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ORDINANCE NO, el-[_S
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR MULES AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION
OF TA%ICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE WITH -
1N THE CITY LIMITS OF CAPE CANAVERAL,
FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF SARIE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, as follows:
SECTION I
Definitions:
The following words and phrases when used in this Ordinance have
the meanings as set out herein:
(a) Call box stand means a place alongside a street or else-
where, where the City Chief of Police has authorized a
holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity
to install a telephone or call box for the taking of calls
and the dispatching of taxicabs, -
(b) Certificate means a certificate of public convenience and
necessity issued by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Florida, authorizing the holder thereof to
conduct a taxicab business in the City,
(c) City means the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida,
(d) Cruising means the driving of a taxicab on the streets,
alleys, or public places of the City in search of or soliciting
prospective passengers for hire,
(e) Council means the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida,
(f) Driver's permit means the permission granted by the Chief
of Police to a person to drive a taxicab upon the streets of
the City,
(g) Holder means a person to whom a certificate of public
convenience and necessity has been issued,
(h) Manifest means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver
of all trips made by such driver showing time and place of
origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount
of fare of each trip.
(i) Open stand means a public place alongside the curb of a
street or elsewhere, in the City, Which has beef) designated
by the Chief of Police as reserved exclusively for the use
of taxicabs,
(j) Person includes all individual, a corporation or other
legal entity, a partnership, and ally uninenrpornted association,
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Rate card means a card Issued by the owner for display
in each taxicab which contains t-h., rates of fare then In
force.
(1) Taxicab means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the
seat-
business of carrying passengers for hire, having a ing capacity of less than seven (7) persons and operated
wholly or principally e:lthin the corporate limits of the
City.
(m) Taximeter means a meter Instrument or device attached to
a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven
and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
(n) Waiting time means the time when a taxicab is not in me
tion from the time of acceptance of a
gers to the time of discharge, but doesanotnincludepany
time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any ca le
Passengers. other than the request, act or fault of a passenger or
SECTION II
General:
(a) Application of article.
All persons operating buses, taxicabs or other motor
vehicles for the transportation of persons for hire upon
the streets, avenues and roadways of the City under autho
rity of franchise, license or other permit granted or
issued by the City shall, in addition to all other lawful
regulations, be bound by the provisions of this article
insofar as such provisions shall be applicable to each an,
every such person.
(b) Enforcement by Police Department
The Police Department is hereby given the authority and
is Instructed to watch and observe the conduct of holders
and drivers and to enforce this Section according to law
and report any violation of rules and regulations to the
legislative body that would revoke the certificate of
public convenience of the holder.
(c) Exemption
Taxicabs operating wholly or principally without the City
shall not be subject to this Ordinance and shall be per-
mitted to deliver or discharge passengers within the C1I
Exempt taxicabs, as set forth herein, shall not Ue auth,�
rized the use of taxicab or bus stands within the City
the obtaining of passengers within the City without. Ue1L
subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION III
Certificate of public convenience and necessity required.
for hire, No person shall operate or permit a taxicab, motor vehicle
Vehicle for hire upon dthe streetslof tY 11mttota be ouoratvd iasfirat
be obtained a cortificate of public convenience and necessity from the
Council.
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(a) Application for certificate.
An application for a certificate shall be filed with the Cleric
of the City upon forms provided by the City. Such applications
shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following
information:
1. Tire name, residence address, and proposed place
of business of the applicant; if the applicant be a
co- partnership, the application shall give the names
and residence addresses of the co- partners; if the
applicant be a corporation, the application shall set
forth the name of the corporation and the residence
addresses of its officers and board of directors.
2. The financial status of the applicant, including the
amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant
and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise
to such judgments.
3. The experience of the applicant in the transportation
of passengers.
4. Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove
that public convenience and necessity require the
granting of a certificate.
5. The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled
by the applicant and the location of proposed depots
and terminals.
6. The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate
the vehicles of the applicant.
7. The proposed time schedule of operntion and the rates
of fare to be charged, which rites, . when approved,
shall not thereafter be increased or decreased without
the prior approval of the City Council.
S. Such further information as the Council may require.
0. Such application shall be accompanied by a tender of
the license fee as provided by this Ordnance.
(b) Hearing on application for certificate, effect of denial; and
matters considered.
1. Upon filing application and payment of fees, the Council
shall fix a time for hearing and acting upon such application.
Notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and all other
operators of any hack, taxicab, motor bus or other public vehicle
for the carriage of passengers for hire within the City. Such
notice shall contain a brief summary of the subject matter of the
application, lire type of service proposed, the territory to be
served and any other pertinent facts in connection therewith, and
shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior to the date assigned for
hearing of such application. At the time specified in such notice
or at such subsequent time as may be fixed by the Council, a public
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hearing upon such application shall be held by the legislative
body. At or after such hearLng the Council may issue a certl-
ficate of public convenienco and necessity, or may issue the
-rune with ,,,dificationu or upon such terms and conditions as In
In f.Ls JndCment the pub'LLc convenience and necessity may rc-
qu.ire, Lakin„ into consideration the effect that the granting
of such certificate may have upon transportation fac Lilt Los
within the territory sought to be served by the applicant slid
also the effect upon transportation as a whole within the City'
2, When any such application In heard and donled, the
legislative body shall not thereafter entertain any further
application covering the Identical or similary routes, sche-
dules or services unill the expiration of at least three (3)
months from the date of ouch dental.
3. In making the above findings, the City ahali take 1
consideration the number of similar vehicles already in Per
tion, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the
public need, the probable effect of increased service on local
traffic conditions, and the character, experience and responai
bility of the applicant.
(c) Issuance of certificate; contents
1. If the City finds that further transportation service
In the City is required by the public convenience and necessl'
and that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform
such public transportation and to conform to the provisions o
this article and the rules promulfted by the City, then the C
body shall issue a certificate stating the name and address o
the applicant, the number of vehicles the under such c
tificato and the date of Issuance; otherwise, the application
shall be denied.
2. livery certificate of convenience and necessity lasuc
under the provisions of this article shall contain among othe
things,. the following: the rates of fare to be charged, the
color scheme or insignia to be used; and such additional term
conditions, provisions, and limitations as the legislative to
shall deem proper or necessary in the public interest.
3. Each automobile for hire subject to the provisions o
this article shall display in a conspicuous Place the cortlfi
sate of public, convenience and necessity.
(d) Insurance required.
1. No certificate of public convenience and necessity
shall be issued or continued in operation unless there . is a
full force and effect, public liability insurance and property
damage insurance for each taxicab to be so operated under sun
certificate as follows: public liabilit for not less Phan
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($•25,000.00 for each Person �•ah:
may be injured and a coverage of Fifty 'Thousand Dollars ($50: 0.
for each accident, and property damage Insurance for not leu[,
than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000:00) f'or any one accident.
2. Such policies of insurance shall. be delivered to the
City Clerk simultaneously with the receipt of such certificate
from said Clerk, and ouch applicant shall pay the premiums on ca.
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policy. Such policies shall remain on file with the said Clerk
of the City as long as said certificate is in force and nuL revoked.
Poch policies of insurance shall have a provision incorporated
therein to the effect tha t the insurance company or companies
writing the same shall have no right to cancel such policies with-
out giving the City not less than Len (10) days written notice of
such cancellation.
(u) 'Transfer of certificates.
No certificate of public convenience and necessity may be
sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without
the consent of the legislative body.
SECTION IV
Occupational license.
The license tax for the occupation of operating a taxicab company
shall be computed and calculated on the basis of the number of vehicles
used by each taxicab company and shall be chargeable at the rate of Twenty -
five dollars ($25.00) per year per cab, beginning with the license year, and
in addition thereto each company shall pay a license fee of Seventy -five
Dollars ($75.00).
SECTION V
Cancellation, revocation, suspension of certificates, licenses.
(a) The City, by and through its Council, shall have the right to
cancel and revoke any such certificate and license for good cause shown.
Such cause authorizing such revocation and cancellation of said certificate
or license shall be any violation of the provisions of this chapter with
respect to charges made by taxicabs in hauling passengers, disregard of
traffic rules and regulations, failure to carry such insurance, failure to
pay the premiums on said insurance, failure to keep said taxicabs at all
times in good repair and running order, as may be determined by the Chief
of police, violation of any of the ordinances of the City, and any other
reasonable regulation which may hereafter be promulgated by the Council.
(b) A certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter may
be revoked or suspended by the legislative body if the holder has:
1. Violated any of the provisions of this chapter.
c qbccutive.
2, Discontinued operations for more than ten (142clays, in nm•
nne period.
3, ilas violated any ordinance of the City of Cape Canaveral
or the laws of the United Slates or the State of Florida,
the violations of which reflect unfavorably on the fitness
of the holder to offer public transportation.
SECTION Vl
Drivers' permits required; display.
(a) No person shall drive tiny back, taxicab, motor bus, or other
vehicle for lbe transporting of passengers fot• hire upon the streets of the
City without having first obtained a permit therefor. The permit, when
issued, shall he displayed in a conspicuous place in the vehicle so operated
by the holder of this permit so as to be easily seen by any person occupying
said taxicab. This shall apply while the driver is in possession or operating
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n.: vehicle for hire.
(b) Application for driver's permit.
An application for a driver's permit shall be made in
writing to the Chief of Police upon a form provided by him,
and shall furnish the following information:
1. Name and address of the applicant.
2. Place or places of residence for the past five (5) years.
3. Age, height, color of eyes and hair and date of birth.
4. Place of birth.
5. Placesof previous employment, for the last tim year,.
8. Marital status.
7. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a
felony . or a misdemeanor. Where and When.
8. Whether he or she has ever held a taxicab driver's
or chauffeur's license, and if so, when and where.
0. Whether such license has ever been revoked, and if
so, for what cause.
10. Whether his or her stale operator's license has ever
been revoked, suspended, or has any restrictions.
11. The names of three (3) reputable persons who have
been personally acquainted with the applicant for a
period of at least one (1) year.
12. Any other facts or information as the Chief of Police
may require.
13. Any other facts deemed important by the applicant that
he or she may wish to submit.
Each application shall be accompanied with a health certificate
from a physician acceptable to the City certifying that the applicant is of
sound physical health, sound physique, is not addicted to the use of drugs
and intoxicants, has good eyesight and hearing, is not subject to heart
disease, vertigo, epilepsy, or any disease which might affect the operation
of motor vehicle, and is not affected with any infectious or venereal disease.
Each application shall also be accompanied by three (3) prints of a recent
photograph of the applicant of a size to be designated by the Chief of Police.
(c) (qualifications for taxicab drivers; investigation authorized;
issuance of permits, fee.
To be issued a taxicab driver's permit, an applicant must
meet the following requirements:
1. Must be at least twenty -one (21) years of age.
2. Must have a chauffeur's license issued by the State of hlorida.
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3. Must be able to read and write the English language.
4, must be of good moral character.
S. Must be a careful and experienced driver.
G. Must not have been convicted of a felony within the
preceding five (5) years.
7, \lust not have been convicted of three (3) or more
misdemeanors within the preceding year,
The Chief of Police shall investigate all applicants for taxicab
drivers' permits, lie shall check the references of every applicant and
shall interview each applicant personally, or by a subordinate designated
by him, lie shall determine the moral character and fitness of the applicant,
as well as the latter's driving ability and knowledge of motor vehicle laws
and regulations, lie shall do everything needed to assure himself that the
applicant is a suitable person to operate a taxicab. The Chief of Police shall
have sole discretion to grant or deny a taxicab driver's permit, but only on
the basis of the provisions of this chapter and what can be fairly implied
thereunder. if the Chief of Police is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable
person to operate a taxicab, he shall grant him a taxicab driver's permit,
after payment of the permit fee of three dollars ($3.00). The applicant shall
also have his fingerprints and photograph taken by the Police Department
before the permit is granted to him.
(d) Term, renewal of drivers' permits.
All taxicab drivers' permits shall expire on the first business
day of January of each year, unless previously revoked by the Chief of
Police or legislative body. Permits shall be renewed by filing renewal
applications and paying the permit fee of Three Dollars ($3.00). However,
no investigation need be made by the Chief of Police and no new fingerprints
need to be taken. Every permitted driver shall submit to the Police Department
with his or her permit renewal application every year, three (3) prints of a
recent photograph of himself or herself of a size to be designated by the Chief
of Police. Each application for a renewal shall be accompanied by a health
certificate from a physician acceptable to the City. The Chief may refuse
to renew a taxicab driver's permit for any of the reasons listed for permit
revocation, subject to the right of the applicant to demand a public hearing
before the legislative body.
(e) Revocation, suspension of driver's permits.
A taxicab driver's permit may be suspended by the Chief of
Police for a period of not more than ten (10) clays, or revoked by the Chief
of Police for any of the following reasons and for other proper reasons:
1. Proof that the permittee is not of good moral
character, has been convicted of a felony, or
is addicted to the use of narcotics or intoxicants.
2. Suspension or revocation of his or her state
operator's or chauffeur's license.
3. Proof that the permittee has been convicted of
three (3) or more misdemeanors within the preceding
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4. Proof that the permittee is a poor or reckless driver.
5. Evidence of bad health or physical disability.
G. Proof that the information on the taxicab driver's
application is false.
7. Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
8. Failure to conspicuously display the taxicab driver's
permit in the taxicab while the taxicab is in operation.
Notice of such suspension or revocation shall be sent to the
permittee and to his employer, together with the reason for such action,
and suspension or revocation shall become effective immediately upon the
delivery of said notice. The permittee shall have the right to demand a
public hearing before the legislative body on such suspension or revocation.
Henceforth, the person whose permit was revoked shall not operate a
taxicab within the City unless the City Council shall vote at a public hearing
to rescind said revocation or unless a new permit shall subsequently be
Issued to him or' her. No refund of permit shall be given to a person
whose taxicab driver's permit has been suspended or revoked.
(f) Driver's permits for portion of year to pay full fee; refunds
prohibited.
An applicant for a taxicab driver's permit shall pay the entire
amount of the annual fee regardless of when the permit is issued. No refunds
shall be made for permits.
(g) Operating taxicabs without permit prohibited.
Only drivers holding a valid permit issued by the City may
operate taxicabs in the City. Any owner desiring to operate his or her
taxicab must obtain a taxicab driver's_ permit and lie or she shall be
governed by all provisions in the same manner as any permitted driver.
(h) Destroying, defacing, altering driver's permits.
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a taxicab driver's
permit to willfully alter, deface, obliterate or destroy the same or to
cause or permit it to be altered, defaced, obliterated or destroyed.
(f) Duties of owners of vehicles.
The owner shall notify the Police Department of the names
and addresses of all taxicab drivers in its employ. It shall be the owner's
responsibility to inform prospective drivers that they must obtain a taxi-
cab driver's permit from the City. The owner must not permit drivers
without a taxicab driver's permit to operate taxicabs or other vehicles for
hire in the City. Violation of this provision shall cause automatic re-
vocation of the owner's permit. All changes of residence of the owner or
any driver shall be reported to the Police Department within three (3) days.
Changes of location of the business shall be reported to the City Manager
immediately. The Owner shall notify the Police Department of any taxicab
or other vehicle for hire which is being permanently taken out of service.
SECTION VU
Regulations - Drivers, Owners, Taxicabs.
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(a) Conduct of Drivers.
No taxicab driver shall use bndocc,nt or profane
bo gullty of boisterous talking, rhouting or diso,•rLn•Ly conduct In
thu presonce of any passenger, or vex or annoy any passenger. Nn
driver shall use Intoxicants either Irmacd.latel,y before or e:hile on
duty. No driver shall use narcotics at any t1me.
(b) Pro perty left in taxicabs.
All drivers of taxicabs shall promptly deliver to the
Police Department all property left in such vehicles by passengers
and all drivers failing to do so shall be deemed guilty of violat.inl;
this chapter. When articles left in such vehicles are delivered to
the Police Department, the police officer on duty shall make an entry
of the fact in a book provided for that purpose and shall keep all
such articles until claimed by the owner, or disposed of pursuant re-
solution of the legislative body.
(c) Solicitation of passengers by driver.
No driver shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except
when sitting in the driver's compartment of such taxicab or while
standing immediately adjacent to his vehicle at all times when such
vehicle is upon the public street, except that, when necessary, a
driver may be absent from his taxicab for not more than thirty (30)
minutes, consecutive minutes, and provided further that nothing herubt
contained shall be held to prohibit any driver from alighting to the
street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or
out of such vehicle.
(d) Annoying solicitations prohibited.
No driver shall solicit patronage In a luud or annoying
tone of voice or by sign or in any mann,:r annoy any person or obstruct.
the movement of any persons, or follor: any person for the purpose of
sollcitIng patronage.
(c) Passengers to be received, discharged on sideetalt. or at
curb.
Drivers of taxicabs --hall not receive or discharge passen-
gci•s in the roadway, but shall pull up to the righthand nidewalk as
n ^arly as possible or In the absence of a sldowalk, to the extreme
right -hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers,
except upon one -way streets, where pauucnp;crs may be discharged at
either the right or left -hand sidewalk: or side of the roadway In the
absence of a sidewalk..
(f) Cruising not permitted,
110 driver shall cruise in search of passengers.
(g) Consent required to take additional pas::aigers; fares for
additional passengers.
No driver shall permit any other parsont.n occupy or rlde
In : ;uch taxicab, unless the person or persons first employing the taxis
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shall consent to t:he acceptance of additional passengera. lio charge
all be made for additional passengers except in accordance with
the sehedule of the rates and Wares as post ^_d.
�h) Ntmlbar of door.-, . permitted on cabn and number of passen-
gern restr.lctcd.
No drlvcr shall permit more persona to be carried In a
tavlcab as pasuengers than the rated seating capacity of hf.s taxicab
as stated In the permit for such vehicle issued by the Police Depart-
ment. A child In arms shall not be counted as a passenger. No taxi-
cab shall operate under the provision of this ordinance unlesn It has
four (11) doors.
(1) Soliciting for hotels or houses of ill repute; selling
intoxicants; vehicles restricted to passenger tragspor-
tatlon.
It shall be a violation of thin article for any driver
of a taxicab to solicit business for any hotel, or attempt to divert
patronage from one hotel to another. Neither shall such driver en-
gage in selling intoxicating liquors or solicit business for any
house of ill repute or use his vehicle for any purpose other than t:h,
transporting of passengers.
(j) Vehicles to be marked.
Every hack, taxicab, motor bus or other motor vehicle
operated under the provisions of this chapter shall have sign
attached to or printed on said vehicle, with either the words "publ J.
or "taxicab", "Motor bus" or "for hire" thereon.
(k) Vehicles to be marked.
'Every bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle operated upon
the streets, avenues, and roadways of the City under any franchise,
license or other permit issued by the City and for the transportatf
of persons for hire shall be plainly and distinctly marked with th
name of the person, firm, corporation or other entity operating the
same, and such marking shall be upon each side of every such motor
vehicle and marked in letters distinctly legible not less than four-
(11) inches in height. Where any person, firm, corporation or other
entity shall have more than one bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle
so operated upon the streets, avenues and roadways of the City, ear.,.
and every bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle belonging to the same
owner shall be numbered and so marked on each side and front and rear
In letters and figures four (11) inches in height so as to classify
and distinguish each such vehicle from all the other vehicles owned
by the same owner. Each and every bus, taxicab and other motor vehic.,
with the capacity of more than five (5) passengers shall have the mural
of such bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle plainly marked in the uppe
right -hand corner of the interior if the owner thereof owns more t1&
one of such buses, taxicabs or other motor vehicles, or with the n:
of such owner where the owner has only one.
(1) Records required.
Every operator of buses, taxicabs or other motor vehicles,
as defined in this ordinance, and employing drivers or chauffeurs to
drive and operate the buses, taxicab:; or other motor vehicles, and
every such operator leasing or letting their buses, taxlcabe or other
motor, vehicles to others to be operated by them and under their fran-
chise, license or permit, shall keep and maintain records showing the
name of the driver or chauffeur and the number of the bus, taxicab
or other motor vehicle driven and operated by him on each and
every mission, trip or period of time covered by the
operation of such bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle oval.
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;in([ upon the streets of the City, and such records shall be open to inspection
it all limes during reasonable hours by any authorized representative of the
City; and any such driver, chauffeur or lessee when driving or operating
buses, taxicabs or other motor vehicles for the owner, shall be subject to the
same penalties as the owner for the violation of ally of its provisions in the
operation of the bus, taxicab or other motor vehicle so driven or operated by
them.
(in) Taxi Stands.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and required to
establish bus stops and taxicab stands and stands for other passenger common
carrier motor vehicles on such public streets in such places and in such
number as he shall determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience
to the public, and every such bus stop, taxicab stand or other stand shall
be designated by appropriate signs.
(n) Where parking by taxicabs, buses prohibited.
The driver of a bus or taxicab shall not park upon any street
in any business district at any place other than at a bus stop or taxicab
stand, respectively, except that this provision shall not prevent the driver
of any such vehicle from temporarlly stopping in accordance with other
stopping or parking regulations.
(o) Other vehicles prohibited in bus, taxicab stands.
No person shall stop, stand, or park it vehicle other than a
bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand, when any such
stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately signed, except
that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the
purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when
such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter,
about to enter such zone, or leaving such stone.
(p) Color scheme for taxicabs.
Every certificate holder authorized to operate one (1) or more
taxicabs shall adopt and use, after the approval of the Chief of Police and
City Alanager has been secured, a distinctive, uniform and decorative color
scheme for all taxicabs operated under the same certificate.
(q) Minimum service required.
All persons engaged in the taxicab business in the City operating
under the provisions of this article shall render an over -all service to the
public desiring to use taxicabs. Holders of certificates of public convenience
and necessity shall maintain a central place of business and ]coup the same
open twenty -tour (24) hours a day for the purpose of receiving calls and
dispatching cabs. They shall answer all calls received by them for services
inside the corporate limits of the City as soon as they can do so, and if such
services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time, they shall then notify
the prospective passengers how long it will be before such call can be answered
and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call
anywhere in the corporate limits of Lilo City at any time when such holder
has available cubs, or who shall fail or refuse to give over -all service, shall
be drr.nied a violator of this article and tilt- certificate granted to such holder
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shall be revoked at the discr don of the Council.
(r) Dally manifests required; preservation.
1. Every owner 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, number of passengers and amount of fare.
The forms for each manifest kept by the owner shall be of a character
approved by the City Manager.
2. livery holder of a certificate of public convenience and
necessity 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
Chief of Police.
( n ) Special contracts to be filed.
It shall be mandatory for all holders to file with the City
Manager copies of all contracts, agreements, arrangements, memoranda,
or other writings relating to the furnishing of taxicab service to any hotel,
theatre, hall, public resort, railway station or other place of public
gathering, whether such arrangement is made with the holder of any
corporation, firm or association with which the holder may be interested
or connected. Failure to file such copies within seven (7) days shall be
sufficient cause for the revocation of a certificate of any offending holder
or the cancellation of any cab stand privileges.
(L) Advertising on cabs permitted.
Subject to the rules and regulations of the Council, it shall be
lawful for any person owning or operating a taxicab or motor vehicle for
hire to permit advertising matter to he affixed to or installed in or on
such taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire.
(u) Working hours for drivers; log required.
It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator of a taxicab
to drive or operate a taxicab for more than twelve (12) hours within any
twenty -four (24) hour period. A taxicab driver's log shall be kept in the
taxicab at all times during its operation.
(v) Permitting use of cabs for prostitution prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a taxicab operated in the
City limits to permit any person to accompany or use such taxicab for the
purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, or to direct, take or
transport, or to offer or agree to direct, take or transport, any other
person with the knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the purpose
of such directing, taking, or transporting is for the purpose of prostitution,
lewdness, or assignation.
(w) Drivers to comply with City, State, Federal laws,
Every taxicab driver licensed under this article shall comply
with all City, State, and Federal laws. Failure to do so will justify the
suspending or revoking of a driver's permit.
(x) Taximeter.
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All taxicabs operated under th- authority o ;ate chapter
: ;!:all. bra quipped 11 1th taximeters fastened Lr fr. s,t of Ulu na .,:sen-
gors, visible to the passongers or Lispec;,ao :: officer at all times,
day and nlght; and, after sun -down, the face crf the taximc-ter :;hall
b= .illuminated. Said ta,- ,lmeter shall be oporatcd mechanically by
mochanls:n of standard desizn and constriction, driven pith -.r from
ti-.c transmission or from one of the front wh,:els by a fie : :lbL_ and
porman,�ntly attachad drlvin- mechanism. 'J'hoy shall be sealed at all
polr:ts and connections which, if manipulated, would ai'fect their
corm ^_t reading and recording. Each taxlmeLcr' shall have thereon a
flat; to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it Is not em-
ploy::d; and it shall be the duty of the driver to throw tho flag of
such taximeter Into a non - recording position at the termination of
ca--h trip. The said taximeters shall be subject to inspection from
tlmc- to time by the Police Department. Any Inspector or other off'l--
cer of said Department is hereby authorized either on complaint of
any person or without such complaint, to inspect any met-.!r and, upon
discovery of any inaccuracy therein, to notify the person operati.ng .
said taxicab to ec - -ase operation. Thereupon said taxicab shall be
kept off the highways until the taximeter 113 repaired and In the re-
quired working condition. Any cab without a taximeter on the date
this ordinance is adopted shall have a period of six (6) months In
which to Install came.
Fares
(a) Approval.
SECTION VIII
Every person owning, operating or controlling any motor
vehicle operated as a taxicab within the limits of the City shall Pale
with the City Clerk a schedule of the rates or fares to be charged
for transportation of passengers in such taxicabs, which rates or
fares shall be approved by the Council, and all charges shall be
strictly In accordance with such schedule. Such person may file an
amended schedule of fares at any time, and such amended schedule
shall show the date on which it is to become effective and shall be
approved by the legislative body.
(b) Posting
Each taxicab shall have posted in a conspicuous place
therein a schedule of rates for the transportation of persons within
he corporate limits of the city, and no charges shall be made ex-
copt as provided by the rates as posted.
(c) Maximum fares established
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any taxicab,
a,; herein dl- fined, to charge or collect or attempt to charge or
collect, any rate of fare in excess of the following schedule of
rate.. ^,, to -t41t:
No person owning, operating or controlling any
taxicab within the City shall charge to exceed
the following rates to be determined by the taxl-
mctur:
For the first one -half mil- or fraction
thereof. ..................`iO
For each succeeding one- quart.cr n :1.le or
fraction th^rcaf ..................................... .,.1(i
F,-1- each two minutes of ":aitir� tlme or
1'rat:tlon thereof ..... ............................... �.ti
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(d) ltefus! :sg io nay fare prohibited; right to require advance
payments.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the
legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this
article after having hired the same, and it shall be
unlawful for any person to hire any vehicle herein
defined with intent to defraud the person from whom
it is hired of the value of such services.
2. Every driver of any public automobile, taxicab, or
motor vehicle shall have the right to demand payment
of the legal fare in advance and may refuse employment
unless so prepaid.
SECTION IX
Vehicle inspection, license required, safely regulations.
(a) Prior to the use and operation of any vehicle under the
provisions of this article, said vehicle shall be throughly
examined and inspected by the Police Department and
found to comply with such reasonable rules and regulations
prescribed by the Chief of Police. These rules and regulations
shall be promulgated to provide safe transportation and shall
specify such safety equipment and regulatory devices as the
Chief of Police shall deem necessary therefor.
(b) When the lblice Department finds that a vehicle has met
the standards established by the Chief of Police, the
Department shall issue a permit to that effect, which
shall also state the authorized seating capacity of said
vehicle.
(c) Inspection sticker required.
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle required to be inspected
under this article to be operated upon the streets of the
City without first securing and having attached thereto an
official inspection sticker issued by the Police Department.
Equipment required on vehicles; cleanliness.
All licensed hacks, taxicabs, or other than motor buses regulated
under state law, shall be in sound operating condition. The brakes,
tires, steering mechanism, windshield wipers, directional signals
and all other equipment shall be kept in such condition as to insure
safe operation. Every taxicab shall be equipped with front and
rear bumpers. Taxiers shall not be equipped with shades or curtains
which can be manipulated in such a manner as to shield the occupants
or the driver from observation. Radios and all other equipment,
which in the opinion of the Chief of Police, are not reasonably
useful in the furnishing of safe, adequate and convenient taxi service
are hereby prohibited. Each taxicab shall be clean and sanitary
throughout and the owner shall see to it that the interior of the
taxi is throughly cleaned at the end of each day's operation, or at
intervals of no greater than twenty -four (24) hours.
Frequency, location of regular inspections; reports; special
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Every taxicab ❑hall be Inspected to detet7nLu: 1.t3 m':clmdt-
eal condition and P.en(,rai, over -all appearance at leant
two (2) tlmen a yc:m•, durlog the pe1.Jodu between April VIvat
and June 1'Lrut., and bettaecn October r1rat and December first.
Thin .Inopectlon shall Lake place at a novice garage d,nilgnat -.
0d by t.h,, chler of Police. A report of nuch l:wpection '!;hall
be submit.led to the MAY Cl,:rlt and Chief of Polies wtthln Len
(10) days after t.ho hwpectlon has buun made. The 11ollco Dc-
partm<:ut uur! malt(, or canae to be made, upeclal Inspections
or any 11censed taxi, whenever 1t: roola the public oureti would
be nerved thereby. The Police Department shall have the rll ;ht
to Inupect or check Laxleo.at any tlu:o in enforcing the 'provl-
. ^,lone of thlo art.lcl... Whenever the C111er of Pollee or 111❑
duly deolgnaLed agent detcrmlacs,thot a 11censed taxi Is un-
safe or unclean or in any manner In in violatlon of thin.article,
he shall atop Ito operation In the City .until bhe'condltflon has
been rectll'i.ed. ^
SIiC'11I011 X
Appeal Procedure
Dceislosc rendered li)l the (311101' of Police t•egardL;g lnterlive-
tatlon of 8,:etlono VI and IX of thin ordinance may be -it) pealed
by the person, torpor ration or partnership so affected, to a
three man Board of Appeal, to be appointed by Council.
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Penalty.
An ;! puroon vlolattnr; any of the prov Is, Jolla of this chapter•
shall be deemed guilty of a nLlodemeanor and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punlnhed by a Pine of not more than Two
Hundred Dollars (",00, 00) or by imprisonment ror a te mi not
exceedlnI, thirty t30) dayr•, or by both nuch fine and tlnpriron-
ment.. ..
I;ECTTOM XII
Thlo ordlnanee uhall b(:conl(, ot'fective lunnedlately upon its
adoption.
t ;ECTIOD Xiii
Should any cuctlon ur )f thla ordtliancc bo declared
by Lhc Court.:: to b,. unconot l tut 1-Mal or lovalld, nuch deel-
alon shall not. ;Irr,cct the validity or the Ordinance an a 1111010,
or Li any part Llroreof other than the part 00 declared to be
❑aeons tltuttonal or Invalid.
ADOPTED by the City Cmitiell of the City of Capc Canaveral,
plorlda, on this: Ist, day of Octohrr
MAYOR �
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AITHOVH', At; TO FORM:
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