Elk Grove Village to accept for transportation any passenger within the Village except when such transportation has been arranged for in advance by telephone or by written order. 22.1920. Nothing in this Article shall be_construed to prohibit any public passenger vehicle from coming into the Village to discharge passengers accepted for transportation outside the Village. While said vehicle is in the Village, no roof light or other special light shall be used to indicate that the vehicle is vacant or subject to hire, and a white card bearing the words"Not for Hire" printed in black letters not less than two inches in height shall be displayed at the windshield of the vehicle. No person shall be solicited or accepted in said vehicle for transportation from any place within the Village. 22,1921. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Article shall be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100) for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Section 2: Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law. PASSED this 28th APPROVED this 28th Vote: ATTEST: day of September 1971. day of September 1971. Ayes 6 Nays O Absent O Charles J. Zettek Village President Richard A. McGrenera Village Clerk Published this 6th day of October 1971, in the Elk Grove Herald. -7-