City of Toronto Act, 2006 Public Notice

Transfer of Taxicab Licences – Accessible Taxi Service
Amendments to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 546, Licensing of Vehicles-For-Hire.

At its meeting in Committee Room 1, 2nd floor, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, the Licensing and Standards Committee will consider Item LS26.4, Transfer of Taxicab Licences – Accessible Taxi Service, which contains recommendations which may result in amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 546, Licensing of Vehicles-for-Hire.

If approved, it is proposed that the By-law be adopted at the City Council meeting to be held on June 26, 27, and 28, 2018, or at a subsequent meeting.

Item LS26.4 contains the following recommendations:

1. City Council direct that, upon the termination of accessible taxicab licences issued to Royal Taxi Inc. as a Qualified Taxicab Brokerage prior to the enactment of By-law 503-2014, Municipal Licensing and Standards may issue an equal number of new accessible taxicab licences to its successor corporation, 2605881 Ontario Inc.

2. City Council direct that any taxicab licence issued in accordance with Recommendation 1 shall be deemed to have been issued to a Qualified Taxicab Brokerage prior to the enactment of By-law 503-2014 for the purposes of Chapter 546 of the Toronto Municipal Code and that the licence(s) shall terminate once they are no longer under contract with the Toronto Transit Commission.

Item LS26.4 can be viewed on the City of Toronto’s website. For further information, to submit comments, or make a deputation to the Licensing and Standards Committee on Thursday, June 14, 2018, please contact the Committee no later than 12 noon on Wednesday, June 13, 2018:

Licensing and Standards Committee
City Clerk’s Office
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.
10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Telephone: 416-397-4592
TTY: 416-338-0889
Fax: 416-392-1879
Email: lsc@toronto.ca

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Dated at the City of Toronto this 7th day of June, 2018.

Ulli S. Watkiss
City Clerk