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Amending Chapter 376 of the Legislative Code pertaining to taxicab service company license applicant qualifications.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Section 376.16 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 376.17. - Taxicab service company licenses.
(a) Any applicant for a taxicab service company license must demonstrate financial ability to operate taxicab services, be affiliated with no less than five (5) taxicabs actively licensed within the City of Saint Paul, and provide 24-hour dispatching, advertising, record keeping and other common services to a group of taxicab owners and operators and an adequate level of past service, if any. All taxicabs affiliated with a taxicab service company must share the same distinctive color scheme and company name. In addition to any other applicable grounds set forth in this chapter, or other chapters of this code, taxicab service company licenses are subject to adverse action for the following violations:
(1) Failure to maintain no less than five (5) licensed, affiliated taxicabs within the City of Saint Paul at all times.
(2) The operation of unlicensed affiliated taxicabs within the City of Saint Paul.
(b) The above requirements notwithstanding, taxicab service companies that were legally in operation within Saint Paul prior to 1995, and have remained in uninterrupted operation since that time, may continue to operate with their current number of actively licensed taxicabs, provided that such taxicab service companies may not reduce the number of affiliated taxicabs. Should the number of taxicabs affiliated with such a taxicab service company reach five (5) or more, this provision shall cease ...
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