§ 5.64.060. Spare taxicabs.

A.

Every taxicab fleet management permittee under this chapter shall be entitled to one spare taxicab permit for every five vehicle permits registered with the City Administrator as operated by or in association with such taxicab fleet management permittee as determined by the City Administrator annually commencing on January 1, 1988; provided, however, that every taxicab fleet management permittee shall be entitled to a minimum of one spare taxicab permit. In determining the number of space taxicab permits to which a fleet management permittee is entitled, such permittee shall receive one additional spare taxicab permit if the number of vehicle permits registered for such permittee is three or four permits greater than any number evenly divisible by the number five. Each such permit may be utilized only with a taxicab vehicle registered with the City Administrator and operated under the provisions of this chapter. Such permits shall not be transferable or assignable either expressly or by operation of law.

B.

Spare taxicab permits may be used only when:

1.

A spare taxicab authorization order has been issued by the City Administrator based on a temporary public transportation need which justification shall be set forth specifically in the order, or

2.

A fleet manager notifies the City Administrator in such form as the City Administrator may require that a specifically identified regularly permitted taxicab is out of service and that a specifically identified designated spare taxicab vehicle shall replace it.

C.

Spare taxicab authorization orders issued by the City Administrator shall activate all spare taxicab permits and shall be given in writing and filed with the City Administrator. Holders of spare taxicab permits may be notified orally, by telephone, telegram, facsimile, or by any other convenient means of communication that such an order has been issued and filed. Such orders shall specify an effective time and date and a termination time and date, but shall remain in effect in no case for duration greater than ten consecutive days. Spare taxicab authorization orders may be extended beyond a ten consecutive day duration only with the written concurrence of the City Administrator.

D.

Every spare taxicab vehicle for which a permit is issued shall be inspected at least once each year on a schedule determined by the City Administrator under the standards set forth in Section 5.64.055 and also shall be subject to spot inspections under the provisions of Subsection 5.64.055 E.

E.

No spare taxicab shall be operated unless at the time such vehicle is placed in service, and at all times while such vehicle remains in service, it is covered by a policy of insurance in such amount(s) as shall satisfy the requirements of Section 5.64.090.

F.

The medallion as described in Section 5.64.050 shall be placed in the spare taxicab when that spare taxicab is in operation as authorized by the City Administrator.

(Ord. No. 13161, § 4, 5-21-2013)