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operate within the City limits, without first obtaining the necessary licenses or driver's permits as required by this Chapter. However, any taxicab licensed to operate in any other municipality in this State may carry passengers from said place to any point within the City and may freely enter, use and travel upon the streets thereof for that purpose without the owner or driver of said taxicab obtaining a license, so long as said owner or driver does not solicit or accept passengers within the City or otherwise operate therein. Passenger businesses duly authorized by the Public Service Commission are exempt from this ordinance. 810.030. APPLICATION. Each applicant for a taxicab license or transfer shall apply to the City Clerk upon such forms as are provided by the City and shall completely answer all questions and provide all information required on said forms. An application by an individual shall be signed by him. An application by a partnership shall be signed by each partner, and an application by a corporation or association shall be signed by an officer of said corporation or association. 810.040. LICENSE FEE. Taxicab licenses shall be issued for one (1) year at a time, the license year to be from July 1st to June 30th of the following year and the license fee for each vehicle for one (1) year or any part thereof shall be Thirty Five Dollars ($35.00). Each applicant for a license shall deposit Thirty Five Dollars ($35.00) at the time of filing the application, which amount will be returned to the applicant if said application is denied. 810.050. INSURANCE.— Each taxicab licensed hereunder shall be insured for at least the following coverages: 1. $100,000.00 for bodily injury liability each person; 2. $300,000.00 for bodily injury liability each occurrence; 3. $50,000.00 for property damage liability. 810.060. HEARING AND RESOLUTION. No taxicab license shall be issued except pursuant to Council resolution, after a hearing, declaring that public convenience and necessity require the proposed service for which application for license is made. 810.070. LICENSE TRANSFER. An existing license may be transferred to a new or different vehicle without payment of an additional fee for the remainder of the license year, upon application by the operator to the City Clerk. 810.080. FORM OF LICENSE; DISPLAY. The license issued shall contain the name, signature and address of the operator, the description of the vehicle by serial number, and State Motor Vehicle License number, make and model, and the City taxicab license number designated for said vehicle. This license shall be displayed at all times in a prominent location in the passenger part of the vehicle. 101