3351 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 27-4 OF CHAPTER 27 OF THE CITY
CODE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA TO
INCREASE THE AM OLINT OF INSIIRANCE COVERAGE
REQIlIRED FOR TAXICABS OPERATING IN THE CITY OF
SANFORD; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS
AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Sanford City Commission to amend Chapter 27 of
the City Code in order to increase the insurance coverage requirements for taxicabs operating
in the City of Sanford.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Section 27-4 of Chapter 27 of the City Code is hereby amended
to read as follows:
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 one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000.00) fo.r injury to any one person, three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000.00) for injuries to more than one person which are received in the same
accident, and fifty thousand ($50,000.00) for property damage resulting from any one
accident, and with the City of Sanford listed as an additional name insured. 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 or 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 t~iving such policy shall be revoked
unless a new policy of insurance shall be filed and accepted before the date for cancellation
of such policy.
SECTION 2: If any section or portion of a section of this ordinance proves to be
invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or effect
of any other section or pare of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 4: That ~is ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and adoption.
PAssED AND ADOPTED this// day, A.D. 997.
ATTEST:
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of sanford, Florida,
do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance No.
3351 , PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Comg/ssion of the City of Sanford,
Florida, on the llth day of AuGust , 19 97, Was POSTED at the front
door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford,_ Florida, on the 12th day of
AuGust , 19 97
the' City Cle~of~e
~ity of Sanford, Florida