HomeMy WebLinkAbout1494 ORDINANCE NO. 1494
AN ORDINanCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
ABOLISHING CHAPTER 27 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, THE SAME BEING ENTITLED
"TAXICABS"; SAID ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW
CHAPTER TO BE DESIGNATED AS CHAPTER 27 AND
ENTITLED "TAXICABS", SAID 0RDIN~NCE SETTING
FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSES FOR OPERATION OF TAXICABS, REQUIREmeNTS
FOR INSURANCE, POSTING OF FARES, AND ALL OTHER
REQUIP~MENTS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE TAXICAB
BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS,
PENALTY PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Commission of the
the City of Sanford, Florida, that the present code governing the
operation of taxicabs within the City of Sanford, Florida should
be completely revised as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 27 of the code of the City of
Sanford, Florida, entitled "Taxicabs" is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: That a new Chapter 27 of the Sanford City
Code to be entitled "Taxicabs" is hereby adopted, said chapter to
read as f~llows:
Sec. 27-1. DEFINITIONS.
The following words and phrases when used in the chapter
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this
section.
Certificate: A certificate of public convenience and
necessity, issued by the City Commission, authorizing the holder
thereof to engage in the business of operating taxicabs.
Holder: A person to whom a certificate has been issued.
Open Stand: A public place alongside the curb of a street
or elsewhere in the City, which has been designated by the Police
Department as reserved exclusively for the use of taxicabs.
Rate Card: A card to be displayed in each taxicab
which shall contain the rates of fare in force.
Taxicab: Any automobile engaged in the transportation
of persons"~re, the distance or route of which is under the
direction of the passenger, and which does not operate regularly
or at stated intervals over a designated route.
Sec. 27-2. INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY OPERATOR OF BUSINESS
PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.
As a prerequisite for the issuance of an occupational
license to any person engaged in the business of operating taxi-
cabs, the applicant for such license shall present to the City
Licensing Officer, a brief and correct description, including the
make, model and year of the vehicles expected to be operated
during the license year for each of the permits authorized by
the certificate held by such applicant, and at the same time such
applicant shall exhibit to the City Licensing Officer, auto
registration certificates showing that legal or equitable title
to each of such vehicles is vested in the applicant.
Sec. 27-3. PURCHASE OF RENEWAL OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.
All holders of permits to operate taxicabs for hire
within the City, under duly issued certificates, shall, notwith-
standing any other provision to the contrary, purchase or renew
their occupational licenses, as prescribed by Chapter 16 of this
Code, on or before October first of each year. In the event of the
failure, neglect orrefusal to purchase or renew such occupational
licenses by January first of the ensuing year, all permits of the
offending certificate holder shall lapse and become null and void and
be forfeited to the City.
Sec. 27-4. INSURANCE.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause
or allow another to drive or operate any taxicab, unless there is
in full force and effect, at all times while such vehicle is being
operated, liability insurance issued by an Insurance Company
authorized to do business in this State, such insurance guaranteeing
payments in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for
injury to any one person, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for
injuries to more than one person which are received in the same
accident, and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for property damage
resulting from any one accident. Such insurance shall be for the
benefit of any person who shall receive bodily injuries by reason of
the negligence or misconduct of the certificate holder or of the driver
of such vehicle while such vehicle is being used under such certificate,
as well as to any person who shall sustain damages to his property
through such negligence or misconduct. A copy of such insurance
policy shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall cover each
vehicle operated under a certificate, No certificate or permit
shall be valid unless and until such liability insurance policy has
been filed and approved, and such policy shall not be canceled by the
company issuing the same except upon thirty (30) days notice to the
City Clerk. Upon such notice being given by the company issuing such
policy, the certificate of the person giving such policy shall be
revoked unless a new policy of insurance shall be filed and accepted
before the date for cancellation of such policy.
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Sec. 27-5. FARES TO BE POSTED.
The schedule of fares charged for the use of a taxicab
shall be prominently posted in the interior of the vehicle at all
times and shall be at all times visible to passengers.
Sec. 27-6. OBSERVANCE OF POSTED FARES; PASSENGER'S RECEIPT.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of any
licensed taxicab for hire to refuse to convey a passenger at the
fare specified on the taxicab rate as posted or to demand or
receive an amount in excess of the fare schedule as referred to
herein. Upon demand, a receipt for such fare shall be delivered to
the passenger.
Sec. 27-7. TO BE USED ONLY TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE.
No person driving a taxicab shall use such vehicle for
any purpose other than transporting passengers and their baggage.
Sec. 27-8. OPERATION PROHIBITED I,~ILE PERSON STANDING OR SITTING
ON PORTION OF VEHICLE NOT DESIGNED FOR PASSENGERS.
It shall be unlawful to operate any taxicab while any
person is standing or sitting on the running board, fender or hood
of such vehicle or any part of such vehicle not designed for the
transportation of persons.
Sec. 27-9. TRANSPORTING EXCESS PASSENGERS.
It shall be unlawful to accept transportation for or to
transport in a taxicab more than six (6) passengers, including the
driver, unless such taxicab is designed, built and equipped for the
purpose of safely carrying more than six (6) passengers.
Sec. 27-10. PASSENGER PICKUPS AT BUS STOPS PROHIBITED.
No driver of a taxicab shall solicit or pick up passengers
at any duly established bus stop so designated and marked.
Sec. 27-11. SOLICITATION OF PASSENGERS.
No driver or operator of a taxicab shall solicit passengers
or attract attention by calling or using a horn, bell, whistle or
other signal device or call out for passengers for a particular hotel
or place.
Sec. 27-12. DISPOSITION OF ARTICLES LEFT IN VEHICLES.
All drivers of taxicabs shall promptly deliver to the Chief
of Police all property left in such vehicles by passengers. All
drivers failing or neglecting to do so shall be deemed guilty of a
violation of this Chapter. When articles left in such vehicles are
delivered to the Chief of Police, the police officer on duty shall
make an entry of the fact in a book provided for that purpose, and
shall keep an adequate record to identify the date and the time of the
receipt of such articles and a description thereof, and shall issue a
receipt therefor to the driver or person who has turned in such
articles to the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall keep
such articles until clamied by the owners thereof, upon satisfactory
proof of ownership, or for a minimum of ninety (90) days. There-
after, if such articles have not been claimed, the Chief of Police
may dispose of the same, pursuant to appropriate resolution of the
City Commission.
SECTION 3: The violation of or failure to comply with
any provision of this ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor
against the City and shall subject the offender, upon conviction, to
a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days.
SECTION 4: If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it
shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or
effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION. 6: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 8th day of October, A. D.,
1979.
l.ayor
City of Sanfor
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CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1494, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 8th day
of October, 1979, was POSTED at the front door of the City
Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 9th day of Oc-
tober, 1979.
City of Sanford, Florida