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

  § 407-3. License Fees for Public Vehicles.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vehicle as a public vehicle, or shall proffer the services of such vehicles as a public vehicle by solicitation by voice, sign, public advertisement, light, or otherwise unless the proper license has been issued for the vehicle to the owner thereof and is in force.

    (b)

    Every license shall expire on January 14 of the year following the date on which the license was issued. License fees for each public vehicle shall be payable to the city treasurer in the following amounts:

    (1)

    Taxicab: $200.00; after 6/30 of each year, the amount of the license fee shall be $100.00.

    (2)

    Limousine: $150.00; after 6/30 of each year, the amount of the license fee shall be $75.00.

    (3)

    Accessible Vehicle: $70.00; after 6/30 of each year the amount shall be $35.00.

    (4)

    Animal-Drawn Carriage: $150.00; after 6/30 of each year the amount shall be $75.00.

    (5)

    Pedicab: $80.00; after 6/30 of each year the amount shall be $40.00.

    (6)

    Tour Vehicle: $150.00; after 6/30 of each year, the amount of the license fee shall be $75.00.

    (7)

    Low Speed Vehicle: $150.00; after 6/30 of each year, the amount shall be $75.00.

    (c)

    These fees shall include all vehicle and taximeter inspections conducted by city personnel. The license fee required by this section shall be in addition to any fee required by the laws of the state of Ohio.

    (d)

    In addition as part of the requirements of this section, each application for a renewal of a taxicab and accessible vehicle shall be accompanied by a complete schedule of rates used by the applicant for trips to surrounding cities, villages, and communities. Any charge made that is not in accordance with this rate schedule shall be considered cause for revocation of the license of the driver, of the vehicle, or both. Taxicab trips shall be based upon the meter rate plus a surcharge and shall not exceed 25 cents per mile in excess of meter rate for mileage outside of the city of Cincinnati.

    (e)

    License requirements and fees for a person to become a licensed public vehicle driver in the City are contained within Chapter 408 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, "Driver's Licenses for Public Vehicles."

    (f)

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

(C.O. 407-3; a. Ord. No. 265-1962, eff. Aug. 4, 1962; a. Ord. No. 132-1968, eff. May 3, 1968; a. Ord. No. 90-1969, eff. Apr. 1, 1969; reordained as C.M.C. 407-3, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 489-1974, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; a. Ord. No. 327-1975, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; a. Ord. No. 282-1979, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; a. Ord. No. 264-1982, eff. July 23, 1982; a. Ord. No. 536-1987, eff. Dec. 16, 1987; a. Ord. No. 260-1995, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; a. Ord. No. 20-1997, eff. Feb. 28, 1997; a. Ord. No. 124-2000, eff. May 19, 2000; Emer. Ord. 463-2010, § 7, eff. Dec. 30, 2010; Emer. Ord. No. 253-2011, § 3, eff. Aug. 3, 2011; Emer. Ord. No. 060-2013, § 1, eff. March 6, 2013; a. Ord. No. 309-2014, § 12, eff. Nov. 29, 2014; a. Ord. No. 160-2018, § 2, eff. July 20, 2018; a. Ord. No. 0127-2019, §§ 2, 3, eff. May 24, 2019)

Cross reference

Penalty, § 407-999-A.