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.

 

5.56.303 Criteria for Issuance of Taxicab License.

A license to operate a vehicle as a taxicab shall be issued or reissued by the City Clerk to the titleholder or leaseholder of the taxicab or, if the taxicab is to be operated under the agency of a person or entity other than the titleholder or leaseholder, to that person or entity, if the City Clerk or his or her designee determine that the following conditions have been and will be met:

  1. A.
    The titleholder or leaseholder of the taxicab, if a corporation, is authorized to do business in Kansas;
  2. B.
    A policy of liability insurance meeting the standards and limits set out in Section 5.56.304 of this chapter is in effect on the taxicab and a fully executed certificate of liability insurance provided by the City confirming such coverage, or a true copy of the policy, has been approved by the Risk Manager of the City and is on file with the City Clerk;
  3. C.
    The vehicle has been properly registered and bears proper state license tags.

(History: Ord. PT-1375 §1, 86)

Effective on: 1/1/1901