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AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE TAXICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE IN THE CITY OF FOLEY (NOT TO INCLUDE “TRANSPORATION NETWORK COMPANIES”) AND TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1018-07
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WHEREAS, the City of Foley sees the need to update its requirements for taxicabs and vehicles for hire.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: DEFINITIONS
Unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, the following words and phrases, wherever used in this article, shall have the meanings respectively described to them in this section:
Bus: Any vehicle designed, constructed or used for the transportation of 16 or more passengers, including the driver, or any vehicle required to obtain commercial licenses and permits pursuant to state and federal laws governing commercial vehicles.
Business License: The license required by Ordinance No. 1018-07 to operate a taxicab or limousine within the City.
City: The City of Foley and its police jurisdiction.
Driver/Operator: Any person engaged in the business of operating a taxicab or limousine within the City or its police jurisdiction.
Limousine: A motor vehicle used in the business of transporting passengers for hire in the city or its police jurisdiction, not operated on a fixed route. Limousines are unmetered, unmarked, ground transportation vehicles regularly engaged in the business of transporting passengers on a pre-reserved basis only. Provided, however, the classification “limousine” shall not apply to a motor vehicle which is:
1. Classified as a taxicab as herein defined.
2. Used exclusively by or under a written agreement with a hotel, motel, airport, hospital, club or other such entity for the transportation of its members, guests, patients or clients; provided, that each vehicle under such agreement will have the same distinctive visible outside painted appearance as each other vehicle under the agreement to any such hotel, motel, airport, hospital, club or other suc...
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