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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, REQUIRING TAXICAB EQUIPMENT TO BE IN SAFE MECHANICAL OPERATING CONDITION; PROVIDING FOR A QUARTERLY INSPECTION OF SAID TAXICAB EQUIPMENT; PROVIDING A FEE FOR SAID INSPECTION; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drive or operate any taxicab within the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas unless said taxicab is in good and safe operating condition and is equipped with proper brakes, lights, tires, horn, muffler, rear vision mirror, and windshield wipers, all in good repair, and unless said taxicab is in a clean and sanitary condition.
SECTION 2: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate any taxicab unless there is displayed upon said taxi in a conspicuous place in the lower right hand corner of the front windshield a sticker certifying that said taxicab has been duly inspected by the City of Jonesboro, and that same is in safe operating condition and that all of the above listed equipment is in good repair.
SECTION 3: Each Taxicab operated within the City of Jonesboro must be inspected quarterly, as herein provided, the first quarter being from Jonesboro 1 thru March 31; the second quarter from April 1 thru June 30; the third quarter from July 1 thru September 30; and the fourth quarter from October 1 thru December 31. The inspection certificate stickers as hereinabove required shall be of the following colors; first quarter red, second quarter blue, third quarter black, and the fourth quarterly sticker shall be green.
SECTION 4: Within fifteen days from the passage and adoption of this ordinance the operator of each such taxicab shall be required to deliver each such taxicab so operated to the City Mechanic at the City Garage and allow same to remain there until it c...
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