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1 A legaslative ordinance to amend Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 376, Taxicabs, to facilitate
2 a ritle change.
5 THE COi3NCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
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Section 376, Taxicabs, of the Saint Paul Legislarive Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 376.16. Taxicab driver's license.
(a) License required. Effective Mazch 15, 1991, no person shall drive a taacicab, nor shall any
owner ar lessee of a taxicab ailow any other person to drive a tasicab, within the City of
Saint Paul unless that person has first obtained and displayed a tasicab driver's license
under the provisions of this Code.
(b) Drivers from other cities. Any driver licensed to operate a taxicab in another city may
carry passengers from that city to any place within the City of Saint Paul and may freely
enter and travel upon the streets for that purpose. In that case, it shall not be deemed
necessary for the taxicab driver to obtain a Saint Paul license, but the driver sha11 not be
permitted to accept or offer any passenger for hire in the City of Saint Paul, or otherwise
operate a taYicab within the city without first obtaining a license under the provisions of
this Code. While within the city, the taxicab driver shall be required to observe ail of the
applicable regulations and conditions of this section and shail have in possession and
display to any person upon demand the license certificate for the taxicab.
(c) License application. Every appiicant for a taacicab driver's license shall file an application
with the license division. The application shall be made on a form provided by said
division, containing such information as the license inspector may require, including, but
not limited to, a compiete employment history, to verify that the terms and conditions of
this chapter have been met. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.
Prior to the issuance of the license, every licensee shall be photographed. The chief of
police or his representative shall investigate each applicant and shall forward the results
of the application to the license inspector. Any false statement on the application shall be
grounds for denial, refusal to renew or revocation of a license.
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CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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a. No convactions in the last five (5) years far any of the following offenses
involving injury or death; no conviction in the last three (3) years for any
of the following offenses not involving injury or death:
1. Leaving the scene of an accident;
2. Driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, controlled
substance or hazardous substance that affects the nervous system,
brain, or muscles of the person so as to substantially impair the
person's ability to drive ar operate a motor vehicle, or any
combination thereof;
3. Driving with an alcohol concentration of .10 or more or driving
with an alcohol concentration of .10 or more as measured within
two hours of driving a motor vehicie;
4. Reckless driving;
License fee. The fee required for a license shall be established by ordinance as specified
in secrion 310.09(b) of the Legislative Code.
Prerequisites to license. Eligibility to be licensed to operate a taxicab shall be as follows:
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Possess a valid Mimiesota driver's license;
Be atleast eighteen (18) years old;
(3) Be a citizen of the United States, or an alien admitted far permanent residence, or
who has otherwise obtained work authorizarion from the U.S. Iminigration and
Naturalization Service;
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(4) Shall have no felony convicrions in the last five (5) years; shali have no nontraffic
gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor convictions in the last three (3) years
involving the use or threat of use of force, possession or sale of a controlled
substance, prostitution or indecent conduct. The license inspector may grant,
pursuant to state statute, an exception to the above provisions upon evidence that
the offense is not related to the occupation of taxicab driver;
(5) Shall have a driving record meeting the following standards:
5. Careless driving under carcumstances from which a reasonable
person could draw the inference that the driving behavior was
affected or influenced by the driver's use of alcohol, controlled
substances or hazardous substances affecting the driver's nervous
system, brain or muscies of the person so as to substantially impair
the person's ability to drive or operate the motor vehicle; or
6. Refusal to take a breathalyzer test.
b. No prior license revocation as defined in Minn. Stat., § lb9.121,
subdivision 3(a)(2).
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c. For original licensure: No more than four (4) moving violations within the
last three (3) years, and no mare than hvo (2) moving violations in the last
year. For renewal: No more than four (4) moving violations within the last
three (3) years and no more than three (3) moving violations in the last
yeaz. Moving violations shall mean for this subsection those violations
specified above in subsection (5)a., and any speeding violations.
d. Every new applicant shall have at least one (1) yeaz's driving experience as
a licensed driver. Such prior driving experience shall be verified by an
affidavit signed by a reputable person and submitted with the license
application.
e. Upon submission of proof of suitability and evidence of insurability, the
license inspector may waive one (1) or more of the requirements listed
above; provided, that any such waiver shall indicate the grounds for the
inspector's decision and shall be approved by the director of the
office of license
inspections and environmental protection.
Have a demonstrated knowledge of the provisions of the taacicab ordinance
relating to the conduct of t�icab drivers and the operation of a taxicab.
(7) Failure to apply for renewal of any taxicab operator's license within thiriy (30)
days after expiration shall be deemed an abandonment of the licensee's right to
such renewal.
(8) For any driver seeking original licensure, or any driver whose tasi license has
lapsed for more than one (1) year, or as deemed necessary by the license
inspector: shall have successfuliy completed the taxicab driver training course as
set forth in section 376.17.
(fl Dury to exhibit Zicense. Effective March 15, 1991, every tasicab driver while on duty
shail display the front of his or her taacicab driver's license on the dashboard of the vehicle
in a location readily visible to passengers, which license displays the driver's photograph
and license number on the front in a manner approved by the license inspector. In
addition to any other penalties, a deputy inspectar or police officer may order the licensee
to discontinue operations until such time as the licensee has a license in possession.
(g) Issuance of license. Each taacicab driver's license shall have upon it a number by which
the license shall be designated, a photograph of the licensee, and such other information
as the license inspector may require. The license inspector may issue licenses for a term
of less than one (1) year for a prorated initial fee in order to evenly distribute license
expiration dates throughout the year.
(h) Requirement of valid Minnesota driver's Zicense. Any time that a licensee's Minnesota
driver's license is suspended, revoked or canceled, his ar her ta�cicab driver's license sha11
likewise be immediately suspended, revoked ar canceled. No person shall operate a
taacicab without a valid Minnesota driver's license.
(i) Renewals. A taacicab driver's license shall be issued annually. The license inspector may
cause the renewal of a taxicab driver's license from yeaz to year by appropriate
endorsement upon the appiication for renewal and payxnent of an annual fee as set forth in
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1 Saint Paul Legislative Code section 310.18. The driver shall make such renewal ���� U�
2 application upon a form to be furnished by the license division. The renewal form shall be
3 fiiled out with the full name and address of the applicant, together with the date and
4 number of the original license. If a driver has not been licensed in the previous license
5 yeaz, he or she shall be considered a new applicant.
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7 (j) Suspension, revocation and nonrenewal. A tasicab driver s license may be revoked,
8 suspended or not renewed by the license inspector at any time for cause pursuant to the
9 provisions of this chapter and Chapter 310 of the Legislative Code. When a taxicab
10 driver's license has been revoked ar suspended, it shali immediately be returned to the
I 1 license division. If the city council stipulates that a licensee whose ta�cicab driver's license
12 has been revoked may reapply after a specific period of time has elapsed, that period of
13 time sha11 not commence untii the t�icab driver's license has been returned to the license
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division.
Revocation ofMinnesota driver's license; limited licenses; alcohot-related driving
conviction:
(1) Any person holding a taacicab driver's license whose Minnesota driver's license is
suspended, canceled or revoked for any reason shall immediately surrender his or
her taacicab driver's license to the license division. The taxicab driver's license
shall be retumed to the licensee upon reinstatement of the Minnesota driver's
license or issuance of a limited license authorizing operation of a taxicab;
provided, however, that suspension, cancellation or revocation of a Minnesota
driver's license due to refusal to submit to a legally required blood alcohol test
under the state implied consent statute shall be grounds for the revocation,
nonissuance or nonrenewal of the taxicab driver's license.
(2) Any licensed taacicab driver whose Minnesota driver's license has been revoked
and who has been issued a limited license authorizing the operation of a taxicab
sha11 immediately notify the license division of the same. At that time, the licensee
shail furnish to the license inspector a copy of the limited license and a written
statement containing a schedule of the days and hours of each day during which
he or she will be driving a tasicab during the term of the limited license. No
deviation from the schedule shall be permitted. In addition, the licensee shall
personally furnish to the license inspector copies of ali trip sheets for all shifts
worked during the term of the limited license.
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Any person holding a tazicab driver's license shall notify the Office of License,
Inspections and Envirorunental Protection (LIEP) immediately whenever he or she
is convicted of an alcohol-related driving offense, whether or not at involves the
operation of a tasicab.
Refusal to take and/or failure to pass a standard breathalyzer test administered
pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 169.123 while on duty shall be grounds for revocation of
a tasicab driver's license.
Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be grounds for
revocation of a tazicab driver's license.
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3 That this ordinance revision shall take affect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage,
4 approval and pubiication.
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Changes to I,egislative Ordinance, Chapter 376.
�tlations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1, Has this person/firm ever worked under a conVact for this departrnenY?
CIB Committee Yes No
Civil Service Commission 2 Has this persoM�irtn ever been a city employee?
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� 3. Does this personffirtn possess a skiti rrot normally possessed by any
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportuniry iNfho, Wha[, When, Where, Why):
Legislative Ordinance Code changesto Chapter376. See attached.
AdvantapeslfApproved:
See Above.
Disadvantapes If Approved:
None
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
Changes not made.
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