Alameda Municipal Code § 10-4 General Provisions

In case of any public emergency or necessity the Chief of Police may waive or modify any or all of the requirements of this chapter pertaining to public motor vehicles. The Chief of Police may issue a temporary permit for the operation of any public motor vehicle over and upon the public streets of the City, without exacting an application fee or license fee. Such permits shall be revocable at any time, with or without notice, by the Chief of Police.

(Ord. No. 693 N.S.; Ord. No. 2182 N.S.)

It shall be unlawful to drive or operate any public motor vehicle in the City while such vehicle is carrying or sustaining the weight of two (2) or more persons in excess of the seating capacity thereof, according to the statement thereof contained in the application upon which the permit to operate such vehicle was granted, or to permit any passenger to ride upon the running board of such vehicle or to sit upon the fender or dash or doors thereof. For the purposes of this subsection, children in arms shall not be considered as persons.

(Ord. No. 693 N.S.)

The safety features and equipment of all public motor vehicles operated under permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be at all times subject to the jurisdiction and orders of the Chief of Police. All motorbuses operated pursuant to permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall carry on the front of such vehicle a sign, plainly readable by night or by day at a distance of one hundred (100°) feet, giving the route to be traversed and the termini of the route and the price or fare charged. Such sign shall be subject to the approval of the Chief of Police.

(Ord. No. 693 N.S.)

Every person holding a permit under the provisions of this chapter relative to public motor vehicles shall regularly and daily operate his or its licensed public motor vehicle business during each day of the license year to the extent reasonably necessary to meet the public demand for such service. Upon the abandonment of such public motor vehicle service for a period of ten (10) consecutive days by an owner, the Chief of Police may conduct a hearing upon five (5) days notice to the holder of the permit, and unless good and sufficient cause for such abandonment is evidenced, revoke the permit granted under the terms of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 693 N.S.; Ord. No. 2182 N.S.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke any cigar, cigarette or pipe, or to carry any lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe within any motor bus or other public utility passenger vehicle being operated within the City.

(Ord. No. 693 N.S.; Ord. No. 2182 N.S.)

Owners shall at all times maintain their vehicles in conformance with State law, this chapter and the "Standards for Taxicab Maintenance."

(Ord. No 2320 N.S.)