Chapter 5.32 — FOR HIRE VEHICLE STANDS

State Law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing local authorities to license and regulate the location of stands for taxicabs and public carriers for hire, see Vehicle Code §21112.

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who drives or operates any rent car, automobile for hire, taxicab, auto stage, truck, omnibus, hack, coach or other vehicle within the city to solicit passengers, business, or employment as a carrier of passengers from any stand or parking space upon the streets of the city, without first securing from the city council a permit to occupy the stand or parking space as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 150 §1, 1946)

All applications for permits under the provisions of this chapter shall be made to the city council on forms furnished by the city, and among other things shall contain the name of the person, firm, or corporation making the application and to whom the permit is to be granted, the kind of vehicle, the state license number of all vehicles which are proposed to be used in the enjoyment of the permit, the place at which a stand for such vehicle is desired, and the kind of business for which such permit is sought.

(Ord. 150 §2, 1946)

The city council may, at their discretion, grant or deny the permit for a stand.

(Ord. 150 §3, 1946)

A.

The city council shall have the power to revoke or suspend any permit issued hereunder in the event the holder thereof shall be found guilty of a violation of any provision of this chapter; or if it shall appear to such

city council, after an investigation, that the holder of same uses or operates the vehicles or the permits the same to be used or operated in an unlawful manner, or for lewd or immoral purposes, or for carrying passengers to or from houses of prostitution or assignation, or upon good cause being shown that it is for the best interests of the public that said permit should be revoked. In determining the facts, the city council may act in their discretion, upon reports presented to them after investigation by the police department. In the event of such revocation or suspension of such permit, such certificate as may be issued in connection therewith shall be, by the holder thereof, forthwith surrendered to the city council.

B.

From the time of the revocation of any such permit, it is unlawful for the person, firm, or corporation whose permit is so revoked to occupy any stand or parking space designated as a stand, and designated in such permit, unless and until a new permit to occupy such stand shall have been granted such person, firm, or corporation as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 150 §4, 1946)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, their agents or employees, or any person on their behalf, owning, operating, driving or using automobiles for hire, or carrying on, maintaining or conducting any business under or by authority of an automobile rent car license or automobile stage license, except at the stand for which a permit has been granted as provided in this chapter, to solicit for patronage or customers in or upon any street within the city or in or upon any other place within the city.

(Ord. 150 §5, 1946)

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. For each such vehicle for hire operated in violation of this chapter, the person operating same shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense.

(Ord. 150 §6, 1946)