Wherever and whenever used in this article, the term “motor bus” shall be defined as any motor-driven passenger vehicle used for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire operating upon a fixed schedule between fixed points within the City.
(Code 1982)
Each person, firm or corporation desiring to operate any motor bus upon the streets of the City shall first make written application in the Office of the City Clerk of said City, upon blanks furnished for that purpose, setting forth the name, model, motor number, serial number, state license number and passenger capacity of each vehicle for which license is sought, and designating the proposed operator or operators thereof, and agreeing that said motor bus shall at all times be operated in strict accordance with all ordinances of said City and the statutes of the State of Kansas. Said license shall be issued by the City Clerk if the application is complete.
(Code 1982)
Each person, firm or corporation who shall make application for a license as aforesaid shall be responsible for the driver or drivers placed in charge of the motor bus operated by him, and the said application shall contain as a part thereof, a statement on the part of the applicant acknowledging such responsibility.
(Code 1982)
If complaint is made to the Governing Body of said City that any licensee to whom a license has been issued hereunder, or any motor bus driver employed by said licensee is, or has been, violating any of the provisions of this article, or any ordinance of said City, or the statutes of the State of Kansas, then the Governing Body of said City may hold a hearing, of which hearing the licensee shall have notice, and if upon such hearing the City Governing Body is satisfied that such complaint is true, the license may be revoked, and if revoked, no license shall thereafter be issued to such licensee.
(Code 1982)
Each person, firm or corporation, at the time of making application for a license as above set forth, shall file with the City Clerk of said City the proposed route of such motor buses over the streets of said City, together with a time schedule and schedule of fares, which said routing and schedules must be approved by the Governing Body of said City before issue of a license, and the same, after having been so approved, shall not be altered or changed without the approval and consent of said Governing Body.
(Code 1982)
No license shall be granted to any applicant until said applicant has deposited with the City Clerk of said City a policy or certificate of liability insurance for each motor bus for which license is sought, said policy or certificate of liability insurance to be acceptable to and approved by the Governing Body of said City and issued by a company authorized to transact business within the state of Kansas, in the sum of at least fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for bodily injury to one person, and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury to more than one person, and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) property damage arising out of any one accident, and including passenger hazard. The policy or certificate of insurance shall state that it is given to comply with the terms and provisions of this article, and obligating the company issuing the same to give thirty (30) days’ notice in writing before cancellation thereof to the City Clerk of said City; any license issued to be automatically revoked upon the lapse or termination of said policy or certificate of insurance.
(Code 1982)
The provisions of this article shall not apply to motor vehicles operating between points without the City and points within the City, nor between points without the City, whose route lies in or through said City.
(Code 1982)
Each person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
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