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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, ~LORIDA,
FURTHER REGULATING THE BUSINESS OF TRANSPORTING
PASSENGERS FOR CO:hPENSA'rION, Cm.lfIlONLY KNOV,i!'j AS
THE "TAXI-CAB" BUSINESS; MAKING ADDrrIClNAL RE-
QUIRENENTS FOR THE ISSuANCE OF A PEElJfIT TO OPER-
ATE SUCH BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD
TO EACH TAXI-CAB DRIVER, EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED,
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING IDKJTI}'ICATION CARDS
HERETOFORE ISS'jED BY THE CEIEF OF PC,LICE TO TAXI
CAB DRIVERS; 1<lAKING rr UNLA\'iF'UL FOR THE DElVER OF
A TAXI-CAB TO DRIVE A TAXI-CAB AFTER T\VO CONVICT-
IONS OF T1'~AFFIC VIOLATI"'NS AS HER'HIN PP0VIDED;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR SUCH OFFENSE AND FOR THE
r'ORFEITURE FOR A PERIOD OFONE YEAR OF THE IDENTI-
FICATION CARD FOR THE DRIVING OF A TAXI-CAB
AFTER SAID TWO CONVICTIONS AND AUTHORIZING APPLI-
CATION AT THE END OF SAID YEAR Tn THE CITY CO~M-
IssION FeR RESTORATION OF SAID IDENTIFICATION
CARD AND MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE A TAXI-CAB
AFTER THE FORFEITURE OF k~ IDENTIFICATION CARD
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR DRTVING A TAXI-CAB
AFTER :B'ORFEITURE OF IDENTIFICATION CARD.
ORDINANCE NO. 434
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THF CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That if any applicant for a permit to en-
gage in the business of transportation of passengers for compensa-
tion, commonly IIDown as the llTaxi-Cabll business in the City of
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Sanford, Florida, as provided by Ordinance No. 328, passed. 8,nd
adopted on the 26th day of October, 1944, i8 not known to any mem-
ber of the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, at
the time application for permit is made, said application shall be
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accompanied by letters of recom~endation from three responsible
citizens of the City of Sanford, Florida.
Section 2. That no permit to en~a~e in the taxi-cab
business in the City of Sanfor~, Florida, shall be franted to any
person who has not been a resident of the City of Sanfor6, Florida,
for ninety (90) days or more immediately preceding
application for permit.
Section 3. That no permit to enfa~e in the taxi-cab
the filing of
business in the City of Sanford, Florida, shall be granted to any
oer~on who has been convicted twice in any Court or Courts of a
charge of careless or negligent driving of a motor vehicle, or con-
victed once of driving a motor vehicle 'l'ihile una er the influence
of intoxicatinp- liquor. torfeiture of an apnearance bond shall
constitute a conviction.
Section 4. That before any person shall be allowed to
drivE" a taxi-cab, he shall ontain from the Chief of PolicE" an
identification card 'tvith his name, adclrE"ss, color of hair and
eyes, weight, height, ar-e and his photograph thereon, and sifned
by him and countersi~ned by the Chjef of pnlice of the City of
Sanford, Florida, and the identification cards herptofore issued
and dpli verec by the Chief of Pnlice to te.xi-CB.n c1 ri VE"rs are
hereby ratifif'c and confir'med anc said idpntificatinn cards here-
tofore issued and hercafte~ irsued shall be evidence of the right
to drive a taxi-cab.
Section 5. That no identificati~n card shall be iscued
by the Ohief of Police to any person desiring to drive a taxi-
cab who has not been a resident of the City of Sanford, Florida,
for a period of ninety days immediately prece(Ung the application
for such identification card.
Section 6. That no identification card shall be issued
by the Chief of Police to any person desiring to drive a taxi-
cab who does not hold a State of Florida chaufferls license.
Section 7. That no identification card for the driving
of a taxi-cab shall be ~ranted to any perron who has convicted
twice in any Court or Courts of 8 charge of careless or negli-
p-ent driving 0 f a motor vehicle or convicted once in any
Court of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating liouor. b'orfei turf> of an appearance bond shall
constitute a conviction.
Section 8. That it shall be unlaWful for any driver of
a taxi-cab in the City of Sanford, Florida, to drive any taxi-
c~b after a second co.wiction of said taxi-driver in the Munici-
pal Court of the City of Sanford, Florida, or the County Court
of Seminole County, Florida, or any other Court, or one con-
viction in the Munici9al Court and one conviction in said County
Court or any other Court, of a violation of any ordinance or
ordinances of said City ref.1:ulatinp-- traffic, or Dart or parts
thereof, or of any statute of the State of Florida regulating
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traffic, whether driving a taxi-cab or some other motor vehicle
on which said charge is based and it shall not be necessary
that the second conviction be of the same offense ae that for
ir<rhich the firf'-t conviction W8,S had. Forfeiture of an apnear-
ance bond shall con8titute a conviction Within the meaning
of th:.s section.
Section 9. That any person vimlatin~ the provisions
of the next above section of this ordinance shall, upon the
conviction in the Municipal Court, be 0unished by a fine not
eyceeding T'!.vo Hundred Dollars (ffi:200.00) or by impriRonment for
not eyceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and im-
prisonment at the discretion of the Municipal .Judge.
Section 10. That upon the second conviction of any
tayi-cab driver as provided in Section 7 of th~s ordin8nce, such
taxi-cab driver shall forfeit h1s identification card and the
Judge of the Court in which his ppcond c0nviction was had shall
require the surrender of such identification card to the Judge
of the saidCourt who shall deliver the identification card to
the City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, Such forfeit-
ur€'shall remain in effect for one year when the holder of Baid
identification card may apply to the City Commission for the
restoration of said identification card, 'vrhich restoration may
or may not be granted as the City Comrn.ispion may deem proper.
Section 11. That it shallbe unlawful for the driver of
any taxi-cab in the City of Sanford, Florida, wh0re identification
card has been forfeited, to drive any taxi-cab in the City of
sanford, and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court, such driver
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00) or by impriRonment for not more than ninety (90) days,
or by both fine and imorieonment at the discretion of the Munici-
pal Judge.
Section 12. That any ordinance or parts of ordinances
in conflict hereWith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 13. That this ordinance shall become effective
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immediately unpon its paspage and adoption.
Paseed and Adopted this 19th day of
April
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Attest:
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City Clerk /
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford,Florida
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I, H. N. sayer, C!ty Clerk of the City of sanford,
Florida, hereby cert!fy that a t~le copy of the forego!ng
Ord!nance No. 434, paf'Fed and adopted by the C!ty Cornrn~ss!on
of the C1 ty of Sanford, Flor! ja, on the 19th day of Apr~,l,
194~, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall ~n the
C! ty of Sanford, Florida, this 20th day of Apr!.l, 194e.
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