HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0012-1961CIT~ O~ ~FJ~AI
Alt OP. DIi'~AN~i PkOVlDII{G FOg TI/I_.. L!C2~$ING OF TAXICABS A~D hBGULATI~G l~fl:Ig GPEP. ATIOi'I.
The City o£ Eenais Alaska ordains:
Section 1. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, whenever used
in this ordinan~e, the foilO~,~ ~ords shall have the leaning given to them by this
sections
a. The ~ord '~axicab" shall mean and include any moto~ vehicle engaged in
the ca~rying of persons £or hires whether over a fixed route or not, and
the sa~e be operated from a street stand or subject To calla £rom a ~a~a~e, or
othe~wise operated£or hire.
b. The ~ord "street** shall mean and include any street, all~y, avenue, ccurt,
bridge, land or public place in the City of Eenaio
c. The word 'taxicab driver' shall mean and include an~ person who d~ives
a taxicabs ~hether such person be the o~ner o£ such taxicab or be employed by a
taxicab o~ner or operator.
d. The ~ord '~perator" shall mean and include any person owning or having
control of the use of one or ~ore taxicabs used £or hire upon the streets or ertl
gaged in the business of operating a taxicab within the city.
es The words "taxicab stand" shall meao and includ~ any place along the curb
or street or elsewhere which is exclusively reserved by the city for the use of
taxicabs.
f. The word '~erson" shall mean and include one or more persons of ezther
sexs natural personss corporationse paxtnerships, and associatiopso
g, The words #¢hat~f£erSs licmse" shall mean a ~rittan authorization granted
to an individual d~iver pez~nittin~ such person to drive a taxicab in the City of £enat.
Section ~. License Required. No operator shall operate a t=icab ~ithin the
city li~is~i~ut~having obtained a taxicab license therefor under the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
Bach applicant for a taxicab license shall apply to the City Clerk for such
license upon a £o~n to be provided by the ~tty, ~ndmust comply with the £c!!oeis~
provisions to the satisfaction of ~e City Council.
(a) Be a citizen of the United $tateSo
(b) Be of the age of twenty-one (21) years or over if a natural person, and
in ~he case of any co-partnership, ~irm or corporation, must be authorized to operate
taxicabs and carry on busines~ in accordance with the laws of the State of Alaska.
(c) ~ust file with the City Clerk a states, ant covering each vehicle to be so
licensed, giving the full name and address of the owne~; the class and passenger-carry-
i:~ capacity o£ each vehicle for which a license is desired; the length of time the
vehicle has been in used; the make o£ car; the engine number; the serial number and
the state license number; whether the same is ~ortgageds the name of the Mortgagee
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and the a~ount of said mortgage; also the holder vi legal title to said motor vehicle
i£ other than the applicant; or whether said vehicle is leased, licensed, or under
any £orm o£ contract permitted to be used and operated by some other persons than
the one holding legal title thereto, and ~hat person, firm or corporation collects
the revenues from the operation o£ said taxicab and pays the expenses of operating
the same.
Section 3. Licensing o_~Taxicab Dr~vers. No pe~:sc, n shall drive a vehicle
required to be licensed under this ordinance while said vehicle is in commercial
use until he shall have £irat obtained a chau£fers license £rom the City o£ Kenai
~l~n meeting the £ollowing requiraments~
(a)
All taxicab drive~s must quali£y £oz a ¢~u~fer's lxcense ~y:
(1) Ability to read and write the English language.
(2) No,t-addiction to the use of intoxicants or narcotics.
(3) Good moral character and repute.
(4) No conviction o£ a £elony for ten years previous to
applicatzonl no conviction at any tine o£ a felony or
· isdemeanor involving moral turpitude or assault with
a deadly wmapon or use o£ or tra~£ic in narcotic dru~s
or traffic in women £or immoral purposes.
($) A taxicab driver shall possess a current operator's license
£or motor vehicles as issued by Alaska.
(6) Demonstrating £a~iliarity'with the traffic la~s o£ the City
of Xenai and the State of Alaska.
(?) The driver shall be over twenty-~ne (Zl) years o£ age.
(b) All applicants £or taxicab operator's licenses and chauf£er's licenses
undar the prc~t$ions si t~is ordinance shall make application in the £orm pre-
scribed by the Chxef o£ Police, and shall sub~it together with his application, the
necessary £ees, p~otographs o£ the applicant, and a £ull set o£ £ingerprints to be
takes by th~ Police Department. This sub-section shall also apply to officers, agents,
servants, a~d employees o£ corporations or companies, associations and partnerships.
(c) The ~hief of*Police ~hall be the issuing authority £or all temporary
and permanent chat~fer's licenses. I£ the application Iora chauf~er's license
indicates that the applicant meets the qualifications for a license, the Chie~ o£
Police shall issue a temporary license pendin~ completion o£ the investigation o£
the applicant's background and qualifications. This temporary license shall
expire by its own ter~ at the end o£ 45 days £rom the date of issuance. If upon
completion o£ the necessary investigation, the applicant meets all of the re-
quirements and quali£ications as established in this ordinance, the Chie£ o£
Police shall issue a permanent chat~£er's license renewable annually on or before
e~uly 1 of each year~ under ~rovisions of this ordinance.
(d) I~ in the opinion o£ the Chief of Police, the applicant does not
meet the requirements and qualifications established by this ordinance, he may
deny the issuance o£ either a tamporary or a permanent chau££er's license. When
the Chief of Police shall ~efuse to issue either a temporary or ~ermanent chau££¢z's
license, he shall do so in ~riting, stating briefly and concxsely the reasons
for such decisio~. ~'ne applicant may appeal tltts decision to the City Council
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within ten (10) days aftel: ihe receipt of the written notice £rom the Chief of
?olice, in the event that such an appeal of the denial of a license is desired by
the applicant.
Secti?n 4. Bx~i~ation of Taxicabs. The ¢~uncil shall cause the Chief of
Police or some oiher employee on behalf of the City, to thoroughly and carefully
examine each taxicab before a license is granted to operate the sa~e. No taxicab
shall be licensed which does not comply with the following:
(a) It must be in a thoroughly safe condition for the transportation of
passengerao
(b) It must be clean and of good appearance. Such other examinations and
tests of licensed taxicabs may be ordered by the council from time to time as it
may deem advisable.
Section $o Grantin~ and Transferrin~ License. Upon satisfying the City
Council that the public convenience and good order will be served thereby, it may~
grant an operator*s license ~nd shall give a number a~d an adequate description of
the taxicabs licensed thereunder. A taxicab operator's license may only be
transferred after approval by the City Council is granted.
Section 6. License ~!a~ an~ Numbers: There shall be delivered to the
operator of each and every licensed taxicab a certificate to be fastened and
displa~ed upon the windshield of each and ever? taxicab so licensed, so that said
licanse~Lay be plainly visible from the front of said taxicab at all times. Said
license shall bear the license number of the t~cicab and proper descriptive words,
including the year for which the license was issued.
Every taxicab which shall accept business on the streets of this munici-
pality, or stand or wait for hire shall have some designation o£ the character of
the vehicle painted in plain visible letters on each side thereof° Every driver
of such taxicab shall be licensed as herein provided,
Section 7. TaxicabCyds. The operator of any taxicab shall cause to
be printed in plain, lezible letters displayed inside the taxicab a card ~i~int
the numbe~ of the licenses the maximum rates of fare to be cha~ged, and a state-
ment that any package or article left in the taxicab must be returned by the
taxicab d~iver to the City Clerk's office, ~,there it may be identified and claimed.
S~ction ~. Rates. Rate~ charged for conveyance in taxicabs in this city
shall be fixed by resolution of the City Council from time to time. No operator
or taxicab driver shall charge any passenger a rate in excess of sucl~ fixed rate.
Section 9. Taxicab S,~a~s. Licensed taxicabs shall when not in motion
be parked at stands designated for that purpose from time to time by resolution
of the Cit¥Councll. No taxicab driver shall solicit passengers as fares. No
driver shall dismount from his taxicab at any time for the purpose of soliciting
passengersl provided that this shall not prohibit any driver from dismouting
fro~ his cab to assist a passenger entering his taxicab or dismounting therefrom.
Only licensed taxicabs shall be permitted to park at any taxicab stand.
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Section I0. Taxicab Drivers. No persons either the operator or employees
of such operator, Sha~-~r~we ~mx"-~ab in this city without first having been
licensed as an operator under Alaska la~v.
Section 11. l~blic Liability Insurance. Before a license shall be delivered
to any operator, he shall deposit with the City Clerk a certificate of insurar~ce
from a company, or companies, duly licensed to transact such business in this state,
certifying the operator of any taxicab to be licensed against loss from the lia-
bility imposed by law for damages on account of bodily injuries or death, or for
damages to property resulting £rom the ovmership, maintenance or use of any taxicab
to be o~ened or operated under such license, and agreeing to pay to any judgment
creditor to the extent of the amounts specified in such policy, any final iud&merit
rendered against the assured by reason of such liability. The limit in any such
insurance volley. . oi ~,,ch_.. liability -;.. thc insurer ~-n account..-~ the ownership,
injuries to or death of one person and $50,000 on account of an~ one accident
resulting in injuries to and/or death of more than one person, and a total o£
$~0,000 liability for damage to property of others, arising out d any one accident.
Section 12. ~}~c~l~aneous.
(a) All taxicab drivers shall be clean and courteous at all times.
(b) No driver of any licensed taxicab shall carry any other than the
passenger first employing a taxicab without the consent of such passenger,
except for bona fide emergencies.
(c) No per,on shall charge or attempt to char§e any passenger a greater
rate of fare than that to which the taxicab is entitled under the resolu-
tion of the council.
Section 13. Separability. Bvery section, provision or part of this
ordinance is declared separable from every other section, provision or part; and
if any ~ection, provision or part of any ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall
not a~fect any other section, provision or part thereof.
Section 14. Penalty. Any person violating the provision of this ordinance
shall be~a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not
more than thirty (30) days, or by both~ for each offense.
SeCtion 1S. Number of taxicab~ i=~.nOperation. Th~ City Council a~ter public
hearin§ and after notice to all taxicab business licenses, shall here the po~er to
determine from time to time the maximum number of taxicabs required. The City
Council shall consider the public necessity and convenience and shall arrive at
their decision by consideration of the £ollowin§~ (a) the demands for such
service as sho~n b~ records of all taxicab business licenses; (b) the effect
of traffic con§estionl (c) whether the safe use of streets for vehicular and
~edestrian trdfic ~ill be impaired; (d) any other facts ~hich the City Council
· ay deem relevant.
Section 16. '~and~.~ther Rishts". Compliance with Section 15 (number o£
taxicabs in operation) shall not be required of any taxicab operator toi,~ business
on a daily basis in the City of lenai, Alaska for at least three (3) months immediately
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preceeding 1 ~archt 1961.
Sectio~ !Yo £££ective Date. This ordinance shall tahe e££ect the day a£ter
its passage and an ene~gency is hereby declared to exist.
Section 18. Taxicab License Fe~es. The applicant for a taxicab operator's
license~axicab lic~se'-~or an additional vchiclet or a chau£fer's license shall
pay into the City treasury the sums set forth below, provided that if the said
license is denied for any reason~ 50% of said leer or lees, sba11 be returneg to
(a) a taxicab operator shall pay a license £ee o£ $40.00 per year
which shall entitle said operator to one vehicle for hire.
(b) In the event a taxicab operator is licensed for ~ore than one
vehi¢le~ then he shall pay $20.00 for each vehicle per year so
authorized by the City Council.
(c) The applicant for a chau££er's license shall pay the sum o£
$5°00 per yea~ £or each and every license so issued.
(d) All licenses shall be valid £rom 30 June of one year until
July 1 o£ the £ollo~ing year and are subject to revie~by the
City Council prior to rene~alo
~merge~c7 declared 11 July, 1961
Passed the Council 18 July. 1961
S/ John Swanson
(Seal)
ATIItST~
S/Jo~n,P~,C, un~,ison
JCtiN P. GUNNXSON, CITY CLBRE
P0SI'BD 12 July~ 1961.
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