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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0305 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN AS ORDINANCE NO. 305. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AR- CADIA REGULATING AND LICENSING THE BUSINESS OF CARRYING PASS- ENGERS FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA; AND REGULATING AND LICENSING CHAUFFEURS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. 8 FOLLOWS: 9 SECTION 1: The term '.'Owner" aB uBed in this Ordi- 10 nance, includ~B every person, firm or oorporation having UBe or 11 oontrol of, or right to use or oontrol any passenger-carrying 12 automobile, or motor propelled vehicle, as herein defined, under 13 o\~ership, lease or otherwise. 14 :J.'he termB "Driver" or "Chauffeur" as used in thiB 15 Ordinance inoludes every perBon in charge of or operating any 16 paBBenger-oarrying or motor propelled vehicle, aB herein defined, 17 either as agent, employee, or otherwise, under the direction of 18 the owner, as herein defined. 19 The term "Taxicab" as uBed in this Ordinance shall 20 mean every automobile or motor propelled vehicle used for the 21 transportation of paBsengers over the public streets of the City 22 of Arcadia, for compensation, and irrespeotive of whether the 23 operations extend beyond the boundary limitB of said City, at 24 rates for diBtanoe traveled or for waiting time, or for both. SECTION 2: It Shall be unla\vful for any owner to en- gage in the businesB of operating any of the vehicleB defined in Seotion 1 of this Ordinance without first having obtained a per- mit in \vriting from the City Council so to do. - Applicants for Buch permits shall file with the City Counoil an applioation upon blanks furniBhed by the City Council oontaining suoh information as the City Council may require. -1- dAd ;5706- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 The applioation shall Bhow that the owner haB secured and paid in advance the annual premium upon an inBurance policy, whereby the owner and the driver of eaoh of the taxicabs which the owner will operate in the City of Arcadia are insured against liability for injury to any person aB the result of the owner- Bhip, operation, or use thereof; the maximum liability limits upon eaoh taxioab being not lesB than Ten ~~ousand ($10,000) Dollars for personal injury to anyone person, and Twenty Thousand ($20,000) DollarB for perBonal injurieB reBulting to two or more perBons in anyone aocident; for the indury to or destruction of property in anyone accident, One Thousand ($l,OOO) Dollars. No permit shall be granted to any perBon, firm or oorporation to engage in the businesB of operating any of the above mentioned vehioles other than those in operation at time of adoption of this Ordinance, until it haB been Bhovm to the City Counoil'B satisfaotion that public oonvenience and neoessity require the operation of suoh vehioleB; provided, that no permit shall be issued to any perBon, firm or corporation whose oolor soheme, name, monogram or insignia to be used on such oars shall be in confliot with, or in the opinion of the City Counoil, imitate any other oolor Boheme, monogram, name or inBignia uBed by another ooncern in Buch manner aB to be misleading or tend to deoeive or defraud the public. And no permittee shall use or employ on his cars more than two different color schemes, or any oolor soheme different or other than those described in its applioation for a permit. The permits herein mentioned shall en- title the holder thereof to obtain a license to engage in the busineBB desoribed in said permit from the City Clerk upon paymen of the lioense fee, at the rate of Twelve Dollars ($l2.00) per year per oar therefor, payable in advance, and said City Clerk shall iSBue to the holder of such permit a license setting forth -2- ~d~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 the kind of transportation for whioh such lioenBe iB issued and the year when issued; said permit shall be filed with the City Clerk. SECTION 3: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate or be in oharge of any taxioab or automobile for hire without firBt having obtained a permit in writing, so to do, from the Chief of Police, of the City of Arcadia. Before any permit is granted, the applioant therefor Bhall file with the Chief of Police an applioation in writing, on blanks to be fur- niBhed by the City containing suoh information as the Chief of Polioe may require. Every such permit granted shall be filed with the Chief of Polioe and upon payment to him of the Bum of Two ($2.00) Dollars, he may iBsue to the holder a permit card printed thereon, "TAXICAB CHAUFFEUR NO. , ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, NAME " . SECTION 4: The Chief of Polioe shall have power to grant the permits mentioned in Section 3 to persons who have oom- plied with the provisionB of thiB Ordinance and any ruleB and regulationB adopted by the City Council of said City of Arcadia, and he Bhall alBo have the power to Buspend or revoke any permit for failure, neglect or refuBal of any such person to comply with the Ordinance of the City of Arcadia, or any rule or regulation of Baid City Counoil. SECTION 5: All ohauffeurs and owners of automobiles for hire as defined by thiB Ordinanoe, Shall be governed by the following rules and regulationB until modified, amended or re- pealed by the City Council of the City of Aroadia: (a) All applioationB for chauffeurB' permits will be oonBidered by the Chief of Polioe, and either granted or denied within thirty days, unleBs for good cause time for consideration is extended. (b) No permit will be granted to a ohauffeur of an -3- Od ~Cb- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 automobile for hire who is not an Amerioan citizen. Neither ITill any Buch permit be granted to anyone in the diBcretion of the Chief of Police who is not ~hysically qualified or who has not a proper understanding of the English language. (c) All permits granted shall expire at the end of the Fiscal year and must be renewed before the 15th day of July of eaoh year, unless sooner revoked. (d) All owners will be held striotly aocountable by the City Council to see that ohauffeurs employed by them are duly lioenBed by having identification cardB issued by authority of the Chief of Police of the City of Aroadia. (el All chauffeurs will be required to pass suoh examination as may be deemed necesBary aB to their knowledge and understanding of the City Council's Rules, State Motor Vehicle Act, City Ordinance and Traffic Regulations. (f) All chauffeurs must present state chauffeur'B badge, as required by the Uotor Vehicle Act, as a oondition precedent to obtaining a permit. (gl Transfer of ohauffeur's permit from one ohauffeur to another is strictly prohibited and will be considered suffic- ient oaUBe for the immediate revocation of the permit of the chauffeur at fault. (h) ChauffeurB Bhall at all times while operating any vehiole for hire, carry the permit card issued hereunder, and Bhall exhibit the same when requested to do so by any police officer of the City of Arcadia. (i) No chauffeur of any vehiole mentioned herein sha1 Bmoke any cigar, pipe, oigarette or burn tobacco, while'paBsenger are oocupying any of the Beats of such vehiole. (j) No operator of any vehicle hereunder shall carry any passeDger in the driver's seat or compartment while there is room for Buch passenger in the rear seat or passenger'B compart- -4- ad ;J{}6 1 ment. 2 (k) All ownere and chauffeurs, shall obtain from the 3 Chief of Police of the City of Arcadia, a metal plate, whioh 4 pl&te shall be two and one-half (2t) inohes long and one (1) 5 inoh wide, and shall have Btamped upon it "Arcadia Permit 6 No. n. the number shall be such number as the Chief of , 7 Polic e shall s el ec t . 8 The owner, driver and chauffeur, shall at all times 9 keep the "Aroadia Permit No. " plate faBtened in a conBpicu- 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 oue plaoe upon the front end of the automobile. SECTION 6: The Chief of Police will from time to time, inveBtigate all oomplaints as to unfairneBS or disorimi- nation in fares or chargeB or discourteous treatment of pass en- gers; and any illegal or unreasonable charge or aot or discour- tesy will be oonsidered cause for revocation of the permit of the owner and chauffeur~ or either, at fault. SECTION 7: Any owner or ohauffeur may appeal to the City Council of the City of Aroadia from any aot or action taken by the Chief of Polioe affecting any matter in whioh the party appealing haB an interest or is affected. 21 SECTION 8: That any person, firm or corporation 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a miBdemeanor and upon a conviction therefor shall be puniBhable by fine not exoeeding the Bum of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars, or by impriBonment in the City Jail of the City of Aroadia or in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, at the discretion of the committing magistrate, for a period not exceeding three (3) monthB, or by both Buch fine and imprisonment. SECTION 9: The City Clerk shall certify to the adop- tion of this Ordinanoe and shall cause the same to be published onoe in the Arcadia Tribune, a weekly newspaper published and -5- oJ <70'6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1 oirculated in the City of Arcadia, and thirty daYB therefrom and 2 thereafter the same Bhall take effeot and be in force. 3 I hereby oertify that the foregoing Ordinanoe was 4 adopted at a regular meeting of the City Counoil of the City of 5 Aroadia, held on the 15th day of January ,1935, 6 by the affirmative vote of at leaBt three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Counoilmen, Corby, DanielB, HOffman, KrebB and McLean. NOES: None. ~flX'1X~ /~~ 1 Y C rk Signed and approved this 15th day of Januery , 1935. '7YA/# ATTEST: /W:ity~ -6- /J d ;;J{}.6'