Agenda and minutes
Venue: The Guildhall
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Appointment of Chair To appoint a Chair of the Taxi Licensing Policy Task Group. Minutes: RESOLVED: That Councillor Watt be appointed as Chair of the Task Group. |
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Declarations of Interest At this point Members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on the agenda. Minutes: Members were invited to declare, at this point in the meeting, any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda. No declarations were made. |
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Public Participation At this point in the meeting, members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the committee’s remit can do so. The deadline for registering is Friday 12 November 2010 at 5.00pm. Minutes: It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme. |
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Taxi Licensing Policy Review - Scoping Report PDF 86 KB This report introduces the council’s current Taxi Licensing Policy and the issues to be addressed as part of this scrutiny review, and asks Members to agree a workplan for the review. Additional documents:
Minutes: Consideration was given to a report, which introduced the Council’s current Taxi Licensing Policy and the issues to be addressed as part of the scrutiny review.
The topic had been registered by Councillor Gillies as Chair of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee, following a number of meetings where the committee had made decisions based on the council’s current Taxi Licensing Policy, which had highlighted aspects of the policy open to interpretation. It had therefore been agreed that the policy was in need of review to ensure that it was robust and fit for purpose.
The Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee had set up the Task Group and provided a remit and objectives for the review as set out on page 4 of the report. The Scrutiny Committee had also requested production of a draft final report for their consideration in March 2011, prior to the Licensing Unit carrying out their survey of unmet demand.
The Licensing Manager with the assistance of the Taxi Licensing Officer gave a presentation (full details of which are attached to these minutes as an Annex), which provided an overview of the City of York Council’s Licensing Policy, which included:
· Quantity controls · Licence conditions · Taxi ranks · Opportunities to enhance the provision
· Opportunities to enhance provision
Members questioned a number of points and raised the following issues in relation to the presentation and current policy:
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