HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 631 (1974) 1 ORDINANCE NO. 631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA,
~ AMENDING CHAPTER 21 OF THE TUSTIN CITY CODE
RELATIVE TO THE REGULATION OF TAXICABS.
The City of Tustin, California, does hereby ordain that
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Chapter 21 of the Tustin City Code be amended to read as follows:
5 CHAPTER 21: TRANSPORATION--TAXiCABS A~'D TAXICAB STANDS.
6 Sections.:
~ 21.010 Definitions.
21.020 Taxicabs and stands--Permit required.
8 21.030 Taxicabs and stands--Application for permit.
21.040 Taxicabs and stands--Criteria for issuance
9 . of permit--Issuance and approval of rates.
21.050 Taxicabs and stands--Revocation-of permit--
10 !i Criteria--Procedure.
21.060 Taxicabs and stands--Permit fee.
1! 21.070 Taxicabs and stands--Issuance of permit
after revocation.
12 21.080 Taxicabs and stands--Licenses and permits not
tra ns ferable.
!3 21.090 Taxicabs--Bond or insurance required"Terms'-
Council may require replacement.
14 21.100 Taxicabs--License required--License not to be
issued before permit obtained.
15 21.130 Taxicabs--Former permittee not to drive
taxicab for six months after revocation.
16 21. 140 Taxicabs--Drivers ' hours.
21.150 Taxicabs--Allowing person to drive for
1V excessive hours prohibited.
21. 160 Taxicabs--Change of rates.
!8' 21.170 Taxicabs--Rate charged must conform to rate
schedule.
19 21.180- Taxicabs--Refusal to pay legal fare prohibited.
2i.190 Taxicabs--Use of most direct route required.
20 21.200 Taxicabs--Stopping and parking.
21.210 Taxicabs--Use of additional vehicles.
21 21.220 Taxicabs--Replacement of vehicles.
2!.230 Taxicabs--Name of owner to be on door.
~ 2]..240 Taxicabs=-Change of name, monogram or insignia.
21. 250 Taxicabs--Operation with defective or unsanitary
~ equipment prohibited--inspection.
21. 260 Mechanical condition--inspection
~'~ 21. 270 Same--Enforcement
21. 280 Same--Necessary Inspection
~5 21.290 Stands--Perr~it to designate location--Painting
of curb.
26 21.300 Stan'dz--Only city employee may paint curb--
Permittee to reim-~urse city.
~7 21.310 Stands--Change of locations.
21..320 Stands--joint use.
· ~. ~ O,~iv authorized vel-.icles to park in sta.~dL
28 21.320 Sna,~d-~-- '~
21.340 Stands--Revocation of permit for failure to use.
29 21. 350 Driver ' s permit required.
21.360 Application for driver's permit.
21.370 Ex~:raination and issuance of driver's permit.
50 ~ 21. 380 ~ Denial--Termination--Transfer.
51 21. 390 Revocation and suspension of driver ' s permit
21. 040 Maintaining of Records
5~ ~ 21.-410 Permits Issued Prior-To D.~te of This Ordinance
1 21.010 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the
i~ following terms shall have meanings herein given to them.
~ "Taxicab" means and includes every motor vehicle used in
5 the business of carrying passengers for hire, and the destination
and route of which are under the control of the passenger or
4 passengers being carried therein.
5 The term "Owner" shall mean and include eQery person,
firm, or corporation owning, controlling or leasing any taxicab.
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The'term "driver" shall mean and include every person in
? actual charge and control of any taxicab as the driver thereof.
8 The term"taxicab s~and" shall mean-and include a portion
of the street designated by the License and Permit Board of the
9 City of Tustin for the use of taxicabs while waiting for employment
10 21.020 Taxicabs and taxicab stand -- Permit required. It
shall be unlawful in the City of Tustin for any owner to operate,
11 or cause to be operated, any taxicab owned or controlled by
such owner in the business of carrying passengers for hire, or
12 to maintain any taxicab stand, unless such owner has a permit
so to do as herein provided.
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21.030 Taxicabs and taxicab stand -- ~pplication for
14 permit. Any owner desiring to obtain the permit required by
Section 21.020 hereof shall make application therefor to the
i5 License and Permit Board. Each such application shall be
accompanies by a bond or policy of insurance and permit fee as
16 are hereinafter provided for, shall be in writing, and shall
set forth the following:
(a) The name, age, business and residence addresses
i8' of applicant, if a natural person; or if a corporation, its
name, date and place of incorporation, address of its principal
19 place of business, and the names of its principal officers,
together with their respective residence addresses; or if a
20 partnership, association or unincorporated company~ the names
of the partners or of the persons comprising such association
Zi cr company, and the business and residence of each partner or
person.
(b) A description of'each taxicab which the applicant
2~ proposes to use, t]~e name of the manufacturer, engine and
serial numbers, an.l state license number thereof.
(c) The name~ ',7!ncC'~ram or insignia proposed to be
25 used on such taxica,.~ or 'taxicabs.
26 (d) The schedule of rates of fare proposed to be
charged for carrying passengers in such taxicab or taxicabs.
(e) The street number ~nd exac~ location of the
28 place or places where the applicant proposes to stand each
taxicab.
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(f) If the applicant desires a taxicab stand upon a
public highway or street within the City of Tustin, he shall so
state in his application, and shall set forth the names and re-
spective addresses of all lessees,. sublessees and owners in actual
or constructive possession of the ground floor of any building
or parcel of real property contiguous co that portion of highway
or street where such taxicab stand is proposed to be located;
the applicant shall also accompany said application with the
written consent of all of sa.id lessees, sublessees and owners of
said building or parcel of real property to the location of such
taxicab ,at the proposed location. The signatures of such lessees,
sublessees and owners shall be acknowledged .before a duly corn-
miss ioned notary .public.
(g) ' A sworn financial statemen't of the applicant pre-
pared by a certified public accountant with audit if an individual
or corporation or, if an association or partnership, a sworn
financial statement of each of the persons financially interested
in the business; a statement as tO whether or not the applicant or
any of the persons herein mentioned has any unpaid judgments
standing ~Tainst him, and if So, the nature of the transaction
or acts 9'i~Ting rise to such judgments, the court in which the
same were rendered, and the amount of each unpaid or unbonded
judgment; a statement of any bankruptcies either personal or
business of the applicant including the nu~er, court and the
date of discharge.
(h) The experience of the applicant, both in the City of
Tustin and elsewhere, in the operation of a~ulances, motorbuses,
or taxicabs or other colon carriers for the transportation of
passengers.
(i) ~e facts which applicant believes tend to establish
that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a
certificate.
(j) ~ether or not the applicant for such certificate of
public convenience and necessity, any of the meters, officers,
or directors of applicant thereof has, at any time within five (5)
years prior to the date of such application been arrested, con-
rioted or pleaded guilty to any crime, felony or misdemeanor,
and, if so, the date nature of the offense or arrest and the
court in which such charge was made, conviction was obtained or
plea of guilty was ~jtered, and the disposition of the case and
imposition of sentence and its terms.
(k) Whether there are any liens, mortgages, or other
sncumhrances, including but not limited to conditional sales
contracts, on such taxicabs and~ if so, the amount and character
thereof and tlqe name of the holder thereof.
(1) The applicant shall furnish such additional infor-
mation as the License and Permit Board may require.
(m) The' applicant or-apolic~nts~sh~ll appear personally
.~efore the License and Permit Board if he, she or they be indivi-
duals, and the officers of such a~pplicant shall so appear per-
sonally if-the applicant be a corporation.
1 21.040 Taxicabs and stands--Criteria for issuance of
permit--Issuance and approval of rates. Upon receipt of any
2 such application referred to in Section 21.030 hereof, the
License and Permit Board shall make investigation, and may there-
5 after grant the same if it s~.~a!l find:
4 (a) That t?.2 bond or policy of insurance hereinafter
required has been furnished,. and that the 'sam~ is in the form
5 required, and that the surety thereon is approved by the Licens~
and Permit Board; and
6 (b) That each taxicab described therein is adequate
7 and safe for the 'purpose for which it is to be used, and is
equipped as herein required; and
(c) That the applicant is of good moral character, has
9 -complied with all the terms and conditions of this chapter and
is competent to operate a taxicab business; and
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(d) That the public-convenience or n~cessity requir.e
tl the operation of such taxicab or taxicabs within the City of
Tustin; and
(e) That the name, monogram or insignia to be used upon
15 such taxicab or taxicabs is not in conflict with and does not
imitate any other name, monogram or insignia used by any other
14 person, firm or corporation heretofore licensed by said License
and Permit Board, in such manner as to be misleading or tend to
!5 deceive or defraud the public; and
i6 (f) In case of an application for a taxicab stand, that
the location of said stand is such that it will not congest or
17 interfere with travel on any public highway or street, and is n~
prohibited by any ordinance of the City of Tustin.
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(g) That the schedule of rates of fare proposed to be
19 charged are fair and reasonable.
20 The granting of said permit shall constitute the approval
of the LiCense and Permit Board of the proposed schedule of rates.
21.050 Taxicabs and stands--Revocation of permit--Criteria-,
22 Procedure. Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter may be revoked by the License and Permit Board for vioL
25 !ation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any other ordinanc
of the City of Tustin, or of af-y law of the State of California,
24 or for the existence of any state of facts which would have been
a good reason for denying such permit when applied for, whether
25 such state of facts existed at the time application was made for
..... - ..... such permit or not.
No permit shall be revoked except in the following manner:
(a) The License and Permit Board shall fix a time and
'~' 28 place for the hearing of the issue of the revocation of such Dermi
and shall cause there to be served upon the permittee notice of
29 such time and place of hearing, together with a statement of
charges whfch are the basis for such hearing, at least ten (I0)
S0 days before the... time fixed for such hearing.
(b) Service of such notice and statement may be made
upon the permittee personally or may serve the same upon permittee
by delivering the same by Registered United States Mail, postage
prepaid, to permittee, at the address given in his application
for permit.
(c) Such hearing shall be public and permittee shall
have th~ right to produce witnesses on his own behalf and to be
represented by a~ attorney.
(d) The findings and decisio~ of the License and Permit
Board upon such hearing shall be final and conclusive.
21.060 Taxicabs and stands--Permit fee~ A permit fee shall
required for every person, firm or corporation requesting a
permit under this chapter. Such permit fee shall be in addition
to any business license which'permittee shall be required to pay
under the provisions of Section 21.100 hereof. Permit fees
for Taxicabs and taxicab stands shall be~&s~ e~tablished.b~
~sol~tion of'-the City Council.
21.070 Taxicabs and stands--Issuance of permit after
revocation. In the event that the permit of any person, firm or
corporation has been revoked, such person, firm or corporation
shall not be granted a permit for a period of six months after
such revocation.
21.080 Taxicabs and stands--Licenses and permits not
transferable. No license or permit, granted pursuant to the pro-
visions of this chapter, may be transferred to any other person,
persons, company, partnership, joint venture or corporation.
21.090 Taxicabs--Bond or insurance required"Terms'-
Council may require replacement. It shall be unlawful for any
owner or driver of a taxicab to drive or operate a taxicab
within the City of Tustin and no permit for the operation thereof
shall be granted, unless there is on file with the City Clerk of
the City of Tustin and in full force and effect at all times
while such taxicab is being operated, either:
'(a) A bond of the owner of such taxicab, approved by
the License and Permit Board and the City Attorney with a solvent
and responsible surety company authorized to do business in the
state of California and approved by the City Attorney, as surety
in the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, conditioned that
sai'd owner will play all loss or damage that may result to persons
i(including passengers in said taxicab) or property from the
negligent o~eratiOn of s~c~ taxicab or from t~e violation of the
provisions .of this chapter o~ of .any other ordin-ance of the City
of Tustin or any law of the State of California. Recovery on
said bond shall be limited to One Hundred Thousand Dollars for
the injury or death of one person, and to Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars for the injury or death of two or more persons in the
same accident, and to Fifty Thousand Dollar~ for injury or de-
struction of property. Such bond shall run to the City of Tustin
and shall inure~ by its terms to the benefit to any and all persons
suffering loss or damage covered hereby, and shall provide that.
suit may be brought thereon in any court of competent jurisdict
by any such' person. Said bond shall provide that there shall be
continuing liability thereon, notwithstanding any recovery
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1 If at al~y time in the judgment of the City Council, said bond is
not sufficient for any reason, the License and Permit Board may
~ require such owner to replace said bond with another bond or a
policy of insurance as hereinafter provided, satisfactory to the
5 License and Permit Board, and in default thereof, may revoke
such owner's permits and licenses; or
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(b) A po].icy of insurance approved by the License and
S Permit Board in ~, solvent and res ~onsible company ~uthorized to
do business in the State of.'California insuring the owner of
6 such taxicab against loss by reason of injury or damage that
result to persons (including passengers in said taxicab) or
V property from the negligent operation of such taxicab. Said
policy may be limited to One HUndred Thousand Dollars for the
8 injury or death of one person, and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
for the injury or death of two or more .persons in the same acciden
9 and to Fifty Thousand Dollars for injury or destruction of propert.
Said .policy of insurance shall guarantee the payment to any and al
i0 such persons suffering injury or damage to person or property ,
and to those entitled to recover for ~he death of an5, such person,
!t of any final judgment rendered against such owner, within the
limits above mentioned, irrespective of the financial condition or
12 any actions or omissions of such owner, and shall inure to the
benefit of such persons and those entitled to recover for the deat'
!5 of any such person. If, at any time, such policy of insurance
shall be cancelled by the company issuing the same or the authorit'
1~ of such company to do business in the State of California shall be
revoked, or in the judgment of the License and Permit Board said
15 company is insolvent, the License and Permit Board shall require
said owner to replace such policy with another policy or bond as
16 above provided, satisfactory to the License and Permit Board and
default thereof may revoke such owner's permit and license.
21.100 Taxicabs--License required--License not to issue
i8 before permit obtained. Every person, firm or corporation opera'
ting a taxicab or taxicabs within the City Of Tustin shall obta~
i9 a business license therefor and pay to the City of Tustin the
business license fee provided for by ordinance or ordinances of
20 the City of Tustin. Such business license shall be issued in the
same manner provided by ordinance of the City of Tustin for the
21 issuance Of other business licenses, but shall no{ be issued for
the use of such taxicab or taxicabs until. a permit for the use
2~ of such taxicab or taxicabs has been obtained as provided in
th js chapter.
21.130 Taxicabs--Former permittee not to drive taxicab for
2.~ six months after revocation. In the event that the taxicab oermit
of any person has been revoked by the .License and Permit Board
25 such person shall not own~ control, operate or drive any taxicab
within the City of Tustin for a period of six months after the
26 revocation of such permit.
27 21.140 Taxicabs--Drivers' hours. It shall be unlawful for
any person to drive or operate any taxicab, or to cause any .person
28 to drive or operate any taxicab, within the City of Tustin, for
~ r~ore than ~wol~-e consecutive hourS, or for more than twelve hours
i~ spread over a to, of sixteen consecutive hours, or to operate
29 ~! drive any tax%cab within the City of Tustin after having been
or .
~0 on duty, ei. ther operating or driving a taxicab, or in any office'
or garage of the holder of any taxicab perm.it hereunder, or at
~1 any taxicab stand, or any conEoination of such acts, for more tha.
twelve consecutive hours spread over a total of sixteen '(16) con-
~2 secutive hours. No person shal 1 drive or operate any taxicab, or
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! cause any person to drive or operate any taxicab within the City
of ~k~stin unless such driver has had at least eight (8) consecutiv
~ hours rest, while not on duty, within the last preceding twenty-
four (24) hours, during which eight (8) consecutive hours he shal
5 have perforn',ed no acts or du'cies in connection with such taxicab
business.
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21. 150 Taxicabs--A!lowing person to drive for excessive
~" ~ hours prohibited. It shall.'be unlawful for the holder of any
taxicab permit, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,
6 to cause, or permit any person to violate any of the provisions' of
Section 21. 140 hereof.
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21.160 Taxicabs--Change of rates. Should an owner of a
8 taxicab desire to change his schedule of rates, he shall make
written application to the License and Permit Board so to do.
9 Upon receiving such application the License and Permit Board shall
conduct a public hearing upon such application, and shall give
10 the applicant at least 10 days written notice 'of the time and
place of such hearing. Upon such hearing the License and Permit
1i Board shall determine whether' such rates shall be changed, and
shall have the right to deny such application, or may make such
i2 change as 'it determines the facts warrant. The decision of the
License and Permit Board upon such hearing shall be final and
i3 conclusive.
1~ 21. 170 Taxicabs--Rate charged must conform to rate schedule.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver of any taxicab witlnin
go the City of Tustin to charge any rate different from the schedule
of rates on file and approved by ti%e License and Permit Board.
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21.180 Taxicabs--Refusal to pay legal fare prohibited. it
--- i~ shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare
for any taxicab licensed under this chapter, after having hired
18 the same, and any person who'shall hire any taxicab so licensed
with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired shall
!9 be punishable as .provided by the Code.
20 21.190 Taxicabs--Use of most direct route required. The
driver of-a taxicab shall carry passengers by the most direct
21 route possible that will carry such passengers safely and ex-
peditiously to their destination.
21.200 Taxicabk--Stopping and oarking. It shall be unlawful
23 for the owner or driver of any taxicab to park or stand the same
upon any public highway or street in the City of Tustin, other
24 than at a taxicab stand for which suci~ owner has a permit, for
any period of time longer than is necessary to discharge passengersI
25 occ.upying said taxicab; or receive passenqers then waiting for
such taxicab; provided further, tl~at a taxicab shall in no Case
· 26 be parked for a period lon.q-er th~n five minutes on any .public
high~:ay or street within _',-~2 City of 2'uszin, except in a taxicab
2~ stand for which such owner h~s a .pe. rmizo. -
28 21.210 TaXicabs--Use of additional-vehicles. In the event
that any holder of a L~ermit issued pursuant to the provisions of
--- 29 ~his chapter should desire to operate-any taxicabs in addition to
those specified in his p~rmit, he shall app'!y to the Chief of
D0 Police for i~er:',it so to do. Such application shall be accomDP. nied
by all pertinent infor~j. ation and data req.uired to be furnished by
31 Section 21.030 hereof, and shall be accompaniea by a b6nd or
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! policy of insurance of the type required by Section 21,090
hereof. In the event the Chief of Police finds that such
2 taxicab fulfills the requirements set forth in this chapter, he
sahll grant a permit, permitting such addition. The License
3 and Permit Board shall have the power to review any action
taken by the Chief of Police in denying any application for a
4 permit and sh~ll have the power to revoke a permit granted by
the Chief of Police when, in the opinion of the License and
5 Permit Board, such ~ction on.its part is in the public interest.
6 The applicant may appeal the ruling of the Chief of Police
by applicatio~ to the License and Permit Board. The findings
~ and decision of the License and P~rmit Board upon such appeal
shall be final.
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21.220 Taxicabs--Replacement of vehicles. In the event
9 that any holder of a.permit issued pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter should desire to replace any taxicab, for which
10 he has a permit, by another taxicab, he shall apply to the
Chief of Police for permit so to do. Such application shall be
lli~ accompanied by all pertinent information and data required to
be furnised by Section 21.030 hereof, and shall be accompanied
12 by a bond or policy of insurance of the type required by Section
21.090 hereof. In the event the Chief of Police finds that
I~ such taxicab fulfills the requirements set forth in this chapter
he shall grant a permit, permitting such replacement. The
14 License and Permit Board of the City of Tustin shall have the
power ~o review any action taken by the Chief. of Police in
15 denying any application for a permit and shall have the power
to revoke a permit granted by the Chief of Police when, in the
16 opinion of the License and Permit Board, such action on its
part is in the public interest.
The applicant may appeal the ruling of the Chief of Police
i~ by application to the License and Permit Board. The flndings
and decision of the License and Permit Board upon such appeal
19 shall be final.
20 21,230 Taxicabs--Name of owner to be on door. Every
taxicab shall have painted or affixed upon the exterior part of
~i a door on each side of the same, the name of the owner or the
fictitious name under which the owner operates, together with
22 the telephone number of said owner, in distinct letters not
less than two and one-half inches in height and not less than
23 five-sixteenths of an inch stroke.
24 21.240 Taxicabs--Change of name, monogram,'or insignia.
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
25 change its name, monogram, or insignia without first making
application to the License and Permit Board for a new taxicab
26 permit and the granting of such permit as in zhis chapter
provided.
21.250 Taxicabs--Operation with defective or unsanitary
28 equipment prohibitea--Inspection. It shall be unlawful for any
owr'~r to drive, or to cause ~o be driven or operated any
29 i; taklcaib within the City of Tustin while the same or any of the
equipx~ent uEed hereon or therewith shall be in a defective,
~0 ~i uns.~fe ~.if unsanitary condition. Every taxicab shall at all
,~imes be subject to the insoection .of any police officer or
health inspector of the City.
I 21.260 Mechanical condition--Inspection. The police
department may examine and inspect every vehicle regulated By
2 this chapter to determine that its equipment, including the
lights, brakes, tires and mechanical parts are in a good state
5 of repair, free from obvious defects; and to determine that
such vehicle will not be dangerously defective in operation.
4 The police department may inspect other parts of the vehicle.
~.~ The Chief of Police shall prescribe the dates and times for
5 inspection of taxicabs and it shall be the aut~ and responsibility
of each permittee to see that all of his taxicabs are presented
6 for inspection at the time and date so specified.
The police derpartment may make periodic inspections for
the purpose set forth in this section.
21.270 Same--Enforcement. No person. shall operate any
9 vehicle for hire designated in the certificate of public convenienc~
and necessity issued to him hereunder when it is not in a safe
I0 operating condition, or permit a driver to operate a vehicle in
a manner contrary to the provisions of this chapter, and the
!i Chief of Police shall have the power to revoke or suspend a
holder's certificate of public convenience and necessity in the
!~ event he is found guilty of a violation hereof.
1S 21. 280 Same--Necessary equipment.
(1) Every vehicle licensed hereunder shall at all times
carry t.~e following equipment, unless otherwise waived for good-
15 reason by the Chief of Police:
16 ~I (a) A spare tire, capable of being 'used on any
of the wheels of the vehicle.
!~-~(b) A set of 'tools for changing tires.
(c) Three (3) operable safety flares.
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(2) In addition to the foregoing equipment it shall be
mandatory that all vehicles have the following:
(a) Two (2) independently acting braking systems,
either one of which will be capable of stopping the
vehicle without load at a distance of thirty-seven
(37) feet when operating on a level, dry, asphalt
street at a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour.
2~i (b) All glass in windshield, windows and doors
of safety or shatterproof glass.
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(c) Suck other equipment and systems as may be.
26 required byethe Vehicle Code or other statutes of the
State of California.
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~-~, ~[ 21.290'Stands--Permit to designate kocatioH--Painting of
~o ~! curT--., The License and Permit Board shall designate in any
permit granted by it uhe exact location of the taxicab stand;
29 ~such pc:rmi~ shall also s~ Lcify the' exact nunSbet of feet and
location of any parking of stand space reserved for such taxicab
~' =~ stand, -.
~ whic~ reserved space may at any time be changed, diminished
or increased by the License and Per:~%it Board. Every taxicab
51 stand as designated by the License and PerD. it Board shall be
indicated by red paint or other red material upon the entire
curb :~urface'thereof, with the words, "Taxicabs Or~ly" in white
lC t ters thereoh.
21 . 300 Stavd.~;--onl. y city employee may paint curb--
Permittee to rci:::burse city. Ko pearson, firm or corporation
shall pai~)t any curb of any taxicab stand except an c:~'~ploycc
of the City of Tub;tin duly authorized so to do. The pertainnee
of such taxi. cab stand shall reimburse the city for such
p:xf. nting, as r.~ay be reuuircd from t'in, c no time, and failure
to make such reimburserecur shall be a ground' for revoking
s u c h t n x .i c a b s t n n d n e r ;;~ i t.
2! · 310 Stands--Change of ].ocatiou- No taxicab s~and
:;hall be charged without obiaining a permit from ~he License
and Permit l~oard after appiicazion as provided in Sections
21. 020 and 21. 030 hereof ·
21.320 Stands-~joint use. An" ~axicab stand that is
granted to a~y parson, firm or corporation, may be used
Jointly by any two or more persons, ~irms or corporations
holding permits under this chapter, by the mutual' consent of
said persons, firms or corporations, which said consent msu~
be first reduced to writing, properly slgned,"ind filed wi~'h
License and Permit Board of the Ci~ -~f Tusnin.
21.330 Stands--OnlY authorized vehicles to park
stands. No person, firm or corporation shall park any
vehicle in any taxicab stand except a taxicab permitted so and ~rmit Board
to do by permit granted by the License ~
21.340 Stands--Revocation of permit for failure to
usa. In the event that any parson, firm or corporation holding
permit to operate and maintain a taxicab stand, should fail for
a periad of two consecutive weeks to use such taxicab stand for
his taxicab or taxicabs, the License and Permit Board may
revoke such taxicab stand permit, after a hearing as provided
in Section 21.050 hereof.
21.350 Driver's permit 'required- It is unlawful for any
driver to operate any taxicab within the City of Tustin unless
ch~r~ exists a valid ~ermit so to do obtained in compliance
with the sections provided herein-.
Every drivar's permit issued hereunder shall set forth
following information:
(a) Name of company for whom the driver is authorized
operate a taxicab;
(b) Name, age, weight, height and color of hair of the
applicant;
(c) Date of.e~pirazioi~ of said permit;
;, Said pc'," .: nba!i be signed by zke Chief of
%~ o] 360 A:~pl. ic':~z~n;'~ :lot ,llrlv;~r's ~rmrl. z. Ap.p!icazi~ for
;~ b.- .,~:~do no zh~ Chia~ of '~>-.lice
shn!i ~ ncaompan~: i;y-~ f'ec of fivedail:;ts, and
~ ad~iLio'nal fee to pay th~ fin3erpri;lziu~ .c.osz imposed
.i and shall co:~zaiu uhe following inform
~ the Snaue of Caiiforni:~,
~ (a) Name age, citizenship'and address of applicant;
1! (b) Two pkotoSrnPhs of appl. icnrj~ of a suitable size, type
~ t~d reproduction sati~Z:~ctorY to th~ Chief of 'folice}
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(c) Past experience as a driver, including the names and
addresses of his employers during the preceding three years;
U (d) Possession of a driver's license, which shall be
iI displayed;
(e) Whether any chauffeur's or driver's license, either
state or other, has ever been revoked or suspended;
(f) Name and address of applicant's intended employer;
(g) Whether the applicant has been arrested and the
disposition of such arrests, other than traffic citations.
The application must be verified by'the applicant and
endorsed by such employer. The willful statement or furnishing
of false information upon said application is grounds for
denial of said permit as provided for herein.
21.370 Examination and issuance of driver's permit. Upon
application for a driver's permit and before it shall be issued,
'.LXe applicant shall be fingerprinted and a record thereof filed
in the Police Department. Applicant shall file with said
application two photographs, provided by the applicant, one to
be filed with the application and one to be permanently attached
to the driver's permit when issued. No permanent license shall
be granted for a period of two weeks subsequent to the date of
said application; however, the Chief of Police is hereby empowered
to issue a temporary driver's permit. The fee of five dollars
shall be retained for the driver's permit, if granted, and for
:,cost of examination if not ~ranted. The driver's permit shall
~, be posted in a place conspicuous from the passenger compartment
!7~!of the taxicab while said driver operates same. It is the
_l!respo~sibility of the cab company to provide and place a holder
!Si~for said permit.
i9!M 21.380 Denial--Termination--Transfer. The Chief of
![Poiicemay deny the said aDD!ication or having issued the
20~-permit, revoke or suspend ~e same if the Chief of Police shall
!i determine ~hat the applicant or taxicab driver is of bad moral
character or has willfully faisified said application for
uilt of
driver's permit or is g y violation of any of the prc-'-'=sions
of this chapter or o~ ~ny lawful regulation promulgated pursuant
thereto or has been convicted of any offense involving moral
turpitude. For tile purposes of this section moral turpitude is
!] everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty, or good
:i morals. No such driver's permit shall be issued to anyone
under the age of eighteen'(18) years, or to any person having
25iiphys~cal impairments, handicaps or deficiencies of such
!i nature as to interfere~with said driver's ability to carry out'
· ~ been eraployed shall fort~with and°immediately surrender, return
iiand give up said driver'-s permit-to the-Chief of Police and
shall file written notice of said zermination of employment
within five days thereafter.
2~ ~'"'~' Revocation and suspension of driver's permit. Any
drAver's permit granted pursuant tc the provisions of this
chapter may be revoked or suspended in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this chapter.
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1 21.400 Each permittee shall maintain full, coml~lete, and
accur.ote records in its offices at all times which show in a
2 clear manner the hours and dates each taxicab has been in
operation, the hours and dates each operator of a taxicab has
5 operated a taxicab and which taxica'b he has opera heal, un.e hours
and dates each employee of the permittee has worked and at what
~ activity. Such records shall be kept in the principal office
of the permittee and skall be produced and made available for
5 immediate inspection to any member of the PoliCe Department of
the City of Tustin upon demand.
6
Each" permittee ~hall cause to be delivered to the Police
~ Department of the .CLay of Tustin on or before the tenth (10th)
day of each month a complete and accurate list of the persons
8 ~,'ho have operated the permittee's taxicabs during the preceding
month.
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21.410 Permittees holding valid taxicab permits on the
-I0 ~ date this ordinance becomes effective shall not be required to , submit a new application for permit unless the License and
~ Permit iL..?ard deteff'--!nes that t~e public health, safety and
!i 1
~ conveni~,ce requi~ such a new application.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City COuncil,
City of Tustin, California, held on the 3rd day of September, 1974.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORkNC-E )SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RUTH C. POE, City Cle~ and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that t.'he whcle
number of members of the City Council of the Ci.~y of Tustin is five;
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 631 was duly and regularl~
introduced and read at a regular meeting OfL'the City Council held on
the 19th day of August , 1974 ,. and was given
it~ ~econd' r~ading and duly passed a'Kd adopted at a regular meeting
he~d on the 3rd day of _ September , 1974, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN IANGLEY, SPLARP, SALTARELLI ~ WELSH, EDGAR . _
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE
cler -' q!ty oF Tustin, C if'o