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File #: 050641    Version: 0
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/7/2005 In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 9/27/2005
Effective date: 10/14/2005    
Title: An ordinance relating to a daily public passenger vehicle safety checklist.
Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
Indexes: PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLES, SAFETY REGULATIONS, TAXICABS
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Note, 2. Notice Published on October 13, 2005.PDF
Number
050641
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
An ordinance relating to a daily public passenger vehicle safety checklist.
Sections
100-50-2-a am
100-50-7-a-2 am
100-59-14 rc
Analysis
This ordinance requires that every public passenger vehicle driver keep in the vehicle a daily safety checklist ensuring that certain specified items have been inspected and are in good working order and placed in or on the vehicle. The checklist shall be kept for at least 14 days by the public passenger vehicle permit holder and be readily available for inspection upon request by the police department. This ordinance also specifies that the police department may object to the renewal of a public passenger vehicle permit for failure of the permittee to comply with operating regulations of s. 100-59, which include the safety checklist. In addition, the ordinance removes certain obsolete code section references.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 100-50-2-a of the code is amended to read:
100-50. Public Passenger Vehicle Permits.
2. NEW PERMIT. a. Filing. Application for new luxury limousine, pedicab, shuttle, horse and surrey, motorcycle used for tours, motorcycle with a sidecar used for tours and handicapped-elderly vehicle permits shall be filed with the city clerk. The application shall be accompanied by the permit fee specified in ch. 81, the refundable portion of which shall be returned to the applicant if the application is not approved. The application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the kind of vehicles the applicant intends to employ, the current state registration for each motor vehicle, naming the applicant as sole title holder and not as lien holder, evidence of financial responsibility as required by s. 100-53, issued to and covering the applicants, the name of the partnership or corporation, whether the applicant has a dispatch service, whether t...

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