Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - File #: 0186-15

• File #: 0186-15
• Version: 1
• Name: pps taxi ordinance
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 2/5/2015
• In control: Planning and Public Safety Committee
• On agenda: 9/8/2015
• Final action: 9/8/2015
• Title: An Ordinance amending Chapter 18A of the Code of Ordinances relating to vehicles for hire as follows: amending Section 18A-1(6) to include the definition of taxicab and transportation network company services; creating Section 18A-1(10) to define wheelchair accessible taxicab; amending Section 18A-3 to lower the required minimum number of taxicabs in a fleet from twenty-five (25) to ten (10) and to allow the addition of taxicabs in a fleet by increments of one (1); amending Section 18A-6 to allow a waiver or reduction in annual permit fees for wheelchair accessible taxicabs; amending Section 18A-16 to allow a mobile application to be used in place of taximeter; amending Section 18A-21 to delete the two-way communication and central dispatch and twenty-four (24) hour service, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year requirements; and amending Section 18A-22 to allow for electronic maintenance of manifests. [Council Office, Maynard]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/27/2015	1	Urban County Council	Refer	Pass
3/17/2015	1	Urban County Council	Table	Pass
2/26/2015	1	Urban County Council	Received First Reading
2/24/2015	1	Urban County Council Work Session	Approved and Referred to Docket	Pass

Title
An Ordinance amending Chapter 18A of the Code of Ordinances relating to vehicles for hire as follows: amending Section 18A-1(6) to include the definition of taxicab and transportation network company services; creating Section 18A-1(10) to define wheelchair accessible taxicab; amending Section 18A-3 to lower the required minimum number of taxicabs in a fleet from twenty-five (25) to ten (10) and to allow the addition of taxicabs in a fleet by increments of one (1); amending Section 18A-6 to allow a waiver or reduction in annual permit fees for wheelchair accessible taxicabs; amending Section 18A-16 to allow a mobile application to be used in place of taximeter; amending Section 18A-21 to delete the two-way communication and central dispatch and twenty-four (24) hour service, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year requirements; and amending Section 18A-22 to allow for electronic maintenance of manifests. [Council Office, Maynard]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 18A-1(6) of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:

(6) "Taxicab" means any form of motor vehicle operating under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the bureau of vehicle regulation, a local taxicab permit or any form of a motor vehicle providing transportation within Fayette County that is not affiliated with a licensed taxi company that accepts any form of compensation including but not limited to: per time or per distance rates, tips, donations, money for fuel or an exchange of goods for service. This section shall not apply to carpooling situations by private citizens or any local, state or federal ridesharing program or to any vehicle providing Transportation Network Company Services for a licensed Transportation Network Company as defined by 601 KAR 1:112E.

Section 2 - That Section 18A-1(10) of t...