ORD20101322-Taxicab Ordinance
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1322
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 12,
SECTION 12.06 (3),
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
(Taxicabs - Required Inspection)
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 12, Section 12.06 (3), of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego is hereby amended to read as follows:
3. INSPECTION REQUIRED
a. No vehicle shall be licensed until it has been annually examined by an
automobile repair facility that has been approved by the police
department. Refusal to permit inspection of a vehicle shall be cause for
suspension of the taxicab’s or taxicab driver’s license. Each vehicle shall
be inspected to ensure that it is safe for the transportation of passengers,
clean, of good appearance and well painted. If such examination and
inspection reveals that the vehicle does not comply with any of the
provisions of this section, no license shall be issued.
No taxicab shall be licensed until the taxicab owner has provided the City
of Muskego with documentation from an automobile repair facility showing
that:
1. The horn, footbrake, windshield, rear vision mirror, fenders, exhaust
system, windshield wipers, emergency brake, directional signals,
speedometer, license lamps, tires, headlamps, stop lamps and tail
lamps are in legal working order, as required by the Wisconsin Motor
Vehicle Code;
2. The taxicab is in generally safe, sanitary and reliable condition.
b. The inspection required by this section is only an inspection of the
taxicab’s exterior and passenger areas and shall not be a thorough
mechanical inspection of the taxicab. Nothing in this section shall be
interpreted as relieving the owner or operator of a taxicab of any and all
liability arising from any unsafe, unsanitary, unreliable or illegal conditions
existing in this taxicab, whether or not such conditions are discovered or
omitted by the inspections required herein. This section shall not be
interpreted as creating a duty or liability on the part of the City of Muskego,
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the Muskego Police Department or any employee or agent of the city to
any person.
c. Any police officer of the City of Muskego may, at all reasonable time,
inspect any taxicab under such taxicab business license and may prohibit
the use of any cab which is unsafe or not in proper repair.
SECTION 2: The several sections of this ordinance are declared to be
severable. If any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such
decision shall apply only to the specific section or portion thereof directly
specified in the decision, and not affect the validity of all other provisions,
sections or portion thereof of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
effect. Any other ordinance whose terms are in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance is hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication.
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PASSED AND APPROVED THIS __22 __DAY OF ___JUNE_____, 2010
CITY OF MUSKEGO
John R. Johnson, Mayor
ATTEST: First reading: 06/08/2010
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Clerk-Treasurer
Notice of Newly Enacted Ordinance Published: 07/01/2010