Ordinance 2011-44 Ordinance No.2011-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTABLISHING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR
TAXICAB COMPANIES, TAXICABS AND TAXICAB DRIVERS
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville (the "City") is a duly organized and
validly existing non home-rule municipality created in accordance with the Constitution
of the State of Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and,
WHEREAS, the City pursuant to Section 11-42-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code
(65 ILCS 5/11-42-6) may license, and regulate taxicabs and drivers; and
WHEREAS, the City pursuant to that authority hereby adopts this ordinance to
license and regulate the business of operating a taxicab business, license taxicab vehicles
and issue cab driver permits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the United
City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section I. That Chapter 12 in Title 3 be and is hereby added to Yorkville City
Code to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 12
TAXICABS
3-12-1: DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
Drive means to move or be in physical control of a taxicab.
Livery vehicle means any public passenger vehicle transporting passengers for hire, as a
result of individual contract, on a trip or hourly basis fixed in advance, exclusive of such
a vehicle providing public transportation service funded in whole or in part by another
local governmental unit.
Operate (unless a contrary meaning clearly appears from the context in which it is used)
means any activity in the conduct of business of rendering service under the authority of
this Chapter, including the ownership of the operating taxicab business license, but does
not mean the driving or moving of the taxicab.
Person means a natural person, a partnership, a corporation, an association or other group
of individuals acting together for a common purpose, and, together with associated
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pronouns, shall include the male or female gender, the singular or the plural, all as the
context in which they are used requires.
Public passenger vehicle means a taxicab or livery vehicle used for transportation of
passengers for hire.
Rule means a rule promulgated by the chief of police or his designee appointed to carry
out the duties assigned by this Chapter, and, from time to time, those duties which may
be assigned by the City Administrator.
Taxicab means any motor-propelled vehicle equipped with a taximeter and operated for
transportation of passengers for hire, available indiscriminately to all persons as may
offer themselves for transportation.
Taxicab zone means any place on City property where taxicabs are placed on display and
presented for hire to prospective customers, accepting such persons as may offer
themselves for transportation.
Taximeter means any mechanical, electric or electronic device installed in a taxicab,
which calculates and indicates the fares, measures and distance traveled and time elapsed,
and indicates other charges which may be due.
3-12-2: INTENT AND PURPOSE
(a) This Chapter is adopted for the following purposes:
(1) To encourage the best possible taxicab service under a competitive system with
regulation only to the extent necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the
citizens.
(2) To assure that any and all legitimate, locally based taxicab businesses are
allowed to operate as many vehicles as are economically feasible by placing no limit
on the number of vehicles operated by each business.
(3) To assure that taxicabs licensed by the City are clean, comfortable and safe.
(4) To assure that taxicab operations are reputable, capable and safe.
(5) To assure that only bona fide taxicabs licensed by the City are permitted to
offer their services on the streets, at taxicab zones, at residences, and at places of
business in the City.
(b) In order to accomplish the purposes listed above, this Chapter prescribes licensing
procedures for the operation of taxicabs in the City. This includes a business license, a
local City license for each taxicab, and a local City operator's license for each driver. The
intent of these regulations is to protect consumer interests by periodically inspecting
vehicles to maintain mechanical dependability and setting minimum requirements for
competent operators.
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3-12-3: BUSINESS LICENSE FOR OPERATION TAXICAB COMPANY
Exclusive permission and authority to provide taxicab service in the City is granted to
operating taxicab business licensees authorized under the authority granted by this
chapter.
(a) Term and Fee. Each operating taxicab business license shall be issued as of
January 1 and shall expire on December 31 of the next year, unless sooner
suspended or revoked in accordance with this chapter. The fee shall be $50.00.
(b) Application. Application for an operating taxicab business license may be filed
by any qualified applicant at any time in compliance with this Chapter and Chapter
1 of this Title. The application for each operating taxicab license shall be in writing,
signed by the applicant if a natural person, signed by the president or vice-president
if the applicant is a corporation, and signed by the partner if the applicant is a
partnership; and the information in the application shall be verified on the oath of
the person signing. A valid application shall contain all of the following
information:
(1) The name, business address, and business telephone number of the
applicant;
(2) The number and types of vehicles to be used to provide taxicab service
under the auspices of the operating taxicab business license;
(3) The trade name and trademark under which the applicant will provide
service and the color scheme to be used on the vehicles;
(4) The hours of operation, and rates for service;
(5) Certification of public liability coverage insurance in accordance with this
Chapter;
(6) Certification of an ability to meet service standards required by this
Chapter or by rule; and
(7) Other information as may be required by rule.
(c) Qualifications.
(1) If an applicant for an operating taxicab business license is a natural
person, he shall be a resident of the state, and be not less than 18 years of age;
(2) If an applicant for an operating taxicab business license is a corporation, it
shall be a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation qualified and licensed
to transact business in the state;
(3) If an applicant for an operating taxicab business license is a partnership or
other voluntary or nonprofit organization, it shall be registered as such under
applicable statutes, and have principals or partners, each of whom shall possess
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the same qualifications as are required of applicants who are natural persons;
(4) An applicant must show an ability to provide the level of service required
in this Chapter and rules promulgated under this Chapter; and
(5) An applicant must show a certificate from the secretary of state showing
compliance by the applicant for each taxicab with the provisions of the statutes
of the state relating to the bonding or insurance of motor vehicles used for
carriage of passengers for hire.
(d) Unlawful to operate without license. It shall be unlawful for any person to
operate any taxicab for hire within the City, including as a home occupation, unless
the operator thereof is the holder of an operating taxicab business license under this
Chapter. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, or to solicit passengers for hire
in, or to transport any passenger in any taxicab for hire, unless the driver thereof has
a cab driver's permit and such vehicle is licensed as a taxicab.
(e) Exceptions. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit any vehicle
licensed to render any form of public passenger service by any governmental body
outside the City coming into the City in order to discharge passengers accepted for
transportation from a location outside the City.
(f) Solicitations by operator of exempted vehicle. While any public passenger
vehicle exempted from licensing by the provisions of paragraph (e) of this section,
or by the provisions of any statute of the state, is in the City, it shall not display any
sign, light or signal which indicates that the vehicle is for hire, or it shall clearly
display a "not for hire" sign. Any person driving such an exempted vehicle shall not
solicit any person for transportation.
(g) Assignment of licenses prohibited. Operating taxicab business licenses shall not
be assignable.
(h) Requirements for business operation.
(1) Regular telephone service required. Every operating taxicab business
licensee shall keep in service at all times while his license is in effect regular
telephone service within the City by means of which a person desiring to hire a
taxicab vehicle may call the licensee. The licensee shall cause the telephone
number to be listed in the local and regional telephone directories which are
published for the City by the telephone companies which furnish local
telephone service in the City.
They shall answer all calls received by them for service inside the
corporate limits of the City as soon as they can do so and if said service
cannot be rendered within a reasonable time they shall notify the
prospective passengers how long it will be before the said call can be
answered. Any licensee who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere within
the corporate limits of the City at any time when such license has
available vehicles, or who shall fail to provide service as required by this
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Chapter, shall be deemed in violation of this Chapter.
(2) Service refusal. Every operating licensee who has filed with the City
Clerk to render taxicab service shall accept for transportation any orderly
person requesting service anywhere in the City. The operator or his agent has
the right to request a passenger to pay an estimated fare prior to transporting
the passenger. If prepayment is refused the operator or his agent may refuse
service.
(3) Display of operating colors and trade name. Every taxicab operated
under the auspices of an operating taxicab business license shall carry the color
scheme, trade name and trademark listed in the operator's license application
on the outside of the vehicle in a legible manner.
(i) Abandonment of licenses. An operating taxicab business licensee shall be
deemed to have abandoned his operating taxicab business license:
(1) If he shall file a petition for relief under any chapter of the Bankruptcy
Act, or if such a petition shall have been filed by another and the operating
taxicab business licensee shall have been adjudicated a bankrupt and such
adjudication shall not have been vacated within 30 days.
(2) If he shall discontinue providing taxicab service for a period in excess of
ten days for reasons other than a labor dispute, a temporary shortage of
equipment, parts, or fuel, or an act of God.
(3) If he shall fail to apply for the renewal of his operating taxicab business
license.
0) Suspension of license. The operating taxicab business license of an operating
licensee shall be immediately suspended:
(1) Who has abandoned his registered office without notice of a new
registered office.
(2) Upon whom the service of official notices or legal process has become
impossible.
(3) Whose public liability insurance has lapsed or been canceled and not
replaced by other insurance.
(4) Who fails to file required documents or reports.
(5) Who fails to provide service required in subsection (h) or in accordance
with operating rules and fares on file with the City.
(k) Revocation of licenses. The operating taxicab business licenses of an operating
taxicab business licensee shall be revoked:
(1) If the operating taxicab business licensee has abandoned his operating
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taxicab business licenses.
(2) If the operating taxicab business licenses were obtained by fraud or the
willful omission to disclose any material fact in the application for such
operating taxicab business licenses.
(3) If the operating taxicab business license of such operating taxicab
business licensee has been suspended more than two times during the
preceding 12 months; or if the operating taxicab business licensee shall have
been finally discharged in bankruptcy.
3-12-4: TAXICAB VEHICLE LICENSE
(a) License required. Every vehicle used to provide taxicab service under the authority
of this Chapter shall have affixed thereto, in such manner and in such place as shall be
required by rule, a vehicle license issued hereunder.
(b) Term and Fee. Each vehicle license shall be issued as of January 1 and shall expire
on December 31 of the next year unless sooner suspended or revoked in accordance with
this chapter. Licenses for new vehicles may be applied for at any time during the license
year and prorated as provided in this Title. The fee for each taxicab vehicle lienese shall
be $30.00.
(c) Application.
(1) Application for a taxicab vehicle license may be made pursuant to this Chapter
at any time by the owner of the vehicle.
(2) The application for each taxicab vehicle license shall be in writing, and signed
by the applicant. The application shall contain:
a. The name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
b. The operating taxicab license under which the vehicle will be operated.
C. The state license number and class of license.
d. The vehicle make, model, serial number, the year that it was
manufactured and the vehicle seating capacity.
e. Certification of public liability insurance which is in compliance with this
Chapter, and such other information as may be required by rule.
f. The name and location of the repair facility that perforins the mechanical
and body repairs on that vehicle.
g. Vehicle inspection report.
(d) Issuance. Prior to the issuance of a vehicle license, a police officer shall inspect the
vehicle to determine whether it is in safe and habitable condition, in conformity with this
Chapter and in conformity with the applicable rules of subsection (e) below. The police
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officer shall also inspect the taximeter to determine that the taximeter accurately
measures time and distance and is correctly calibrated for the rate structure for which the
operator has filed.
(e) Vehicle safety standards. The chief of police or designee may promulgate rules
which set minimum safety and comfort standards which must be maintained on all
taxicabs; and require special equipment deemed necessary or desirable for passenger,
driver or public safety.
(f) Renewal. Each taxicab vehicle license shall be renewable from year to year, upon
the filing of an application therefor accompanied by the required fee, prior to December
1; provided that the vehicle and equipment pass the inspections required by this Chapter.
(g) Display. Every taxicab licensed under this Chapter must have fixed, upon some
conspicuous part of the outside, the taxicab vehicle license.
(h) Suspension of licenses. The taxicab vehicle license shall be suspended by taking
possession of the same, whenever:
(1) The operating taxicab business license authorizing the operation of the taxicab
shall have been suspended or revoked.
(2) It shall appear that, by reason of age, wear and tear, accident or otherwise, the
condition of the taxicab is no longer in compliance with this Chapter or rule.
(3) The vehicle shall have been taken from the control of the taxicab licensee.
(4) The taxicab is being operated in violation of this Chapter or a rule promulgated
under this Chapter.
(i) Revocation of licenses. The taxicab vehicle license shall be revoked if not
transferred by taking possession of the same, whenever the taxicab has been destroyed or
permanently removed from the possession of the taxicab licensee.
0) Duplicate and transfer vehicle licenses. A vehicle license, upon application therefor
accompanied by the required fee of$20.00, shall be issued whenever the original taxicab
license shall have been mutilated or destroyed or when transferred to a different vehicle;
provided that, at the time of application for the license, the taxicab license was not
suspended or revoked or that the transferred vehicle complies with this Chapter and the
prior sticker is returned to the City Clerk.
3-12-5: INSPECTION AND CONDITION OF TAXICABS
(a) Design of vehicles. In addition to all requirements of the laws of the State and of the
United States, every taxicab shall be so designed and manufactured so as to have
sufficient doors that every passenger may enter and exit without crossing any interior
barriers, and have a sufficient number of exits of such size as will pen-nit every passenger
and the driver to exit from the vehicle in the event that one side shall have been rendered
impassable as the result of an accident.
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(b) Inspection requirements. Prior to the issuance of a taxicab license or the renewal
thereof, at the direction of the chief of police, or upon receipt of complaints that the
vehicle or its equipment is not safe or habitable, each taxicab will be inspected to ensure
that it is in safe operating condition and meets the specific standards which must be
promulgated by rule under this Chapter. Any taxicab that was involved in a serious
accident shall be inspected prior to the vehicle being returned to service. Inspections shall
be conducted at a testing facility designated by the chief of police.
After receiving notification for an inspection, a taxicab company will be allowed seven
days to take the licensed taxicab to an inspection station for inspection. The license of all
taxicabs not inspected within that period will be suspended.
(c) Items to be inspected. The inspection will include but not be limited to the
following:
(1) Vehicle, make, year, and vehicle identification number.
(2) State license number and year.
(3) Vehicle color.
(4) Vehicle number, company name, service brakes, emergency brakes, horn, rear
view mirror, windshield wipers and washers, headlights, taillights, stop lights, turn
signals, speedometer, taximeter (rates displayed), steering, interior condition
(including driver and passenger seat belts), exterior condition, windows, tires,
current bond sticker, frame and exhaust system.
(5) Compliance with the Taxi Safety Act of 2007 (625 ILCS 55/1 et seq.)
(d) Failure to pass inspection. Any taxicab failing to pass inspection cannot be used as
a taxicab for hire until repairs have been completed and it passes reinspection within five
working days or its vehicle license will be suspended.
(e) Inspection standards. Reasonable standards by rule which taxicabs must satisfy to
pass the inspections required prior to licensing shall be designed to assure that taxicabs
licensed by the City are mechanically dependable, safe, clean and satisfy the
requirements of this section. Inspection reports used for obtaining licenses in other
communities shall be accepted for City-required inspections if they include the same
vehicle requirements.
(f) Inspection stations.
(1) A list of authorized inspection stations shall be kept by the chief of police and
shall be given to each taxicab owner together with the notice that vehicles must be
inspected. An owner may use the authorized inspection station of his choice or other
inspection station if acceptable to the Chief of Police.
(2) Inspection stations shall charge the standard inspection fee authorized by the
City for all taxicab inspections. There shall be no charge for a reinspection within
ten working days for repairs to a vehicle that fails an inspection. The authorized
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inspection fee shall be charged for reinspection made after the ten-working-day
grace period.
(3) Spot checks will be made by the police department to authorized inspection
stations to assure compliance with the inspection procedures, standards, and fees,
and the police department shall investigate all complaints of misconduct by
inspection stations or their employees.
(g) Inspection of taximeters. Within two weeks following a change in rates which are
registered by a taximeter and which have been filed by an operating taxicab licensee in
accordance with this Chapter, and not more than three times a year, the Chief of Police or
designee may inspect, or cause to be inspected, each taximeter operated by the operating
taxicab business licensee and certify that the taximeters accurately measure the rates for
which the operator has filed.
(1) The Chief of Police or designee may promulgate rules which set forth a
consistent method for testing the accuracy of the taximeters.
(2) It shall be unlawful for an operating taxicab business licensee to operate a
taximeter which has not been certified to accurately measure the rates for which he
has filed, or for any person to detach any inspected taximeter from any vehicle and
attach the same to any other vehicle unless a new inspection or certification is made
on such taximeter.
3-12-6: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
(a) Insurance required. Every operating taxicab business licensee and every taxicab
licensee shall obtain, and keep in force, public liability and property damage insurance
with solvent and responsible insurers, to secure the payment of any loss or damage which
may result from any occurrence arising out of the operation, use or possession of any of
the licensee's taxicabs licensed under this Chapter.
(b) Surety bonds. In lieu of an insurance policy or policies, the personal undertaking of
the operating taxicab licensee or vehicle licensee secured by a surety bond or bonds of a
corporate, solvent and responsible surety or sureties may be accepted by the City clerk in
lieu of all or part of such insurance.
(c) Insurance policies. Every insurance policy or bond shall:
(1) Insure the operating taxicab business licensee, the taxicab vehicle licensee and
any driver of the covered taxicab.
(2) Provide for the payment and satisfaction of any final judgment or award, up to
the prescribed limits of insurance, rendered against the insured for damages arising
out of ownership or operation of the insured vehicles.
(3) Be unconditional.
(4) Require 30 days' notice to the City Clerk of any proposed cancellation.
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(5) Be valid throughout the license year.
(6) Provide such insurance as may be required by "uninsured motorist" laws of the
State of Illinois; provide insurance for the sums of not less than:
a. Two hundred fifty thousand dollars for injury to or death of any person.
b. Fifty thousand dollars for damage to property.
Certified copies of all insurance policies and surety bonds shall be kept on file
with the City Clerk.
(d) Insurers and sureties. Every insurer and surety must be an Illinois corporation or a
foreign corporation qualified to transact business in the State of Illinois, and approved to
underwrite the required risks by the Department of Insurance of Illinois.
3-12-7: CAB DRIVER'S PERMIT
(a) Required. Every person who shall drive a taxicab while it is being used to provide
public passenger service shall be the holder of a valid cab driver's permit issued under the
provisions of this Chapter; and, while so driving, shall have such cab driver's permit
displayed in the vehicle so that it is easily visible to the passenger and in a manner
provided by rule. The fee for each cab driver's permit shall be $20.00.
(b) Qualifications. Every applicant for a cab driver's permit shall:
(1) Be the holder of a valid State of Illinois driver's license, which is appropriate to
the class and weight of vehicle the applicant intends to drive.
(2) Be at least 18 years of age.
(3) Be in good physical condition; shall not have any nervous, organic or
functional condition or disease which is likely to interfere with the safe performance
of his duties as a cab driver.
(4) Have not been convicted of:
a. Any felony conviction, including a forcible felony listed below, that has
occurred within the last five years. "Conviction" means a judgment of
conviction or sentence entered upon a plea of guilty or upon a verdict or
finding of guilty of an offense, rendered by a legally constituted jury or by a
court of competent jurisdiction authorized to try the case without a jury. A
forcible felony includes but is not limited to murder, voluntary manslaughter,
rape and sex-related offenses, robbery, burglary, arson, kidnapping, aggravated
battery and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force
or violence against any individual.
If a felony charge is pending no permit will be issued until such time as
the final disposition of the case is known.
b. Drug-related convictions within the last five years which are classified as
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a felony under the state statutes.
C. Two or more misdemeanor convictions within a year prior to application.
If any misdemeanor case is pending, and if convicted would total two in the
prior year, this will be cause for deferring the permit until disposition of the
case is known.
d. Two or more convictions for moving traffic violations in the year prior to
the application date. If driving on a ticket, the permit will not be issued until
the disposition of the ticket is known and the individual has a valid Illinois
operator's license on his/her person.
e. Except the chief of police, upon consideration of his investigation of
matters set forth in the application showing that the applicant has been
sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust, may waive the prohibitions
of this subsection (4).
(c) Application. Application for a cab driver's permit shall be on forms provided by the
City Clerk, and it shall be signed on oath of the applicant and in compliance with Chapter
1 of this Title. The application shall contain:
(1) The applicant's name, address and telephone number.
(2) The applicant's social security number.
(3) The applicant's Illinois driver's license number.
(4) A warranty that he has not been convicted within the preceding five years of an
offense as described in subsection (b)(4) above.
(5) Certification by the applicant that the applicant is physically able to engage in
the driving of taxicabs without risk to the public.
(6) Any history of minor traffic violations over the preceding two years.
(d) Applications shall be accompanied by:
(1) Two passport-size photos of the applicant, one of which shall be attached to the
license, which is to be displayed in the vehicle when issued in such a way that it
cannot be removed or substituted without detection.
(2) The fingerprints of the applicant to be taken by or under the direction of the
police department, to be used for criminal inquiry through local law enforcement
agency, Illinois state police, and FBI.
(e) Issuance. Within ten business days after the filing of the application for a cab
driver's permit, the City clerk shall, if he finds the applicant qualified therefor, issue the
permit to him. There shall be a$10.00 fee for issuance of a duplicate permit.
(0 Suspension. A cab driver's permit may be suspended for a period not to exceed 30
days:
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(1) Pending an investigation into his involvement in an accident resulting in
serious personal injury, which occurred while driving a taxicab.
(2) Pending an investigation into his involvement in a crime or repeated
misdemeanors resulting from his operation of a taxicab.
(3) As a penalty for repeated violations of this Chapter and rules promulgated
under it.
(g) Revocation. The cab driver's permit may be revoked if it was obtained by fraud,
including but not limited to the statements concerning his physical condition or criminal
record required by paragraph (c) of this section.
A cab driver's permit shall be revoked if:
(1) Such cab driver, on account of infirmity of body or mind, or addiction to
narcotics, amphetamines or alcohol, has become physically, mentally or emotionally
unfit or unable to discharge his duties as a cab driver in a safe and proper manner.
(2) Such cab driver has, while on duty as a cab driver of a taxicab, used or
possessed any narcotic drug or amphetamine, or consumed or possessed or been
under the influence of any alcoholic beverage regardless of its alcoholic content.
(3) Such cab driver has been convicted of the offense of operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of alcohol, an amphetamine, a narcotic drug, a
formulation of an amphetamine, or a derivative of a narcotic drug.
(4) Such cab driver has been convicted of the crime of leaving the scene of an
accident resulting in serious injury or death, or any felony involving the use of a
motor vehicle.
(5) Such cab driver has been guilty of repeated violations of this chapter or rules.
(h) Drivers to give notice of address change. It shall be the duty of every driver of a
taxicab to notify the City clerk in writing of any change of address within 30 days, giving
his new address in full.
3-12-8: RATE OF FARE AND CHARGES
(a) Publication of schedules of rates and charges.
(1) On or after the effective date of this Chapter, and prior to the issuance of a
operating taxicab business license, each operating taxicab business licensee shall
publish a schedule of the rates and charges which he will make for each type of
public passenger service to be offered by him and a list of operating rules and
policies under which such services may be offered. Publication shall be
accomplished by delivery of such schedule to the City Clerk and in any other
manner that the operating taxicab business licensee shall desire.
(2) Thereafter, any operating taxicab business licensee may amend such schedules
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and operating rules by publishing an amended schedule by delivery to the City Clerk
and in any other manner that the operating taxicab business licensee shall desire.
(3) If an operator does not amend his rates or rules it shall be assumed that rates,
rules and services on file shall remain in force.
(b) Calculation of charges.
(1) Meter rates. If any proposed rate of fare is to be calculated by a taximeter, the
rate of fare shall be expressed and calculated in terms of-
a. An initial charge, expressed in multiples of$0.10, for a fixed distance (or
no distance) measured and expressed in increments of tenths of a mile.
b. A charge for the remainder of the distance traveled, for increments of
distance measured in tenths of a mile, but expressed to the passenger in verbal
and written communication as a rate per mile expressed in multiples of$0.10.
C. A charge for waiting time resulting from standing at the direction of the
passenger for periods of time measured in six seconds each (0.1 minute), but
expressed to the passenger in verbal and written communication as a rate per
hour measured in multiples of$0.10.
(2) Flat rate.
a. A fixed charge, per person or per trip, may be filed for trips between any
two fixed points.
b. All surcharges shall be clearly stated in the publication of rates of fare and
in any advertising of the operating taxicab business licensee's service. The City
clerk may promulgate a rule which defines those services for which a
surcharge may be charged.
(c) Dissemination of rate information. It shall be the responsibility of each operating
taxicab business licensee to post in the passenger area of the taxicab, in a manner set
forth by rule, a detailed list of all rates, an estimated cost of a three-mile trip under each
rate and the telephone number of the City Clerk, to inform a person requesting taxicab
service of the various rates and services available.
3-12-9: TAXI ZONES
(a) The Chief of Police is authorized to designate and properly sign 15-minute taxi
zones on public property.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the driver of a taxicab to leave a taxicab within a taxi zone
for more than 15 minutes.
(c) It shall be unlawful for the driver or licensee of a taxicab to stand or park such
vehicle upon any place, except within a building, other than in a taxicab stand so
designated as provided herein. This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab
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from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking regulations at
any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or
unloading of passengers. This provision shall also not prevent the resident of residential
property from parking outside on the off-street parking area of that property one taxicab
driven or licensed by the resident or upon commercially zoned property licensed for that
use."
3-12-10: STATE REGULATIONS
If there is a conflict between the regulations in this Chapter and any regulations of the
State of Illinois, the regulations of the State shall control over the regulations in this
chapter."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this j day of �f G �� , A.D. 2011.
CITY CLERK
ROSE ANN SPEARS DIANE TEELING
GEORGE GILSON JR. JACKIE MILSCHEWSKI
CARLO COLOSIMO MARTY MUNNS
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER LARRY KOT
Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County,
Illinois, this day of AMcA5 J 2011.
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