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V. ORDINANCE KO. 3826-M
AN OR1)a.:...11wja uN THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 61, TAXICABS, OF TITLE VI, PUBLIC
TRANSPORTA'T'ION AND CARRIERS, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF CLEARWATER, BY ENACTING
DEFINITIONS FOR TAXI OPERATOR, TAXI OPERATOR'S PERMIT,
OCCUPA'T'IONAL LICENSE, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE DIVISION
AND TAXICAB COMPANY, AND CLARIFYING THE DEFINITIONS
FOR TAXI STAND, TAXICAB AND TAXIMETER; PROVIDING FOR
APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS AND ISSUANCE OF TAXICAB
PERMIT, REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORTS BY TAXICAB
COMPANIES, REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTION OF TAXICABS
AND THE GENERAL DUTIES OF THE POLICE CHIEF;
REQUIREMENTS FOR COLOR SCHEMES AND TAXIMETERS;
PROVIDING FOR RESTRICTED AREAS OF OPERATION;
PROHIBITING USE FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR
LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF OPERATOR'S HOURS PER DAY;
AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO PROMULGATE REASONABLE
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
CHAPTER; PROVIDING FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE DIVISION
TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUANCE OF TAXICAB BUSINESS
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, FOR INVESTIGATION OF
APPLICATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND FOR APPEAL OF ADVERSE RULING OR ACTION; SETTING
FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPLAY OF PERMIT, FOR
TRANSFER OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE, FOR REVOCATION
AND SUSPENSION OF SAME, AND FOR NON-TRANSFERABILITY
OF TAXICAB PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR INCREASED AMOUNTS OF
INSURANCE, THAT THE CITY BE LISTED AS AN ADDITIONAL
INSURED PARTY AND PROCEDURE TO QUALIFY AS SELF-
INSURER; PROVIDING FOR TAXICAB OPERATOR'S PERMIT,
SETTING FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING AND
SAFEGUARDING SAME AND THE PROCEDURE FOR SUSPENSION
OR REVOCATION; SETTING FORTH INFORMATION TO BE
DISPLAYED; PROVIDING FOR RIGHT TO DEMAND ADVANCE
CASH PAYMENT; PROVIDING FOR MAXIMUM RATE SCHEDULE
AND PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW AND REVISION; PROVIDING FOR
DISPLAY OF EXTERNAL AND INERNAL INFORMATION;
PROVIDING THAT NONPAYING PASSENERS ARE PROHIBITED,
EXCEPTING PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCIES; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR THE SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS
HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR PROPER NOTICE OF PROPOSED
ENACTMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Chapter 61, Taxicabs, of Title VI, Public Transportation
and Carriers, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clearwater, be and the same Is
hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE I. GENERALLY
See. 61.01. Definitions.
The following words and phrases where used herein shall, for the purpose of
this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them In this section;
"Taxicab operator" shall mean any natural person who drives or operates a
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taxicab for the transportation of passengers for hire.
FOR AFFIDAVIT SEE:
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6hauffeur4 "Taxicab o orator's permit" shall mean written authority given
by the chief of police pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to any person to drive
or operate a taxicab upon the public streets of the city.
"Occupational license" shall mean the written authority granted by the city
eemmission occupational license division under this chapter to engago in the taxicab
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business to the city.
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t'Oceu ational license division" shall mean that agency of the city
regRonsible for issuing occupational licenses, and shall include the director of said
agency-or his designee.
rtTaxi stand" shall mean those areas situated on the public streets, avenues,
roads and alleys of and In the city which have been designated by the ehief of peifee
director of traffic engineering for the use by taxicabs for the purpose of awaiting or
picking up taxicab passengers.
"Taxicab" shall mean any motets-driven vehiele for the transport4on for hire
of passengers and which le operated wholly or prinelpaffy within the eit'y, exeept
sightseeing ears.; buses and ears rented without driver a motor vehicle which is
engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, not on a regular schedule or
fixed route the destination of which is controlled by the passenger(s) therein, which Is
designed to car no more than nine 9 persons, including the driver.
"Taxicab company" shall refer to any business entity of whatever nature or
composition which Is licensed by the occupational license division to operate one or
more taxicabs and engage In a taxicab service, and may be a corporation, partnership,
joint venture,, natural person, or other Individual, association or combined persons or
entitities.
"Taximeter" shall mean any merehanieal; deyfee which reeerds and fndfeates
a eharge or fare measured by dist'enee t'rave'led; wad time or other items of eharge
an instrument or device attached to a vehicle and des ned to accurately measure
mechanlcalk„or. electronically the distance traveled by such vehicle, to record the
times said i Acle travels or is in waiting, and to indicate the fare to be charged.
Sec. 61.02. Duties of chief of police generally.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to notify the eRT manager of any
and aft vieletf'otts of any ordinanee of the eity by any taxieeb operator er ehauffeur
maintain records of any and all violations, or reported violations, of any Florida state
statute or ordinance of the city by EgE taxicab erator taxicab com an manager, or
taxicab company owner where such violations would be material to the Issuance,
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renews or revocation of a taxicab o orator's permit or a taxicab com an 's
occupational license. A Wmma of said violations and alleged violations shall be
forwarded to the city manager annual and whenever requested b the city manaxe
See. 61.03. Compllanae with chapter required.
The operation of taxicabs within and upon the public streets of the city
shall be subject to the conditions, regulations and restrictions'herein set forth in this
chapter.
Sea. 61.04. Approval roqufredl taxicab ermit.
It shag be urrlewfu+ to operate or eatise to be operated in the eft any
taxicab unless approval for the operation thereof shell have been first given by the
eity eommission as hereinafter provided in We ehapter and a tieemge ieaued:
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated In the city any
taxicab unless approval for the operation thereof shall have been first iven b the
olive chief as hereinafter provided In this chapter and a permit issued. The followI
are conditions precedent to the issuance of a taxicab permit:
(1) No taxicab me be operated for hire unless it has first been in ected
as provided in section 61.06.
(2) No taxicab shall be approved for service in the city which does not
have an operable two-way radio or similar device installed In the
taxicab to provide communication between the taxicab operator and
the di atcher who receives telephone calls for taxicab service.
There betnx an existing and continuing public need for 24-hour
taxicab service, and the providing of 24fiour_se_rv_ice bei
roc nized as burdensome it is the intention of the city that this
burden should be equitably and fairly shared. Therefor all taxicab
companies must operate and provide taxicab service 24 hours a day in
order to receive and retain an occupational license.
Every taxicab operator shall maintain daily trip sheets which shall be
delivered to the taxicab company at the end of each operator's tour
of duty. Tr sheets shall contain the information specified in section
61.05(4). Trip sheet forms shall be supplied by the taxicab company
which employs the taxicab operator and shall be retained b said
com an far not less than six months and so stored as to permit ready
access by reference to date or taxicab operator name.
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b To ey_idence_compliance with this chapter, the police chief shall issue
an annual permit to each taxicab so complying, which permit is non-transferrable, and
which shall be conspicuously displayed according to the directions of the police chief.
No taxicab may be o erated for hire in the ei without having first been issued a
taxicab?2ermit. The expiration date of the taxicab permit shall be recorded or marked
Plainly on the permit. ,rJ? {
See, 61.05. Quarterly Atmual reports by eperelere taxicab companies. s.
Every operator holing a License to operate one or more laxleabs within the Jy
efty shag within ten (46} days from the end of eaeh ealendar, quarter, submit to the
chief of pollee a sworn written report erntafning the following information on eeeh ;
taxicab operated by it within the eitys # + ,,,,a
Every taxicab company licensed to provide taxicab service in the city shall
by October 1st of each year submit to the chief of police the following information: S=
' (1) A description of the motor vehicle being ! y
used as a taxicab, setting
forth the make, model, year, color, body style, motor vehicle
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identification and license tag number thereof, and the distinctive
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number ass ned b the taxicab com an pursuant to section
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(?} Speedometer rnfleage reading at the beginning and at the end of each
quarter for eaeh taxfeab; +
(-8)i2j Each taxicab permit number;fi
(4)U A list setting forth the names and addresses of al} dHvers operating
taxleabs for the operator within the eky current name and address of
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all drivers employed b or contracting with the taxicab com an .
Each taxicab com an shall have available at all times a current and
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accurate residential address and tele hone number for eve taxicab a R
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€ driver and said information shall be released to s ei pollee officer
ursuant to an active criminal investigation.
Exc t for companies that have been in business less than six 6 month
which com anies shall provide trip sheets for the period of time th have sx
been in business demonstrate in the case of a renewal license that the " r
com has in its ossession tri sheet records for the six-month time
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eriod prior to.obtaining the license containing information relatl to the
trips made b the com an taxicabs. The term "tr 'sheet" shall mean a
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daily log of all passengers, the time, place of entry and the.dostinatlon of
each passenger, the amount charted „and a description of any personal
property left in the taxicab.
Agree to maintain the records identified in subparagraph (44}_for a period
of at least six (6) months.
Sec. 61.06. Inspections of taecabs.
Every taxicab shall be Inspected to determine Its m,.ehanieal condition In
accordance with slate law pertefning to motor vehicle Inspeellorm. The chief of poHee may
abe require special Inspections of any taxicab at any time: Ali special Inspeetions required
by the chief of police may be made by the paHee department munfefpal garage or other
agency of the elty designated by the chief of pollee: Full reports of aR f -tspeetfons shat} be
filed promptly wfth the chief of polleer
(a) Every taxicab company shall be responsible for ensuring that each taxicab
In its employ complies with applicable state and federal laws rule re lations and
standards rMarding motor vehicle safety equipment and devices. Every taxicab company
shall cause every taxicab that it owns, leases or controls to be inspected at least annually
to ensure that each such taxicab complies with Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, and the
taxicab com ari shall maintain a ermanent registry contains information on the
Identity of each taxicab inspected, the date of the inspection, the nature of an
deficiencies or defects discovered remedial action or service performed, and the name of
the inspector. All information so required shall bet ewritten or ranted 1 ibl .
b The city manager may require additional inspections of any taxicab or
taxicabs to enforce the provisions of this section, which inspections shall be conducted b
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persons qualified to perform the inspection requested, and said inspections may be
performed by city police officers-or employees for a nominal fee.
(c) A taxicab which fails to meet the operatinK and safety requirements of
Chapter 316, Florida Statutes or other applicable law, rule or r latson shall not be
crated for the transportation of arse ers for hire until such defect or deficient has
been rectified. In no case shall an unsafe taxicab be aperatedu ,on the streets, roads, and
h hwa s of the city.
Sec. 61.07. Color schemes.
Every operator taxicab company holding a license to operate one or more
taxicabs within the city shall adopt and use, after approve} by the chief of police; a
distinctive; uniform and decorative color scheme for all taxicabs owned, operated, or
controlled by such operator taxicab company. The chief of police shall refuse to issue
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any color seheme already in use by another taxicab operator. Ghanges or alterations
in the color scheme ustd by the license holder may be aeeomplished upon approval by
the chief of police:
See. 61.08. Taximeter requirements.
All operators holding licenses to operate one or more taxicabs within the
eity shall equip all taxicabs operated by them with taximeters which have Every
taxicab being operated for hire on the streets, roads avenues, and other public ways of
the city-shall be equipped with an operable, accurate taximeter which has been
inspected and approved certified by the chief of police or his designated
representative the State of Florida, Department of Weights and Measures, or other
such governmental agency empowered and equipped to measure the accuracy of such
devices if such taxicabs shall selieit business or pick up passengers within any area
within the city designated by the eh*f of police as a taxi stand and such taximeter
shall be operated at all times that asse ers are being transported, or the taxicab is
otherwise beL% aerated, for hire within the city,
See: 61:89: Governor P"ufred:
Every taxicab operated upon the public streets of the city shall be equipped
with a good and suf Relent governor for the purpose of regulating the speed of the
taxicab; and the governor shall be so fixed and regulated that the taxicab cannot be
driven at a speed in excess of thirty-hire (.80 miles per, hour:
See. 61.1e. Awnerlr or opez'at0lb game to be dlqgayed;
•lt shall be unlewf d- for any taxicab to be driven upon the streets of the city
finless the name of the person either, owning or operating such taxicab; or the trade
name under which such taxicab is operated shall be conspicuously painted an the
taxicab in letters sot k-as than two * inches in heightr
See. GM+ 61.09. Restricted areas of operation.
No taxicab operator shall salieit business or, pick up passengers within any
area within the city designated by the chief of police as a taxi- stand unless said
taxicab Is equipped with a taximeter which has been inspected and approved by the
chief of police or his designated representative:
.a No taxicab operator shall solicit business or pick up passengers within
an area within the city designated by the chief of police director of traffic engineering
as a bus stop nor shall an taxicab load or unload where stopping and standl is
prohibited.
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No taxicab ma be operated with more than eight 8 passengers for
hire.
c No taxicab shall have lass than four 4 doors.
d No taxicab operator shall solicit passengers direettor indirectly
exce t while such taxicab is located at a tax[ stand or upon a public street or road. No
portion of an fare or other th[ of value shall be aid b an taxicab a erator to an
person in return for obtaining fares or otherwise extending preferential treatment to
said taxicab operator ,and it shall be unlawful to a or accept a meet for such
preferential'treatment.
Bee. 61.42 81.10. Use for immoral purposes.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a taxicab operated In the city 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 knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that
the purpose of such directing, taking or transporting is for the purpose of prostitution,
lewdness or assignation.
See. 6? 61.11. No driver to drive more than twelve hours a day.
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. This rovislen ma be suspended b the city man er in cases of manifest
necessity or demonstrated emergency.
See. 61.12. Authari to rom to rules.
The sit man er or his des nee shall have authority to romu ate
reasonable rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
ARTICLE II. BUSINESS LICENSE
See. 61.20. R quired,
?a It shall be unlawful for any person or taxicab company to own, lease,
contra drives carry on, engage in or conduct the business of operating a ta:xieab one
or more taxicabs for the transportation of persons whin the eRy on the public streets
of Clearwater or d atched for hire on the public streets of Clearwater without first
having obtained approval for the kmanee of a an occupational license from the eR-y
cornmbeforn and the fwuanee o the 3#eense from the -Heense Ifrspeeter of the eitr
occu ational license division after paying the fee as prescribed by section 71.13. This
section shall appjy on to taxicab com antes that pick u assen ers within the cit
limits of Clearwater, or which have an office or dispatch facilities located within the
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b An taxicab-company which is licensed by-another municipality or
county to conduct _a taxicab business and which registers said occupational license in
this city in accordance with suction 71.01 of the code of city ordinances shall not be
relieved of the responsibility of complying with this Chapter.
e - 8?1: Gmtente of applieaR#et?
Appiieatien for a tieense shali• be made in wrk*g to the eity eom missionr
Sueh applieaNen shag set Forth the name; resfdenee address and proposed plies of
business of the appHeant and the kfnd, make and made} of vehkele to be used in the
business- 14 the applieant be a eo-partners* the applieat4on shali• dire the names and
residenee addresses of the ee-partners; if the appHeant be a eerperatlen the
apptfeation sh&U set forth the name of the eorperation and the resfdenee address of 03
offieers and board of directors- The appifeatfan shat set forth the trade name; If any;
under which the applieant does or proposes to do business-
dec. 61.21. Regulatlon of Taxicab&
(a No taxicab shall be operated for hire on the streets, highways, roads,
avenues, and public ways of the city until its owner, lessee, or controls taxicab
company has first obtained a valid occupational license for the taxicab compagy and a
taxicab permit for each taxicab to be operated for hire within the city.
in order to secure an occupational license an applicant must provide
information on a form provided by the occupational license division. The applicant
must:
ill Be at least 18 years of age;
Be a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent
residence who has otherwise been granted employment authorization
by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service;
(3) Not have been convicted of any felony if such violation or violations
are related to the operation of a motor vehicle„ or with the operation
of a taxicab and not have been convicted of violating an ordinance
overn the conduct of taxicab occupational license holders;
Should the applicant for an occupational license hereunder be a
co oration or partnership, then the chief executive nfficer of the corporation, or if a
partnership, the_partner with the greatest proprietary interest. shall possess all of the
requirements set out in b above.
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Sec. 61.23. Investigation of appllcation.
Upon the filing of such application the eRy eommiesion occupational
license division and olive do artment ahaU make an `nvestlgatlon1 Including any
hearing deemed necessaryL as to each application for license for the operation of such
taxicabs taxicab company, and In determining whether a licenselshall be Issued the
city eemmfesion occupational license division shall investigate determine the fitness of
the applicant to engage In the business of operating taxicabs and the fflness of the
eq*ment to be used and will, also eensider and determine whether the demands of
publie eonvenienee; neeessity and safety justify the Issuanee of sueh lieense in
accordance with Chapter 71 of this code.
Sec. 61.23. Issuance or refusal.
If the city eommission occupational license division finds favorably to the
applicant and decides to grant a Reense for the operation of sueh taxleaba that the
applicant is qualified to. operate a taxicab business under Chanter 71 of this code and
that a licant has compiled with the r uirements of this chapter, a license as
hereinafter provided for will be issued to the applicant. If the eRj eemmiesion
occupational license division finds against the applieant and deeides that the publie
eenvenienee, neeesft and safety does not jus4fy the iesuanee of seteh Ileensie or that
the applicant is not fit to conduct the taxicab business or the equipment Is not fit for
such business in the city, no license will be issued, and notice of the action of the city
eammisaion occupational license division will be given to the applicant setting forth
the reason for the refusal of such license and informing the applicant of his appellate
rights under Chapter 71.
Sec. 61.24. Display of permit.
Upon approval by the eity eommission occupational license division of an
application for a taxicab company occupational license and the issuance of such
license and compliance with all other provisions of this chapter, the chief of police
shall issue a taxicab permit which shall be required to be displayed at all times In the
lower right-hand corner of the each taxicab windshield, or in such other conspicuous
location as directed b the chief of olive. Taxicabs which are operated for hire under
the auspices of section 71.01 of this code shall comply with the requirements of this
section.
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No occupational license shall be transferable except upon application to
and consent of the ei4y commission occu ational license division, which shall
determine the qualifications of the ro osed transferee in accordance with the
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provisions of Chapter 71 and this chapter. Taxicab permits are non-transferable.
Sec. 61.36. Revocation and eaepeneian ar suspM2Ion of company occupational lieensej
gt+cwtx[e; notice; heaft.
Whenever any person engaged In the taxicab business; or any operator or
driver of a taxicab within the city le found to be violating the provisions of this
chapter; or the traffie regulations of the eity; or any of the lawn of the state; or for
any reason is found to be unfit; the eity manager may; upon complaint or capon hie own
motion; issue an order, to sueh person at, operator to appear at a fixed time and plaee
for investigation; and if he shall be satisfied after, sueh hearing of the violations as
eharged; he may; in his diseretien; suspend €or a fixed period; or revoke entirely the
license issued: Any suspension or revocation may be appealed to the city earn miesion
within ten W days upon written request:
(a) Upon a finding of due cause as hereinafter defined the city manage
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shall have the authority to revoke or susoend anv occupational license which has been
issued or which may hereafter be issued by, the city.
J!g Due cause for, the revocation or suspension of an occupational license
shall include but shall not be limited to the following:
ill Obtaining an occupational license b providing false Information-,
Conviction b a court of competent jurisdiction of an shareholder,
apartner or member of a co oration partnership, firm or
association holds a 51% interest or more in the entity, of a of
the following:
a. Criminal homicide rape, aggravated batter burglary,
aggrav assault kidnapping, robbeEy, chill molestation
rand theft, criminal solicitation to commit or attempt to
commit an-y of the crimes immediate above or unlawful
possession sale or distribution of gU controlled substance
which Ls regulated or prohibited b Chapter 893, Florida
Statute if such violation or violations are related too eration
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of the company, or violation of an ordinances of the City of
Clearwater governing the conduot of holders of occu atlonal '
licenses for the taxicab businossi _
Violation of an of the rovisions of this cha ter, or the traffic
regulations applicable within the City of Clearwater;
Lcl No taxicab company oecu atlonal license which has been issued or
which may hereaf for be Issued b the eit shall be revoked or su ended except upon a
find( of due cause as defined in subsection (b ).above and after a hear[ and upon a
prior 5-day written notice to the company stating the lace date time and purpose of
such hearing and setting forth the charges upon which said hearing shall be held,, The
herein shall be held within 15 da s of the date the notice is issued.
After revocation of a taxicab-company occupational license
hereunder, no application W an occupational license under this cha ter shall be
accepted or considered fora period of 12 months from the date of revocation.
Lel With due cause, In the event of a violation of this chapter which
results In an emergency situation In which continued operation b the com an
endangers the health welfare or safe of the public, the city manager may susQ ncA +
any company occupational license hereunder; any such suspension may be made
effective immediately and'shall remain in force until a heart Is held as provided
herein.
ARTICLE III. INSURANCE
See. 61.30. Requited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator, or driver or ehauf-feur of
any taxicab to drive or operate the same or to permit the same to be driven or
operated upon the public streets of the city unless such owner, operator, driver or
chauffeur shall have first procured and filed with the city. clerk a liability Insurance
policy, upon which the city is listed as an additional Insured ?art??, issued by a good
and responsible insurance company, or a surety bond issued by a good and responsible
surety company,.such insurance company or surety company must have authority to do
business as such in the state; and must be aeeeptable to and approved by the eity
eoefrnmission. The minimum amount of liability insurance or surety bond for each
taxicab shall be as follows:
(1) An amount of not less than fifteen thousand de11ftra (415,090.-09}
$100,000 bodily injury liability , Insurance for any one person injured
by reason of the negligent operation of the taxicabs
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holders of occupational licenses for the taxicab businoss
(3) Violation of any-of-the provisions of this chapter, or the traffic
regulations oppllenble.within the Cl of Cloarwatert
Q No taxicab company occupational license which has been issued or
which m hereafter be lssuedby the city shall be revolted or suspended except upon a
finds of due cause as defined In subsection b above and after a hears and u eon a
prior 5-day written notice to the company stating the lace date time and u ose of
such hearing and setting forth the charges upon which said hearl!M shall be held. The
hearing shall be hold within 15 days of the date the notice Is issued.
(d) After revocation of a taxicab company occupational license
hereunder, no application for an occupational license under this chapter shall be
accepted or considered for a period of 12 months from the date of revocation.
Jel With due cause in the event of a violation of this chapter which
results in an emergency situation in which continued operation by the company
endangers the health, welfare or safety of the public, the city manager may- spend
any company occupational license hereunder; any such suspension may, be made
effective immediately and shall remain in force until a hearina• Is held as provided
herein.
ARTICLE M. INSURANCE
See. 01.30. wired. ,
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator, or driver or ehauffeur of
any taxicab to drive or operate the same or to permit the same to be driven or
operated upon the public streets of the city unless such owner, operator, driver or
chauffeur shall have first procured and flied with the city clerk a liability insurance
policyLUpon which the city is listed as an additional Insured party, issued by a good
and responsible insurance company, or a surety bond issued by a good and responsible
surety company; such insurance company or surety company must have authority to do
busineag as such in the state; and mast be acceptable to and approved by the e1t3?
eemmfesiae. The minimum amount of liability Insurance or surety bond for each
taxicab shall be as follows:
(1) An amount of not less than fifteen thousand dei'lara (-$1- ",0 ". }
$100,000 bodily inJury liability insurance for any one person injured
by reason of the negligent operation of the taxicab;
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bodily in u liability insurance for more than one person so injured in
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(3) An amount not less than fWe thousand dollare (46;OOOr00} $100,000 for all property damage in any one accident.
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b In lieu of subsection (a), the taxicab company,, owner, operator, ar ? •?lry,??
driver or ehauflettr may make application to the stale publie serviee eommisaion State ?..??
of Florida pursuant to F.S. Sect. 808:08 324.031, to qualify as a self-insurer in the
game amounts as required above. Such owner, operator, driver or chauffeur shall file ";
with the city clerk a copy of the application and all documentation filed with the
publie servlee eemmission State of Florida. Upon approval of such application by the'' '
publie service eommissien State of Florida, a current copy of such approval shall be ,
filed with the ei4y elerk occupational license division. Upon filing such grant of ?;f.??•'l ;
approval from the publie serviee eommission State of Florida with the eity elerk
occupational license division. such owner, operator, driver or chauffeur shall be
entitled to function as a self-';risuror ar,111 such time as the approval Is revoked,
cancelled or otherwise terminated.
' See. 61.31. Typq dhV&y of sign regedred- cancellation.
_Ua The policy of insurance or surety bond under this article may be in the
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form of a separate policy or separate surety bond for each taxicab or may be In the
form of a "fleet policy" covering all taxicabs operated by such taxicab company,
owner, operator, or driver er eheuffeur, In which latter event such policy of insurance
or surety bond shall provide the same liability for each taxicab operated In service, as . "
above specified. Every taxieab kited in servlee shall: have eenspieuously displayed
therein or thereon some sign evideneing the feet that the provisions of this seetian
have been complied with; the form thereof to be /?reseribed by the ehief of peliee-
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Q No policy of Insurance or surety bond as provided in this article shall
be cancelled until the expiration of five (030 days after notice of intended
cancellation thereof has been given In writing to the city clerk by registered mail or }a ?'
personal delivery of such notice, and a provision therefor shall be embodied in the
'•' policy or surety bond.
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//?? ARTICLE IV. ERAUFFE19RIS TAXICAB OPERATOR'S PERMIT
See. 01.40. Reduhod.
It shall be unlawful for any perROn to operate or drive a taxicab in or upon
the streets of the city unless and until such person shall have first obtained from the
chief of police of the city a ehauffeurs taxicab operator's permit, as provided in this
article.
Sec. 61.41. Applications feel eontento.
Any person eighteen (16} years of age or over, may make appReation to the
'bhfef of pollee of the efty for a ehauffeur's permit:- ft shah be the duty of the ehlef of
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pollee to make an investfgatfon to determine the moral: eharaeter and fitness of the
applleant and the knowledge of the appHeant of the provisions of this artiele and the
traffle regulations of the eRy * shall- be the duty of the ehlef of polfee; 4 the
applieant be a person of geed moral eharaeter and fitness and possesses suffielent
knowledge of the previsions of this artiele and of the traffie regulations of the eity;
and when the applieant eemplies with seetion 6". 2(0 to issue sueh person a written
permit; suer permit shalt be signed by the ehlef of pollee and sha* bear the name,
address; sex; eolor; age; signature and photograph of the appReant:
In order to receive a taxicab o erator's ermit an applicant must provide
the following information on a form provided b the chief of police. The applicant
must:
1. (a Be at least eighteen (18) years of akre;
Possess a valid Florida chauffer's license;
Be a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for
permanent residence or who has otherwise been ranted
' employment authorization b the United States Immigration
and Naturalization Service;
jdj Exhibit a roficiene with the English lan a so as to be able
to comprehend and into ret trafficsigns; issue written
receipts to asse ers• and obey lawful orders of police and
others In lawful authors
Be fingerprinted b the police department and supUl to the
police department two (2) current hot r h size two and
one-half 2 1/2) inches b two and three-fourths 2 3/4) inches
accurately, depictinK the applicants face and shoulders, or
narmit the department to take such photographs;
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(f Submit an affidavit or affidavits from a taxicab company, on
forms provided b the police department, shows that the
applicant will be affiliated as a driver with the taxicab
come upon issuance of the operator's permit.
Not have been convicted, been on robation, parole, or served
time on a sentence fora period of two 2 ears previous to the
date of application, for the violation of an of the follows
criminal offenses of the State of Florida or a other state or
of the United States: criminal hbmieide, rape, aggravated
batter bu lar ravated assault kidnapping, robber
driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of
intoxicating beveeages or drugs, child molestation, grand theft,
criminal solicitation to commit any of the above criminal
attempt to commit any of the above, any felony in the
commission of which a motor vehicle was used, perjury or false
swearing in making any statement under oath in connection
with the application for a driver's permit, any law involving
violence or theft, or unlawful possession, sale or distribution of
any controlled substance which is regulated or prohibited by
Chapter 893, Florida Statutes.
(h) Not have been convieted for a period of two (2) years prior to
the date of application of the violation of ag statute or
ordinance governing the conduct of drivers of vehicles for hire.
Failure on the part of the applicant to demonstrate through the
information provided on the application described herein, as well as the fingerprints
and pictures that such applicant meets or possesses the described qualifications shall
be grounds for denying the permit.
All drivers of vehicles for hire holding current operator's permit from
the_City of Clearwater are hereby permitted to continue to operate until expiration of
such permits. Thereafter, each driver must obtain a new permit issued purusant to
this section. Each such applicant must meet the criteria set forth in this section. The
permit so issued shall be valid until the driver's next birthday., ,
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` U After tiro Initial issuancc of n„permit, -the Permit shall be renewed by
the driver durl tile-month of the driver's birthday upon providing roof that the
driver continuos to possess the r uirements necessary to obtain and maintain a permit
an set forth above.
8 Any driver who intends to change his or her taxicab company
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affiliation mustarosent his or her operator's permit to the police department so that
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such ormit may be replaced with a substitute permit reflecting such chap a of
affillatiom Under no circumstances shall the driver drive with the taxicab company
i with which he or she intends to affiliate before obtain[ a substitute permit.
(6) The taxicab operator's ermit or substitute permit issued hereunder
shall remain the r er of the CI of Clearwater, and upon termination of
a: employment or association with a taxicab company, the applicant shall surrender such
.i permit or substitute permit to the pqMce department
Beer 8M8r Physlea1 examinations, physician's eertifieate:
fa} Any applleant for a ehauffeur's taxleab operator4 permit shag submit
himseif to a physieal- examination by some Heensed physielan of the eeunty to
determine whether or not the appHeant le suffering from a eontagieua or
communieable disease and whether or net sueh appHeant has any defeet or impairment:
s of v lion or hearing er.other physic,[ impairment whieh would render him ineapabie of
se" driving a motor vehicle:
(b} The holder of a ehauffeur=s taxleab operator's permit shad; prier to
iesuanee thereof and upon renewal eaeh year, subm* to the examination preseribed in
this seetionr The physieianb eertifieate issued pursuant to such an examination shag
be filed with the ehief of pollee: Hpen faire of the holder of a ehatrf€eur=s taxicab
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operator'e permit to submit to an examination as herein preseribed; or if upon sueh
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examination he shag be found physleally unfit to operate a motor vehicle upon the
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rL publie streets; the ehauffeur's taxicab eperater a permit therefore issued to the
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applieant shall be suspended er revoked by the ehief of polleer
' Sew B1:43; Fingescpri?s aad photogreplts=
The ehief of pollee sham proeure the ifterprinte and a photograph of the
z appHeant and shalt keep the same an permanent fHe in his effieer Bueh prints and
photographs shall be voluntarily furnished by the appHeant at the tkne of his
:? application:
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See. 6"M 61.42. Alteration, destruction, etc., prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person, holding a ehau€feur4 taxicab operator's
permit to willfully alter, deface, obliterate or destroy the same or to cause or permit
the same to be altered, defaced, obliterated or destroyed.
Seer 61:45. MgAay required:
Every driver or epereter of any taxicab operated in the e4ty shall have hire
ehauffeurJs permit displayped In the t-axieab in a eonspieueus plate se as to be easily
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driver 4s operating the taxleabr
Seer 61.46.- Suspenalenr reveeation; right of appeaLr
(a} The ehief of pollee retains the right to suspend or revoke any
ehau€feur4 permit previeusly issued If upon investigation he shag £4nd that' the holder,
of sueh ehauf€eurJa permit has violated any of the provisions of thin chapter, or has
been eenv4eted of a felenn or has been eonvieted of driving a taxleab or at-her meter
vehicle while under the i'n€luenee of intexieating liquer; or, 4If sueh person is suffering
from a eontagleus or eammuaieab3e disease-; or, de€eet or 4impairment of vision or
hearing; or ether physlealimpairment; or If the person 4e not a person of geed moral
eharaeter and fitness; er 9 suer person hag been twiee eenvieted of reeklt-os driving
within any period of twelve (?8} menthsr Before sueh ehauffeur's permit shall be
suspended or revoked; however, netlee of intention thereof shalt be served upon the
person either by registe14 malt or personal servieer and sueh person shat} be given an
epparttinity to be heard:
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(t} Any person whose ehauffeuP4 permit is revoked or suspended by the
ehief of pollee may appeal sueh deeision to the eity manager: Such appeal shall be
taken by filing written notice thereof; in duplieater with the eity manager wR4 4n ten
(+8} days after the deelsion of the ehief of polieer The e#ty manager shall forthwith
transmit one eopy of the netiee of appeal to the ehief of pollee who shall then
forthwith transmit to the eity manager all paper eenstituting the reeerd upon whieh
the aetion appealed from is takenr
(c} Any person adversely affeeted by a decision of the eity manager
eeneerning the suspension or revoeatien of thie ehau€feur4 permit by the eity manager
an the appeal may appeal sueh deeision to the eity eommissionr Sueh appeal shalt be
taken by filing written notlee thereof; in dupReate; with the eity elerk within ten (l8}
days after the deeWen of the e4y manager: The city elerk shall forthwith transmit
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which the aet4on appealed from 4s taken.
See. 61.43. Revocation or suspension of driver or tort permitg noUee•
hea ba: emeruer Maltuatbns;prohibited acts.
(a) Upon a finding of due cause as hereinafter defined, the chief of police
any driver or operator's permit which has
shall have the authority to revoke or suspend
been Issued or may hereafter be Issued by the city.
(b) "Due cause" (for the revocation or suspension of a driver's permit) shall
Include but not be limited to the following:
The failure of the driver to maintain any and all of the general
qualifications applicable to the initial. issuance of a permit hereunder;
Obtaining a permit by providing false Information;
•(3) Violation by a driver of any of the following offenses:
a. DrIvLnS under the influence of intoxicating beverages or drugs;-
b. Criminal homicide, rape, aggravated battery, burglary,
aggravated assault, kidnaprobbery, ehild molestation,,
grand theft, criminal solicitation to commit or attempt to
commit any _of the above-listed crimes, unlawful possession,
sale or distribution of any controlled substance which Is
regulated or prohibited by Chapter 893, Florida Statutes, or a
violation of any ordinance of the City of Clearwater governing
the conduct of drivers of a taxicab;
C. Providing false Information to the chief of police;
d. Charging a fare In excess of those fares set out in Article V;
e. Violation of any ordinance or law, other than minor traffic
offenses, in connection with the operation of a taxicab;
f. Whenever it shall appear that a driver has disorders
characterized by lapses of consciousness or other mental or
PhysIeal disabilities affecting his or her ability to drive safely.; r
Four (4) or more moving traffic violations In any 12-month
period.
h. Paying a portion of a fare or anything of _value to any person In
return for that person's soliciting or finding passengers for the
taxicab operator;
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t. Falsifying or altering an information reguired to be provided
on the trip sheet referred to in section 81.05.
(o) No driver's permit which has been issued or whleh may hereafter be
issued b the city shall be revoked or suspended exc t upon a flndl% of due cause as
defined in subsection(b) above and after a hearing and upon a prior 5-da written
notice to the driver strati the lace data time and u ose of such hears and
setts forth the cha a or charges upon which said hear! shall be held. The hear!
shall be held within 15 days of the date the notice is issued.
d The city manager or his des nee shall conduct the hears required b
subsection `e above. Theoperator whose permit is subject to revocation or suspension
shall be informed of his r ht to defend himself and resent witnesses and evidence in
his behalf.
e After revocation of a driver's permit hereunder, no application for a
driver's permit shall be accepted or considered fora period of 12 months from the date
of revocation.
For due cause in the event of a violation of this chapter which results
In an emergency situation in which continued operation b the driver endangers the
health welfare or safe of the public, the chief of olice may suspend an driver's
permit hereunder•'an such su ension ma be made effective Immediately and shall
remain in force until a hearing Is held as provided herein.
( Whenever an erson holds a driver's permit Is convicted of leads
guilty to or leads nolo contendere to an of the follows offenses In an court such
disposition shall constitute due cause for suspension as rovided In subsection
above: Driv under the influence of Intoxicat beverages or controlled substances
criminal homicide, rape, aggravated batter bu lar ngravated assaul kids in
robber child molestation rand theft criminal solicitation to commit an of the
above crimes, criminal attempt to commit an of the above crimes or felonious
possession, sale or distribution of substances controlled rMlated, or prohibited §y
Ch ter 893 Floirda Statutes.
S ension of a taxicab operator's ermit pursuant to this section may
be for an period of time u to and Including six 8 months or for so to as a taxicab
operator fails to meet the minimum r uirements for the issuance of such a permit.
An taxicab o erator who 0 orates a taxicab for hire in the city during the period of
suspension shall not be elsgible thereafter for a taxicab o erator's permit and an
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taxicab company which permits a suspended taxicab operator to operate _a taxicab for
hire ma have Its occu ational licanso revoked. The taxicab company shall at all times
know the status of its taxicab operator's permits.
(i) Any taxicab Werator,whose taxicab operator's permit has been
suspended or revoked shall surrender said ermit to the chief of police and it shall be
unlawful to possess a taxicab operator's permit during the period of such Suspension or
revocation. At the conclusion of the period of suspension or revocation, the applicant
may reapply for a new taxicab operator's permit.
ARTICLE V. RATES
Sea. 61.50. Schedule of rates - With la:imetere?.
(?} There is hereby established a uniform schedule of rates which skaR be
' utflix?ed by aR taxicab operators operating taxicabs equipped with an approved
taxkneter within the (34y of Gearwaterr Sueh untfarm schedule of rates 19 as
follower
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{?} 9ne dollar (41-.09} drop (first one-€ifth mile); then twenty eents
(49:99} for each additional one fifth mile for one passenger pWs,
twenty-five eents (49:95} far each additienal passenger:
{'B} Two E$} minute Rmit from point of origin until easterner (passenger}
is in cab before driver trips the taximeter:
a. Fifty eents ($9.56} for handling everything ever two grocery
bags; not to exceed eight (0 bags:
b: Twenty-fine cents ($0:i}6} for han ling up !a two (0su+teases,
acid fifteen Bents {44.5} for each additional suiteMe ever two
M
r. Twenty-five (49 5} far eaeh additional person; and no cab may
operate with more than four (#} passengers:
{#} Hourly raters
ar StandifT, twelve do`Rsrs (419:99}-
b. 6rdising; twelve dollars (419:99):
fb} The tw6meter eleekft device shaR be so regulated as to aetivste
when the vehiele slows to twelve (+9} miles per hour er less and shall
reflect a rate of twenty cents (-49 0 per minute or twelve dollars
f#19.9} per hear.
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04 It sha-R be unlawful for any driverT operator or ehauffeur of any
meter-equipped taxicab to charge a fare enter greater or lees than the fare as
registered on the taxlineterr Such schedule of rates ehall• be subject to review and
change by the e'ity earnmission at any 4me:
No taxicab company or taxicab operator which regularly does business
In the city or picks up passengers In the city shall charge a greater sum for the use of a
taxicab than in accordance with the follows rates:
,51? Mileage rates: One dollar 1.00 for the first one-fifth mile and
twen cents 0.20 for each additional one-fifth mile thereafter.
The number of passengers bes -transported shall not affect the rate
althou h no operator trap orti a passenger for hire shall permit
other person to occupy or ride In said taxicab unless the person or
arsons first employing the taxicab shall consent to the acceptance
of an additional passenger or passengers.
U22 Waiting time: Twenty cents 0.20 per minute or twelve dollars
12.00 per hour. The taxtmetpx clock device shall be so
r lated as to activate the waits rate when the taxicab Is
operated at Beds of twelve 12 miles per hour or less,
Ze handlintt:
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a. Twenty-five cents 0.25 for each full-sized grocery b M.
b. Twenty-five cents $0.25 for each full-size suitcase or suit
carrier and fifteen cents $0.15 for each mid-sized suitcase
compact case overn ht b or similar hand baggage.
C. One dollar 1.00 for each trunk.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any driver, operator or chauffer of an meter-
equipped taxicab to charge a fare either greater or less than the fare as registered on
the taximeter.
c The maximum rates established b this section shall be first subject to
review six (6) months from the effective date of this chapter. Thereafter, the city
man er may entertain requests for a rate change and after examining the
reasonableness and necessity for such change, shall resent his find to the ci,1t
commission along with a recommendation as to any rate change Such Inquiry and
recommendation shall be restricted to the sub ect of maximum rates and shall not
address or establish a minimum rate for an taxicab business or service.
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Beer 61s51'r Same - w0heutE ta:tmelerer
Every pemn owning, operating or eentrelling any motor vehtele operated
as a taxleabr without being equipped wfth an approved taximeter, within the efty eha4
file with the ehief of pelfee a sehedttle of rates or fares to be eharged for
transportation of passengers in sueh taxieabs; and alt eharges sh&* be atrietly in
aeeordanee with sueh schedule: Sueh pemen may file with the ehief of pollee an
amended sehedule of fares at any Omer and upon appreva+by hits sueh amended
sehedule shall-, beeeme ef€eetiver
Sec. GhSR 61.51. Display regtthed Rate information to be displayed.
Every taxicab operating fn the eity shall' have painted upon eaeh side of the
eah in mb4mum size of two (41} ineh letters; #n neeordenee with instruetlons issued by
the ehfef of pollee; the rates eharged for transportation In sueh taxieabr. Every
taxicab operating in the eity shall also have posted in a conspieuous pleee therein a
eemplete schedule of all-, rates and eharges for the transportation in sueh taxiemb of '
persensr paekages and baggage:
,a, All taxicabs operated in the City of Clearwater shall have the
` following information affixed to the exterior:
(,1) Name of the company painted or affixed by decal to the right and
left front doors in letters not less than 3 inches in height-,
Schedule of rates painted or affixed by decal to the left and right
rear doors;
) A unique, distinctive number permanently affixed in numerals not
less than S .inches in heght to the front and rear of said taxicab so as
to be readily visible to a person standing at street level.
Within the interior of the taxicab, the taxicab company shall post in a
conspicuous place visible to the passenger for hire:
A schedule of all rates and charges;
The driver or operator's permit.
See. 61:68 61.52. Advance payment.
Every driver of any taxicab shall have the right to demand payment of the
legal fare in cabh in advance, and may refuse employment unless so prepaid.
Sec. 61:64 61.53. Nonpaying pas•.Pxgers prohsbited.
It shall be unlawful for any driver, operator or chauffeur of any taxicab to
carry in such taxicab any person except fare-paying passengers or employees of the
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persons by which the taxicab Is owned or operated. This restriction shn1I not apply to
the use of such taxicab by _a public safety offlcor of this Clty during an emenaencv.
See. 01.55. Receipts.
If demanded by the passenger, the driver In charge of a taxicab shall
deliver to the person paying for hiring of the same, at the time of such payment, a
receipt therefor in legible writing, containing the name of the owner, the city license
number, or the driver's city license number, if license be required, showing upon the
receipt all items for which a charge Is made, the total amount paid, and the date of
payment.
Section 2. Should any part or provision of this ordinance be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of
the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part declared to be
invalid.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed,
Section 4. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has been
properly advertised in a newspaper or general circulation in accordance with Section
166.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
PASSED ON FIRST READING Februa 21, 1985
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
AS AMENDED March 21, 1985
Attest: i
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