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9.0500 TAXICABS
9.0501 REGULATION OF TAXICABS
A. License Required
No taxicab shall be operated upon the streets of this City until a license is
obtained from the City. All taxicab licenses shall be issued on an annual basis
and shall expire on the first day of March each year. A taxicab license may be
suspended, canceled, or revoked as provided in this Chapter.
B. Taxicab Defined
"Taxicab" shall include all vehicles carrying passengers for hire for which
public patronage is solicited excepting the municipal bus system.
C. Application Form
Applications for licenses for taxicabs shall be made by the owner to the City
Clerk. Any such application shall contain the full name and address of the
owner, the make, model and year, passenger capacity, engine number, and the
factory number of the motor vehicle.
D. Authority of License
The license shall entitle the licensee therein named to operate the number of
vehicles for conveying passengers for hire as are stated in the license.
State Law Reference: Section 349.24, Wis. Stats.
9.0502 INSURANCE REQUIRED
A. It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle for the conveyance of passengers for hire or
permit the same to be operated, nor shall any license be issued hereunder until and
unless the applicant for a license deposit with the City Clerk a certificate of liability
insurance for the vehicles for which licenses are sought, said certificate of liability
insurance to be acceptable and approved by the City Clerk and issued by a company
authorized to do business in the State of Wisconsin, indemnifying the applicant in
the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for damage to property, and
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for injury to one (1) person, and
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) Dollars for injury to more than one
(1) person caused by the operation of said vehicles in the City of Marinette.
B. Each taxicab insurance policy shall contain a provision that the same may not be
canceled before the expiration of its term except upon thirty (30) days written notice
to the City of Marinette. Every day upon which any vehicle is operated for the
conveyance of passengers for hire or when taxicab or cab or similar transportation
is offered to the public without an insurance policy as required herein being in
effect and on file with the City Clerk shall be deemed a separate violation. The
cancellation or other termination of any insurance policy issued in compliance with
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