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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2206/86 (Consolidated) 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; 2 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, 3 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; 4 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. 5 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 6 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, 7 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; 8 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. 9 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. 10 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 11 (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, 12 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; 13 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, 14 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 15 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 16 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.