Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.56 Public Transportation Vehicles1

  1. 1.
    For the statute that declares that the power and authority of cities to control and regulate all public utilities and common carriers situated and operated wholly or principally within [a] city, see K.S.A. 66-104; for provisions regarding issuance of a chauffeur's license, see K.S.A. 8-235.

 

5.56.300 Definition.

As used in this chapter, the word "taxicab" shall mean any public passenger motor vehicle which is for hire by a passenger for a fee, except that the following shall not be considered to be taxicabs:

  1. A.
    Vehicles for hire operating generally within the City under franchise or permits issued by the City or by the Kansas Corporation Commission.
  2. B.
    Vehicles operated by tax levying boards or relief organizations.
  3. C.
    Vehicles exclusively licensed or regulated by the United States of America or the State of Kansas.
  4. D.
    Motor buses operated by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority or motor buses operated by the City of Overland Park, Kansas, or Johnson County, Kansas.
  5. E.
    Motor buses and motor vehicles engaged exclusively in the transportation of students to and from school, commonly known as school buses.
  6. F.
    Motor buses engaged exclusively in interurban service under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Kansas Corporation Commission or the Public Service Commission of Missouri.
  7. G.
    Motor buses engaged primarily in interstate service under certificates of convenience and necessity issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
  8. H.
    Vehicles operated by a person or company and used to transport person who are the employees, patrons, guests, residents or customers of the person or company and where the provision of such transportation is incidental to the business of such person or company.
  9. I.
    Group riding, or an arrangement between individuals whereby they pool their private transportation resources, either by using the personal automobile of one member of the group with the others contributing to the costs of operating same, or by rotating the use of their personal automobiles with joint contributions to the cost by the other members of the group, or when any employer provides transportation for his employees, and for none other, for a charge.

(History: Ord. PT-1375 §1, 86)

Effective on: 1/1/1901