Red Bluff Municipal Code Art. II Operator’s Permit

No person shall drive or operate a taxicab within the corporate limits of the city unless he or she shall hold a current, valid, unrevoked and unsuspended permit, to be known as an operator’s permit, as provided in this article.

(`61 Code, § 22.6) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

The operator’s permit, which shall not be transferable, shall be in the permittee’s possession at all times while driving or operating a taxicab within the city.

(`61 Code, § 22.7) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

A taxicab operator’s permit shall be granted in writing by the Chief of Police upon application in writing, accompanied by the photographs and fingerprints of the applicant as the Chief of Police shall specify and upon a satisfactory showing by the applicant that he or she is possessed of the following qualifications:

(A) Citizenship, good character and that he or she is a citizen of the United States of good moral character;

(B) He or she is over the age of 18 years;

(C) He or she is able to read and write the English language;

(D) He or she is not addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating liquors, narcotics and has not been convicted of any offense involving the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated;

(E) He or she holds a valid, unrevoked and unsuspended chauffeur’s license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the state; and/or

(F) He or she has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police his or her knowledge of this chapter, Chapter 13 and of all other ordinances and regulations of the city relating to the operation of motor vehicles.

(`61 Code, § 22.8) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956; Am. Ord. 648, passed 4-1-1980)

The operator’s permit required by § 22.6 may be revoked or suspended by the Chief of Police as his or her sound and reasonable discretion may determine, if it shall appear to him or her that any one or more of the following conditions exist:

(A) That any of the qualifications required for the granting of the operator’s permit can no longer be met by permittee;

(B) That the permittee has been convicted of any felony, or of an illegal act against the person or property of any passenger in his or her vehicle; or, if an employee of the owner or lessee of the vehicle he or she operates, of any illegal act against the property interests of the owner or lessee in relation to the operation of the vehicle; or more than twice in any 12 months has been convicted of, or forfeited bail for, any offense defined in the Vehicle Code of the state or this chapter; and/or

(C) That for any other reasonable cause permittee has ceased to be a fit and proper person to operate a taxicab.

(`61 Code, § 22.9) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

(A) Any refusal by the Chief of Police to issue an operator’s permit, or any suspension or revocation of the permit by the Chief of Police shall be subject to appeal to and review by the City Council.

(B) The appeal shall be in writing and made within ten days after the order appealed from and the decision of the Council shall be final.

(`61 Code, § 22.10) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

Any operator’s permit issued under this section shall have a duration of one year from and after the date of its issuance, and unless suspended or revoked, it shall be renewed from year to year upon application for renewal.

(`61 Code, § 22.11) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)

Every permittee under this article shall pay into the city treasury an annual fee of $5 and no operator’s permit issued under the provisions of this section shall be valid until the City Clerk shall endorse thereon an acknowledgment of the payment of the fee for the current year.

(`61 Code, § 22.12) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)