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~~6 ORDINANCE N0. 8906 An Ordinance making provisions for the operation of taxicabs in the City of Eugene, providing penalties and repealing Ordinance Ido. 8119. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. "PERSON", DEFINED: The term "person" wherever used in this; ordinance shall be held and construed to r,iean and include natural persons of either sex, firms, copartnerships, associations and corporations, whether acting by them selves, by servant, agent or employe. The singular number shall include the plural, and the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and the neuter. Section 2. "TAXICAB", DEFINED: The term "Taxicab" wherever used in this ordinance shall be held and construed to mean and include every motor vehicle having a seating oapacity of five passengers or less, as per manufacturer's rating, except oars for rent without drivers, used for the transportation of passengers for hire, and not operated exclusively over a fixed and defined route. Such taxicabs shall be equipped with a "taximeter", which shall be an instrument or device by which the charge for hire of a passenger-carrying vehicle is mechanically measured or calculated, either for the distance traveled by such a vehicle, or for waiting tim®, or for both, and upon which such charges shall be indicated by means of figures. Section 3. "MOTOR VEHICLE" DEFINED: The term "motorvehicle" wherever used in this ordinance shall be held and construed to mean and include every self-propelled vehicle by or upon which any person or persons may be transported or carried upon any public highway, street or alley, excepting vehicles used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Section 1~.. The Common Council hereby deems and declares that a maximum of thirty taxicabs may be operated in the City of Eugene, and that no greater number shall 'oe permitted -to operate under license at any one time in the city. Section 5. OPERATORS TO SECUkE LICENSE. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to en gage in the business of operating any of the vehicles defined in Section 2 of this ordinance vrithout first securing a license therefor, under the provisions of this ordinance. Section 6. APPI,3aATI8N F~?t AIv.D GRA1dTiN(3 OF LICENSE: Every person desiring to obtain a license for the operation of ~. taxioab under this ordinance shall file written application therefor with the City Recorder of the City of Eugene, setting forth t~ e name of the person to whom license is to be issued, the number of vehicles proposed to be operated, the name of the m~'~er ar~d the ...aker~s number of each, the seating capacity of each and the munber of the state license of such vehicle, and should the state license number of such vehicle be changed during the life of such license, such change and number shall be immediately reported to the Chies" of