San Mateo County Municipal Code Ch. 5.10 Regulation of Taxi Cabs

(a) "Driver" shall mean any person in charge of or operating any passenger carrying, motor-propelled vehicle as herein defined, either as owner or employee or under the direction of owners or employees.

(b) "Taxicab" shall mean a motor-propelled vehicle which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire over and along the public streets, not over a defined route, but as to route and destination in accordance with and under the direction of the person hiring such vehicle, and which is operated at rates per mile or upon a waiting time basis or both, and is equipped with a taximeter.

(c) "Taximeter" shall mean a mechanical device attached to a vehicle for hire, by means of which the device authorizes charge for hire of such vehicle and is mechanically calculated on the basis of distance traveled, or for waiting time, or a combination of both, which charges shall be indicated upon such mechanical device by means of figures in dollars and cents.

(Ord. 3995, 9/19/00)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab within the unincorporated areas of the County without first obtaining and maintaining a valid permit to operate a taxicab from any city located within San Mateo County. The Sheriff, or any member of the Sheriff's Office under his direction, or the Chief of Police for the Broadmoor Police Protection District, or any member of the Police Protection District under his direction, shall have the right to request proof of a valid permit issued under this subsection.

(b) In addition to the general requirement of subsection (a), it is unlawful for any person that operates a taxicab to pick-up a fare within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Broadmoor Police Protection District without first obtaining from the Broadmoor Police Department a valid permit to operate a taxicab within its jurisdiction. The Chief of Police for the Broadmoor Police Protection District, or any member of the Police Protection District under his direction, shall have the right to request proof of a valid permit issued under this subsection. A permit issued by the Broadmoor Police Department shall satisfy the general permit requirement of subdivision (a) of this section.

(Ord. 3995, 9/19/00)

(Ord. No. 04580, § 2, 8-9-2011)

Any person who, in violation of Subsection 5.10.020(a) or Subsection 5.10.020(b), operates a taxicab without a valid permit or with a permit that has been revoked or is currently suspended shall have committed an infraction, punishable by:

(a) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation;

(b) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation;

(c) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation within one (1) year.

(Ord. 3995, 9/19/00)

(Ord. No. 04580, §§ 2, 3, 8-9-2011)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 04580, § 1, adopted August, 9, 2011, renumbered § 5.10.130 to § 5.10.030.