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83-134 <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />Several opera~ors requested that the City change <br />its practice of ticketing taxicab operators for <br />improper equipment (recommended ticketing owners). <br /> <br />A request was made for Police Department to crack <br />down on illegal taxi's for hire operating within <br />the City. <br /> <br />A reques~ <br />cab owner <br />City with <br /> <br />was made that the City require each taxi- <br />to have insurance carriers provide the <br />30-day notice of cancellation. <br /> <br />A statement was made that taxicab operators needed <br />vo strengthen their own relationship and stop <br />"reporting" on each other ~o the City's taxicab <br />inspector. <br /> <br />A question was raised as to whether or not the City <br />would be involved with Norview Lemo Service's request <br />currently before the SCC for a franchise in Portsmouth. <br /> <br />A request was made that the City consider granting <br />~emporary permits for new taxicabs (30 days). Rationale <br />being once a taxicab is taken out of commission some- <br />times it takes two to four weeks to arrange for painting, <br />lettering and the like and it virtually_ puts a cab ou~ <br />of business unless a ~emporary permit could be granted. <br /> <br /> It was the general consensus of those presen~ that the proposed <br />changes to the code were beneficial both vo the general public and <br />the taxicab indusvry. It was indicated that because many of the <br />concerns raised by the taxicab owners and operavors were primarily <br />of an administrative or legal nature that staff would review and <br />respond directly to the taxicab owners and opera~ors on each issue <br />at a later date. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 11:35 a.m. <br /> <br /> <br />