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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2387 11/08/1972 ORDINANCE NO. 2387 AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF TAXICAB LICENSES TO BE ISSUED BY THREE, AND AMENDING SECTION 11.1102 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the members of the Public Health and Safety Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect were present at the public hearing and did hear the request of Prospect Cab Company for three (3) additional taxicab licenses on September 19, 1972; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Pros- pect have ~etermined that the additional licenses are required to be issued in order to satisfy the public convenience and necessity there- for; and WHEREAS, all the licenses to be created will be issued to the only licensee presently holding all of the taxicab licenses authorized by the Village of Mount Prospect; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: Code of 1957, stituting the hereafter the That Sub-Section C of Section 11.1102 of the Municipal as amended, be and the same is further amended by sub- word "18H for the word "15" in the second line; so that said Sub-Section C shall be and read as follows: "C. The maximum number of taxicab licenses to be issued shall be eighteen (18), public convenience and necessity and the safety of existing vehicle and pedestrian traffic requiring such limitation. [The person who is, on the effective date of this ordinance, the owner of one (1) or more uncancelled, unsurrendered, and unrevoked licenses issued for the year 1970-71 under or pursuant to the ordinances in effect on the date of passage of this ordinance shall be entitled to one (1) license hereunder for e~ch such license now owned .by him. ] 1. On May 1, 1972, or as soon thereafter as may be con- venient and on each May 1 thereafter, the Village Clerk, upon application therefor, shall issue to each taxicab licensee hereunder, one (1) such license for each unre- voked, uncancelled, and unsurrendered taxicab license owned by such licensee on the April 30 next preceding. 2. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Hount Prospect through its Public Health and Safety Committee shall within sixty (60) days of the request of the holders'of a majority of the licenses at any time outstanding, hold hearings but not oftener than once in each tw~lve (12) consecutive months to determine whether public convenience and necessity requires additional taxicab service. " 3 . At such hearings the Commit tee shall consider: a. The effect of an lncrease in the number of such vehicles on the safety of existing vehicular and pedestrian traffic. b. The public demand for the service. c. The effect of additional taxicabls on the wages or other compensation, hours and conditions of service of licensed drivers of vehicles then operating and previously licensed. d. The effect of an ~ncrease of competition with existing service on the cost of rendering such service. e. Tho effect of additional iicenscs on the rates of fare which the Board of Trustees may be required to 'revise. 4. Notices of such public hearings containing the time and place thereof shall be published and a copy of such notices shall be mailed to every licensee. At such hearings each licensee shall submit a sworn statement of all gross fares collected and of all operating expenses exclusive of Federal income taxes incurred during the immediately preceding period of twelve (12) full calendar months. The Committee may continue any public hearing from time to time without further notice by publication. At such hearings, testimony shall be given under the oath or affirmation of each witness. At any such hearing) any licensee>> in person or by attorney, shall have the rigilt to examine or cross-examine any applicant or wit- ness and to introduce evidence. s. At the conclusion of such hearings) the Committee shall re- port to the Board of Trustees its findings and recommendations; if any. The Board of Trustees shall then determine whether any additional licenses are required to be issued in order to -sa tisfy the public convenience and necess i ty therefor. In no event shall the Board of Trustees authorize the issuance of any additional licenses unless during the twelve (12) months period considered by said Committee at said hearings the com- bined total operating expenses of all licensees, exclusive of Federal income taxes) submitting the aforesaid sworn state- ments (provided the~ constitute the holders of at least a majority of all outstanding licenses) have been not more t~an 84 1/2% of their combined gross fares for such period and the Board of Trustees shall have determined to allow the existing rates of fare to remain unchanged as permitted in this Article. The number of additional licenses} the issuance of which may - 2 - be authorized by the Board of Trustees at any time~ shall be limited to 1 1/2% of the total number of licenses then outstanding for each 1 1/2% by which the aforesaid combined total expenses is less than 86% of the aforesaid combined gross fares. 6. If the Board of Trustees shall authorize the issuance of additional licenses, they shall be issued on application: a. To licensees then holding more than one (1) license~ the same proportion of the number of licenses to be issued as the number of licenses then held by such licensee bears to the total number of liconses then outstanding, giving no effect to fractions of licenses, and b. The public demand for the service; each on the basis of whichever applicants are best qualified in the opinion of the President and Board of Trustees." SECTION TWO: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law. AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 PASSED and APPROVED this 8th day of November , 1972. ~~LL0 ,r~ ATTEST: If}~e' /1/ iL,--,~ / Village Clerk Village President - 3 -