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OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
TAXICAB BY-LAW
BY -LAW NUMBER 2206/86
Passed by Council on May 5, 1986
Last Update: November 7, 2005
Amendments:
By-law 2473/87
By-law 3930/92
By-law 3966/92
By-law 5567/99
By-law 5807/01
By-law 6595/05
May 19, 1987
February 3, 1992
April 6, 1992
October 18, 1999
March 5, 2001
November 7, 2005
Section 45(b)
Schedule "A"
Section I(r)
Section 51
Section 45(b )(iii) and Schedule "B"
Schedule "B"
THE CORPORA nON OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 2206/86
Being a by-law for the licensing, regulating and
governing of taxicab drivers, owners and brokers.
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, chapter 302,
section 110,227.2,227.4 and 227.6, a by-law may be passed to provide for the licensing,
regulating and governing of taxicab drivers, owners and brokers;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering HEREBY
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. In this by-law,
a) "Chief of Police" shall mean the Chief of Police of the Durham Regional
Police Force;
b) "Council" means the Council of the Town;
c) "Licence" means a licence issued by the Town under the provisions of this
by-law and "Licensed" has a corresponding meaning;
d) "Officer" means a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the
Council;
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e) "Open Taxi Stand" means a public place alongside the curb of a street or
elsewhere in the Town which has been designated by the Town for the use
of taxicabs;
f) "Passenger" means any person in a taxicab other than the driver;
g) "Tariff Card" means a card issued by the Town displaying the rates or
fares to be charged under this by-law for the conveyance of goods and
passengers;
h) "Taxicab" means a member of that class of motor vehicles kept or used for
hire for conveyance of goods and passengers, which vehicle has seating for
not more than seven persons, but does not include a limousine, a bus, an
ambulance, or a hearse;
i) "Taxicab Broker" and "Broker" has the meaning ascribed to the term "taxi-
cab broker" in the Municipal Act. R.S.O. 1980, chapter 302, section 227.6;
j) "Taxicab Driver" and "Driver" means a person who drives a taxicab
licensed or required to be licensed under the provisions of this by-law;
k) "Taxicab Owner" and "Owner" means a person who is the registered
owner of a taxicab licensed or required to be licensed under the provisions
of this by-law;
I) "Taxicab Plate" means a metal plate issued by the Town bearing a number
to identify a taxicab in respect of which a taxicab owner has been licensed;
m) "Taxicab Plate Number" means the number on a taxicab plate;
n) "Taximeter" means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab
which measures mechanically or electronically the distance driven and the
waiting time upon which a fare may be charged and which computes the
amount of the fare that may be charged for any trip for any trip for which
such a fare is chargeable;
0) "Town" means the Corporation of the Town of Pickering;
p) "Trip Record" means a record of the following information:
i) the provincial motor vehicle permit number of the taxicab;
ii) the taxicab plate number of the taxicab;
iii) the name, address and licence number of the taxicab;
iv) the taximeter readings at the start and finish of a driver's working
period;
v) the date, time and location of the beginning and termination of
each trip, including any stops requested by a passenger enroute;
and
vi) the amount of the rates and fares collected for each trip.
r) "Limousine" means any vehicle having an enclosed passenger area
designed to separate the driver from the passengers, a wheelbase of not
less than 2900 millimeters, a manufacturers-rated seating capacity of more
than six persons, hired by the public on an hourly basis and is not
equipped with,
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a) a roof light,
b) a two-way radio.
PART 1 - GENERAL PROHIBITIONS
2. No person shall operate a taxicab within the territorial jurisdiction of the Town
unless that person is a licensed taxicab driver.
3. No person shall keep or use for hire, or permit to be kept or used for hire, within
the territorial jurisdiction of the Town, a taxicab of which he is the registered
owner unless that person is a taxicab owner licensed in respect of that taxicab.
4. No person shall operate as a taxicab broker within the territorial, jurisdiction of
the Town unless that person is a licensed taxicab broker.
PART 2 - TAXICAB DRIVERS
5. Every taxicab driver shall,
a) at all times when operating a taxicab have the tariff card and his taxicab
driver's licence affixed to the rear of the front seat or in a position and in
such a manner to be plainly visible to and readable by passengers in the
back seat;
b) if he wishes to enter an open taxi stand with his taxicab, do so by taking
position at the end of any line formed by taxicabs already in the stand;
c) while his taxicab is in any open taxi stand, not obstruct in any way the use
of the stand;
d) while his taxicab is in any open taxi stand, be sufficiently close to his
taxicab to have it under constant observation;
e) have and maintain in good standing at all times a Province of Ontario
Driver's Licence that does not prohibit him from operating a motor vehicle
for hire or reward.
6. When a taxicab driver,
a) changes his address he shall within eight days after the change attend at
the Town offices and notify the Town of the change and produce his
taxicab driver's licence for the change to be entered thereon;
b) changes his employment from one taxicab company or owner to another
he shall within eight days after the change, attend at the Town offices and
notify the Town of the change of employment.
7. No taxicab driver shall,
a) carry in any taxicab a greater number of passengers than the
manufacturer's rating of seating capacity of such taxicab exclusive of
driver;
b) operate a taxicab with luggage or other material piled or placed in or on
the taxicab in a manner that obstructs his view;
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c) obstruct or allow to be obstructed, by any thing, the view of the taximeter
flag or light from the outside of the taxicab;
d) operate any taxicab unless the registered owner of that taxicab is a taxicab
owner licensed in respect of the taxicab;
e) overcrowd an open taxi stand;
f) pick up any passenger within 30 metres of an open taxi stand when there
are one or more taxicabs in the stand, except where an arrangement has
been previously made with the passenger to pick him p at that location.
8. Every taxicab driver shall,
a) keep a daily trip record of all trips made by him in any taxicab, and
b) completely record each trip on the trip record prior to the commencement
of the next following trip.
9. When a taxicab driver uses a taxicab for transportation of passengers for no gain
or reward, he must either
a) remove the roof light from the taxicab; or
b) place the taximeter in a recording position.
10. No taxicab driver shall take on any additional passengers after the taxicab has
departed with one or more passengers from anyone starting point except at the
specific request of,
a) the passenger or passengers in the taxicab; or
b) the person who hired the taxicab if he is not a passenger in the taxicab.
11.
1)
Every taxicab driver shall, before operating the taxicab on any day,
examine it for mechanical defects and interior or exterior damage and
report forthwith any defects or damage found to the taxicab owner.
2) Every taxicab driver shall, upon completion of discharging his last
passenger,
a) return the taxicab to his employer and report all accidents and any
apparent mechanical defects or damage to the employer; and
b) deliver to his employer the trip record pertaining to his period of
work and all rates and fares collected less the amount of
commission agreed upon between the driver and the employer.
12. When a passenger first enters a taxicab, the taxicab driver shall immediately place
the taximeter in a recording position and keep it in a recording position
throughout the trip.
13.
1)
Every taxicab driver shall take the shortest possible route to the
destination desired by the passenger unless the passenger designates
another route.
2) If a passenger designates a route other than the shortest possible route, the
driver shall, prior to moving the taxicab, advise the passenger of the
shortest route and obtain the passenger's approval before taking any route
other than the shortest route.
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14. If the destination of a trip extends beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the Town,
the taxicab driver and the passenger may agree before the start of the trip to a flat
rate, but the meter must be in a recording position at all times within the territorial
jurisdiction of the Town
15. At the conclusion of a trip, the taxicab driver shall call the passenger's attention to
the amount of the fare registered on the taximeter in a non-recording position.
16. If a dispute arises with a passenger about the amount of a rate or a fare, the driver
of the taxicab may refer the dispute to the officer-in-charge of the nearest Police
Station, and if the driver was correct in his demand for the rate or fare, he may add
thereto an amount equal to the proper fare for the distance travelled from the place
where the dispute arose to the Police Station, and any reasonable waiting time
while the dispute was being investigated.
17. When requested by a passenger to do so, a taxicab driver shall give the passenger
a receipt for the rate of fare, showing the amount of the rate or fare, and the
taxicab driver's and owner's names and licence numbers.
18.
1)
Every taxicab driver shall take due care of all property delivered or
entrusted to him for conveyance or safekeeping, and immediately upon his
termination of any hiring engagement, shall carefully search the taxicab for
any property lost or left therein, all property or money left in the taxicab
shall be forthwith delivered over to the person owning the property or
money.
2) If the owner of the property or money cannot at once be found, then the
taxicab driver shall deliver the property or money to the nearest Police
Station with all information in his possession regarding the property or
money and the owner thereof.
19.
1)
Except as otherwise provided in section 14 hereof, every taxicab driver
shall charge for each trip no more than the fare shown on the taximeter,
together with any applicable additional rates authorized by Schedule "B"
hereof.
2) No person employing a taxicab shall refuse to pay the rate or fare
chargeable under the provisions of this by-law for his employment of that
taxicab.
PART 3 - TAXICAB OWNERS
20. Every taxicab owner shall obtain and maintain an Ontario Standard Automobile
Insurance Policy insuring himself in respect of the taxicab owned by him covering
public liability and property damage in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, and
shall produce annually to the Town a certificate oflnsurance issued by the insurer,
or its agent, certifying that an insurance policy providing coverage in accordance
herewith is in effect.
21. Where a taxicab owner disposes of his taxicab and acquires a replacement taxicab,
he shall, before operating the replacement taxicab or allowing it to be operated as
a taxicab,
a) submit the replacement taxicab to the Town for inspection;
b) produce a motor vehicle safety standards certificate issued by a Ministry of
Transportation and Communications authorized vehicle inspection station,
respecting the replacement taxicab, and
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c)
attend the Town offices to have his taxicab owner's licence amended by
deleting reference to the taxicab disposed of and adding reference to the
replacement taxicab.
22. Every taxicab owner shall,
a) submit his taxicab for inspection at any time required by an Officer;
b) ensure that the following documents, or mechanically reproduced copies
thereof, are kept at all times in his taxicab:
i) current provincial motor vehicle permit for the taxicab;
ii) current Town taxicab owner's licence for the taxicab;
iii) current Certificate of Liability Insurance for the taxicab; and
iv) current Town taxicab tariff card;
c) when he employs a taxicab driver, notify the Town in writing that he has
employed that driver within eight days of employing him.
d) before allowing his taxicab to be operated on any day, examine it for
mechanical defects and interior or exterior damage;
e) keep a daily taxicab record setting out the following information:
i) the taxicab plate number of the taxicab;
ii) the provincial motor vehicle permit number of the taxicab;
iii) the names and licence numbers of the taxicab drivers authorized to
operate the taxicab that day;
iv) the date and time of the authorization; and
v) the readings of the taximeter and odometer in the taxicab;
f) record the taximeter readings, odometer readings and the date and time the
taxicab is returned by any taxicab driver;
g) require an entry on the trip record for each trip recorded on the taximeter at
the time when any taxicab driver turns in his daily trip record;
h) give to his taxicab driver at the expiry of the driver's period of work a
receipt showing the amount turned over to him by the driver;
i) keep for a period of at least six months all trip records of the taxicab
owned by him and shall make these records available for inspection by any
person authorized by the Town and such person shall be permitted to
remove the records and retain them for a reasonable time; and;
j) check immediately any mechanical defect in his taxicab reported to him by
his taxicab driver.
23. Every owner shall affix to his taxicab a taximeter which shall register distances
travelled, record trips and units, and compute fares to be paid, and such taximeter
shall be,
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a) illuminated between dusk and dawn;
b) supported in a raised position approved by an Officer clear of the
dashboard in plain view of all passengers;
c) adjusted in accordance with the fares prescribed by Schedule "B"
d) tested for distance travelled measurement accuracy and time waiting
accuracy before being sealed;
e) used only when the seals thereon are intact;
f) used for not longer than one year without retesting and resealing;
g) kept in good working condition at all times and not used when defective in
any way;
h) equipped with a metal plate or flag, or light when an electronic meter is
used, attached to the top thereof and approved by an Officer; the plate or
flag shall be in a lowered position or the light shall be extinguished when
the taximeter is in operation, and in a raised position or lighted when the
meter is not in operation; and
i) numbered and not used until approved by an Officer.
24. Every taxicab owner shall provide and maintain in or on his taxicab while it is
operated as a taxicab the following equipment and markings;
a) the taxicab plate, securely affixed to the rear of the vehicle;
b) the tariff card supplied by the Town and bearing the name of the taxicab
owner and the taxicab plate number, securely affixed to the rear of the
driver's seat in such a manner that the card is plainly visible to passengers
in the back seat;
c) a holder for the photograph and name of the taxicab driver affixed in a
position to be plainly visible to and readable by passengers in the rear seat
of the vehicles;
d) on the top of the taxicab, an electric sign securely attached in a manner
approved by an Officer indicating that the vehicle is a taxicab, but not
showing a name or telephone number of any person other than the name
and telephone number of the taxicab owner or of the taxicab broker with
whom the taxicab is associated;
e) the taxicab plate number, prefixed by the letter "P", displayed on the front
fenders of the taxicab, in a manner approved by an Officer, in figures of a
colour contrasting with that of the taxicab, and of a height of at least
fifteen centimetres.
25. No taxicab owner shall,
a) by any arrangements or agreements, permit any taxicab not owned by him
to be driven under the authority of a taxicab owner's licence issued to him;
b) employ or allow any person to drive his taxicab other than a licensed
taxicab driver or a person inspecting or testing it;
c) operate or permit to be operated any taxicab that is not in good mechanical
condition;
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d) display or permit the display of any advertisement on or in his taxicab
except one exterior poster only, not exceeding forty centimetres by one
hundred and twenty centimetres in size, placed at the rear of the taxicab in
such a way as not to obscure the taxicab owner plate, the Ontario
passenger motor vehicles plate, the taxicab's back-up, signal and taillights,
or the vision of the taxicab driver, and carried in a rust resistant frame;
e) use or permit to be used on any taxicab owned by him any emblem, decal
or roof sign which simulates and colour or design of that of any other
taxicab, unless his taxicab is operated in association with it.
26. No taxicab owner shall operate or permit any taxicab with respect to which he is
licensed to be operated through a taxicab broker not licensed under the provisions
of this by-law.
PART 4 - TAXICAB BROKERS
27. Every taxicab broker shall,
a) accept calls for, dispatch, or direct calls for service to taxicabs owned by
licensed taxicab owners only;
b) keep records of every taxicab dispatched, the time of the dispatch and the
place of the pick-up and shall retain these records for a period of at least
six months, during which time they shall be available for inspection by any
person authorized by the Town and such person shall be permitted to
remove the records and retain them for a reasonable time;
c) provide the Town with a list of all taxicab owners with which he has any
arrangement of agreement for accepting calls for service indicating each
taxicab by the name of the owner and the taxicab plate number and shall
within eight days of any addition to or deletion from this list advise the
Town in writing thereof.
28.
1)
Every taxicab broker shall serve the first person requiring the service of a
taxicab at any place within the territorial jurisdiction of the Town at any
specified time by day or night provided that that person is not disorderly
and does not refuse to give his destination and, if the broker pleads some
previous engagement, he shall upon demand give the name and address of
the person to whom he is so engaged together with the time and place of
the engagement;
2) Every taxicab broker shall punctually keep all his engagements, and shall
not accept any engagement that a previous engagement would prevent him
from fulfilling;
3) No taxicab broker shall be compelled to accept a request for service from
any person who is indebted to him for the cost of a previous trip.
29. Every taxicab broker shall maintain an office in and shall only accept calls for,
direct calls to or dispatch taxicabs within the territorial jurisdiction of the Town.
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PART 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
30. If a taximeter is repaired or altered when an Officer is not available, the taxicab to
which the taximeter is affixed may be operated without the taximeter having been
tested or sealed, for a period of seventy-two hours on weekends or forty-eight
hours during the week but only if the owner or driver of the taxicab has in his
possession a certificate from the person who made the repairs or alterations,
stating the time, date and nature thereof and the place where the work was done.
31. No taxicab driver or owner shall operate or allow to be operated any taxicab,
a) not equipped with an extra tire and wheel ready for use, or
b) not clean, dry and in good repair
32. No taxicab owner or driver shall,
a) induce any person to engage his taxicab by misleading or deceiving that
person about the location of or distance between any point in the Town
and any other place, nor by any other false representation;
b) publish or use a tariff, or demand or receive rates or fares other than those
authorized under the provisions of this by-law; or
c) be entitled to recover or receive any rate or fare from any person or
persons to whom he has refused to show his tariff card as provided under
the provisions of this by-law.
33. No taxicab owner or driver shall make any charge under this section for time lost
through defects or inefficiency of the taxicab or the incompetence of the driver
thereof.
34. No taxicab owner or driver shall make any charge for the time elapsed due to early
arrival of the taxicab in response to a call for a taxicab to arrive at fixed time.
35. Every taxicab owner and driver shall,
a) serve the first person requiring the service of his taxicab at any place
within the territorial jurisdiction of the Town at any specified time by day
or night, provided that the person is not disorderly or does not refuse to
give his destination, and, if he pleads some previous engagement, he shall
upon demand give the name and address of the person to whom his is so
engaged together with the time and place of such engagement;
b) punctually keep all his engagements, and shall not accept any engagement
that a previous engagement would prevent him from fulfilling, but he shall
not be compelled to accept any order from a person who is indebted to him
for the cost of a previous trip.
36. No taxicab owner or driver shall use any tariff card, other than that obtained from
the Town, or remove, exchange, lend or otherwise dispose of the tariff card.
37. Taxicab plates or tariff cards defaced, lost or destroyed may be replaced by the
Town upon the original plate or card being satisfactorily accounted for upon the
payment of the replacement fee fixed under the provisions of this by-law.
38. The rates and fares herein authorized shall be computed from the time and place
when and where the passenger first enters the taxicab to the time and place when
and where the passenger finally discharges the taxicab.
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39. The rates and fares to be charged by taxicab owners and drivers within the Town
are shown in Schedule "B"; no taxicab owner or driver shall charge or receive in
payment any higher or lower amount.
40. All open taxi stands within the territorial jurisdiction of the Town are open to any
licensed taxicab.
PART 6 - LICENCE APPLICATIONS
41.
1)
An application for any licence hereunder shall be in a form provided for
the purpose by the Town, shall be addressed to the Town in care of the
Town Clerk, and shall contain the following:
a) where the applicant is an individual;
(i) the applicant's full name;
(ii) the applicant's residence address;
(iii) if different than the applicant's full name, the name under
which the applicant carries on business;
(iv) the applicant's business address
or
b) where the applicant is a corporation:
(i) the applicant's full name;
(ii) the address of the applicant's head office;
(iii) the addresses of all offices or places at which the applicant
carries on business;
(iv) the jurisdiction in which the applicant was created;
and
c) where the application is for a taxicab driver's licence:
(i) a valid Province of Ontario Driver's Licence issued to the
applicant that does not prohibit him from operating a motor
vehicle for hire or reward;
(ii) a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner
stating that the applicant is in the opinion of the
practitioner, physically capable of operating a taxicab;
and
d) where the application is for a taxicab owner's licence:
(i) a motor vehicle safety standards certificate issued by a
Ministry of Transportation and Communications authorized
vehicle inspection station for the taxicab in respect of
which the applicant seeks to be licensed;
(ii) proof of ownership of that taxicab; and
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(iii) a Certificate of Insurance as required by section 20 In
respect of that taxicab.
2) An application for a licence shall be accompanied by the appropriate
licence fee set out in Schedule A hereto.
3) Where an application is made under a name by which more than one
individual or corporation, or combination thereof, carry on business, each
individual and each corporation shall submit a separate application for a
licence, but only one application fee shall be required.
4) The Town Clerk may require that an applicant provide verification, by
affidavit or otherwise, of any of the information which the applicant is
required to provide before a licence is issued.
42. Upon receipt of an application and the appropriate licence fee, the Town Clerk
shall forthwith forward details of the application to the Chief of Police who shall
determine whether or not the applicant, or any person comprising the applicant,
has been convicted of,
a) any offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Narcotics
Control Act (Canada) or the Liquor Licence Act, R.S.O. 1980,
c.244, or
b) careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1980,
c.198,
within the three years immediately preceding the date of the application.
43.
1)
The Town Clerk shall issue the licence only where,
a) all the information which the applicant is required to provide under
section 41 has been provided, and verified;
b) all the documents which the applicant is required to provide under
section 41 have been provided;
c) the licence fee is paid; and
d) the Chief of Police determines that the applicant, or all persons
comprising the applicant, have not been convicted of any of the
offences referred to in section 42 within the time period set out
therein.
2) Where the Chief of Police determines that the applicant, or any person
comprising the applicant, has been convicted of any such offence within
that time period, the Town Clerk shall notify the applicant, in writing, of
the determination.
3) Where an applicant advises the Town Clerk, in writing, that he disputes
the determination made by the Chief of Police under section 42, or submits
that the licence applied for should be issued despite that determination, the
matter shall be referred forthwith by the Town Clerk to the Council which
shall hear representations from the applicant and the Chief of Police.
4) The Council may issue the licence where,
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a) the information, documents and fee referred to in subsection (1)(a),
b) and c) have been provided, verified and paid, and
b) it determines in its sole discretion that the determination of the
Chief of Police is unfounded or that the offences in question are
not sufficient to justify refusing to issue the licence.
44.
1)
The Town Clerk shall notify a licensee, by registered mail, at his last
residence or business address on record when,
a) he has cause to believe, on reasonable grounds, that any of the
information which the licensee, as an applicant or as a licensee, is
required to provide, including any verification thereof, is
inaccurate;
b) he is advised by the Chief of Police that the licensee has been
convicted of any of the offences referred to in section 42;
c) where the licensee is a taxicab driver, the Ministry of
Transportation and Communications has advised that the licensee's
provincial driver's licence is under suspension or has been revoked;
d) where the licensee is a taxicab owner,
(i) his insurer has advised that the insurance required under
section 20 has been cancelled or will not be renewed, or
(ii) the taxicab in respect of which he is licensed is no longer
roadworthy or has been impounded;
e) the licensee has been convicted of an offence which IS a
contravention of a provision of this By-law; or
f) the licensee has contravened an Order issued under the authority of
the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.302, section 326, or any
successor thereto,
that, unless the inaccuracy, conviction, revocation, cancellation, roadworthiness,
impounding or contravention is corrected, overturned or reinstated within thirty
days, the licence shall be revoked.
2) Unless the matter giving rise to the notice issued under subsection (1) has
been corrected, overturned or reinstated within the time allowed, the Town
Clerk shall forthwith revoke the licence and notify the licensee by
registered mail at his last residence or business address on record.
3) Despite subsection (2), where the inaccuracy, conviction, revocation,
cancellation, roadworthiness, impounding or contravention is disputed, in
writing, to the Town Clerk by the licensee, the matter shall be referred
forthwith by the Town Clerk to the Council which shall hear
representations from the licensee and either confirm the revocation of the
licence or re-instate the licence, as it sees fit.
45. Subject to the provisions of this section 44,
a) a taxicab driver's licence is valid for two years from the date of issue, and
is not transferable;
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b) a taxicab owner's licence is valid for the calendar year in which it is issued
and may only be transferable;
(i) to a spouse or child of an owner upon the death or permanent
disability of a taxicab owner,
(ii) if the licence has remained valid for a consistent period of not less
than five years,
(iii) upon payment to the City of a fee of $500.00; and;
c) a taxicab broker's licence is valid for the calendar year in which it is
issued, and is not transferable.
46. A licensee may renew his licence upon its expiry by making an application under
section 41 as if he were making an original application, and the provisions
respecting original applications shall apply except that the licence fee payable
shall be a licence renewal fee.
47.
1)
No more than forty-eight taxicab owner's licences may be issued
hereunder.
2) Despite subsection (1), taxicab owner's licences issued under a predecessor
of this By-law shall be deemed to have been lawfully issued under this By-
law.
3) This section shall not prohibit the renewal of a taxicab owner's licence
issued hereunder.
48.
1)
No application for a taxicab owner's licence shall be made by any person
unless the number of taxicab owner's licences issued is less than the
number that may be issued hereunder.
2) Subject to subsection (4), where a person wishes to make an application
for a taxicab owner's licence but is prohibited from doing so by subsection
(1), he may provide his name and address to the Town Clerk for entry at
the bottom of the Town's Taxicab Owner's Licence Priority List.
3) The Town Clerk shall maintain the Town's Taxicab Owner's Licence
Priority List, being a list of names and addresses of those persons who
wish to make an application for a taxicab owner's licence, such names and
addresses appearing in the order in which they are provided to the Town
Clerk under this subsection (2).
4) No person's name may appear on the List more than once.
5) Where the number of taxicab owner's licences issued is less than the
number that may be issued, the Town Clerk shall notify the person whose
name appears at the top of the list be registered mail addressed to him at
his address according to the List, and that person shall have twenty days
from the date of mailing to submit his application for a taxicab owner's
licence.
6) If the person notified does not submit his application within that time, his
name shall be struck from the List.
7) The Town Clerk shall continue the notification process until,
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a) no more taxicab owner's licences may be issued, or
b) all persons whose names and addresses are on the list have been
notified in accordance with subsection (5),
whichever occurs first.
49. When an application for a taxicab owner's licence has been approved for issuance,
the Town Clerk shall notify the applicant by registered mail addressed to his last
residence or business address and the applicant shall have thirty days from the
date of mailing to obtain the licence, failing which the approval shall be
rescinded.
50.
1)
Upon expiry or revocation of a licence the licensee shall return to the
Town the licence and, if the licence is a taxicab owner's licence, the
taxicab plate.
2) No person shall refuse to deliver an expired or revoked licence or a taxicab
plate to an Officer.
PART 7 -ADMINISTRATION
51. Every person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence
and liable upon conviction to a penalty provided for under the Provincial Offences
Act, as amended.
52. Schedules "A" and "B" attached hereto form part of this by-law.
53. By-laws 1064/79, 1169/80, 1432/82 and 2002/85 are hereby repealed.
54. This by-law shall come into force and take effect on May 6, 1986.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 5th day of May, 1986.
(signed) John E. Anderson, Mavor
(signed) Bruce Taylor, Clerk
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BY-LAW NUMBER 2206/86
SCHEDULE "A"
ORIGINAL LICENCE FEES
Licence Type Fee
1. Taxicab Driver's Licence $ 100.00
2. Taxicab Owner's Licence 1,000.00
3. Taxicab Broker's Licence 1,000.00
LICENCE RENEWAL FEES
Licence Type Fee
4. Taxicab Driver's Licence $ 100.00
5. Taxicab Owner's Licence 125.00
6. Taxicab Broker's Licence 125.00
REPLACEMENT FEES
Item Replaced Fee
7. Taxicab Driver's Licence $ 10.00
8. Taxicab Owner's Licence 10.00
9. Taxicab Plate 10.00
10. Taxicab Broker's Licence 50.00
11. Tariff Card 5.00
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BY-LAW NUMBER 2206/86
SCHEDULE "B"
TARIFF OF RATES AND FARES
A. FARES
1.
F or the first one-eighteenth kilometre or part thereof
$2.75 (incl. GST)
2. For each additional one-eighteenth kilometre or part thereof $0.10 (incl. GST)
3.
For waiting time while under engagement, per minute
$0.40 (incl. GST)
B. RATES
1. For each passenger in excess of four $0.25
2. For each trunk exceeding 0.1 cubic metres $0.60
3. For each piece of luggage not carried inside taxicab $0.15
C. NOTES
1. Maximum total charge under B.l, 2 and 3 shall
not exceed $0.60 for any trip.
2. No rate is chargeable for the carriage of a
wheelchair accompanying a handicapped person.