§ 6-113. License; application procedure

(a) Required. Every person desiring to operate a taxicab business within the unincorporated area of Bibb County shall be required to have a license as defined in this article.

(b) Application information. Any person seeking a license hereunder, in addition to meeting the business license application requirements generally, shall also provide the tax commissioner with the make, model, year, motor number, length of time in use, total mileage, and passenger capacity of each vehicle to be used as a taxicab in the taxicab business for which the application is being made.

(c) [Rate schedule.] The tax commissioner shall maintain a rate schedule for the licenses to be issued under this article, such schedule to be based on the number of taxicabs to be operated in the taxicab business.

(d) Liability insurance. Every applicant for a taxicab business license shall, before the license is granted, deposit with the tax commissioner, for each taxicab for which the privilege to operate is sought, a policy or certificate of liability insurance policies on automobiles, presently contained in O.C.G.A. § 33-34-4, and as may be hereafter amended. The certificate or policy shall contain a provision obligating the insurance company issuing such policy to give at least ten days' written notice of cancellation or change in the policy to the tax commissioner. In lieu of such policy or certificate of insurance, an applicant may deposit a certificate of self-insurance required from the department of public safety of the state pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 40-9-101. The license for the operation of the taxicab business shall expire upon the lapse or cancellation or termination or revocation of any policy or certificate of contract of insurance or any certificate of self-insurance covering any taxicab operated by the taxicab business.

(e) Issuance. Upon compliance with the requirements of this section, the payment of all appropriate license fees and business taxes, and meeting the other requirements as may be prescribed in this article, the tax commissioner may issue the taxicab business license, numbered copies of which shall be provided for each vehicle.

(f) Penalty. No vehicle shall be operated as a taxicab upon the streets of the county unless such vehicle has been licensed under the provisions of this article for use as a taxicab. The operator of any vehicle operating as a taxicab without having a current valid license for that vehicle shall be subject to a fine of not less that $250.00. This paragraph shall not apply to a taxicab licensed in another jurisdiction which delivers a passenger to the unincorporated area of Bibb County from another city or county or picks up a passenger in the unincorporated area of Bibb County for transport to another city or county.

(Ord. No. SS-06-8, § 1, 9-5-06)