87-9182 Taxicabs Insurance(Published in The Salina Journal May , 1987)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 87-9182
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 40-88 OF THE SAL!NA CODE
PERTAINING TO INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXICABS AND REPEALING
THE EXISTING SECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 40-88 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 2. That the existing Section 40-88 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
"Sec. 40-88. Insurance required.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a
taxicab for hire or to permit the same to be operated in the
city and no license for the operation thereof shall be granted
by the Board of Commissioners until the applicant for a
license shall deposit with the City Clerk a policy of public
liability insurance issued to and covering such applicant and
the taxicab described in his application, in such form as
shall be acceptable to and approved by the Board of
Commissioners, and issued by an insurance company or
association approved by the board, with limits of liability,
exclusive of interest and costs, of no less than those
required by Kansas law for any policy of motor vehicle
liability insurance issued by an insurer to an owner residing
in this state. Any such insurance policy shall have
incorporated therein, or attached thereto by endorsement
thereon, recitals to the effect that the policy is issued in
accordance with and under the requirements of this article
pertaining thereto and that it is issued for the benefit of
and for the purpose of protecting the public, including
passengers therein, against injuries or damages resulting
from the negligent operation of the taxicab and that it shall
remain effective until cancelled as herein provided for,
irrespective of any statements, declarations,
misrepresentations, acts or omissions of the assured or of
any agent, servant, employee, or representative of assured
either in the application for the policy or in the schedule of
statements or declarations contained or referred to in the
policy, including statements as to ownership, or made,
committed or omitted before or after the occurrence of any
injury or damages caused by the operation of such vehicle,
and shall provide that no cancellation of the policy or any
endorsement thereon shall be effective until the expiration of
ten (10) days after notice of such cancellation shall have
been delivered to the City Clerk, and such other recitals as
may be approved by and required by the Board of
Commissioners, and any policy or certificate of insurance
issued by any company or association with knowledge that
the vehicle described therein is to be used as a taxicab in
the city shall be deemed to include the provisions of this
article whether such provisions are specifically recited
therein or not."
Section 2. That the existing Section 40-88 of the Salina Code is
hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: April 27, 1987
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
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Passed: May 4, 1987
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Stephen C. Ryan Mayor