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 Cincinnati
 Code of Ordinances
 Title IV. PUBLIC UTILITIES
 Chapter 407. PUBLIC VEHICLES

  § 407-106. Inspection of Public Vehicles.  

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  • (a)

    The director shall authorize certain individuals, corporations, associations, businesses, firms, or partnerships who shall be authorized to inspect taxicabs, limousines, low speed vehicles, and accessible vehicles for safety, mechanical, and body condition purposes. The director shall provide certificate of inspection forms to these authorized inspection entities; said forms shall include provisions for safety, mechanical, and vehicle body condition.

    (b)

    Prior to being used as a licensed public vehicle, each taxicab must be inspected and approved by an individual authorized by the director to inspect public vehicles. The inspection shall concern itself with safety, mechanical, and body condition matters as determined by the director. The authorized individual inspecting the taxicab shall examine the vehicle to determine if the vehicle conforms to the standards set out by the director. If the vehicle conforms to the director's standards, the inspector shall sign a certificate so indicating. If the vehicle fails to conform to the director's standards the inspector shall sign a certificate so indicating.

    (c)

    Subsequent to the initial inspection, each taxicab, limousine, and accessible vehicle must be inspected and approved annually by an individual authorized by the director to make inspections, to ensure that the vehicle still conforms to the standards set out by the director. If a vehicle is out of service for more than 30 consecutive days as a result of a failure to conform to the director's criteria for safety, mechanical, or body conditions, the license for said vehicle shall be subject to the revocation.

    (d)

    Transportation Network Drivers and vehicles are exempt from this section and are alternatively regulated pursuant to the requirements outlined in the Ohio Revised Code.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 33-1995, eff. Jan. 25, 1995; Emer. Ord. No. 061-2013, § 6, eff. March 14, 2013; a. Ord. No. 309-2014, § 28, eff. Nov. 29, 2014; a. Ord. No. 160-2018, § 2, eff. July 20, 2018; a. Ord. No. 0127-2019, §§ 3, 4, eff. May 24, 2019)