Oceanside Municipal Code Art. I In General

For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Carrier. "Carrier" means every person, corporation, cooperative, partnership, joint venture, or other form of business organization, receivers or trustees, engaged in operating, or causing to be operated, taxicabs, or any other vehicle as defined in this section.

Certificate. "Certificate" means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this chapter.

City Manager. "City manager" means the city manager of the City of Oceanside and includes his or her designee.

Compensation. "Compensation" means any money, thing of value, payment, consideration, reward, tip, donation, gratuity or profit paid to, accepted or received by the driver of any vehicle in exchange for transportation of persons whether paid upon solicitation, demand or contract, or voluntarily, or intended as a gratuity or donation.

Cooperative. "Cooperative" means a corporation duly organized under the California Consumer Cooperative Law, California Corporations Code section 12200 et seq.

Driver. "Driver" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of any passenger-carrying or motor-propelled vehicle as regulated by this chapter, including a taxicab.

Driver's permit. "Driver's permit" means a currently valid taxicab driver's identification card as defined in, and issued pursuant to the provisions of, Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 3 of San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances, section 21.301 et seq.

Motor vehicle or vehicle. "Motor vehicle" or "vehicle" means every motor-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of persons over the public streets for compensation.

Owner. "Owner" means every person who is the registered owner of any passenger-carrying or motor-propelled vehicle.

Petitioner. "Petitioner" means any person who files a petition for a certificate pursuant to sections 35.7 though 35.9 of this chapter.

Person. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, or other organization owning, operating, or proposing to operate any taxicab, or other motor vehicle as herein defined.

Public convenience and necessity. "Public convenience and necessity" means fitting or suited to the public need; there is both a present and future apparent reasonable need for use of the service, and the public highways and public health, safety and welfare are not unduly burdened by such service.

Street. "Street" means any place commonly used for the purpose of public travel.

Taxicab. "Taxicab" means every vehicle bearing a distinctive color or colors and bearings signs, markings or other identifying markings or symbols commonly associated with taxicabs, and operated at rates per mile or for wait time or for both, used for the transportation of passengers for hire over the public streets of the city and not over a defined route and irrespective of whether the operation thereof extends beyond the boundary limits of the city, and such vehicle is routed under the direction of such passenger or passengers or of such persons hiring same. All taxicabs must be equipped with meters as hereinafter provided. No taxicab shall have a seating capacity, excluding the driver, in excess of eight (8) passengers.

Taxi stand. "Taxi stand" means a place on a public street designated by the council or the city manager for the use, while awaiting employment, of any taxicab covered by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 12-OR0630-1, § 1, 9-19-2012)

Before a certificate is issued by the city manager, the petitioner shall deliver to the city manager a valid policy of insurance executed by a company duly authorized under the laws of this state to carry on an insurance business in this state, which shall be for a combined single limit bodily injury and property damage liability of not less than three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000.00) combined single limit (CSL) with no self-insured limit (SIR) or deductible, and shall be approved by the city attorney.

(Ord. No. 12-OR0630-1, § 1, 9-19-2012; Ord. No. 18-OR0310-1, § 1, 6-6-18)

Upon the granting of any certificate to any carrier as provided by section 35.4, a copy of such certificate and a listing of rates shall be filed with the business license section of the financial services department. The chief of police or any other duly authorized agents of the city shall thereupon be charged with the duty of enforcement of such rates and the provisions of this chapter and other ordinances pertaining to the operation of taxicabs and other vehicles as herein defined.

(Ord. No. 12-OR0630-1, § 1, 9-19-2012)