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8) Amend clause 78 to read : City Council require that all Vehicle-for-Hire drivers and vehicles have
Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance with limits of not less than $2,000,000 inclusive per
occurrence for bodily injury, death, and damage to property, and inclusive of such requirements
as set out below in the body of the report.
9) Amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 545, Licensing Section 545-142 Emergency lights system;
camera system; global positioning system in order to require that all Vehicle for Hire vehicles have
a camera installed to certain minimum technical standards and that cannot be altered by the
driver but that footage can be reviewed by the noted organization in limited circumstances.
A. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Replace:
CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system, approved by the Municipal Licensing and Standards
Division, capable of recording images of persons in a taxicab, such that access to the images is
limited to law enforcement personnel authorized by the Executive Director for law enforcement
purposes only.
With the following:
CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system with minimum specifications approved by the Municipal
Licensing and Standards Division, capable of recording images of persons in a taxicab, such
that access to the images is limited to law enforcement personnel authorized by the Executive
Director, the Executive Director, and the vehicles registered brokerage, for the purposes of
law enforcement, training, or customer service investigations.
10) Amend the Screening Criteria in Attachment 2 referenced in clause 87 with an additional
requirement for a Police Check and to require that the Screening Criteria be administered by
Municipal Licensing & Standards.
11) Delete recommendation 88. City Council remove all existing restrictions on exclusive concession
agreements and permit all licensees governed by the Vehicle-for-Hire bylaw to contract with
property owners to provide exclusive services at particular locations, effective immediately.
12) Replace recommendation 94. City Council amend Chapter 441 by adding a new Vehicle-for-Hire
Drivers licensing class:
a.
b.
with;
City Council amend Chapter 441 by adding a new Vehicle-for-Hire Drivers licensing class:
a.
b.
Vehicle-for-Hire
13) Additional clause City Council direct that a $0.10 levy from all Vehicle-for-Hire faresbe paid
toMunicipal Licensing & Standards, in order to develop anAccessibility Fund to be administered
by Municipal Licensing & Standards. Proceeds from such a Fund to be used to provide a grant to
licensed Vehicle-for-Hire drivers who wish to purchase a wheel-chair accessible vehicle.
14) Additional clause: Replace the word taxicab with Vehicle for Hire in Section
545.130.1Prohibition on dispatch of unlicensed taxicabs. No person shall dispatch or otherwise
communicate requests for taxicab service to a driver in any manner or enter into an arrangement
or agreement with a driver to connect the driver with passengers seeking taxicab service unless
the driver and the owner of the taxicab are licensed as such under this Chapter.
So that it now reads; Prohibition on dispatch of unlicensed Vehicle for Hire. No person shall
dispatch or otherwise communicate requests for Vehicle for Hire service to a driver in any manner
or enter into an arrangement or agreement with a driver to connect the driver with passengers
seeking Vehicle for Hire service unless the driver and the owner of the Vehicle for Hire are
licensed as such under this Chapter.