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ORDINANCE NO~ f<l
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, REGULATING TH~ OPERATION
OF TAXICABS UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS
OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH; REQUIRING
PEffiiITS THEREFOR; FIXING PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION OF THE TER~IS OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT THERErlITH; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of seal Beach,
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Section 1: DEFINITIONS
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,(a) Owner, every person, firm or corporation
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12 mobile or motor-propelled vehicle, as herein defined,
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(b) Dri~er, every person in charge of or opera-
15 ting, any passenger-carrying or motor-propelled vehicl
16 as herein defi ned, ei the!' as agent, employee or other
17 ise, of ovmer, as owner, or under the direction of th
18 fwner, as herein defined.
19 I (c) Taxicab, every automobile or motor-propelle
20 vehicle and/or of public appearance such as is in
21 common usage in this country for taxicabs and/or opera
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per m e, or or wal - Ime, or or 0 ,
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sed for the transportation of passengers for hire
the public streets of the City of Seal Beach and
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ot over a defined route, and irrespective of whether
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said City, and such vehicle is routed under the
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direction of such passenger or passengers, or of such
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persons hiring the same.
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section 2: X~~T~PURLTC CONV'fi:NT~Nr.E
(a) No person shall ~ngage in the busihess of
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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PHONE 8S8al8a
LONG BEACH 2. CALIF.
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1 operating any taxicab within the City of Seal Beach
2 without first having obtained a certificate of public
3 convenience and necessity from the Council of the
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(b) All persons applying to the Council for
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8 therefor stating as follows:
9 (1) The name and address of the owner or
10 persons applying.
11 (2) The number of vehicles actually owned
12 and the number of vehicles actually operated by such
13 owner on the date of application, if any.
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(3) The number of vehicles for which a certifi-
of pUblic
(4) The
convenience and necessity is desired.
intended make, type, year of manufac-
17 ture and passenger seating capacity of each taxicab
18 for which application for a certificate of public
19 convenience and necessity is made.
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(5) The make and type of taximeter intended to
installed on each taxicab for which application
22 for certificate is made.
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(6) A description of the proposed color scheme,
24 insignia, trade style and/or any other distinguishing
25 characteristics of the proposed taxicab design.
26 (7) Such other information as the Council may
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SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF
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DANA R. WILLIAMS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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PHONE .....,..
LoNG BEACH 2, CALIF.
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1 Council at any time in case:
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(1) The Council finds the owner;s past record
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4 (2) The owner fails to operate the taxicab
5 or taxicabs in accordance with the provisions of this
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7 (3) The owner shall cease to operate any taxi-
8 cab for ~eriod of thirty (30) consecutive days with-
9 out having obtained permission for cessation of such
10 operation from the Council;
11 (4) The taxicab or taxicabs are operated at a
12 rate of fare other than that approved by the Council
13 and stated on the certificate and the rate card issued
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(5) For any other reason which the Council may
16 deem warrants suspension or revocation.
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Section 4: RATES~F FARE
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of Seal
owner of any taxicab operated in the
Beach shall file or cause to be filed
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the Clerk of said City a true and correct state-
21 ment of the rates to be charged for the transportation
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of passengers in any and all taxicabs operated by
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said owner and such owner shall not charge or modify
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said rates in any manner without the written permissio
25 of said City Council and without f il i ng said modified
26 changed rates with said City Clerk.
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27 Section 5: I\:AI NTTI:NANCE
I 28 The Chief of police of the City of Seal Beach
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shall have the right at any time after displaying
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proper identification, to enter into
certified taxicab for the prupose of
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ascertaining
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DANA R. WILLIAMS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
A.' ..CURITY BLDG.
PHONE ....".
LONG BEACH 2. CALIF.
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whether or not any of the provisions of this
Ordinance are being violated.
(b) Any taxicab which is found, after any
such inspection, to be unsafe or in any way unsuit-
able for taxicao service may be immediately ordered
out of service, and before again being placed in
service shall be placed in a safe condition.
Section 6: TIle City Council of the City of
Seal Beach may at its discretion issue an annual
license to any such owner as provided in this
Ordinance upon the payment of the sum of ~:'50. 00
for first taxicab and ~30.00 for each additional cab.
Section 7: TAXICAB DRIVERS LICE~:S3S
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
drive or operate any of the vehicles mentioned in
Section 1 of this ordinance ~ithout first obtaining
a permit in writing so to do from the Chief of
Police of the City of Seal Beach, upon payment of
an annual fee of ~:~2 .00, subject to the following
conditions:
(b) Such applicant shall be finger printed
by the Chief of Police of the City.
(c) No permit shall be issued to any of the
following persons:
(1) Any person under the age of twenty-one
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(2) No applicant may outain a permit to driv
or operate any of the vehicles mentioned in this
ordinance unless and until he shall have been a con-
tinuous resident of the City of seal Beach for at
least thirty days immediately preceding the date of
said application; provided however that a temporary
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1 permit only shall be granted for a period not to
2 exceed sixty days after which time said license shall
3 be made permant, if, after investigation, said
4 applicant is found t~ be a fit and proper person.
S (3) The Chief of police may revoke or refuse
6 to renew an operator's license if the driver or
7 applicant has since the granting of his permit been
8 convicted of a felony; shall have had his state
9 driver'S or chauffeur's license revoked or suspended;
10 been convicted of driving while under the influence
11 of intoxicating liquors.
12 Section 6: pU~~IC LIA3ILITY
13 (a) It shall be unlawful to operate any
14 vehicle, as cefined in Section 1 of this ordinance,
15 unless there shall be filed with the City Clerk of
16 the City of Seal Beach, a poliCY of insurance execute
17 and delivered by a company authorized to carryon an
18 insurance business in the State of California, the
19 financial responsibility of which company shall
20 theretofore have been approved by the City Clerk, by
21 the terms of which said insurance tompany assumes re-
22 sponsibility for injuries to persons or property caus
23 by the operation of said vehicle in the follo\ling
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G~,ooo property damage;
$5,000 for death or injuries to anyone
person in anyone accident;
010,000 for death or injuries to two or more
persons in anyone accident.
29 (b) No policy of insurance issued by any
30 mutual assessment or reciprocal company as defined
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Section 9: VICLATION3 AYD PillNALTIES
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Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by forfeiture of his permit, and
uy a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars C300.0 )
or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not
exceeding thirty days or "oy such forfeiture and im-
prisonment in the County Jailor by both such for-
feiture, fine or imprisonment.
Section 10: All Ordinances or parts of Ordin-
ances in conn i ct \;i th thi s vrdinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 11: The city Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this Grdinance by the City Council
of the City of Seal Beach, Californi&, and shall
cause the same to be pUb 11 shed once III tile SillAL bJiAC f
POST & ~IAVill a ne~spaper of General circulation print d
and published in said City and said Ordinance shall
take effect thrity days from and after its publicati n
as provided Dy law.
dTA.AJ~fSSED, ADOPTED AND APPROV:l:D this 'J/ ,day of
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I. John ~~lcahy, City Clerk of the City of
Seal Beach, ~aliiornia, do hereb) certifY that the
foregoing Orainance ~as duly adopted at a regular
rr.eeting of tl1e Ci ty Council held on the ~_~ day
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