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ORDINANCE NO. 3927-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
REPEALING CHAPTER 62, PUBLIC CONVEYANCES, OF TITLE VI,
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND CARRIERS, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF CLEARWATER, AND ENACTING A NEW
CHAP'T'ER 62, PUBLIC CONVEYANCES, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS
FOR PUBLIC CONVEYANCE OPERATOR, OPERATOR'S PERMI'T',
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE DIVISION
AND PUBLIC CONVEYANCE COMPANY; PROVIDING FOR
APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL
REPORTS BY PUBLIC CONVEYANCE COMPANIES, AND THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTION ^F PUBLIC CONVEYANCES;
SETTING FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS
AND DISPLAY OF PUBLIC CONVEYANCE COMPANY'S NAME;
PROVIDING FOR RESTRICTED AREAS OF OPERATION;
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 PUBLIC CONVEYANCE
LICENSES AND FOR INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATIONS
TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; SETTING FORTH
REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPLAY OF PERMIT, FOR TRANSFER OF
SUCH PERMIT AND FOR REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF
SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE AMOUNTS OF INSURANCE, THAT
THE CITY BE LISTED AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED PARTY AND
PROCEDURE TO QUALIFY AS SELF-INSURER; PROVIDING FOR
AN OPERATOR'S PERMIT, SETTING FORTH THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR OBTAINING SAME AND THE PROCEDURE FOR SUSPENSION,
OR REVOCATION; SETTING FORTH INFORMATION TO BE
DISPLAYED; PROVIDING FOR RIGHT TO DEMAND ADVANCE
CASH PAYMENT; PROVIDING FOR USE OF PUBLIC
CONVEYANCES IN AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING FOR POSTING
OF RATE SCHEDULE; 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 THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Chapter 62, Public Conveyances, of Title VI, Public
Transportation and Carriers, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Clearwater, be and
the same Is hereby repealed in its entirety and a new Chapter 62, Public Conveyances,
Is hereby enacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE I. GENERALLY
See. 62.01. DefTnit€mm
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:
"Operator" shall mean any natural person who drives or operates a public
+ conveyance for the transportation of passengers for hire, fee, or compensation,
"Operator'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
public conveyances upon the streets of the city.
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110eeupationel license" shall mean the written authority granted by the
occupational license division under this chapter to engage in the public conveyance
business in the city.
"Occupational license divINIon" shall mean that agency of the city
responsible for issuing occupational licenses, and shall include the director of said
agency or his designee.
The words "public conveyance" when used In this chapter, shall mean any
motor or"other vehicle of whatever name called, which is used or operated for the
purpose of transporting passengers for hire, fee, or compensation of any kind over,
upon or along the public streets, roads, avenues, highways, or other public ways within
the city, except this section shall not Include taxicabs, buses operating on regularly
established and scheduled routes and lines, chartet• buses or coaches which have their
point of origin outside the city and which are reserved for the exclusive use of the
occupants, and automobiles (commonly referred to as "U.P" or luxury limousines and
characterized by modifications intended to Increase the comfort of passengers within)
designed to carry no more than six persons which,are hired by written lease with or
without driver to transport the occupants to or from any destination within the city.
"Public conveyance company" shall refer to any business entity of whatever
nature of composition which is licensed by the occupational license division to operate
one or more public conveyances for the transportation of passengers for a hi. re, fee, or
compensation of an kind and may be a corporation, partnership, joint venture,
natural person, or other individual, association or combined persons or entities.
Sec. 62.02. Duties of chief of police generally.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to maintain records of any and all
violation, or reported violations, of any Florida state statute or ordinance of the city
by any public conveyance operator, public conveyance company manager, or public
conveyance company owner where such violations would be material to the issuance,
renewal, or revocation of a public conveyance operator's permit or a public
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conveyance company's occupational license. A summary of said violations and alleged
violations shall be forwarded to the city manager annually and upon request by the city
manager.
Sec. 62.03. Compliance with chapter required.
The operation of public conveyances within and upon the public streets of
the city shall be subject to the conditions, regulations and restrictions herein set forth
in this chapter. , ,
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Sec. 62.04. Approval required; public conveyance permit.
(a) It shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated `n the city any
public conveyance unless approval for the operation thereof shall have been first given
by the police chief as hereinafter provided in this chapter and a permit issued. The
following are conditions precedent to the issuance of a public conveyance permits
(1) No public conveyance may be operated for hire unless It has first
been inspected as provided In section 62.06.
(2) , The other distinctive markings required by section 62.07 shall be
displayed.
(b) To evidence compliance with this chapter, the police chief shall Issue
an annual permit to each public conveyance so complying, which permit Is non-
transferrable, and which shall be conspicuously displayed according to the directions of
the police chief. No public conveyance may be operated for hire in the city without
having first been issued a public conveyance permit. The expiration date of the public
conveyance permit shall be recorded or marked plainly on the permit,
(e) The pollee chief may issue a public conveyance permit to any public
conveyance upon satisfactory proof that the vehicle concerned has been Issued a
permit, license, or certification by another governmental entity, which permit, license,
or certificate is valid and issued in accordance with enacted standards and
requirements that are substantially similar, and not less restrictive, than the minimum
standards and requirements of this chapter.
Sea. 62.05. Annual reports by public conveyance companies.
Every public conveyance company licensed to provide public conveyance
service in the city shall by October 1st of each year submit to the occupational license
division the following information:
(1) A description of the motor vehicle being used as a public conveyance,
setting forth the make, model, year, color, body style, motor vehicle
identification and licensee tax number thereof;
(2) Each public conveyance permit number;
(3) A list setting forth the current name and address of all drivers
employed by, or contracting with, the public conveyance company.
Each public conveyance company shall have available at all times a
current and accurate residential address and telephone number for
every public conveyance driver, and said Information shall be
released to any city police officer pursuant to an active criminal
investigation.
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sides and rear of each vehicle the public conveyance company which owns, operates, or
controls the vehicle in letters not less than six (8) inches in height, and the address of
such company or the telephone number in letters or numerals not less than three (3)
inches In height.
Sea 62.08. Restricted areas of operation.
See. 62.06. lnopections of public eon;veyances.
(a) Every public conveyance company shall be responsible for ensuring
that each public conveyance owned, operated, or controlled by it complies with
applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and standards regarding motor
vehicle safety equipment and devices. Every public conveyance company shall cause
every public conveyance that it owns, leases or controls to be inspected at least
annually to ensure that each such public conveyance complies with Chapter 318,
Florida Statutes, and the public conveyance company shall maintain a permanent
registry containing Information on the identity of each public conveyance inspected,
the date of the inspection, and nature of any deficiencies or defects discovered,
remedial action or service performed, and the name of the inspector.
(b) The city manager may require additional inspections of any public
conveyance to enforce the provisions of this section, which inspections shall be
conducted by persons qualified to perform the inspection requested.
(e) A public conveyance which fails to meet the operating and safety
requirements of Chapter 318, Florida Statutes, or other applicable law, rule, or
regulation shall not be operated for the transportation of passengers for hire until such
defect or deficiency has been rectified.
Sec. 62.07. Distinctive markings required.
Every public conveyance company holding a license to operate one or more
public conveyances within the city shall permanently affix by paint or decal to the
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(a) - No public conveyance operator shall solicit business or pick up
passengers within an area within the city designated by the director of traffic
engineering as a bus stop or taxi stand, nor shall any public conveyance load or unload
where parking and standing is prohibited.
(b) No public conveyance shall have less than three (3) doors.
(c) No public conveyance operator shall solicit passengers directly or
Indirectly except while such public conveyance Is located at a passenger pick-up
station or site upon private property. No portion of any fare or other thing of value
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fares or otherwise extending preferential treatment to said public conveyance
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Sec. 62.09. Use for immoral purposes.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of a public conveyance operated in the
city to permit any person to accompany or use such public conveyance 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. 62.10. No driver to drive more than twelve hours a day.
It shall be unlawful for any operator to drive or operate a public
conveyance for more than twelve (12) hours within any twenty-four (24) hour period.
This provision may be suspended by the city manager in cases of manifest necessity or
demonstrated emergency.
See. 62.11. Authority to promulgate rules.
The city manager or his designee shall have authority to promulgate
reasonable rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
ARTICLE II. BUSINESS LICENSE
Sec. 62.12. Required.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or public conveyance company to
own, lease, control, drive, carry on, engage in or conduct the business of operating a
one or more public conveyances for the transportation of persons on the public
streets of Clearwater or dispatched for hire on the public streets of Clearwater
without first having obtained an occupational license from the occupational license
division after paying the fee as prescribed by section 71.13. This section shall apply
only to public conveyance companies that pick up passengers within the city limits of
Clearwater, or which have any office or dispatch facilities located within the city, and
specifically shall not apply to non-public-sector buses engaged in intercity
transportation as contemplated by Section 341.102, Florida Statutes (1983).
(b) Any public conveyance company which is licensed by another
municipality or county to conduct a public conveyance business and which registers
said occupational license in this city in accordance with section 71.13 of the code of
city ordinances shall not be relieved of the responsibility of complying with this
chapter.
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(c) Any public conveyance which transports less than four (4) passengers
from one point In the city to another point In the city shall be deemed to be engaged in
the taxicab business and shall meet the requirements of chapter 61 prior to engaging in
such service.
Sec. 68.13. Regulation of public eonveynncea
(a) No public conveyance shall be operated for hire on the streets,
highways, roads, avenues, and public ways of the city until its owner, lessee, or
controlling public conveyance company has first obtained a valid occupational license
for the public conveyance company and a permit for each public conveyance to be
operated for hire within the city.
(b) In order to secure an occupational license an applicant must provide
information on a form provided by the occupational license division. The applicant
must:
(1) Be at least 18 years of age;
(2) 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) ivot 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 public conveyance, and not have been convicted of violating any
ordinance governing the conduct of public conveyance occupational
license holders;
(c) Should the applicant for an occupational license hereunder be a
corporation or partnership, then.the chief executive officer 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.
Sec. 62.14. hivestigation of application.
Upon the filing of such application the occupational license division and
police department shall make an investigation, Including any hearing deemed
necessary, as to each application for license for the operation of such public
conveyance company, and In determining whether a license shall be issued the
occupational license division shall determine the fitness of the applicant to engage in
the business of operating public conveyances in accordance with Chapter 71 of this
code.
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license and Informing the applicant of his appellate rights under Chapter 71.
Sec. 62.16. Display of permit.
`yy Upon approval by the occupational license division of an application fore
public conveyance company occupational license and the issuance of such license and ; ; .?
compliance with all other provisions of this chapter, the chief of police shall Issue as
public conveyance permit which shall be required to be displayed at all times In the lower right-hand corner of each public conveyance windshield, or in such other
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= 71 'and this chapter. Public conveyance permits are non-transferable.'.
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Sec. 62.18. Revocation or suspension of company occupational license; grounds;
notice; hearing
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shall have the authority to revoke or suspend any occupational license which has been
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(1) Obtaining an occupational license by providing false Information; ;_;;:;•.=j4"#.?
(2) Conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of any shareholder, ?aa•=??Y ??;.?,?:"?
partner or member of any corporation, partnership, firm or
association, holding a 51% interest or more in the entity, of any of
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commit any" of the crimes immediately above or unlawful
possession, sale or distribution of any controlled substance
which Is regulated or prohibited by Chapter 883, Florida
Statutes, if such violation or violations are related to operation
of the company, or violation of any ordinances of the City of
Clearwater governing the conduct of holders of occupational
licenses for the public conveyance business;
(3) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the traffic
regulations applicable within the City of Clearwater;
(c) No public conveyance company occupational license which has been
issued or which may hereafter be issued by the city shall be revoked or suspended
except upon a finding of due cause as defined in subsection (b) above and after a
hearing and upon a prior 5-day written notice to the company stating the place, date,
time and purpose of such hearing and setting forth the charges upon which said hearing
shall be held. The hearing shall be held within 15 days of the date the notice Is issued.
(d) After revocation of a public conveyance 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.
(e) 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 suspend
any company occupational license hereunder; any such suspension may be made
effective immediately and shall remain in force until a hearing Is held as provided
herein.
ARTICLE M. INSURANCE
See. 62.20. Required.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner, operator, or driver of any public
conveyance 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, or driver shall
have first procured and filed with the city clerk a liability insurance policy, upon
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 business as such
in the state. The minimum amount of liability insurance or surety bond for each public
conveyance shall be as follows:
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(1) An amount of not less than $100,000 bodily injury liability insurance
. for any one person injured by reason of the negligent operation of the
public conveyance;
(2) An amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) bodily injury
liability insurance for the maximum compensation to all persons
injured in any one accident; and
(3) An amount not less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for
all property damage in any one accident.
(b) In lieu of subsection (a), the public conveyance company, owner,
operator, or driver may make application to the State of Florida pursuant to F.S. Sect.
324.031, to qualify as a self-insurer in the same 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 State of Florida. Upon approval of
such application by the State of Florida, a current copy of such approval shall be filed
with the occupational license division. Upon filing such grant of approval from the
State of Florida with the occupational license division, such owner, operator, or driver
shall be entitled to function as a self-insurer until such time as the approval is
revoked, cancelled or otherwise terminated.
See. 62.21. Type; cancellation.
(a) The policy of insurance or surety bond under this article may be in
the form of a separate policy or separate surety bond for each public conveyance or
may be in the form of a "fleet policy" covering all public conveyances operated by
such public conveyance company, owner, operator, or driver, in which latter event
such policy of insurance or surety bond shall provide the same liability for each public
conveyance operated in service, as specified above.
(b) No policy of insurance or surety bond as provided in this article shall
be cancelled until the expiration of 30 days after notice of intended cancellation
thereof has been given in writing to the city clerk by registered mail or personal
delivery of such notice, and a provision therefor shall be embodied in the policy or
surety bond.
ARTICLE IV. PUBLIC CONVEYANCE OPERATORS PERMIT
Sec. 62.30. Require&
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive a public
conveyance 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 public conveyance operator's
permit, as provided in this article.
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(b) The possession of a valid public conveyance operator's permit or
license issued pursuant to the rules, standards, or laws of another governmental
agency, which rules, standards, or laws meet or exceed the minimum requirements of
this chapter regarding operator qualifications, shall entitle the person to whom the
permit or license has been issued to a public conveyance operator's permit so long as
the applicant continues to meet the minimum requirements of section 82.31. The
chief of pollee may ensure such compliance by requiring the application to execute a
sworn affidavit on a form provided by the police department.
See. 82.31. Application.
In order to receive a public conveyance operator's permit, an applicant
must provide the following information on a form provided by the chief of police. The
applicant must:
1. (a) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Possess a valid Florida chauffer's license;
(c) Be a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for
permanent residence or who has otherwise been granted
employment authorization by the United States Immigration
and Naturalization Service;
(d) Exhibit a proficiency with the English language so as to be able
to comprehend and interpret traffic signs; issue written
receipts to passengers; and obey lawful'orders of police and
others in lawful authority;
(e) Be fingerprinted by the police department and supply to the
police department two (2) current photographs, size two and
one-half (2 1/2) inches by two and three-fourths (2 3/4) inches,
accurately depicting the applicant's face and shoulders, or
permit the department to take such photographs;
(f) Submit an affidavit or affidavits from a public conveyance
company, on forms provided by the police department, showing
that the applicant will be affiliated as a driver with the public
conveyance company upon issuance of the operator's permit.
(g) Not have been convicted, been on probation, parole, or served
time on a sentence for a period of two (2) years previous to the
date of application, for the violation of any of the following
criminal offenses of the State of Florida or any other state or
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battery, burglary, aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery,
driving a motor vehicle while under the Influence of
intoxicating beverages 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 wao 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 convicted for a period of two (2) years prior to
the date of application of the violation of any statute or
ordinance governirg the conduct of drivers of vehicles for hire.
(2) 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.
(3) 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 pursuant to
this section. Each such applicant mast meet the criteria set forth in this section. The
permit so Issued shall be valid until the driver's next birthday.
(4) After the initial issuance of a permit, the permit shall be renewed by
the driver during the month of the driver's birthday upon providing proof that the
driver continues to possess the requirements necessary to obtain and maintain a permit
as set forth above.
(5) Any driver who intends to change his or her public conveyance
company affiliation must present his or her operator's permit to the pollee department
so that such permit may be replaced with a substitute permit reflecting such change of
affiliation. Under no circumstances shall the driver drive with the public conveyance
company with which he or she intends to affiliate before obtaining a substitute permit.
(6) The public conveyance operator's permit or substitute permit issued
hereunder shall remain the property of the City of Clearwater, and upon.termination
of employment or association with a public conveyance company, the applicant shall
surrender such permit or substitute permit to the police department.
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Bea. 62.34. AlteraUnn, destruction, sta., prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person holding a public conveyance operator13
permit to willfully alter, deface, obliterate or destroy the same or to cause or permit
the same to be altered, defaced, obliterated or destroyed.
Bee. 62.33. Revocation or suspension of public conveyance operator's permit; ground
notice; hearing, emergency situations; prohibited aebL
(a) Upon a finding of due cause as hereinafter defined, the chief of police
shall have the authority to revoke or suspend any operator's permit which has been
issued or may hereafter be Issued by the city.
(b) "Due cause" (for the revocation or suspension of an operator's permit)
shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) The failure of the driver to maintain any and all of the general
qualifications applicable to the initial, issuance of a permit hereunder;
(2) Obtaining a permit by providing false information;
(3) Violation by a driver of any of the following offenses:
a. Driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages or drugs;
b. Criminal homicide, rape, aggravated battery, burglary,
aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery, child 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 public conveyance;
C. Providing false information to the chief of police;
d. Charging a fee In excess of those fees posted and displayed in
accordance with section 62.40,-
e. Violation of any ordinance or law, other than minor traffic
offenses, in connution with the operation of a public
conveynriee;
r. Whenever it shall appear that an operator has disorders
characterized by lapses of consciousness or other mental or
physical disabilities affecting his or her ability to drive safely;
g. Four (4) or more moving traffic violations in any 12-month
period.
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?return for that person's soliciting or finding passengers for the ?^lt -4 #i 'M
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public conveyance operators .?
(e) No operator's permit which has bean issued or which may hereafter be
issued by the city shall be revoked or suspended except upon a finding of due cause as
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defined in subsection (b) above, and after a hearing and upon a prior 5•-day written ?'?4
notice to the driver stating the lace data time and purpose of such hearing and
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setting forth the charge or charges upon which said hearing shall be held. The hearing
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shall be held within 15 days of the date the notice is issued.
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shall be informed of his right to defend himself and present witnesses and evidence in
his behalf.
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an operators permit shall be accepted or considered for a period of 12 months from
the date of revocation. .x
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(f) For clue cause, in the event of a violation of this chapter which results
` in an emergency situation in which continued operation by the operator endangers the
health, welfare or safety of the public, the chief of police may suspend any operator's
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permit hereunder; any such suspension may be made effective immediately and shall
remain in force until a hearing is held as provided herein.`"
(g) Whenever any person holding an operator's permit is convicted of,r
pleads guilty to or pleads
nolo contendere to any of the following offenses, in any ,?3 +
court, such disposition shall constitute due cause for suspension as provided In N a ,
subsection M above: Driving under the influence of intoxicating beverages or +..•:• . i??, ?
controlled substances criminal homicide rope, aggravated batter burglary, aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery, child molestation, grand theft, criminal
solicitation to commit any of the above crimes, criminal attempt to commit any of theft'
above crimes, or felonious possession, sale or distribution of substances controlled, } r -
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regulated, or prohibited b Chapter 893, Florida Statutes.
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(h) Suspension of a public conveyance operator's permit pursuant to this
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section may be for any period of time up to and including six (B) months or for so long r-tA,r
as a public conveyance operator fails to meet the minimum requirements for the
Issuance of such a permit. Any operator who operates a public conveyance or taxicab
r,r,• or other vehicle for hire in the city during the period of suspension shall not be elivible ;
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.;=j5 thereafter for an operator's permit and any company which permits a suspended
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operator to operate a public conveyance for hire may have its occupational license
revoked. The public conveyance company shall at all times know the status of its
operator's permits with regard to expiration, suspension, or revocation.
(1) Any operator whose permit has been suspended or revoked shall
. ,,;•i '. surrender said permit to the chief of police and it shall be unlawful to possess an
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 operator's permit.
11" ARTICLE V. RATES
See. 62.40. Posting of crate schedule.
No public conveyance shall transport passengers from a point within the
city to another point or destination, except to the extent that such public conveyance
, f;riw has a tour schedule which includes rates on file with the chief of police. Such rates
shall also be visibly posted within each vehicle and at such locations as are designated
or utilized by a public conveyance as a fixed passenger pick-up point.
Sec. 62.41. Advance payment.
Every operator shall have the right to demand payment of the legal fare in
cash in advance, and may refuse employment unless so prepaid.
Sec. 62.42. Nonpaying passengers prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any operator of any public conveyance to carry in
such public conveyance any person except fare-paying passengers or employees of the
persons by which the public conveyance is owned or operated. This restriction shall
not apply to the use of such public conveyance by a public safety officer of this City
during an emergency.
Sec. 62.43. Receipts.
If demanded by the passenger, the operator shall deliver to any passenger
at the time of payment a receipt therefor in legible writing, containing the name of
the owner, the city license number, or the operator's permit 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
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invalid.
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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 of 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 March 21, 1985 PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
AS AMENDED Anpil 4. 10A.0;
Attest:
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City. Clerk
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