§ 5.72.040. Proof of insurance—Maintenance—Health and safety requirements.

A.

No person shall provide public transportation services without having submitted, with each application for issuance or renewal of a public transportation business license, proof that business automobile liability insurance coverage for owned, non-owned, and hired motorized vehicles shall be in effect during the entire term of the license with minimum limits for bodily injury and property damage in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), combined single limit (CSL) each accident per occurrence. No person shall provide public transportation services using a carriage without having submitted proof that commercial general liability insurance coverage will be in effect for the entire term of the license with minimum limits for bodily injury and property damage in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), combined single limit (CSL) per occurrence. A certification that business automobile or commercial general liability insurance coverage is in effect as required by this section shall be maintained in each public transportation conveyance. The certificate of commercial general liability insurance coverage shall set forth a requirement that the city of Cheyenne shall receive thirty (30) days notification by the insurance company or producer prior to the cancellation, reduction, suspension or revocation of coverage for a public transportation conveyance. In addition, each licensee shall notify the city clerk of the cancellation, reduction, suspension or revocation of liability insurance coverage for a public transportation conveyance within seventy-two (72) hours after notice of any such action is received by the licensee.

B.

Each licensee will be responsible for maintaining public transportation conveyances to insure that said conveyances can be used to safely transport members of the public. With each application for the issuance or renewal of a public transportation business license, the applicant shall submit a current vehicle inspection report for each public transportation conveyance, other than a carriage, to be operated under the auspices of the licensee. A current vehicle inspection report shall also be submitted to the chief of police within five business days after a public transportation conveyance, other than a carriage, is placed in service. The licensee shall be responsible for the costs of inspections and repairs which may be ordered by the chief of police.

(Ord. No. 3905, § 1, 9-13-10)