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City Council Meeting 6-8-04
Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Sections
6.04.110, 6.04.160, 6.04.170, 6.04.220, 6.48.010, 6.48.040, 6.48.050.
6.48.060, 6.48.090, 6.48.100, and 6.48.130, and Adding Section 6.48.150
to the Municipal Code Relating to Taxicab Owners and Drivers
Introduction
This report summarizes proposed amendments to the Taxicab Ordinance. The
proposed revisions would: (1) facilitate the issuance of taxicab licenses to owners and
permits to drivers by modifying the renewal schedule; (2) simplify and clarify the
regulatory system by eliminating administrative directives; (3) improve remedies; and (4)
enhance consumer protections by mandating flat rates for airport transportation and
instituting a consumer hotline.
The proposed amendments to the Taxicab Ordinance should become effective October
1, 2004, the first day of the amended cycle for issuance of the taxicab business licenses
and permits. The gap between the end of the present cycle and the beginning of the
new cycle would be addressed with an interim provision.
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Back~round
As of April 30, 2004, the City has issued 38 business licenses to taxicab companies,
438 vehicle police permits to taxicabs, and 527 police permits to drivers. Taxicab
company owners and/or drivers must obtain business licenses, police permits and
vehicle inspection decals from the City's License Office and the Police Department in
order to engage in the business of picking up passengers within the City's boundaries.
The City neither sets fares nor limits the number of taxicabs licensed. However, it
regulates taxicab operations by ordinance, regulation and two directives, one in the form
of a notice and the other in the form of an order.
On May 25, 2004, City staff held a public meeting for taxicab company representatives
to present the proposed ordinance and regulation changes. The representatives
expressed concern about the City's proposal to require increased insurance liability
limits.
Discussion
This section summarizes the proposed amendments by subject matter.
Renewal Cvcle for Issuance of the Taxicab Owners' Business License and
Drivers' Police Permits
The proposed amendments would change the timing of the issuance of the owner's
business license tax and the driver's police permit so that they are due at the same
time, October 1 st of each year. Currently, the renewal periods for drivers and vehicles
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differ; the driver's police permit must be renewed prior to July 15\ and the vehicle
business license, vehicle decal and owner's police permit must be renewed prior to
September 1st. Changing both renewal dates to October 1st will accomplish several
goals: (1) drivers will not be issued police permits unless they are driving vehicles
licensed and permitted vehicles; (2) the License Division's workload will be better
distributed to maximize efficiency; and (3) the Police Department will be able to utilize a
beach lot to apply vehicle decals instead of blocking ingress to City Hall.
Delinquency dates would be adjusted in accordance with the new issuance dates.
Additionally, the provision on filing an annual statement of gross receipts would be
amended to require taxicab business licensees to file a statement within thirty days, as
opposed to sixty days, after the start of the taxicab license period.
Additionally, language would be added to address the interim period between the end of
the old cycles and the beginning of the new cycles. It would: (1) make the effective
date for the Amended Ordinance October 1, 2004; (2) impose a one-time business
license tax for all taxicab owners in the amount of $62.50, to cover the business tax for
the interim period between the end of the old business license tax cycle (June 30, 2004)
and the beginning of the new cycle (October 1, 2004); and (3) extend the expiration
date for the taxicab business license, vehicle police permit, vehicle decal, and driver's
police permit, from June 30, 2004, to September 30, 2004.
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Consolidation of Insurance Requirements
The City's existing requirements regarding compulsory insurance coverage are
disjointed and outdated. Presently, the Code and Regulations generally address
compulsory insurance coverage; and the minimum insurance limits for the owners of
vehicles for hire is specified in the Administrative Order of the Office of the City Attorney
of Santa Monica, dated June 28, 1993 ("Order"), and the insurance carrier requirements
are specified in a Notice to All Owners and Drivers of Vehicles for Hire, issued by the
City Manager and dated June 30, 1993 ("Notice"). The proposed amendments would
eliminate the Order and Notice and add requirements to the Code and Regulations.
Due to taxicab company representatives' overwhelming concern about the financial
hardship increased liability limits would cause to taxicab companies, City staff does not
recommend increasing the required insurance liability limits at this time.
Flat Fees to Airports
Currently, all taxicab charges must be based on the taximeter. The proposed
Ordinance would create an exception requiring drivers to charge flat fees for transport of
passengers to the two major airports in the Los Angeles County: LAX and the Burbank
Airport. The proposed amendments would require that the flat rates be filed by the
taxicab owner with the City's License Office, and that notice of the flat fees be posted
inside taxicabs. This proposal responds to complaints from members of the public who
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complained that existing charges were both inflated and in excess of initial
representations made prior to transport.
Decal Fees and Placement
The amendments would create a decal fee, which would be distinct from the business
license tax and which would reflect the City's costs associated with the creating,
inspecting, and affixing a vehicle decal every time the City issues a new or replaces an
old decal (replacement for lost, stolen or otherwise removed decals). The proposed
amendments would also revise requirements for decal placement to more accurately
reflect Police Department practice in affixing decals onto vehicles.
Remedies
The proposed amendments would clarify that appeals of denials of taxicab driver police
permits are governed by Chapter 6.16, which sets forth the right of appeal to a hearing
examiner for any person when the City suspends, revokes, or denies any permit or
license under Article 6 of the Code.
The amendments would also make the regulations enforceable. Currently violations of
the Taxicab Ordinance may be penalized as infractions or misdemeanors. However,
there is no provision for enforcing the Taxicab Regulations. The proposed amendments
add language making the Regulations enforceable in the same manner as the Code.
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As an added consumer protection measure, the proposed Ordinance would require
taxicabs to post notice of a new, City-operated taxicab complaint hotline. Specifically,
Section 6.48.090 would be amended to add that every taxicab, in addition to posting a
card with the licensee's name, business contact information, and rates, must carry a
second card with the following language: "COMPLAINTS? Call the City Of Santa
Monica's Consumer Hotline," followed by the City-provided hotline telephone number.
Other cities with a similar requirement for posting of consumer complaint hotlines
include: Burbank; Los Angeles; Anaheim; and San Francisco, among others. The
Consumer Protection Unit of the City Attorney's Office will operate the hotline.
Other Chanqes
Finally, the proposed Ordinance includes the miscellaneous, minor changes including
eliminating duplicative language and ensuring consistent and accurate use of
terminology.
Financial Impact
A new fee will be implemented and paid by the vehicle owner to cover the cost of
affixing a decal on a vehicle. The fee will be set by resolution and adopted with the
second reading of this Ordinance. There are no costs to the City associated with the
Ordinance changes.
Recommendation
It is respectfully recommended that the accompanying Ordinance be introduced for first
reading.
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PREPARED BY: Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney
Eda U. Suh, Deputy City Attorney
Steve Stark, Director of Finance
Eva U'Ren, Acting Revenue Manager
Debby Sowers, License, Permit & Parking Citation Supervisor
James T. Butts, Jr., Chief of Police
Jay Trisler, Sergeant - Police Department
ATTACHMENTS: Proposed Ordinance
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City Council Meeting 6-08-04
Santa Monica, California
(CCS)
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTIONS 6.04.110, 6.04.160, 6.04.170, 6.04.220,
6.48.010,6.48.040,6.48.050,6.48.060,6.48.090,6.48.100, AND 6.48.130, AND
ADDING SECTION 6.48.150 TO THE SANTA MONCIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO TAXICAB OWNERS AND DRIVERS
WHEREAS, the City issues permits and licenses to taxicab owners and drivers;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to ensure the efficient issuance of licenses
and permits and compliance with requirements for taxicab operation; and
WHEREAS, many visitors to Santa Monica utilize taxicabs to travel to the Los
Angeles and Burbank Airports; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the public welfare the City Council wishes to
ensure clear advance disclosure of the cost of airport transportation and to otherwise
protect the rights of those using taxi services,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.04.110 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.04.110 Term of license.
(a) Every daily license shall expire at midnight on
the day during which it was issued.
(b) Every monthly license shall expire at midnight of
the last day of the month during which it was issued.
(c) Every annual license, whether based on gross
receipts or a flat rate, shall expire at midnight on the June
30th next succeeding its issuance unless specified otherwise
in this Code.
(d) The annual license for taxicab owners shall
expire at midniqht on the September 30th next succeedinq its
issuance.
SECTION 2.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.04.160 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.04.160 Penalties for late payment and
nonpayment.
A penalty of twenty percent of the license fee due.Jn
addition to the amount of such license fee, shall be levied fA
addition to the amount of such liconso foo on all licensees
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who fail to pay their yearly license renewal prior to
September 1 st ("delinquent date") and on all new
businesses operating in the City who fail to secure a
business license within thirty days after opening for
business. In the case of taxicab owners. a penalty of twenty
percent of the license fee due. in addition to the amount of
such license fee. shall be levied on all licensees who fail to
pav their yearly license renewal prior to November 1 st
("delinquent date"). An additional penalty of ten percent of
the original license fee due shall be added for each month or
portion thereof that said license fee remains unpaid after the
delinquent date. In no case, however, shall the penalty
exceed one hundred percent of the original license fee due.
SECTION 3.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.04.170 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.04.170 Waiver or refund of penalty.
(a) No penalty assessed pursuant to Section
6.04.160 shall be waived or refunded except as provided for
in this Section.
(b) The City Manager or his or her designee may
waive or refund a penalty assessed pursuant to this Section
upon receiving satisfactory proof that the licensee mailed the
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business license payment prior to September 1 st of the year
in which it was due and that the failure of the payment to be
postmarked prior to September 1 st of the year in which it
was due or delivered was based upon operational problems
caused by the United States Postal Service. In the case of
taxicab owner licensees. the City Manaqer or his or her
desiqnee may waive or refund a penalty assessed pursuant
to this Section upon receiving satisfactory proof that the
licensee mailed the business license payment prior to
November 1st of the year in which it was due and that the
failure of the payment to be postmarked prior to November
1 st of the year in which it was due or delivered was based
upon operational problems caused by the United States
Postal Service.
(c) Satisfactory proof must include documentation
from the United States Postal Service that unusual
operational problems or natural disasters occurred that
created the possibility that the postmark was delayed or the
mail lost. In addition, the City Manager may require such
other documentation as is necessary to verify the claim,
such as bank, checking, and other accounting records that
might corroborate the claim that payment was timely
deposited in the mail.
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(d) No interest shall be paid on any money refunded
pursuant to this Section.
(e) The decision of the City Manager shall be final
and not subject to additional hearing or review.
SECTION 4.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.04.220 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.04.220 Annual statement of licensee.
(a) Filing of Statement. Except as provided in
subsection (b) below. in all cases where the amount of license to
be paid by any person is based upon the amount of gross
receipts, or upon the number of vehicles used, such person or
entity, before obtaining a license for such business and within
sixty days after the beginning of each license period, shall file with
the Director of Finance a written statement in the form required by
the Director of Finance, supported by such documentation
requested by the Director of Finance, showing the total amount of
gross receipts during the preceding calendar year, or the number
of vehicles used at the date of such statement.
(b) Taxicab Business License. A person or entitv
seekinq a taxicab business license shall file the Statement
described in subsection (a) above before obtaining a license and
within thirtv davs after the beqinninq of the taxicab license period.
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(S,Q) Contents of Statement. Any statement filed
pursuant to this Section shall be signed and shall contain the
following:
"I declare, under penalty of making a false
declaration, that I am authorized to make this statement and
to the best of my knowledge and belief it is a true, correct
and complete statement, made in good faith for the period
stated. "
For making a false statement or declaration the
person signing the statement shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(6g) Confidentiality as to Gross Receipts. Information
filed pursuant to this Section as to the gross receipts of a
particular person or entity shall be confidential in character and
shall not be subject to public inspection. It shall be the duty of the
Director of Finance to preserve and keep such gross receipts
information so that it may not become known except to the
persons charged by law with the administration of this Code.99
(a~) Statement Not Conclusive. No statement filed
pursuant to this Section shall be conclusive upon the City or upon
any officer thereof as to the matters therein set forth, and the
same shall not prejudice the right of the City to recover any
amount that may be ascertained to be due from such person in
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addition to the amount shown by such statement should it be
found to be incorrect.
(eD Newly Established Business License Renewal.
In any case where an original license is to be issued for a newly
established business, the minimum tax applicable for that type of
business shall be paid for the original license. At the date of
renewal, if such business is subject to a business license tax
based upon gross receipts, an additional fee shall be charged,
based upon the gross receipts of such business during the prior
year, at the tax rate applicable for such business, after deducting
from the amount so found to be due the amount paid at the time
such original license was issued.
(fg) Accuracy of Statement Subject to Audit. The
correctness of any statement filed pursuant to this Section shall be
subject to audit and verification by the Director of Finance, who is
hereby authorized and empowered to inspect and audit the books
and records of any and all persons licensed to carry on any
business specified in this Code. No person licensed to carry on
any business specified in this Code shall refuse or fail to allow the
Director of Finance to inspect and audit such books and records
or shall refuse or fail to provide such additional information as
requested by the Director of Finance.
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(9n) Failure to File Statement. If any person or entity
required to file any statement pursuant to this Section shall fail to
do so such person shall be guilty of a violation of this Code.
SECTION 5.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.010 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.010 Definitions.
For 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 from the
context that a different meaning is intended.
(a) Driver. "Driver" includes every person in charge
of driving or operating any motor-propelled vehicle for hire
mentioned in this Section, either as agent, employee, or
otherwise. This does not include a person renting or leasing
a vehicle for a period of time to be driven by himself or
herself or his or her designee.
(b) Vehicle for Hire. "Vehicle for hire" includes
every automobile or motor-propelled vehicle, other than
taxicabs, not equipped with a taximeter, used for
transportation of passengers within and without the
boundaries of the City not over a defined route, at rates per
mile, per trip, per hour, per day, per week or per month.
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"Vehicle for hire" includes both taxicabs and limousines for
hire as defined in this Section. This does not include
vehicles leased or rented for a period of time to be driven by
the lessee or his or her designee.
(c) Stand. "Stand" is a place designated by the
Parking and Traffic Engineer of the City for use by any
taxicab or vehicle for hire licensed hereunder while awaiting
employment.
(d) Taxicab. "Taxicab" includes automobile and
motor-propelled vehicles equipped with a taximeter used for
the transportation of passengers for hire within and without
the boundaries of the City not over a defined route. Chargos
for uso of such vohiclo m::lY bo by distanco tr::lvolod, ~v::liting
timo, or both. The route traveled by such vehicle is
determined by the passenger hiring the vehicle.
(0) Vehicle for Hire. "Vehicle f-or hire" includes both
taxic::lbs ::lnd limousinos for hire as dofinod in this Soction.
SECTION 6.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.040 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.040 Police permit required.
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(a) Application. No person shall drive a vehicle for
hire to pick up or attempt to pick up passengers, and no
person who owns or controls any such vehicle for hire shall
allow any vehicle for hire to be so used, unless the driver
has a valid Police permit issued under the provisions of this
Section for each taxicab company for which he or she is
driving. In order to obtain a Police permit, each person shall
file with the City's License Office, upon forms supplied by the
City, a verified application containing the following
information:
(1) Name and address of applicant;
(2) Convictions, if any, in any court of law;
(3) Certification of the owner by whom he or she is
to be employed as a driver in the City;
(4) Proof of a valid California Driver's License;
(5) A signed agreement to submit to a background
investigation and fingerprinting by the Police Department;
(6) Oriqinal +!est results from a certified laboratory
or testing agency, submitted simultaneously with the
applicant's verified application, proving that the applicant has
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tested negative for drugs and alcohol as provided by Section
53075.5(b )(3) of the California Government Code; and
(7) Such further information as the City may require.
Self-employed independent drivers shall be
responsible for compliance with, and shall pay all costs of,
the drug and alcohol tests described above with regard to
themselves. Employers shall be responsible for compliance
with, and shall pay all costs of, the drug and alcohol tests
with respect to their employees and potential employees,
except that an employer may require employees who test
positive to pay the costs of rehabilitation and of return-to-
duty and follow-up testing.
(b) Permit Applicant Investigation. The Police
Department shall conduct an investigation of each applicant
for a Police permit and shall indicate its approval on the
application or, if disapproved, the reason therefor. The
Police Department may disapprove any applicant who has a
record of criminal conduct or other behavior involving any of
the following:
(1) Moral turpitude;
(2) Violence toward persons or property;
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(3) Physical or mental disease which could make
the applicant a danger to the safety of others;
(4) Illegal sexual conduct involving another
nonconsenting person;
(5) Negligent or reckless driving;
(6) Operating a motor vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol or drugs; or
(7) Acts showing the applicant to be otherwise
incompetent or not fit to drive a vehicle for hire.
(c) Permit Issuance. The Police Department shall,
upon consideration of the application and investigation,
approve or deny the Police permit. No permit shall be issued
to any person under the age of eighteen years, where any
false statement appears in the application, or if the
application is otherwise incomplete.
Upon approval of an application and receipt of the
applicable fees, the Police Department shall issue a Police
permit to the applicant. The permit shall bear the name and
photograph of the applicant, date of expiration of the permit,
and the name of the taxicab company for which the driver is
authorized to drive a vehicle for hire. The Police
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Department's decision to 3pprove or deny the Police permit
shall be final and shall not be appealable to the City Council
or to any other City body or official.
(d) Permit Expiration. A Police permit shall expire
on June 30tll_ September 30th of each year, unless revoked,
suspended, or terminated prior to that date. A Police permit
which has not been revoked, suspended, or terminated may
be renewed annually by paying the appropriate fee and by
filing with the City, on forms supplied by the City, a
verification that the driver is in compliance with the
provisions of this Section, and test results from a certified
laboratory or testing agency proving that the applicant has
tested negative for drugs and alcohol as provided by Section
53075.5(b)(3) of the California Government Code.
(e) Effect of Termination of Employment. The
drivor's Police permit shall become void upon termination of
employment. Upon termination of a driver's employment, the
owner by whom such driver has been employed, shall
immediately give the City written notice of the termination,
and the terminated driver shall immediately return the Police
permit to the City.
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(f) Grounds for Suspension and Revocation.
Any Police permit issued under the provisions of this
Section, and any business license issued under Section
6.48.030, may be suspended or revoked for any of the
following reasons:
(1) Violation of any provision of this Section by a
holder or employer of the holder of such permit; and
(2) The existence of any facts, which would have
been good reason to deny such permit when applied for,
regardless of when such facts arose.
SECTION 7.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.050 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.050 Rules and regulations.
The City Manager shall have the authority to adopt
such rules and regulations as in his or her 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 promulgated shall be filed in the office of
the City Clerk where they shall be kept on file and made
available for inspection by the public. For purposes of
enforcement. violations of any such rules and requlations
issued under this Section shall have the same force and
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effect as violations of provisions of the this Chapter. and
subiect to the penalties set forth in Section 6.48.140.
Licenses and permits under this Section are subject to all the
provisions of this Code regarding licenses and permits in
Chapters 6.04, 6.08, 6.12, 6.14 and 6.16 of this Code.
SECTION 8.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.060 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.060 Compulsory insurance coverage.
Before any license is issued or renewed, the owner of
the vehicle for hire shall be required to file with the License
Division Office and, thereafter, keep in full force and effect a
policy of insurance in the form and in the amount specified
by the City Attorney in the rules and requlations adopted by
the City Manaqer pursuant to Section 6.48.050 of this
Chapter. This policy must be executed by an insurance
company, acceptable to the City M~m3ger, insuring the
public against any loss or damage that may result to any
person or property from the operation of such vehicle. No
person shall operate any such vehicle without having a
policy as described in this Section in full force and effect at
all times during the operation of such vehicle.
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SECTION 9.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.090 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.090 Taxicab signs.
Vehicle owners and drivers shall ensure compliance
with the followinq siqnaqe requirements:
fill Every taxicab shall display In every taxicab there
shall be displayed in the rear of the driver's seat and in the
passenger's compartment and in full view of the passenger a
6afG- two cards not less than two by four inches nor more
than two and one-half by five inches which shall have printed
thereon state the followinq in the format required by the City
Manaqer:
(1) on the first card: the licensee's name under which
he operates and the business address and telephone
number of St::ffiA-- the licensee, together with the rates to be
charged by St::ffiA-- the vehicle in such format at the City
Manager may require: and-;-
(2) on the second card: "COMPLAINTS? Call the
City Of Santa Monica's Hotline. " followed by the City-
provided telephone number. This card shall contain the
hotline telephone number provided by the City.
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,{Q} Every taxicab shall have printed upon the door of
such cab the name of the licensee under which the cab is
operated, together with the telephone number and the cab
number. The number of the cab and the telephone number
shall also be printed upon the rear of such vehicle. All of the
lettering mentioned in this Section shall not be less than two
and one-fourth inches in height and not less than five-
sixteenths of an inch stroke.
!Q) Every taxicab may display have an electrically
lighted vacant sign attached to the top of such cab. Every
such sign shall be not more than two and one-half inches
high by nine inches in length.
SECTION 10.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.100 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.100 Taximeters and Flat Rates.
!ill All taxicabs must based their charges on
taximeters, and all taxicabs shall have a taximeters shall be
placed so that the reading dial sho'l.'ing displavinq the
amount to be charged shall be ~welllighted and readily
discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab. Except
as provided in subsection (b), no taxicab charqe shall
exceed the amount displayed on the taximeter.
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(b) If the taxicab service is to the Los Anaeles Airport
or the Bob Hope Airport (Burbank), the charae must be a flat
rate reaistered with the City pursuant to Section 6.48.031 of
this Chapter. The flat rate for service to these airports must
be posted in each taxicab, alona with the other rates to be
charaed, pursuant to Section 6.48.090 (a}(1) of this
Chapter.
fg} No driver of any taxicab upon 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 payment.
SECTION 11.Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.130 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 6.48.130 License decals required on taxis
and vehicles for hire.
(a) In all instances in which a business license is a
prerequisite for the use of any taxi or vehicle for hire, upon
receipt of the appropriate fees, includinq a decal fee, a decal
shall be issued by the Director of Finance City as part of the
business license foe. Such decal shall be affixed by the
Police Department on the assigned vehicle to the driver's
side lower upper lefthand corner of the rear windshield or, if
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there is no rear window, it shall be affixed to the driver's side
in the lower lefthand corner of the front windshield.
(b) No decal issued pursuant to this Section shall be
in any manner transferred or assigned. If a person or entity
that has been issued a decal transfers, assigns, or otherwise
allows such decal to be used by another person or entity,
such decal shall be automatically revoked.
(c) No decal required pursuant to this Section shall
be issued to any applicant until that applicant has paid all of
his or her outstanding parking citations, including all civil
penalties and related fees.
SECTION 12.Pro-Rated Taxicab Business License Tax for Julv 1. 2004 throuqh
September 30, 2004.
(a) All persons subject to the taxicab business license requirement established
by Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 6.48.030 for the 2003-2004 fiscal year must
pay a one-time fee in the amount of $62.50. This prorated business license tax is for
the three-month interim period from July 1, 2004 to September 30, 2004, and it must be
paid at the time of renewal for the 2004-2005 taxicab business license.
(b) Upon payment of the prorated business license tax:
(1) Business licenses issued pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
6.48.030 and due to expire June 30, 2004, will be extended until September 30, 2004.
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(2) Vehicle decals issued pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
6.48.130 and due to expire June 30, 2004, will be extended until September 30, 2004.
(3) Police permits for vehicles issued pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code
Section 6.14.080 and due to expire June 30, 2004, will be extended until September 30,
2004.
(4) Taxicab drivers' Police Permits issued pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal
Code Section 6.48.040 and due to expire June 30, 2004, will be extended until
September 30, 2004.
SECTION 13. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 14. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 15. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the
passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once
in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall
become effective thirty days after its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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