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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0647 OrdinanceG`�7 ORDINANCE :� NO. AN ORDINANCE,.AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 615 and ORDINANCE 578, BEING ORDINANCES RELATING.TO THE CONVEYING OF PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE FOR HIRE, ANTD PROVIDING FOR TAXICAB OPERATORS LICENSE AND REGULATING THE OWNERSHIP OF A TAXICAB AND TAXICAB COMPANIES IN THE CITY OF PASCO: AND LIMITING ANIS CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF TAXICAB LICENSES AS PUBLIC CONS VENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE. The .Cty,.Council of the City of Pasco do ordain as follows: Section One: That Ordinance No. 615 of the City of Pasco is hereby amended to read as follows: Section Two:: The number of taxicab licenses which may be issued and outstanding at any one time shall be not more than one license for every 1000 of population of the City of Pasco as such population may be determined from time to time by resolution of the City Council; provided that the City Council may by resolution change the ratio of licenses for pppulation as public convenience and necessity require; - and provided that the number of licenses may not be decreased so as to work a forfeiture of outstanding licenses or prevent the renewal thereof. Applications for renewal of licenses shall be given preference over applications for licenses by persons not already holding licenses if the holder of a license or his successor in business makes application for the renewal thereof prior to the expiration date thereof. Each license secured as herein provided shall be granted upon the express condition that the person, firm or corp oration securing the license shall provide service to the public upon a 24 hour basis, and a telephone shall be pro- cured and used so that the public may be able to call for such service at any time. Failure to provide and maintain the services herein required shall work a forfeiture of the license or licenses of any violation hereof; PROVIDED FURTHER that to effectuate the purposes herein declared each operator of a taxicab:. service or taxicab company shall be required to have not less than two taxicabs, each properly licensed, and to,be used by such operator in the conduct and operation of his taxicab business. Section Two A: It shall be unlawful in a taxicab without securing whom it was first engaged. Section Two B: to place additional passengers the consent of the party by It shall be unlawful for to leave the same un -attended or - his vehicle while on the streets, oughfares of the City of Pasco. Section Two C: any driver -of a taxicab to make repairs or wash alleys, or public thor-- It shall be unla-�ful for any driver of a taxicab to leave the same unattended at hotels, depots, or else- where for the purpose of soliciting patronage, but such driver must stand at the side of his vehicle or remain inside the same, except nothing herein contained shall prohibit the extension of ordinary courtesies to patron after they have signified their intention of becoming his passenger. Section Two D: All licenses issued shall be subject to revocation by the City Council if the holder thereof or any person employed by him in the operation of any such vehicle shall fail or neglect to comply with or shall violate any of the terms and provisions of this ordinance or who shall violate any of the terms or provisions of any of the ord- inances of the City of Pasco relative to the operation or use of vehicles upon the public highways, or to the use of such highways, or relating to traffic upon the same, or who shall directly, or indirectly, either himself or by or through his agent, driver or servant, sell, give away, or in.any manner dispose of narcotic drugs or in- toxicating liquor in connection with the use of any such vehicle in the transaction of the business 'for -which such licenses have been issued, or use or permit the use of any, such vehicle to carry or transport such drugs or liquor, or cause or permit to be kept therein any such drugs or liquor, or use or permit the same to be used for the trans- porting or harboring any bootlegger or person who may be in possession of any such drugs or liquors, or use or permit the same to be used for the purpose of carrying or transporting any person or persons who may be contri- buting to the delinquency of any minor or who shall vio- late any of the ordinances of said City in or by the use or operation of any such vehicle. Upon complaint being made to the City -Council of any of the acts or omissions herein set forth, notice shall be given to the holder of such license thereof, and that at a time and place to be fixed therein the City Council will conduct a hearing upon the question of.whether or.not the license shall be revoked, at which time and place, or the time and place to which said hearing may be adjourned, the licensee shall have the right to be heard and produce evidence in his behalf. If upon such hearing the City Council shall be satisfied that the licensee,'or the driver of any vehicle covered by such license, is or has been guilty of the act or omission complained of and that by reason thereof the license should be revoked it may thereupon revoke such license. Me notice provided for herein shall be person- ally served upon the licensee not less than three (3)' days before -'the date of such hearing. The said license may also be revoked upon like notice being given if it shall appear to the City,Council that a license or bond of insurance issued to any licensee under the laws of the State of Washington has been cancelled or revoked., Section Two E: Each operator of a taxicab business in the City of Pasco shall, on or before the 1st day of 4m _ 919+9 file a schedule of its fares with the City Clerk. Amend- ments to said schedules may be filed by operators there- after, but it shall be unlawful for said operator to charge any greater fare than shown in said filed schedules or amendments. The City Council shall have power to regulate said fares by resolution at any regular meeting after ten days written notice to the operator or operators concerned and after all parties concerned shall have had ample opportunity to be heard. Section Two F: There shall be conspicuously displayed in each taxicab, at the places and of the size and style approved by the Chief of Police, a schedule of fares charged for carriage within the City of Pasco. Section Two: . Section One of Ordinance 578 shall be amended to read as follows: 'fiTo automobile or motor vehicle shall be used in the city of Pasco as a taxicab in carrying passengers for hire or offered therein to the public for hire in the carrying of passengers except upon payment of a license fee at the rate of $25.00 per year.for each such vehicle an ranting by the City Couneil.of the City of Pasco of a license -therefore .as herein provided. The City shall issue to such taxicabs as may be authorized for operation a license plate which shall be exhibited byhthe taxicab and its operator in a prominent place on such vehicle, and a record of such licenses, by number, and operator shall be retained by the City Clerk of the City of -Pasco. Section Three: Section Five of Ordinance 578 shall be amended to read as follows: "The City Council in the granting of any license provided for in this ordinance to a vehicle for hire for transporting persons for compensation shall require the owner or operator thereof to procure liability and property damage insurance covering passengers as well as ether per- sons, from a company licensed to write bodily injury liability and property damage liability insurance in the State of Washington, on each mo&.or propelled vehicle used or to be used in transporting persons for compensation in an amount not less than One Thousand dollars ($1000.00) for damage to property of any person other than the assured and Five Thousand dollars 05000.00) bodily injury for each person carried and maintain such liability and property damage insurance in force on each motor vehicle while so used under such license. Each policy for -liability or property damage insurance required herein, shall b e 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, and further it is required that an affidavit from such insurance company, or authorized agent of such insurance company, be filed with the City Clerk along and together with such policy, which affidavit shall state the fact of such insurance as is carried by such operator and further causing such insurance company to notify the City Clerk if any policy issued hereunder be cancelled. Section Four: Section Sig of Ordinance 578 shall be amended to read as follows: "Before anyone shall operate a taxicab in the Ar- City of Pasco, he shall first obtain from said city a taxicab operator's 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 $5.00 for each year or each part of year shall accompany such application. 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, the applicant shall in addition to paying said fee, submit to being fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed under the direction of the Chief of Police. Also to accompany such application shall be a statement from, a recognized physician stating that he has examined the -applicant, finds him to be free of any communicable disease, and that he has no physical defects of any kind that would render him unsafe to operate a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire. The Chief of Police shall cause to be issued a card bearing the name, description, and photograph of such driver', and it shall be -displayed in the taxicab at all times, visible to the occupants therein, while such oper— ator is operating such taxicab. The Chief of .Police fur— ther may require the applicant to submit to a testas to the applicant's ability as a driver. The Chief of Police, upon reasonable grounds therefore, 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 operator'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 then -in good standing. Section Five: Ordinance 615 and Sections 1, 5, and 6 of Ordinance 578 are hereby repealed. Section Six: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage and splmyrzky publication. %3 Passed by the City Council this day ofi'/1949 • Approved by the Mayor this 4Z:day/ of � / A, 1949. V yor .ATTEST: i' f City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: