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1494 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SANFORD, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: That Chapter 27 of the code of the City of Sanford, Florida, entitled "Taxicabs" is hereby repealed.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. - 2 - 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 - 4 - 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