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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0578 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. j -,Z F AN ORDINANCE AP,ZENDING ORDINANCE NO. 566 , BEING AN-011DINANCE RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSA-TIGERS AND BAGGAGE FOR HIRE, AND PROVIDING FOR TAXICAB OPERATORS LICENSE "AND REGULATING THE WMEHSHIP OF TAXI- CABS AND TAXICAB CO PANYS IN THE CITY OF PASCO. The City Council of the City of Pasco do ordain as follows: A SECTION 1: No automobile or motor vehicle shall be used in the city of Pasco as a taxicab in carrying passengers for hire or offered there- in to the public for hire in the carrying of passengers except upon payment of a license fee at the rate of $15.00 per year for each such vehicle and the granting by the City Council of the City of Pasco Y of a license therefor as herein provided. SECTION 2: ;each license secured as herein provided shall be granted upon the express condition that the person, firm, or corporation securing the license shall provide service to the public on a 24 hour basis, and a telepnon:e shall be procured and used so that the public may be ,able to call for such service at any time. Failure to maintain such service shall be cause for the revocation of the license. SECTION 3: The City Clerk, upon granting of a license by the City Council and upon presentation of the City Treasurers receipt show- ing payment of the license fee prescribed shall issue to the appli- cant a license for such automobile or motor vehicle, which said,. license shall bear a serial number, shall set forth a brief description of the vehicle licensed,:the name and address of the owner, and the State License or Certificate nuihber thereof. Such license shall expire .on the 31st day of December of the year in which it 1:tissued and no fractional license shall be granted and no license shall be trans- . ferred from one person to en.other person, but may be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle upon application being made therefor. Every applicatiin for such transfer shall be accompanied by a receApt s. .,from the City Treasurer showing. payment of the sum of Two Doll es% (��2.00).., which sum is hereby Aermined to be the fee for the making of such transfer. r Each vehicle.operated as a taxicab -within the City_of Pasco shall have a regular place or stand from which to operate and where such stand or place is on a'city street a permit shall first be ob- tained therefore and a fee of .75.00 per year paid. Upon the issuing of said permit -the city shall cause -a space of not less than -twenty feet in length on the curb at the place designated in such permit, to be properly painted and proper signs erected designating such space as • reserved 'for taxicab use only, and it shall be unlawful for; any Vehicle, other than vehicles used by the person or persons to P t whom. th.e, space is reserved a s taxicabs and such space -may be used by any vehicle used as a taxicab by the person or persons to whom such person so using such space for parking, space is reserved, and any other than as herein authorized, shall be liable to.a fine for im- proper parking as set forth in the parking ordinarices• SECTION 5: The City Councilinthe granting of any license provided for in this ordinance.to'a vehicle for hire for transportingpersons for compensation shall require the owner or operator thereof to pro- cure liability and property damage. insurance covering passengers as well as -other persons, from a company licensed to write bodily injury... liability and property damage liability insurance in the State of Washington, on each motor propelled vehicle used or to be used,in transporting persons for compensation in an anount not less than One Thousand $1,000.00 dollars for damage to property of any person other than the assured and $5,000.00 bodily injury for each person carried and maintain such liability and property damage insurance in force on each motor propelled vehicle'while so used under such license. Each policy for liability or property damage insurance required hhrein, shall be filed with the City Clerk, and kept in }full force and effect, and failure', so to do shall be cause for the revocation of the license.. SECTION .6 Before anyone shall operate a taxicab in the City of Pasco, he shall first obtain from said city a taxicab operators license hereafter referred to as a city operator's license,.said application shall be approved by the Chief of Police of the City of Pasco and a fee of X2.50 shall be paid when application is made. Said license when granted shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which the same is granted and may be renewed on approval by the Chief of Police. Before the original city operator's license shall be issued, theapp- licant shall in addition to paying said fee, submit to being finger- printed, photographed and interviewed under the direction of the Chief of Police. In addition thereto, the Chief of Police may require the applicant to submit to a test as to the applicant's ability as a driver, Chief of Police may suspend or revoke such license and refuse to approve it for renewal at the annual expiration period. The City Council, if it should see fit, may review all such decisions of the Chief of Police and countermand orders of the Chief of Police in refusing, suspending or revoking said city operato-r's license. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this act to operate or attempt to operate any taxicab in the City of Pasco without the operator first providing himself with a City Operator's License than in good standing. SECTION 7: It shall be a violation of this act if anyone shall own or acquire any interest or control or ownership in whole or in part in any taxicab or taxicabs operating in the City of Pasco without dis- closing said interest to the Chief of Police of the City of Pasco, and said person shall then be finerprinted, photographed and interviewed by or unddr the direction of the said Chief of Police. No fee shall br required from said person but said person shall disclose said interest and extent thereof in a,letter addressed to the Chief of Policep and shall appear personally before thesaid Chief of Police to answer such further inquiries as the Chief of Police may desire to make. SECTION 8: The term "person" wherever used in this ordinance shall be held and construed to mean and include natural persons of either seX, firms, co-partnershipsli associations, and corporations, whether acting by themselves, by servant, agent or employee. The singular number shall include the plural and the -masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and the neuter. The term "taxicabs" wherever used in this ordinance a shall -be held and construed to mean and include every motor vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire, and not operated exclusively over a fixed and defined route. SECTION: 9:11 It,shall be unlawful .for any person to engage in the business of operating a taxicab or taxicabs without first securing a permit so to do in compliance with this ordinance. Permit shall be issued authorizing interchange of Taxicab, or Taxicabs, Qut'replacements may T be ordered where evidence is produced to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police that such vehicles are actually obsolete, unsafe, or unfit for further use. (all permits, shall expire on December 31st of the' year in which issued.) , SECTION 10: Every person owning or,,engaged in the business of operating any taxicabs or for -hire cars. shall.keep a record'of all trips made, together with the information required upon the passengerts receipt, provided for in this ordinance, which record shall be open for in- spection at all reasonable times 'by the Chief of Police or.City Attorney and shall also cause to be constantly carried in such vehicles the permits issued by the Department of Licenses of the State of - Washington showing such vehicles to be,properly bonded for the pro- tection of,the'public, and also the licenses and permits issued pur- suant to city ordinances. SECTION 11; All vehicles operating under authority of this Ordinance shall be inspected from time to time by the Chief of 'Police for the purpose of determining whether the same -are clean, properly•e'qu.ipped, of good appearance, and in a safe condition for the transportation of passengers; and said Chief shall, at the time of -such inspection, determine for the guidance.of the public the capacity of the vehicle inspected; and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate, ' -5- t or engage in the business of operating, any"taxicab unless and until the same has been,inspected and approved by the Chief of.Police, and a certificate signed by the Chief of Police showing the maximum number of passengers to be carried at any one time shall be at all times prominately displayed within such vehicle. SECTION 12:; It shall be unlawful for any person awning, controlling or engaged in the business of operating taxicabs to employ as a driver of any such vehicle, or permit any such vehicle to be driven by a driver who does not possess a valid and subsisting City Driver's License in accordance with this ordinance. SECTION '13: It shall be unlawful for anyy person engaged in the business of operating a taxicab to knowlingly permit any,person to.,drive the same who has been convicted of driving while intoxicated within one year -prior thereto. SECTION 14: If any driver of a taxicab shall be convicted of driving such vehicle while drunk or under the confluence of narcotics, the City Driver's license of such driver shall be revoked, and he shall not begranted a City Driver's License for a period of at least one year from the date of such conviction. SECTION 15: It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay -the, regular fare for a taxicab after having hired thesame. SECTION 16: It shall be unlawful for any person to cruise, drive, or operate a taxicab repeatedly or persistently to and fro, upon €n.y public street. SECTION 17: Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions.of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in.any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment in the . r6` city jail for a period not exceeding thirty (3Q) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 18: If any.section, subsectioh, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to unconstitutional or void, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. SECTION 19: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force di'_days from and after its passage and approval. Passed by the City Council of the ,City of Pasco,this&•_ day .6.6 F M or Attest: ,f City Clerk Approved as .to form: City At �o } w