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for a license shall deposit $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. $50,000.00 for bodily injury liability each person; 2. $100,000.00 for bodily injury liability each occurrence; 3. $20,000.00 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 Village 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 Village 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. 810.090. TAXICAB FARES. The council may by resolution regulate minimum and maximum fares for all taxicabs licensed under this ordinance and such regulated fares shall take effect ten (10) days after the Village Clerk has mailed copies of said resolution to all taxicab licensees. 810.100. REVOCATION. Any taxicab license may be revoked by the Village Council at any time for cause, and may be revoked for any of the following reasons, after a public hearing and after giving five (5) days notice of said hearing to the holder of such license: 1. Failure of any operator for thirty (30) days to pay any final judg- ment against him for damages arising out of the operation of said taxicab; 2. Whenever an operator shall fail to operate any such licensed taxicab for a period of thirty (30) days, unless prevented by an emergency over which he has no control. 810.110. UNLAWFUL PURPOSES. It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be used or permitted to be used for any unlawful purpose, or to take or transport any person to any place for any unlawful act. 810.120. DRIVER'S PERMIT REQUIRED; DISPLAY. No person shall drive a taxicab unless and until he has obtained a taxicab driver's permit as provided herein. 1. Application for driver's permit shall be made to the Village Clerk on a form of application provided by the Village. 2. The fee for a driver's permit shall be $3.00 per calendar year or any portion thereof, except that no fee will be charged if the driver has a valid permit from another municipality within the metropolitan area. -2-