Sanger Municipal Code § 86-66 Certificates

It shall be unlawful to drive or operate or cause or permit to be driven or operated any taxicab or rent car in the city unless the owner thereof shall have obtained a motor vehicle liability insurance policy from a responsible and solvent corporation, authorized to issue such policies under the laws of the state, insuring the owner and covering such taxicab or rent car, and also unless the owner shall file with the city clerk the written certificate or certificates of such corporation, all as provided in this article. The chief of police may at any time require an owner to replace any such policy with another policy and if such owner fails to so replace such policy, within ten days from the date of any such notice, with a policy and a certificate thereof, both in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, then, at the termination of the ten days, the owner's permit for the taxicab or rent car covered by such policy shall be, by such failure, automatically suspended until such time as the requirement is complied with, or the permit is revoked, whichever is sooner in event.

(Code 1960, § 21.8)

The council may, by resolution, and after five days' written notice to an owner, suspend or revoke an owner's permit for any of the grounds for which it may deny an application and, in addition thereto, it may suspend or revoke any owner's permit for a violation of any of the provisions of this article, or for a failure to pay any judgment for damages arising from the operation of the vehicles, or any of them, for which the permit was issued.

(Code 1960, § 21.5)

The council may at any time, and after a public hearing, by resolution, determine that the number of permits for taxicabs or rent cars, or either, should be reduced or increased and provide for such reduction or increase, respectively.

(Code 1960, § 21.6)

Any owner holding a permit to operate one or more taxicabs or rent cars as provided in this article who desires to add to the number of such vehicles shall do so only upon obtaining from the council permission therefor, which shall be granted only upon application made in the same manner and under the same proceedings as are required in this article in the instance of obtaining the original permit. Any owner holding a permit to operate one or more taxicabs or rent cars, as provided in this article, who desires to substitute a different vehicle for a vehicle operated under such permit, shall do so only upon obtaining from the council permission therefor, which shall be granted only upon written application setting forth the particulars of such proposed substitution, and upon otherwise complying with the requirements of this article; provided, that the chief of police may issue a temporary permit to make a substitution which shall be valid only until the first regular meeting of the council next following the date of its issuance. The council shall have the same authority in granting or denying such application for permission to add or substitute, as is vested in it by this article, in the matter of an original application.

(Code 1960, § 21.7)

(a) Each motor vehicle liability insurance policy required under the provisions of section 86-64 in addition to the provisions required to be therein, under the laws of the state, shall also provide that such policy covers any and all taxicabs or rent cars which may be driven or operated by or for the owner insured under the policy and regardless of whether or not any permit has been granted the insured under the provisions of this article, such policy insures the owner and any other person driving, using or responsible for the use of any taxicab or rent car covered by such policy, with the consent, express or implied, of the owner, and also the city 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 of the maintenance, operation or ownership of any taxicab or rent car covered by the policy to the amount or limit, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury in amounts required by state law.

(b) Should the taxicab permittee not be a named insured owner or should he use a vehicle for a taxicab which is not specifically insured for such use, he shall provide the insurance required above or like fleet or taxicab insurance covering the operation of such vehicle in his taxicab business to the same extent and terms as required in this division.

(Code 1960, § 21.9; Ord. No. 896, § 6(50), 10-7-93)

Each certificate required under the provisions of section 86-64 shall certify that the issuer thereof has issued a motor vehicle liability insurance policy insuring the owner named in the certificate, and that each of the policies contains each of the provisions required to be therein as provided by section 86-65 and that none of the policies can or will be cancelled except upon 30 days' prior written notice thereof to the chief of police and city clerk. Each of the certificates shall be conclusive evidence against the issuer thereof that its contents are true and correct. All such certificates shall be subject to the approval of the city attorney.

(Code 1960, § 21.10)