§ 37-69. Taxicab age limit.

(a)

A taxicab that was in taxicab service and approved by the city for service prior to the date of the passage of this chapter shall be exempt from the age limit criteria, provided that taxicab vehicle passes the inspection required by section 37-60 of this chapter and may continue in service so long as it passes said inspection.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person or any city franchised taxicab company to operate in the city an approved taxicab vehicle after said taxicab reaches sixty (60) months in age or for any city franchisee to dispatch a taxicab vehicle after said taxicab reaches sixty (60) months in age. Age shall be calculated from the first day of January of the model year of the taxicab vehicle.

(c)

To qualify for the exemption provided in subsection (a) above, a taxicab vehicle that was in service on the date of the passage of this ordinance but failed the first monthly inspection thereafter shall be inspected at a time and place designated by the director. Any taxicab vehicle afforded this inspection/reinspection shall have only two (2) opportunities to pass inspection.

(d)

If a taxicab vehicle approved by the city has qualified as an exception under (c) is not out of taxicab vehicle service for more than sixty (60) consecutive days, its status shall not change as a result of being out of service.

(Ord. No. 6238, § 1, 3-25-93)