Santa Fe Springs Municipal Code Ch. 124 Vehicles for Hire

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

Driver. Every person in charge of or operating any taxicab or limousine, either as owner or employee or under the direction of the owner or another employee, but does not include the hirer of a U-drive type vehicle.

Limousine. A motor-propelled vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire along 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. A Limousine bears no distinguishing color markings or lights, operates from a fixed location and is hired on an hourly contract basis only.

Owner. Any person who in any manner has the proprietary use, ownership or control of any passenger-carrying, motor-propelled vehicle.

Stand. A place upon a public street in the city for the use, while awaiting employment, of the particular taxicabs authorized to utilize the same.

Taxicab. A motor-propelled vehicle which is used for the transportation of passengers for hire over and along 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.

Taximeter. Any mechanical instrument, appliance, device or machine by which the charge for hire of a passenger-carrying vehicle is mechanically calculated either for distance traveled or time consumed, or both, and upon which instrument, appliance, device or machine such charge is indicated by figures.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-1; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

The full and sole purpose of this chapter is one of regulation for the public good and under no circumstances whatsoever shall any permit provided for and issued pursuant to this chapter constitute or be deemed to be a property right or right of livelihood vested in the holder of any such permit.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-2; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

All taxicabs shall be under the supervision and control of the City Manager.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-3; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

The City Manager, Director of Police Services, Chief of Police, or any member of the Police Department shall have the right, at any time after displaying proper identification, to enter into or upon any licensed vehicle for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-4; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

(A) No owner or driver shall operate or permit to be operated any taxicab or limousine in the city while some or any equipment used thereon shall be defective, unsafe or in an unsanitary condition and every taxicab shall be at all times subject to the inspection of any officer of the city.

(B) The City Manager is authorized and directed to suspend without previous notice any taxicab permit whenever an owner or driver violates any of the provisions of division (A) of this section. The owner of the taxicab, the permit of which has thus been suspended, may within 30 days thereafter appeal such order of suspension to the City Council which shall, after due notice to the owner, hear and determine the matter and its decision thereon shall become final. The City Council in such decision may order a continued suspension of such permit until such time as the taxicab shall be restored to a safe or sanitary condition. Any owner or driver knowingly permitting any condition prohibited by division (A) of this section or this section to continue shall be subject to penalty for violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, §§ 22-5—22-6; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Every driver regulated by this chapter shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are recorded all trips made each day, showing time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of his tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the City Manager. Every holder of a permit under this chapter shall retain and preserve all drivers' manifests in a safe place, for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year, and such manifests shall be available to the City Manager and the Director of Police Services.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-7; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) There shall be displayed in the passenger compartment of each taxicab in full view of the passenger a card not less than two inches by four inches in size which shall have plainly printed thereon the name of the owner or the fictitious name under which such owner operates, the business address and telephone number of such owner, the rated capacity of the taxicab and a correct schedule of the rates to be charged for conveyance in such vehicle.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-8; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) The City Manager shall consider, in approving color schemes and insignia for taxicabs, those which will clearly delineate the taxicabs to be operated by the applicant from those of all the other owners in the city.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-9; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

(A) No limousine shall be so colored or marked as to resemble the colors or markings commonly used by taxicabs. No limousine shall carry any signs or printing on the exterior of such limousine advertising the fact of limousine service, except that it shall be lawful to print the owner's name or firm name, phone number and the words, "Limousine Service," on the front doors of such limousine in letters not more than two inches high.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-10; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab to refuse, when the vehicle is in service and not otherwise engaged, to transport any persons who presents himself or is presented for carriage in a sober and orderly manner and for a lawful purpose.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-11; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any driver to permit any other person to occupy or ride in any taxicab, unless the person first employing the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance of additional passengers.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-12; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

No driver shall permit more persons to be carried in a taxicab as passengers than the rated seating capacity of his taxicab as stated in the licensed issued for such taxicab. A child in arms shall not be counted as a passenger.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-13; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Drivers of taxicabs shall not receive or discharge passengers in a roadway but shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible or, in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers, except upon one-way streets, where passengers may be discharged at either the right-hand or left-hand sidewalk or side of the roadway in the absence of a sidewalk.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-14; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Any driver employed to transport passengers to a definite point shall take the most direct route that will take the passengers to their destination safely and expeditiously.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-15; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the lawful fare of any of the vehicles regulated by this chapter after employing or hiring the same and any person so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-16; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

If requested, every driver shall give a receipt upon payment of the correct fare.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-17; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

If the person to whom a permit has been issued under this chapter sells, leases, rents or transfers or attempts to sell, lease, rent or transfer any such permit except as provided in § 124.031, such seller, lessor, renter or transferrer and any person knowingly attempting to receive such permit or benefit in any such actual or attempted sale, lease, rental or transfer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to all of the penalties provided for violation of this chapter, including revocation and cancellation of the permits involved.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-19; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of operating or causing to be operated any taxicab in the city without first having obtained from the City Manager a permit under this chapter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-20; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Any person applying for a permit required by § 124.025 shall file with the Director of Police Services a certified application which, insofar as applicable to the type permit sought to be obtained, shall contain:

(A) Name and residence address of the person making application.

(B) The fictitious name, if any, under which such applicant does business or proposes to do business.

(C) The business address of the applicant or business address of the proposed place of business.

(D) The name and residence addresses of all managers, directors, officers, trustees and other individuals connected or professed to be connected, directly or indirectly, with the business.

(E) A description of the vehicles which the applicant proposes to use, giving the type, make, year of manufacture and rated seating capacity of each such vehicle.

(F) The number of vehicles and the specific type of business in which such vehicles are proposed to be used.

(G) The color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other distinguishing characteristics proposed to be used on such vehicles.

(H) The street number and exact location of each taxicab stand which the applicant proposes to use.

(I) A schedule of rates or fares to be charged.

(J) A request and agreement on the part of the applicant that the city mark and otherwise prepare and maintain each taxicab stand at the applicant's expense, such cost to be paid by the applicant immediately upon being billed therefor by the city.

(K) The written consent of the owner or lessee of any real property fronting on any taxicab stand located in the street; or, if there is an occupied building on such real property, the written consent of all the occupants thereof.

(L) Any other information as the Director of Police Services may require.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-21; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Before any application for a permit is acted upon, the Director of Police Services shall make an investigation with respect to the matters set forth in such application.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-22; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Upon completing his investigation and hearing on an application for a permit, the City Manager shall grant the applicant a permit if he finds:

(A) That the vehicles described in the application and proposed to be used are adequate and safe for the purpose intended.

(B) That the color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other distinguishing characteristics proposed to be used on such vehicles are not in conflict with and do not imitate any color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other distinguishing characteristics used by any other person in such manner as to mislead or tend to mislead, deceive or defraud the public; and that no other color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other distinguishing characteristic has previously been designated for such applicant.

(C) That the location of the proposed taxicab stands is such that it will not congest or interfere with travel on any street or use thereof by the public and that the proposed stands are not within 300 feet of any other stand on the same street; except that at and across any intersection stands may be permitted within 200 feet of one another.

(D) That all statements made in the application are substantially correct.

('64 Code, § 22-23; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

The permit when issued shall state the name and address of the applicant, the number of taxicabs that may be operated under such permit and the date of issuance thereof.

('64 Code, § 22-24; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Within 45 days after the issuance of a permit, the owner shall place in operation the full number of taxicabs authorized by such permit. For failure to comply with this section, the number of taxicabs authorized in such permit shall automatically be reduced by the number thereof which the owner has failed to place in operation during the 45-day period.

('64 Code, § 22-25; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 655, passed 8-16-84)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

If an owner, to whom a permit has been issued, desires to sell or transfer his business, the interested buyer or transferee shall make application for a permit as required by this chapter, accompanied by affidavit of the seller of intention to surrender and cancel the permit held by such seller conditionally upon and concurrently with consummation of such sale and issuance of a replacement permit in the name of the buyer. If a buyer-applicant or transferee-applicant for a permit meets all of the various standards set forth in this chapter for issuance of the permit sought, the City Manager shall issue a permit to the buyer-applicant and concurrently therewith, shall cancel the seller's permit.

('64 Code, § 22-26; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Permits may be extended or amended only in the manner provided for issuance of a permit, and all of the conditions, terms and provisions of this chapter shall be complied with in accomplishing such extension or change.

('64 Code, § 22-27; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

The City Manager may at any time revoke, suspend or change, after proper notice to and an opportunity of hearing given to the holder thereof, the permit granted if the owner or driver fails to operate a vehicle authorized by this chapter in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and such reasonable rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the City Council.

('64 Code, § 22-28; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

(A) Each taxicab operator to whom a permit is issued for the operation of a taxicab shall cause a copy of the permit for the operation of each taxicab, duly authenticated by the City Clerk, to be conspicuously displayed at all times in each cab for which the permit has been granted.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

('64 Code, § 22-29; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

All permits which shall have been suspended or revoked by the City Manager shall be surrendered to the City Clerk and the operation of all taxicabs or limousines covered by such permits shall cease and the continued operation thereof shall thereafter constitute a violation of this chapter.

('64 Code, § 22-30; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Any action or decision of the City Manager pursuant to this chapter may be appealed by any interested person to the City Council. Such appeal shall be by a letter addressed to the City Clerk and specifying the grounds for the appeal and the interest of the appellant in the matter. Upon receipt of such appeal, the City Clerk shall set the matter for hearing before the City Council at a meeting to be held within 30 days from the date of the filing of the appeal. Written notice of the time, date and place of the hearing shall be given by the City Clerk to the applicant, the appellant, and the permit holder, if any, as the case may be. At the hearing, the City Council shall hear from any interested person with respect to the subject matter of the appeal. The decision of the City Council shall be final.

('64 Code, § 22-31; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

If a permit is authorized to be issued to an applicant as provided in this chapter, the Director of Police Services shall cause to be issued a license for each taxicab or limousine authorized by such permit upon payment of the license fee required by this chapter. A minimum license fee per annum, in an amount as set by City Council resolution, for each vehicle authorized in such permit is levied as a minimum license fee under this chapter. The license fee shall be payable on January 1 of each year for the calendar year ending the succeeding December 31, and shall not be subject to apportionment.

('64 Code, § 22-32; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83; Am. Ord. 875, passed 6-12-97; Am. Ord. 926, passed 5-23-02)

If the owner sells or transfers title to a taxicab or limousine for which a license has been issued, or in the event a vehicle for which a license has been issued has been destroyed, he is entitled as a matter of right, upon written application to the Director of Police Services made within 45 days after such sale, transfer or destruction, to have a new license issued for the taxicab or limousine replacing the one so sold, transferred or destroyed. Licenses and permits issued under this chapter are not transferable with the vehicles sold or transferred. If a taxicab is withdrawn from service for a period of 45 days without written permission from the City Manager first being secured, the license for such taxicab shall be automatically cancelled and the number of taxicabs authorized by the owner's permit shall thereafter be reduced by one or more as the case may be.

('64 Code, § 22-33; Ord. 627, passed 3-24-83)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to drive or operate a taxicab or limousine in the city and no license for the operation thereof shall be granted unless and until there is on file with the Director of Police Services and in full force and effect at all times while such taxicab is being operated, a policy of insurance approved by the City Attorney, with a solvent and responsible company authorized to do business in the state, insuring the owner and operator of such vehicle (such vehicle being designated by number and state license number) and the city (as co-insured to the extent of any insurable interest, obligations or risk of the city) against loss by reason of injury or damage that may result to person or property from the faulty or negligent operation or defective construction or condition of such vehicle or from any other cause whatsoever.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-35)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Every insurance policy required by § 124.055 shall be limited to not less than $100,000 for the injury or death of one person and $300,000 for the injury or death of two or more persons in the same accident and $10,000 for injury or destruction of property. Such policy of insurance shall guarantee the payment to all persons suffering injury or damage to person or property of any final judgment rendered against such owner or driver, with the limits mentioned in this section, irrespective of the financial condition or any acts or omissions of such owner or driver and shall inure to the benefit of such person and to the widow, child or personal representative of a person killed while a passenger. Each policy shall contain a stipulation that any cancellation or revocation of such policy shall be without effect unless and until the city is notified thereof in writing 30 days prior to the cancellation thereof.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-36)

At any time, if any policy of insurance required by this chapter is canceled by the company issuing the same or the authority of the company to do business in the state shall cease, the owner shall replace such policy with another policy satisfactory to the City Attorney and in default thereof, the owner's certificate to operate shall be revoked. The failure of an owner to notify the Director of Police Services of any such cancellation or cessation shall constitute a violation of this chapter and subject such owner to the penalty provided for such violation.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-37)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a taxicab or limousine in the city without having first obtained a written permit or license to do so from the Director of Police Services.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-38)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

To secure a driver's permit, a written application setting forth complete information on the applicant with respect to those matters dealt with in § 124.067 and such other information as the Director of Police Services may desire shall be filed with the Director of Police Services.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-39)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

The Director of Police Services shall conduct an investigation of each applicant for a driver's permit and may refuse to issue a driver's permit and may suspend or revoke a permit theretofore granted for any of the following reasons:

(A) If the applicant is under 21 years of age.

(B) If the applicant does not have a valid chauffeur's license issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles.

(C) If the applicant has been convicted three or more times of a violation of any law or ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles, except violations pertaining to stopping, standing or parking, within three years of the date of application or if the applicant has been convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or narcotics or of reckless driving within such three-year period.

(D) If the applicant is not of good moral character.

(E) If the applicant violates any provision of this chapter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-40)

If an applicant for a driver's permit meets all of the requirements expressed or implied in § 124.067, such applicant shall be photographed and finger-printed and the photograph and record filed in the office of the Director of Police Services. Thereupon, a permit shall be issued, which permit shall thereafter be at all times fixed in a conspicuous place in the vehicle operated by such driver so as to be seen from the passenger compartment. Such driver's permit shall set forth the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the vehicle and the name, address, age, signature and photograph of the driver to whom issued.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-41)

Any driver's permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall continue to be valid from the date of issuance, unless the same has been revoked for any of the causes set forth.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-42)

If a driver changes his employment to employment by a different owner, he shall within 24 hours thereafter notify the Director of Police Services for the purpose of having his driver's permit changed so as to properly designate the name of the new employer. A fee in an amount to be determined from time to time by resolution of the City Council shall be paid for such changed permit.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-43)

It shall be the duty of the owner of each taxicab company to notify the City Manager in writing within five days whenever a driver has either voluntarily or involuntarily terminated his employment.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-44)

No owner or driver of a taxicab shall charge a greater sum for the use of a taxicab than the rates established from time to time for such purpose by resolution of the City Council.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-45; Am. Ord. 432, passed 11-21-72; Am. Ord. 472, passed 1-9-75; Am. Ord. 520, passed 5-26-77)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

All charges for transportation of passengers in taxicabs operated in the city shall be based on the charges indicated on the taximeter and it shall be unlawful for any owner, driver or operator of any taxicab to charge any passenger any sum in excess of the sum indicated on such taximeter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-46)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of a limousine licensed by the city to fix, charge or collect for service a rate more or less than the rates to be determined from time to time by resolution of the City Council for any trip entirely within or com-mencing or terminating within the city.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-47)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be a ground for the revocation of a driver's permit for any driver to charge a passenger a greater fare than that to which he is entitled under the rate schedule structure set out in this subchapter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-48)

It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver to operate any taxicab in the city unless such vehicle is equipped with a taximeter of such type, style and design as may be approved by the City Manager and it shall be the duty of every owner operating a taxicab to keep such taximeter in perfect condition so that the taximeter will, at all times, correctly and accurately indicate the correct charge for the distance traveled and waiting time. Such taximeter shall be, at all times, subject to inspection by the City Manager and the City Manager is authorized, at his instance or upon complaint of any person, to investigate or cause to be investigated such taximeter and upon the discovery of any inaccuracy in such meter, to remove such vehicle equipped with such taximeter from the streets of the city until such time as such taximeter shall have been correctly adjusted.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-49)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

The taximeter shall be so placed in a taxicab that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged shall be well lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-50)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Every taximeter shall register the charge to the nearest $0.10 and shall be equipped with a flag or other mechanical device. Such flag shall be so attached and connected to the mechanism of such taximeter as to cause such mechanism to operate when such flag is in a position other than upright. Such flag shall, when moved forward or downward, start the operation of such taximeter so that the same will operate in the manner defined in this subchapter.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-51)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab while carrying passengers to display the flag or device attached to such taximeter in such a position as to denote that such vehicle is for hire or is not employed or to have such flag or other attached device in such position as to prevent such taximeter from operating. It shall be unlawful for any driver to throw such flag or other device of a taximeter into a position which causes such taximeter to record when such vehicle is not actually employed or to fail to throw such flag or other device on such taximeter into a nonrecording position each time a passenger is discharged and a fare collected.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-52)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

The City Manager may designate, in writing, subject to approval by the City Council, private stands upon public streets to be occupied by taxicabs.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-53)

Before any designation of private stands is made, the written consent thereto shall be obtained from the tenant of the ground floor fronting the space where such stand is to be located or, in the event the ground floor is not occupied, the written consent thereto of the owner of the building or land shall be first obtained.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-54)

(A) Each private stand permit shall specify the name and address of the permittee and the number of vehicles authorized thereunder. It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any taxicab for hire, other than the permittee, to use the stand designated under such permit or to stop, stand or park his vehicle within 50 feet thereof, unless in a private stand designated and permitted for the use of such vehicle, except when discharging or taking in passengers. When such stand is occupied, no other vehicle shall loiter or wait nearby.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-55)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

(A) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to remain standing in any established taxicab stand, unless such cab is attended by a driver or operator, except when assisting passengers to load or unload or when answering his telephone.

(B) Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-56)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97

Open taxicab stands may be authorized and designated by action of the City Council to be open to any taxicab for which a certificate of convenience and necessity has been issued. Any stand, either private or open, authorized by any stand permit may be revoked without cause and without notice and hearing thereon by the City Council and it shall be unlawful to occupy such stand after revocation.

(Ord. 163, passed 12-20-60; '64 Code, § 22-57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.97