Fees.
Kansas City Code § 76-75
in effectSec. 76-75. - Fees.
No person or permit holder shall operate a vehicle in any manner as to provide taxicab, livery, or sightseeing vehicle service upon the streets of the city until all fees have been paid as follows:
(1) Any person that operates a taxicab company, livery company, and sightseeing vehicle company shall have the option of paying an annual fee which will allow the company to receive an unlimited number of vehicle permits, other than taxicab permits as restricted in section 76-73, per annum. The annual fee will be assessed as follows:
a. If only one company applies to receive an unlimited number of vehicle permits, an annual fee of $150,000.00 will be charged.
b. If the number of companies that have an unlimited number of vehicle permits equal two, an annual fee of $75,000.00 will be charged.
c. If the number of companies that have an unlimited number of vehicle permits equal three, an annual fee of $50,000.00 will be charged.
d. If the number of companies that have an unlimited number of vehicle permits equal four, an annual fee of $37,500.00 will be charged.
e. If the number of companies that have an unlimited number of vehicle permits equal five, and, the number of vehicle permits issued at the rate of $250.00 is above 300, an annual fee of $30,000.00 will be charged. If the number of vehicle permits issued at the rate of $250.00 is below 300, an annual fee of $40,000.00 will be charged.
f. If the number of companies that have an unlimited number of vehicle permits equal five or more and the number of vehicle permits issued at the rate of $250.00 falls below 100, an annual fee of $45,000.00 will be charged.
Any person that operates a taxicab company, livery company, or sightseeing vehicle company that chooses not to pay an annual fee for an unlimited number of permits shall pay $250.00 for every vehicle permit issued on an annual basis.
(2) The occupation license fee in the amount set forth in section 40-156 shall also be paid.
(3) A vehicle permit replacement fee of $8.00 shall be paid for each replacement vehicle permit.
(4) For any person that chooses to purchase vehicle permits within a current permitting year, vehicle permit fees shall be prorated for the remainder of the vehicle permit year and shall be based on a monthly rate.
(Ord. No. 150203, § 2, 4-9-15; Ord. No. 150314, § 1, 4-23-15; Ord. No. 150506, § 1, 8-27-15; Ord. No. 160938, § 1, 2-16-17; Ord. No. 170460, § 1, 7-13-17)
Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH76VEHI_ARTIIVEHICO_DIV2VEPE_S76-75FEFetched: 10/28/2026