Red Bluff Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

TAXICAB. Every motor-propelled vehicle, except for “limousine” service, licensed pursuant hereto, used for the transportation of passengers for hire operated wholly or primarily over the streets of the city, and not over fixed and defined routes, being routed under the direction of the passenger or passengers therein and driven by the owner or lessee thereof, or his or her employee.

(`61 Code, § 22.1) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956; Am. Ord. 879, passed 7-2-1996)

(A) The Chief of Police may establish and cause to be marked-off an individual stand or each taxicab and the general stands as he or she deems necessary, and may, in his or her discretion, determine the site and limits thereof.

(B) No general taxicab stand shall be established before a hotel without the consent of the proprietor of the hotel and no individual stand shall be established before any business building without the consent of the occupant of the ground floor of the building.

(C) The Chief of Police may, in his or her discretion, alter any determination that he or she has under this section original discretion to make. Notice of the alteration must be given to the operators of the taxicabs affected.

(D) Unless altered, each taxicab stand established under the provisions of this section shall have an indefinite duration.

(E) No person operating or controlling any taxicab shall permit the vehicle to stand on the streets for the purpose of attracting passengers, or while awaiting employment, at any other place than stand established under the provisions of this section; nor shall any person permit his or her taxicab to stand for the purpose of attracting passengers or while awaiting employment at any stand other than a general stand or one set aside for taxicabs owned or leased by the same person.

(`61 Code, § 22.2) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

Statutory reference: Authority of city to license and regulate taxicab stands, see California Vehicle Code § 21100

No person owning, operating or controlling any taxicab shall demand, charge, collect or receive any greater fares or charges than those which are fixed from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Fares and charges, as established by the City Council, shall be the fares and charges collected and there shall be no deviation from the rates or charges.

(`61 Code, § 22.3) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956; Am. Ord. 617, passed 10-3-1978)

No person driving or operating a taxicab shall while operating the vehicle:

(A) Fail to maintain the qualification required for an operator’s permit under this chapter;

(B) Refuse without good cause to accept as a passenger any person desiring transportation who shall tender money sufficient to pay his or her fare to his or her stated destination;

(C) Attempt to secure passengers by shouts, cries or loud noises; or by laying hands upon the person or baggage of any person without the consent of the person; or by obstructing the movements of, or persistently following any person; or by loitering or repeatedly driving his or her vehicle back and forth in the immediate neighborhood of any individual stand set apart for a vehicle owned or leased by some other person, or in the neighborhood of any place of special public resort, such as theaters, ball parks and like places;

(D) Refuse to load and unload for any passenger hand baggage as may not exceed the reasonable internal capacity of the vehicle including the trunk or, after being requested, refuse to carry the baggage to or from the buildings as the passenger may enter or leave;

(E) Make false representations by word, act, conduct or appearance regarding the name or identity of persons owning or leasing the taxicab he or she operates, or regarding his or her own identity or refuse to give his or her name and the number of his or her vehicle to any person requesting the same;

(F) Refuse or fail, after being requested, to give a receipt for any fare;

(G) Fail or neglect to report to the Police Department, within 24 hours, all property left in his or her vehicle by any passenger;

(H) Fail or refuse to allow an appropriate deduction from any fare established by this chapter for any distance traveled or time lost through any disability or breakdown of his or her vehicle, or through any private purpose of his or her own; and/or

(I) Carry more than one person at a time in the taxicab unless every person to be carried in the taxicab consents thereto.

(`61 Code, § 22.4) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

No person owning or leasing a taxicab, while the vehicle so owned or leased is being operated, shall:

(A) Fail to maintain as to the vehicle the qualifications required for a vehicle permit for the vehicle under this chapter;

(B) Do any act, or employ any person to do any act, which would be forbidden by § 22.4(C), if done by a person driving or operating a taxicab; and/or

(C) Rent or lend the vehicle to any person to operate the same or permit any person to operate the same, except himself or herself or his or her agent thereunto duly authorized.

(`61 Code, § 22.5) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)