Gilroy Municipal Code Art. IV Insurance Requirements

(a) The holder of a taxicab permit, at its sole cost and expense, shall obtain and maintain throughout the term of its taxicab permit, or any renewal thereof, all liability and other insurance requirements as may be presently or in the future required by any financial responsibility laws of the State of California.

(b) No taxicab permit shall be issued or continued in operation, and no person shall drive or cause or permit to be driven or operated, any taxicab regulated by this chapter unless and until there is in full force and effect motor vehicle liability insurance policies insuring such owner and covering each such taxicab and each driver thereof, and unless and until such owner shall file with the chief of police written certificates of insurance showing that such policies are in full force and effect and that an endorsement has been issued to each such policy therein citing that the same shall not be cancelled and no reduction in the amount of coverage shall be made except upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the city. Such policies shall insure the owner and any other person using or responsible for the use of any such taxicab, against loss from the liability imposed on any of them by law for injury to, or death of, any person or damage to property, arising from or growing out the maintenance, operation or ownership of any taxicab covered by the policy, with coverage limits in such amount as required by the city’s risk manager.

(c) Such policies are a continuing liability up to the full amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon.

(d) In addition to the insurance required under paragraph (a) of this section, the taxicab owner shall also furnish to the city, at its own cost and expense, a policy of liability and other insurance coverage as may be required under the applicable insurance standards of the city. Such policy or policies shall be maintained in full force and effect in accordance, with said insurance standards during the entire term of the taxicab permit.

(e) All such policies and certificates, and evidence of compliance with any other insurance or indemnity requirements of the city, shall be approved by the risk manager of the city.

(f) If at any time the insurance policies or any portion thereof expire during the term of the taxicab permit, said permit shall be immediately suspended. The chief of police is hereby authorized to enforce such suspension upon receiving written notice from the risk manager that no proof of renewal or reinstatement has been submitted by the holder of a taxicab permit.

(g) The taxicab permit shall be automatically revoked upon the cancellation of the insurance policies or coverages required under this section unless replacement policies approved by the risk manager are obtained and in force prior to said cancellation.

(Ord. No. 94-2, § II, 2-22-1994)

§ 23.31. through § 23.34. (Reserved)