Ordinance No. 590
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ORDINANCE NO. 590
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON REGULATING THE USE OF
TAXICABS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. DEFINITION.
For the purpose of this
Ordinance, a taxicab is defined to mean every automobile or
motor-propelled vehicle of a distinct color, the driver's seat
separated from the passenger compartment by glass partition,
of public appearance, such as in common usage in this county
for taxicabs, equipped with a taxi meter and used for the trans-
portation of passengers for hire over the streets of this city
and not over a definite route, irrespective of whether the op-
eration extends beyond the boundary limite of the ~ity of Vernon,
at rates for distance traveled or for waiting time, or for
both, and such vehicle is routed under the direction of such
passenger or person hiring the same.
"Taxi-meter" shall mean a mechanical instrument
or device by which the charge for hire of a passenger-carrying
vehicle is mechanically calculated either for distance travel-
ed or for waiting time, or both, which charge shall be indicated
by means of figures.
"Stand" shall mean a place designated by the
applicant and approved by the Police Department of the City of
Vernon.
Section 2. No person shall operate a taxicab as
herein defined, without first having obtained a vlri tten p ermi t
from the City Council of the City of Vernon.
Section 3. Applicants for such permit shall file
with the City Council of the City of Vernon, an application
setting forth the number of cabs to be used, the place or
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1 stand to be occupied, the charges to be made for the carrying
2 of passengers, the extent, character, and quality of service of
3 the taxicabs to be used.
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Section 4. Every applicant for a permitm drive a
5 taxicab as defined herein, must be a citizen of the United
6 States of America, or one who has regularly declared his
7 intention to become a citizen, and must be at least twenty-one
8 (21) years of age.
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Section 5. POWER TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND PERMIT.
Permits provided for in this ordinance may be granted, denied,
revoked, suspended or cancelled as to any person or applicaBt
whenever,in the exercise of reasonable and sound discretion,
m~ the City Council determines that the provisions of this
article have or have not been complied with, or that the
permitee or applicant is or is not a fit or proper person to
be in charge of or operate a taxicab, as herein defined, as
may be determined by the rules and regulations of the City
Council now in effect, or herein adopted pertaining to the
operation of or to the extent, character and quality of the
service of any such taxicab.
Section 6.
DURATION AND RENEWALS OF PERMITS.
All permits issued under the provisions of this article shall
be for a period not to exceed one year and all permits shall
expire one year from the date of issue.
Section 7.
The City Council of the City of Vernon,
in determining whether or not a permit shall be issued to the
applicant, may take into consideration all facts as it may deem
pertinent and proper~ which facts shall or must include the
following:
(a) The applicant is financially responsible;
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(b) The applicant is a fit and proper person to
operate a taxicab within the city;
(e) The charge made for the services of said taxicab
are fair and reasonable so that the applicant may earn a
fair and reasonable return for the servie es rendered.
Section 8.
INSURANCE OR BOND REQUIRED:
(a) Before any permit is issued the owner of any of
the vehicles mentioned shall be required to file with the City
Council, and thereafter keep in full rorce and effect, a policy
of insurance in such rorm as the City ~ouncil may deem proper,
executed by an insurance company approved by the City Council,
insuring' the public against any loss or damage that may result
to any person or property from the operation of such taxicab,
provided the maximum amount of recovery in such policy of insur-
ance specified, shall not be less than the following sums:
For the injury to anyone person, or the death of anyone
person in anyone accident - - - - - -
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:jp 5,000.00
For the injury to two or more persons, or the
death of two or more persons in anyone acci-
dent for taxicabs carrying less than ten
passengers - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _
10,000.00
For the injury to two or more persons, or the
death of two or more persons in anyone acci-
dent for ~axicabs carrying more than ten
passengers - - - - - - - - - - - _ - _ _ _ _
20,000.00
For the injury or destruction of property in
anyone accident - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1,000.00
Sucrh person may, in lieu of the aforesa1d policy
of liability insurance, file with the City Council, a bond in
such form as the City Council may deem proper, executed by a
responsible and solvent corporation authorized to conduct a
bonding insurance business und4r the laws of the State of Calif-
ornia, which bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all
final judgments, which may be rendered against any such person
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for damages on account of injuries to property or person,
including both passengers and the public, occasioned by the
operation of any such motor vehicle described herein, and which
bond shall be in an amount graduated according to t4e number of
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taxicabs owned or offered for hi~e in accord with the following
scale:
Where such person owns or offers for hire only one
such taxicab, said bond shall be in the sum of $10,500.00;
Where such person owns or offers for hire more than
one but less than six such taxicabs, said bond shall be
in the sum of $25,000.00.
Section 9. TAXICAB PERMITS
(a) No taxicab permit shall be issued to any person
until a standard, distinctive and uniform color scheme has been
adopted by the applicant and approved by the City Council, which
designates by color the owner of said ~axicab.
(b) No permit shall be issued to any person whose
color scheme, name, monogram or insignia shall be in conflict
with or imitate any color scheme, monogram, name or insignia
used by another concern in such a manner as to be misleading or
tend to deceive or defraud the public.
Section 10. LICENSES
Each permit issued under the provisions of this Arti-
cle shall entitle the holder thereof to obtain a license to en-
gage in business described in said permit from the Clerk of said
City upon the paYment of the license fee, and said clerk shall
issue to the holder, a license setting forth the kind of trans-
portation for which such license is issued and the year when
issued.
Section II. OPERATIONS FROM DESIGNATED PLACES
No automobile for hire or sight~eeing automobile shall
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2 City Council, or from a public or private garage.
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4 No person shall charge, collect, demand, receive or
5 arrange for any compensation for the service of any taxicab
6 for hire in the City of Vernon, used f~r the conveyance of
7 passengers, any amount, rate or compensation greater than
8 the charges or rates submitted to and approved by the City
9 Council.
Section 13. Any person, firm or corporation violat-
ing the provisions of this ordinance, or any of them, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and uponconviction thereof, shall
be punishable by a fine of not to exceed the sum of Three
Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment in the City Jail of
Vernon, or the County Jail of Los Angeles County, for a period
of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Section 14.
The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted
in three of the most conspicuous places within the \.Jity of
Vernon, to-wit: The northwest corner of 38th street and Santa
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FeAvenue, the Northwest corner of 37th street and Santa Fe Ave-
hue, and the Bulletin Board in the lobby of the City Hall of the
City of Vernon, located at 4305 SantaFe Avenue, and the same
shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30)
days of the date of posting.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED
this ..!:!:....- dayof V
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STA TE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the 0ity of Vernon,
do certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Vernon, held on August 21, 1945, and thereafter was finally
adopted at a regular meeting of the said City council held on
the 4th day of
, 1945 by the following vote:
September
AYES Poxon, Trowbridge, Mailliard, Leonis
NOES None
ABSENT P era 1 ta
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State of California )
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County of Los Angeles:
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City of Vernon )
I, T. J. FURLONG, City Clerk of the City of Vernon,
do hereby certify that I did on the 5th
day of Septembe:r>
1941>, post
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copies of Ordinance 590
, in the
following places to-wit: At the northwest corner of 38th Street
and Santa Fe Avenue, at the northvvest corner of 37th Street and
Santa Fe Avenue, and at the entrance to the City Hall, located
at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, there being no newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Vernon.
Signed this 5th
day of
Septemper>
, 1 94J?
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