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.

 

5.56.301 Taxicab License Required.

No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or business organization shall own or operate or permit to be operated upon the streets of the City any vehicle as a taxicab unless a proper license has been issued for each such vehicle. Such license shall be required for the operation of any taxicab for which passengers are solicited within the City limits by any means, including but not limited to direct solicitation of passengers by words or actions, cruising, and occupying taxicab stands or zones and for every taxicab providing transportation for hire between two points when the point of origin is within the City limits.

(History: Ord. PT-1375 §1, 86)

Effective on: 1/1/1901