San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 5.24 Transporting Persons

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Statutory reference:

For provisions authorizing local authorities to license and regulate vehicles for hire, see Cal. Vehicle Code, §§ 16501, 21100 and 21112

For provisions on the financial responsibility of commercial passenger vehicles, see Cal. Vehicle Code, §§ 16500 et seq.

§ 5.24.010 DEFINITIONS.¶

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

MOTOR VEHICLE. Used in this chapter as defined in the Motor Vehicle Transportation License Tax Act of California.

OPERATOR. Defined in the Motor Vehicle Transportation License Tax Act of California, with reference only, however, to persons engaging in the transportation of persons for hire.

TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE. Deemed to include transportation for gain or profit, direct or indirect.

(Ord. 763, passed 3-2-1920; Ord. 3627, passed 2-24-1977)

Statutory reference:

Motor Vehicle Transportation License Tax Act of California, see Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code, §§ 10701 through 11053

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§ 5.24.020 TAX-IMPOSED.¶

(A) Every person whose business in whole or in part is that of operator, as defined in § 5.24.010, of any motor vehicle for the transportation of persons for hire and who, in the course of that business, uses the public streets and highways of this city for the purpose of such business, shall pay a business tax established by resolution of the Mayor and City Council.

(B) The business taxed under the provisions of this chapter shall be the transportation of persons by an operator:

(1) Wholly within the city;

(2) From a place or places outside the city to a place or places within the city;

(3) From a place or places within the city to a place or places outside of the city; and

(4) From a place or places within the city to a place or places also within the city even though such transportation involves going outside the city in the course thereof.

(C) This chapter shall not apply to the business of operating motor coaches or other motor vehicles under the provisions of a franchise granted pursuant to provisions of the City Charter and Ord. 1666 (Chapter 5.60) or 1987 (Chapter 5.76); nor shall this section apply to an operator who transports persons for hire from a place or places outside the city to a place or places within the city by taxicabs when said operator does not also transport persons for hire from a place within the city.

(Ord. 763, passed 3-2-1920; Ord. 3627, passed 2-24-1977; Ord. MC-743, passed 10-8-1990)

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