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ORDINArCE NO.~
AN ORDIli!.iTCE 0"" "'HE CIT" OF ElFJlL BEJ>C~, C.I\tIF:rRi!IA,
REGULATING THE USF. OF THr ~T~""~T8 OF SAID CITY BY SrLF-p?on~LLED
:!OTOR VEHICLES CAP''''YI:TG 'P M''''F.::G::?S FOR HI?E, -;>R()~~DI~TG FOR THE
LICENSI:JG OF SUCH VEHICT.E8 J.iTD THE REVOCATION 0_ SUCH LICEnSE,
!.lAXING THE V'IOLATI,:)~T OF P.]Y OF THE PROVISIONS 0 THIS ORDn1.HTCE
A :"ISD:C!lEAI10R UD FIXnlG PENALTY THEREFOR, AliD REPEnnm ALL
ORDINAlrCES OR PARTS OF ORDAHIcr:a Dr C'Ji'lFI,ICT...HE-T\'!ITH.
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8 The Board of Truatees of the City of Seal Bee~h,
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SECTION 1. Unless it is stated herein that a differ-
9 ent meaning is intended, the following words shell have the
meaning attached to them by this seotion:
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The ~ord IIstreet" sha.11.mean and inclu:!e any
elley, avenue, court, lane or PU'liC plece in the City
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14 The ',70rds "motor bus and o.uto busll shs..ll mean and in-
15 clude any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying
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passengers for hire, wh:ch is announced orel1y, by sign, device,
or advertisement, to operate or run, or whi1h is operated or run
18 07er a p~rtiou1ar rcute, or to a particular point, or between
19 ~articular points, whether one or both points be within the City
20 of Seal Beach, or whether the streets of said City are used en
21 route from one point to another, both of \Vhi~h points are withcut
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23 The word IIpersonll shall mean and include person,per-
24 sons, firm or corporation.
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SECTION 2. Before operating any auto bus as such upon
28 any street of the City of Seal Beach, thd owner or lessee there
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of Trustses of said City as herein provided.
~""CTION 3. Application for an auto bus license shall
30 ~e made in \T,ttingj signed and filed with the City Clerk of eai
31 City and sh~ll state:
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(a) The route or rcutes prorosed to be fol~owed in
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1 transportin~ passengers and the terwini of said route or routes.
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(b) The fare to be charged for transporting passen-
gers between the termini and intermediate points on said route
or routes.
(c) The schedule to be observed showing the times of
6 departure from the termini according to ~mich it is proposed to
7 operate said auto bus.
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(d) Transfer points, if transfers are proposed to be
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(e) The type of mo~or bus and the name given oy the
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(f) The horse-power thereof.
(g) Fectory number and Stats license number thereof.
(h) The seating capacity thereof according to its
15 trade rating.
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(i) The name of the owner or leesee end the name of
the person to be in immedi~te charge thereof as oper~tor, or
18 chauffeur and the number of the State license of the operator.
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(j) Wnether the driver is physically qualified to
20 drive the motor bus safely.
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(k) Whether the driver has sufficient knowledge of
22 the tr~fic laws and rules of the City and road, to drive a mot-
23 or bus sately.
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SECTION 4. The Board of Trustess shall, without nec-
25 essary delay, oause an investig~tion to be made of such appli-
26 cation,and shall grant the licenae,unless it ah~ll appear:
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(a) That the vehicle for ~hich the license is applied
for is inadequ~te or unsafe for the purpose intended or insuf-
fiCiently equipped with skid ch~ins or other se~ devices.
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(b) That the o~erator is incompetent or has not had
31 sufficient experience in drtt~ng an automobile in the City of
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(c) That the driver is not ~hysic~ly qualified to
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(d) That the schedule does not comply with the requir -
ments of this ordinanoe.
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PECTIOR 5. The fees for the license herein provided
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(a) For each auto cus capable of seating five or less
8 passengers, the sum of forty ($40.00) dcll""rs per year,payable in
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(b) For e:,ch auto bus capa.ble of seating more than
five and less than eight passengers, the sum of sixty (~60.00)
dollars ~er year, payable in r.dvance.
(c) For each auto bus capable of seating more than
seven and less th:m thirteen passene;ers,the Bum of one hundred
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15 (~100.00) dollars ~er year,p~ya~le in advance,provided however
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that if any person, firm, or corporation shell operate more than
one such auto bus in said City, the license for all such succeed-
18 ing bussest of the same c?pacity other than the first shall be
19 the SUIT. of fifteen (."'15.00) p,ol:1ars per year,paya.ble in advance.
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(d) For each a.uto bus seating more than thirteen pa.s-
21 sengere,the sum of one hundred twenty-five (~la5.00) dollars per
22 year,~~ya.ble in advance,provided houever,that if any person, firm
23 or corporation shall operate more than one such autobus in said
24 City, the license for ell such succeeding busses of the same cap-
25 acity other than the first shall be the sum of twenty (Gao.oo)
28 dollars per yea.r,payable in advance.
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The foregoing license fees are fixed as being necessar
for the purpose ~regUlation,and to provide for th~ necessary
inspection under ~~d enforcement of the provisions of this or-
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31 --*8 J ~ "-AI'\~'-e.,,~h6J:j. be. issued for less than, ~ae...JIIQJL~
32 fer 'il'll.1s11 'tae f.ee_.sh~,ll be cne-four:tif'o~thiNU!lOUn~--C)f-'Zl.fl.:lle~r.
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S~CTION 6. Any person desiring to pperate an auto bus
2 qithin the City of Seal Beach must hold a certificate issued by
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the authority of the State of C31ifornia to drive motor vehicles
SECTION 7. No license to drive or operate any auto
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5 bus shall be granted to any person under the age of eighteen
6 years, nor to any person where the auto bus is to be driven by
7 one other the~ the applicant, where the person to drive such
8 auto bus is under the age of eighteen years.
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SECTION 8. It shell be unlawfull:
(a) To drive or operate, or cause to be driven or op-
11 ~rated, any auto bus upon or <~ong any street unless there is
12 outstanding a valid license for each such auto bus obtained as
13 in this ordinance provided.
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(0) To drive or operats, or cause to be driven or op-
15 erated any ~uto bus while there is attached thereto any trailor,
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or ~~y other passenger carrying vehi~le.
(c) To permit passengers to ride on the running board
or fenders of any auto bus;; and it sha~l also be unl~wful for
any person to ride on the running board of any auto bus.
(d) To refuse to carry any person offering himself or
herself at any regular stopping ro~nt to be carri~ and tender-
ing the fare for the same to any regular stopping place in said
route or between the ter~ini thereof, unless at the time of such
24 offer the sects of said auto bus are fully occupied. If a reque t
25 is made by any person along said route at any regul~r stop~ing
28 place to be carried by such person operating such auto bus, and
27 there is unoccupied a seat or seats provided therein wh~ch may
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be occupied, it shalJ be the duty of such person operating such
auto bus to carry such pcasenger, upon tender of the fare there-
30 for; provided however, that the person driving such auto bus
31 may refuse trans~ortation to any person who, at the time demand
32 is made to be carried, is in an intoxicated condition,or to any
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1 person TIho at such time ~ay be conducting himself in a b01ster-
2 ous manner, or uho m~y at such time be using ~rofane languag~.
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(e) To demand and charge a greater f~re than th~t
mentioned in the ~pp1ic~ticn for license, and then that printed
5 u~on the sign carried upon the auto bue.
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(f) To discontinue the service of eny auto bus ear-
7 lieI' than the latest run shown by the schedule set forth in the
8 ~pplication for license.
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"F.CTIOH S. It sh~.lJ, be unlE'.wful for' any auto bus to
10 stop to take on or let off &ny passengers ~t any other point
11 between the intersecting str~ets of its route, or routes, or at
12 any othsr ~oint, except at the right hand curb on the further
13 side of such intersecting streets.
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SECTION 10. That each auto bus operated on the street
15 of the Ci ty of BeE..l Beach, bet'lleen one ht:t'r after sun set snd on
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hour before sun rise, sh:::..ll he..ve a light ,of not less than two
candle pO\1er effixed to the inside of tht:l top thereof above, or
18 back of the seat operated by the oper~tor.
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SECTION 11. Any license shall be revoked by the BOfZd
20 of Trustees for any violation of the provisions of this Ordinanc
21 or for the failure to pay any judgment or damages arising from
22 unlawful or negligent operation of the auto bus for i:h:ch the
23 license was issued, or for a violation of the tr~ffic ordinance
24 of the City of Seal Beach,or l~ws of the St~te of California now
25 in force or hereafter edopted. The Board of Trustets in the ex-
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ercis' of a scund and reascnE..ble discretion,end uhen the public
interest and safety may reqUire~revoke any license issued
under the provisions of th1a Ordiance.
SECTION 12. A~operator or chauffeur who operates ~~y
auto bus while under the influence of liquor,or who operates his
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feit his right to operate ~ anto bus in said City of Seal Beao ,
and any owner of any auto bus thereafter permitting suoh ohauf-
feuJor operator to operate or remain in oharge of any auto bus
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shall forfeit the lioense issued for the vehio1e so operated.
SECTION 13. It sh~ll be unlawful for ~~y person own-
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6 ing or having in oharge or operating, or oausing to be operated,
7 any auto bus over or upon any pub1io street without having at-
8 tached thereto a bell or horn of size and weight suf!ioient to
9 insure its being distrinotly he~rd when rung or sounded at a
10 distanoe of at least one hundred feet. The bell or horn must
11 be soun~ed when suoh auto bus is about to oross an interseoting
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SECTION 14. Every person owning or operating, or
14 oausing to be operated, any auto bus in the City of Seal Beaoh,
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shall, whenever required in writing by the Board of Health of
the City of Seal Beaoh,fully disinfeot eaoh auto bus s~qperate .
SECTION 15. No person sh~ll operate or oause to be
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18 operated any auto bus in the City of Se~ Beaoh, exoept at the
19 r~tes of speed fixed by the laws of the State of California and
20 the City of Seal Beaoh. Nothing in this seotion oontained, ho~-
21 ever, shell be so oonstrued as to permit any person to drive
22 any suoh auto bus at a greater speed than is prudent and reason-
23 able, having regard for the existing traffio oonditions or so
24 to eddanger either person or property.
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SECTION 16. It shall be unlawful for any person own-
26 ing or operating, or causing to be operated, any auto bus wlthi
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inexperienoed person to aot as the driver of suoh auto bus.
It shall be unlawful for any person not having had
30 previous experienoe, to oFerete any auto bus in the streets of
31 the City of Seal Be:;.oh, unlesa said person shall have had at
32 least ten days' experienoe in the operation of an\ automobile
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SECTION L7. It shall be unla~ful for any person to
o~erate a motor vehicle, used in t~e busines6 of tr~nB~orting
passengers for hire, unless there is given and in force either:
(a) A bond of the owner or lessee of the said motor
6 vehicle with a responsible surety compBny or associ~ticn author-
7 ized to do business under the laws of the State of California,
8 in the sum of ten thousand do~lars, conditioned that the owner
9 or lessee of s~~d motor vehicle nwi11 pay all loss or damage
10 that may result to any person or property from the negligent
11 oper~tion of or defective construction of said motor vechicle
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or uhich may arise
or result from any vio1aticn of any of the
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ordi~ce or the l~ws of the State of Califor-
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(b) A policy of insurance in,( company author:zed to
do business in the State of Calif~rnia, with a total liability 0
ten thousand dollars, insuring enid~v.ner or leasee against loss
by rdason of damage that may result to any ~drson or p~rsons or
property from the operation of said motor vehicle, which ~olicy
shall gu3.I'antee payment, wi thin the J imi te prescribed, vif'
an aggregate liability of ten th:usand dollars, and a limitation
of five thousand dollars for anyone pereon killed or injured an
one of one thousand dollars for the injury or destruction of any
property, of any final judgment rendered agc:.inst said owner or
lessee.
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SECTIOiJ 18. It shall be unla.wful for any person driv-
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Edrs for hire from point to point, to drive or operate such auto
bus for hire over a route, or ~dtween the termini, or according
30 to a schedul~e other than the route, termini, G? A~~n~d1,! Lv ~
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1 maintain suoh sohecule , or fall, refuse or negleot after oom-
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menoing any trip ~ operate suoh auto bue between the termini
and over the ent~e route or routes speoified in'he lioense
and mentioned in the sign herein~fter provided to be oarried
5 by eaoh auto bus, unless the failure to complete suoh trip
8 shall be the result of acoident, or the breaking down of the
7 auto bus or the engine thereof; provided, however, that such
8 persons may transfer passengers to any othsr auto bus used to,
9 complete suoh route as herein provided, only a singls fare being
10 charged, however, for the entire trip between suoh specified
11 termini, and ~rovided alway~ , however, that nothing herein con-
12 tained sc~ll be construed as prohibiting the owner of auto bus-
13 es from operating the a_,me at times and over routes other than
14 the times and routes mentioned in their schedule, and oharge
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of such auto buBes and the passengers therein.
eECTION 19. Ten days after this ordinance becomee ef-
;eotive it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the
business of oper~ng ant auto bus un~er the license provided
for in this ordiance, unless he ehall oarry in plain view, a
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sign, clearly lettered, vith letters and numbers, where numbers
are used, not less than two )2) inches in height, giving the
route to ~e traversed and the termini of said route, the price
of fare charged and the license number of said auto bus. Such
sign shall be subjeot to the approval of the City MarShaL;'-
8~CTION 20. Every person oper~ting a m~tor vehicle
in the City of Seal Beach for the ~urpose of oarrying pasBen~er
for hire, not otherwise ~rovided for in this ordinance, shall,
before operating such motor vehide upon any street in the City
30 of Seal Beach, ~pply for and obtain from the Board of Trustees
31 of said City a lioense therefor.
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SECTIon 21. Applioation for such lioense shall be
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1 me~e in writing and filed with the City Clerk of the City and
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(9.) The type of motor bus and the name given by the
manuf~cturer thereof.
(b) The ho~se-power thereof.
(c) Fac~ofy number and state license number thereof.
(d) The seating capecity thereof according to its
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(e) The r.ame of the owner or lessee and the name of t e
10 person to be in immediate charge thereof as operator, or chauf-
11 feur, and the number of the State lioense of the operator.
12 (f) Whether the driver is physically que~ified to
13 drive the motor bus safely.
14 (g) Whether the driver has sufficient knowledge of
15 the traffic laws and rules of the City and road to drive a motor
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bus safely.
SECTION 22. Section four (4), five (5), six (a),seven
(7), eight (8), eleven (11), t'7elve (12), thirteen (13), fourteen
(14), fifteen (15), sixteen (16), seventeen (17), and eighteen
(18), of this ordinanoe are hereby made applicable to the oper-
ation and regulation of motor vehicles carrying passengers for
hire in the City of Seal Beach not otherwise provided for.
SECTION 23. If any section, sub-section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ord~e is for any reason held to be
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unconstitutional or inv~lid, suoh decision shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of Trustees
hereby declare that it ~ould have passed this ord~ance~d
each section, sub-gectio~, sentence, olause and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that ~ny one or more of the sections,
30 sub-sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared un~
31 constitutional or invalid.
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visions of this ordianoe shell be guilty of misdemeanor. and
upon oonvietion thereof. shall be subject to a fine of not more
than one hundred ($100.00) do11EIs. or by imprieonment in the
Ci ty or County Jail for a period of not more than three months.
or by both suoh fine and imprisonment. and every judgment or
fine for the violation of any of the provisions of thie ordi-
nanoe shall direot that in default of p~yment of the same. or
any p~rt thereof, the defendant shall be imprisoned in the City
Jail of said City. or the County Jail of said County. until the
fine be satisfied in the proportion of ons day's imprisonment
for every two dollars of suoh fine remaining unpaid.
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SECTION 25. Al~ ordinanoes. or parts of ordinanoes.
in oonfliot with this ord~~e.. are hereby repealed.
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SF.CTICN 26. The City Clerk shell oertify to the pas-
s~ge of this ordinanoe. and shall O&lSe the same to be printed.
and ~rinted oopes thereof to be ~osed in three (:;) of the most
,rominent plaoes in the City of Seal Beach. and thirty
there~fter it shall take eff~ be in
Approved this ~daY of
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ATTEST:
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Clerk Of the C1 ty Of Sea.l
Beach.
I HF.REBY CF.RTIFY .
It
introduoed on the r day of
That the foregcinb
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was pas~ed by the Board of Trustees of the City of Seal Beaoh
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at an adjourned regulcr meeting thereof held on the (
dr.-_yof ~ .1916. by the follow:l:~g vote:
AYES: ~ a.~ ~,P(~ ~
NOES: "L."A. , r/l..,.,.../-
ABeF.~rT: ~ ~ Ov ~
Clerk of the City of Seal Beaoh
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