Drafter
Clerk 11/12/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to for-hire driver's licenses; increasing fees; adding a new fee; correcting dates; and amending Ordinance 10498, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.64.025 and Ordinance 10498, Section 25, and K.C.C. 6.64.450.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this ordinance changes for-hire driver fees within the records and licensing services division.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 10498, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.64.025 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The following nonrefundable fees for taxicab and for-hire vehicles shall apply:
A. Taxicab or for-hire vehicle license
Taxicab $450.00
Wheelchair accessible Taxicab No fee
Taxicab late fee $45.00
For-hire vehicle $450.00
For-hire vehicle late fee $45.00
Vehicle equipment change $75.00
Change of owner: ((Sept/Feb)) July/Dec $450.00
((March/Aug)) Jan/June $225.00
Replace taxicab plate $25.00
B. For-hire driver
Taxicab and for-hire license (($75.00)) $95.00
Late fee $15.00
ID photo $5.00
Fingerprinting per charge authorized by RCW
10.97.100
Replacement license $5.00
Training fee per contract
Rescheduling fee $15.00
SECTION 3. Ordinance 10498, Section 25, and K.C.C. 6.64.450 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The taxicab vehicle owner shall notify the director within five working days whenever a taxicab is destroyed, rendered permanently inoperable, or is sold.
B. A replacement vehicle must be placed in service within sixty days of the date the original vehicle is removed from service unless prior written permission has been obtained from the director. It is the intent of this section that the director in granting such permission gives due consideration to the operating situation of the permit holder on a case-by-case basis. The following guidelines are to be used in granting permission for a permit holder to take longer than sixty days in placing a replacement ve...
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