§ 82-28. Occupational license required.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on, engage in or conduct the business of operating a taxicab for the transportation of persons, without first having obtained an occupational license for such business from the building official, as provided in this section or section 66-104.

(b)

The annual license fee to be collected from and paid by every person carrying on, engaging in or conducting the business of operating a taxicab for the transportation of persons within the city shall be $30.00 per vehicle.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any nonresident owner, as defined in section 82-26, to engage in or conduct the business of operating a taxicab for the transportation of persons within the city limits without first having obtained an occupational license for such business from the building official. The annual license fee for each taxicab or car for hire is imposed upon and shall be collected from each and every nonresident owner carrying on, engaging in or conducting the business of operating a taxicab for the transportation of persons within the city limits.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for the nonresident owner of any taxicab or any agent or employee of such owner to solicit patronage over or upon the streets or to cruise upon such streets for the purpose of soliciting patronage. The extent of the occupational license granted upon the payment of the fee shall include merely the right to enter the city to deliver a passenger engaged outside of the city or to respond to a specific request for passage within the city to transport a passenger outside of the city limits. It shall be unlawful for any such nonresident taxicab owner or any agent or employee thereof to pick up a passenger within the city limits for delivery to another point within the city limits.

(e)

The operating of all taxicabs by nonresident owners, their agents or employees under this article shall be subject to and in accordance with all other applicable ordinances governing the operation of taxicabs within the city limits.

(Code 1988, § 23-31; Ord. No. 05-64, § 2, 12-22-05)

State law reference

Regulatory authority to require license, F.S. § 166.221; authority to levy occupational license tax, F.S. § 205.042.