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O1143 rtt.. ",.r'.'dd ~~un '~cc~ing 01-08-80 Santa Monica, cal~rnJlt ORDINANCE NO. 1143 (City Coun~il Series) A~ O~DINA~CE OP ~HE CITY C0~NCIL OF THE CITY OF SA~TA ~ONICA Af'IENDING CBJ\.PTER 1) OF ARTICLE VI, OF THE SANTA :-WNICA :~:0NI-::;IPAL CODE REGARDING ~AXICABS Ah~ LIMOUSINES FOR HI~E. THE C1'2'Y COUNCIL OF THE CI~'Y OF SANT.li ~'mNICA DOES HE?EBY ORDAIN: SECTIO~ 1. Chapte~ ~ o~ Article VI or the Santa Monica ~~~nicipal Code is he~eby amended and as anended shall reaa as follows: SEC7ION 6400. Definit~ons. Fo~ the purposes of this Chapter certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as herein set forth, unless it is apparent f~o~ the context that a different ~eaning is intended. (a) Driver. "DrlverH includes every :person ir. charge of" driving or operating any Notor-propelled vehicle for hire ~e~tioned in ~his section, either as agent, e~ployee, or otherwise. ~his does not include a person renting or leasing a vehicle for 2 ceriod of time to be driven by himself or his designate. (b) LiMousine for hire. "Limousine for hireTl incl'J.des every autOMobile or motor-propelled vehicle, other than taxicabs, not equipped ~ith a taximeter, used ~or transportation of passengers wi~hin and without the boundaries of the Ci~y not over a de~ined ~oute, at rates per mile, per trip, per hour, per day, per _e . e week, or per month. This does not include vehicles leased or rented for a period of time to be driven by the lessee or his designate. ( c ) St and. II Ste.nd rl is 2. place designat ed by the Parking and Tra~fic Engineer of the City for use by any taxicab or limou- sine for hire licensed hereunder while awaiting employment. Cd) Taxicab. HTaxicab" includes every autoMobile and motor- propelled vehicle equipped with a taximeter used for the transportation o~ passengers ~or hire within and without the boundaries of the City not over a defined route. Charges for use o~ such vehicle may be by distance travelled, waiting time, or both. The route travelled by such vehicle is deternlned by the passenger hiring the vehicle. (d) Vehicle for hire. lFiTehic Ie for hire II ine ludes both taxicabs and limousines for hire as defined in this section. SECTION 6401. Non-motor vehicles. Any non-notor propelled vehicle for hire used for transportation of passengers within and without the City must be approved by the Chief of Police and the Traffic Engineer prior to application for a license. If such approval is granted the non-motor vehicle and its drivers are SUbject to all the require~ents of this Code for taxicabs and li~ousines for hi~e. SECTION 6402. Business license reQuired. No person sball conduct any vehicle for hire -2- e- e e busi~ess without having ~irst obtained a Business License froN the License Division in compliance with Section 6103 and 6244 of this Code. SEC~ION 6403. Driver permit requi~ed. No person shall drive any vehcile for hire without having firs~ obtained a perTIit from the License Dlvision. The duration of this permit is for one year unless revoked, suspended, or cancelled. Authorization for such permit and badge ~ust first be otained from the Police Department in the form of a pOlice permit. ~he Police ~epartment may require information pertaining to the character and background o~ the permittee. ~he permittee shall be req~ired to pay $10.00 to the City Treasurer. Upon receipt of such amount, the License Division shall issue a written permit and a badge. SEC~ION 640ll. Rules and Regulations. The City Manager shall have ~he authority to adopt sDch rules. and regulations as in his judgMent are necessary for the service and safety of the operators, the pUblic and the owners of the vehicles used herein. Any rules and regulations so pro~ulgated shall be filed in the o~~ice o~ the City Clerk where they shall be kept on file and TIade ava~lable for inspection by the p~blic. Licenses and per~its under this section are subject to all the provisions of this Code regarding licenses and permits in Article VI, Chapter 1. -3- e- e e SECTION 6405. Co~pulsory Insurance Coverage. Before any license is issued or renewed, the owner o~ the vehicle for hire shall be required to file with the License Division and, thereafter, keep in f~ll force and effect a policy of insurance in the form a~d in the anount specified by the City Attorney. This policy must be executed by an insurance cOF!pany, acceptable to the City Manager, insuring the public against any loss or danage that ~ay result to any person or property from the operation o~ such vehicle. No perso~ shall operate any such vehlcle without having a policy as described in this section in full force and ef~ect at all times during the operation of such vehicle. SECTION 6406. Driving of Vehicles. Vehicles for hire shall be operated by the owner or by an employee o~ the owner. S~CTION 6407. Parking of Vehicles. No driver shall permit any vehicle for hi~e to stand while awaiting employment at any place other than a stand designated by the Parking and Traffic Engineer and assigned to the ovmer o~ said vehicle. No vehicle shall be left unattended in a stand for a period of tine longer than three ~inutes. Stands ~ay be occupied fo~ a period of twenty-four hours a day except where standing, stopping, and parking are other~ise prohibited by law. SECTION 6408. Taxicab signs. Every taxicab shall disylay in the rear of the _tl_ .- e e SECTION 6410. Full Use of Taxicab. When a taxicab is engaged the occupant shall have the exclusive right to the full and free use of the passenger conpartme~t and no owner or driver of said taxicab Ltl ...-/ 31 paJ -- - driver's seat and in the 9assenger's conpartnent and in full view of the passenger a card not less than two by ~our inches nor TIare than two and one-half by five inches which shall have printed thereon the licensee's na~e under which he operates and the business address and telephone number of such licensee, together vith the rates to be charged by such vehicle in such format at the City Manager may require. Every taxicab shall have printed upon the door of su~h cab the name of the licensee under which the ~ab is operated, together with the telephone nunber and the cab number. The nunber o~ the cab and the telep~o~e n~~ber shall also be ~rinted upon the rear of such vehicle. All of the lette~ing ~entioned in this section shall be not less than two and one-fourth ~nches in height and not less than five-sixteenths of an inch stroke. ~very taxicab ~ay disnlay an electrically lighted vacan~ sign attached to the top of such cab. Every such sign shall be not more than two and one-half inches hlgh by nine inches in length. S~CTION 6409. ~axi~e3ers. All taxicabs must base their ~harges on taximeters, and all taxi~eters shall be placed so that the reading dial Showing the 2Rount to be charged shall be well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in su~h taxicab. No driver of any taxicab ~pon receiving payment of a fare as indicated by the taximeter thereon shall refuse to give a receipt upon the request of any passenger making said paynent. -5- e-. e .- SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the sane to be published once in the official newspaper within fif~een (15) days after its adoption. The ordinance shall becone effective after thirty (30) days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FO~I: (f1".k~-O~ -!. 'j{ ht""bc., ~ S, S-tar ~ RICHARD L. KNICKERBOCKER City Attorney -7- .' _e ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 8th. DAY OF January ~ 1980. ~.t5~ M OR I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE~ No. 1143 ,WAS DULY AND REGULARLY INTRODUCED AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 13th.DAY OF ~nv~mh~r ~ 1979; THAT THE SAID ORDINANCE WAS THEREAFTER DULY ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 8th. DAY OF January ~ 1980 BY THE FOllOWING COUNCIL VOTE: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Yannatta Goldway, Jennlngs, Reed, Rhoden, Scott and Mayor Bambrlck NOES: COUNCIlMEMBERS: ~one ABSENT: COUNCIlMEMBERS: van den Steenhoven ATTEST: -~.