Required operation; placing taxicab vehicles into service.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 46-35
in effectSec. 46-35. - Required operation; placing taxicab vehicles into service.
(a) Permittees shall pick up or accept delivery of any permit initially granted under this article and place the taxicab into service as follows:
(1) A permit initially applied for on or after the effective date of this ordinance shall not be issued unless the permittee has a vehicle to place into service;
(2) The permittee shall present the taxicab for initial placement into service and for inspection at a location authorized and identified by the director within 180 days subsequent to the date of the granting of the permits; and
(3) If any permit is not obtained or any taxicab is not placed into service as provided herein, the permit shall be automatically revoked, and the director shall cause the permittee to surrender any certification decals or other permit indicia that have been issued.
(b) Permittees shall operate or cause their taxicabs to be operated whenever public convenience requires that the taxicabs be in operation. The director may order any or all permittees to put into operation any taxicab not then in operation whenever public convenience requires that all permitted taxicabs be in operation.
(c) If a vehicle is removed from any permit initially applied for and issued on or after the effective date of this ordinance and not replaced with another vehicle, the vacant permit shall be returned to the director without a refund. Permittee may reapply for a permit as stated in this article.
(Ord. No. 2014-754, § 2(Exh. A), 8-6-2014; Ord. No. 2015-997, § 14, 10-14-2015; Ord. No. 2019-669, § 24, 9-4-2019; Ord. No. 2021-804, §§ 7, 8, 9-15-2021)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH46VEHI_ARTIITA_DIV1GE_S46-35REOPPLTAVEINSEFetched: 10/26/2026