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uRD nLiJ~CE NO. 356
AN ORDIN.A:NCE OF 1.':12 CITY OF S;J.'~FORD, FLO:~nDA, RE,~UIRIN,J.
EVERY p:2RSON, FEl. OH CORPORATION BEFORE OBI'LINING- ,i.:"
PERMIT OR 1IC21~SE '.1.'0 3KJ.AGE IN TBZ CITY OF S~~F?JPJ))
FLOIUD.f~, IN THE BUSn:ESS OF TllAHSPOHTLJG l;.AS,_,EN':J-ERS FOR
COL.I'El~S...:"TION, COlvlvIONLY lillO";n:T ;,5 T~:'E "TllI - C~\.B BGSn:ESS" ,
TO FURNISH SECURITY ;,8 D.; THIS ORDIN;U\iCE 1: :::;OV2:DEl), TO
INDElvltU:fY P;'.3SENG3RS ;3f0 TIE PUBLIC RECEIVI1\lG PERSONAL
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E:JtJRIES BY ~'N ACT OJ.!' IGJ.LllEtICE IErHE OFii:iU:r ION OF
]u\fY MOTOR VEHICLE USED IN S~..I0 BUS r:;::.:::;-.,S A:'~l) iJ.ITPERS ON ,
FIBlvI on c ORP03ATION OTEEH TJ:L:';'~ nm O.Jl~EH OJ.!' SAID l.luTOR
VEHICLE sO OPERATED :,:;'CR D.i!Jvi..iGEG TO PROPERlY BY iJ'IT ACT
OF lTJ.:GLIGENCE IN TF...2 OPERA.TION OF lLNY lLOTOR VEhICLE
USED Il\ :3..;.ID BUSIJ:\~SS; .:..ND FROVIDING Fon TEE DISBURSE-
I.:EN'I' OF ii,NY Cc'3i:i DEPosIts Lir..DE HEREUNDEP. FOR TIIS FURPOSE
AFORESAIJ .AND iTORBIDDING THE IS:3UiJ~CE C]' A IZRi.:rr OR
LIC:Sr~S:':: T I) ;.lIT PER,::) ON t "FIRl,: 0.1.1 C OFl:f'O Rii'T ION 'f 0 ElTGAGE IN
A T.L~ _ CAB BusINESS UKI'lL Trill l-.aaVISIONS OF TIns ORDI-
IGJ\i"CE .AJ.-{8 COli::PLr2G ,lITlE, MTO R2Q.UIRnm I'dE BEODKITY HEREIN
I~E~UIR3D TO BE FUR:::IS3ED 1'0 BE SO 11JK::ISHED .:U~NUi,LLY B3-
FORE ISSUIJ~CE OF A LIC.0L...JE :F'GR SliD 'flJG - CAB Busnmss.
BE IT ENACT2D BY 'lEE PEOFLE u}!' .1.'::'3 CITY OF SAl::FOHD, FLO?IJ1\.:
SECTION 1: That every pe~son, firm or corporation
before obtainin:::; a rer:Llli t or license to engage in the business of
transportin; passengers for compensation in motor vehicles or
what is cor;ill1only known as the lTtaxi- cab business" in the City
of Sanford., Florida, shall furnish ei tiler a surety company bond
issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State
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of Florida, or an insurance policy issued by an insurance com-
pany authorized to do business in the State of Florida, said
bond or insurance policy to be approved by the City Commission
of said City and conditioned to indemnify passengers or the
public receiving personal injury by any act of negligence and
any person, firm or corporation other thar!. the owner of said
business, for damages to property by any act of negligence, in
the operation of any motor vehicle employed in such business,
the aillOunt of liability to be covered by such bond or insurance
policy to be as follows:
(Each Person , Five Thousand Dollars C~5000. 00)
Bodily Injury Liability (and subj ect to that llmi t for each person
(Each Accident, Ten 'rhousand Dollars($lO,OOO.OO)
Property Damage Liability (Each .Accident,Five Thousand Dollars (~5000.00)
In lieu of said surety bond or said insurance policy, such person,
firffi or corporation before obtaining a permit or license for said
business may deposit with the City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, the SOOl of $1000.00 in cash for one motor vehicle to be
used in said business and ~500.00 for eac~ additional motor vehicle
to be so used.
SECTION 2: That if the cash deposit or deposits pro-
vided for in Section 1 hereof have been made in lieu of the bond
or insurance policy, any passenger or any other person receiving
personal injuries by any act of negligence in the operation of
any motor vehicle employed in said business and any person other
than the owner of such business or motor vehicle sustaining
damages to property by any act of negligence in the operation of
any motor vehicle employed in such business may have any judgment
against the person, firm or corporation operating such business
satisfied out of such cash deposit or deposits to the extent that
such cash deposit will reach in satisfaction thereof and the City
shall be authorized to disburse said deposit fOr such purpose or
may disburse the sallie upon agreement between the party sustain-
ing injuries to person or property and the owner of such business.
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SECTION 3: If at any time the liability under any
bond or insurance poliey furnished hereunder is exhausted or the
cash deposited hereunder is Wholly disbursed or reduced below
the aforesaid minimum amounts, the person, firm or corporation
engaged in such business shall within thirty (30) days thereafter
furnish a new bond or insurance policy or make a deposit of suf-
ficient cash to amount to the aforesaid sums required to be
deposited, if cash is deposited in lieu of bond or insurance
policy~ and upon failure so to do) license shall be revoked.
SECTION 4: That no bond or insurance policy furnished
as required by this Ordinance shall be canceled by the company
issuing the same except upon thirty (30) days' notice to the
City Commission and upon such notice being given by the company
issuing said bond or insurance policy, the permit or license of
the person, firm or corporation engaged in said business shall
be revoked , unless a new bond or insurance policy shall be filed
and approved by the 01ty Corrunission before the time for the can-
cellation of said bond or insurance policy arrives. If the
cash that may be deposited hereunder is withdrawn at any time,
the permit or license for said business shall be revoked.
SECTION 5: That no permit or license to engage in
said business cOIDlllonly known as the tttax1-cab businesstt shall
be issued until the requirements of tl!is Ordinance as to furnish-
in; a bond or insurance policy as hereinbefore required or deposit
of cash in lieu thereof as hereinbefore provided have been com-
plied with, Provided, However, that any applicant for a license
to engage in said taxi-cab bu~ness for the license year of 1944-
1945 shall have thirty (30) days after this Ordinance becomes
effective to furnish said bond or insurance policy or n~ke the
cash deposit mentioned in Section 1 hereof.
SECTION 6: That the security hereinbefore required
to be furnished by persons, firms or corporations engaging in
the taxi-cab business in the City of Sanford, Florida, shall be
furnished annually before issuance of a license for said taxi-
cab business provided that the cash hereinbefore authorized to
be deposited may remain on deposit from year to year, subject to
the requirement made in Section 3 hereof for its re.plenishm8nt
upon disbursement.
SECTION 7: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewi th be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8: That this Ordina~ce shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
FASSED and .ADOPTED this 25th day of September
1944.
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