Chapter 5.56
TAXICABS AND BUSES1
Sections:
5.56.010 Definitions.
5.56.020 Certificate – Required.
5.56.030 Certificate – Application.
5.56.040 Certificate – Public hearing.
5.56.050 Certificate – Number.
5.56.060 Certificate – Issuance.
5.56.070 Liability insurance required.
5.56.080 License fee payment required.
5.56.090 Certificate – Transfer.
5.56.100 Certificate – Suspension or revocation.
5.56.110 Drivers’ licenses – Required.
5.56.120 Drivers’ licenses – Application.
5.56.130 Drivers’ licenses – Applicant – Examination – State motor vehicle operator’s permit required.
5.56.140 Drivers’ licenses – Applicant – Police investigation.
5.56.150 Drivers’ licenses – Decision.
5.56.160 Drivers’ licenses – Issuance – Duration – Fee.
5.56.170 Drivers’ licenses – Display.
5.56.180 Drivers’ licenses – Suspension or revocation.
5.56.190 Drivers – City, state and federal law compliance required.
5.56.200 Vehicle – Inspection – Required.
5.56.210 Vehicle – Inspection – Interval.
5.56.220 Vehicle – Clean and sanitary condition.
5.56.230 Designation.
5.56.240 Taximeter required.
5.56.250 Rates.
5.56.260 Receipts.
5.56.270 Refusal of passenger to pay legal fare.
5.56.280 Passenger solicitation – Restrictions.
5.56.290 Passenger solicitation – Prohibitions.
5.56.300 Receipt and discharge of passengers on sidewalk only.
5.56.310 Cruising.
5.56.320 Solicitation of other common carrier passengers prohibited.
5.56.330 Additional passengers.
5.56.340 Restriction on number of passengers.
5.56.350 Refusal to carry orderly passengers prohibited.
5.56.360 Prohibitions of drivers.
5.56.370 Open stands – Establishment – Use.
5.56.380 Call box stand – Establishment.
5.56.390 Call box stand – Use.
5.56.400 Prohibitions of other vehicles.
5.56.410 Bus – Certificate application.
5.56.420 Taxicab – Service.
5.56.430 Taxicab – Manifests.
5.56.440 Holder’s records and reports.
5.56.450 Advertising.
5.56.460 Enforcement.
5.56.470 Appeals.
5.56.010 Definitions.
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, have the meaning as set out in this section:
A. “Bus” means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire and operating on a fixed route.
B. “Call box stand” means a place alongside a street or elsewhere where the chief of police has authorized a holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to install a telephone or call box for the taking of calls and the dispatching of taxicabs.
C. “Certificate” means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the city council authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab or bus business in the city.
D. “Chief of police” means the chief of police of the city.
E. “Cruising” means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the city in search of or soliciting prospective passengers for hire.
F. “Driver’s license” means the permission granted by the chief of police to persons to drive a taxicab or bus on the streets of the city.
G. “Holder” means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued.
H. “Manifest” means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by the driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers and the amount of fare of each trip.
I. “Open stand” means a public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere in the city which has been designated by the chief of police as reserved exclusively for the use of taxicabs.
J. “Person” includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership and any unincorporated association.
K. “Rate card” means a card issued by the chief of police for display in each taxicab and bus which contains the rates of fares then in force.
L. “Tax and license collector” means the tax and license collector of the city.
M. “Taxicab” means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, having a seating capacity of less than 10 persons and not operated on a fixed route.
N. “Taximeter” means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
O. “Waiting time” means the time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger or passengers to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger or passengers. [1937 Code § 530.]
5.56.020 Certificate – Required.
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab or bus owned or controlled by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city without first having obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the city council. [1937 Code § 530.1.]
5.56.030 Certificate – Application.
An application for a certificate shall be filed with the tax and license collector and the applicant shall pay a filing fee of $50.00. The application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information:
A. The name and address of the applicant;
B. The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to the judgments;
C. The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers;
D. Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate;
E. The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals;
F. The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
G. The name under which vehicles will be operated;
H. Such further information as the city council or chief of police may require. [1937 Code § 530.2.]
5.56.040 Certificate – Public hearing.
Upon the filing of an application, the city council shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and to all persons to whom certificates of public convenience and necessity have been theretofore issued. Due notice shall also be given the general public by posting a notice of such hearing in the City Hall and by publishing a notice of such hearing, at least once and at least 10 days before such public hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Any interested person may file with the city clerk a memorandum in support of or opposition to the issuance of a certificate. [1937 Code § 530.3.]
5.56.050 Certificate – Number.
The city council determines that the public convenience and necessity requires not more than eight certificates of public convenience and necessity for taxicabs. [1937 Code § 530.4.]
5.56.060 Certificate – Issuance.
If the city council finds that further taxicab or bus service in the city is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the chief of police, then the tax and license collector shall issue a certificate stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under the certificate, the name under which each vehicle will operate and the date of issuance; otherwise, the application shall be denied.
In making the above findings, the city council shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs and buses already in operation, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions and the character, experience and responsibility of the applicant. [1937 Code § 530.5.]
5.56.070 Liability insurance required.
No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued or continued in operation unless there is in full force and effect at all times a policy of public liability insurance, issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, insuring the holder, his servants and employees, against loss by reason of damage which results to person, or persons or property from the operation of such vehicles. The policy of insurance shall be in the amounts established by city council resolution. Either the policy or an appropriate certificate issued by the insurance company shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. [Ord. 922 § 1, 1987; Ord. 647 C.S. § 1, 1972; 1937 Code § 530.6.]
5.56.080 License fee payment required.
No certificate shall be issued or continued in operation unless the holder thereof has paid the annual license fee required by Chapter 5.04 PMC. [1937 Code § 530.7.]
5.56.090 Certificate – Transfer.
No certificate of public convenience and necessity may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the consent of the city council.
At the time of filing any application for consent to such transfer, the applicant shall pay an application fee of $15.00. [1937 Code § 530.8.]
5.56.100 Certificate – Suspension or revocation.
A certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter may be revoked or suspended by the city council if the holder thereof has:
A. Violated any of the provisions of this chapter;
B. Discontinued operations for more than 15 days;
C. Violated any ordinances of the city or laws of the United States or the state, the violations of which reflect unfavorably on the fitness of the holder to offer public transportation.
Prior to suspension or revocation, the holder shall be given notice of the proposed action to be taken and shall have an opportunity to be heard. [1937 Code § 530.9.]
5.56.110 Drivers’ licenses – Required.
No person shall operate a taxicab or bus for hire upon the streets of the city and no person who owns or controls a taxicab or bus shall permit it to be so driven, and no taxicab or bus licensed by the city shall be so driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of the taxicab or bus has first obtained and has then in force a taxicab driver’s or bus driver’s license issued under the provisions of this chapter. [1937 Code § 530.10.]
5.56.120 Drivers’ licenses – Application.
An application for a taxicab or bus driver’s license shall be filed with the chief of police on forms provided by the city. Such application shall be verified under oath and shall contain the following information:
A. The names and addresses of four residents of the city who have known the applicant for a period of one year and who will vouch for the sobriety, honesty and good character of the applicant;
B. The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers;
C. The education background of the applicant;
D. A concise history of his employment.
Each application shall be accompanied by a certificate from a reputable physician of the city certifying that, in his opinion, the applicant is not inflicted with any disease or infirmity which might make him an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver. At the time the application is filed the applicant shall pay the tax and license collector the sum of $1.00. [1937 Code § 530.11.]
5.56.130 Drivers’ licenses – Applicant – Examination – State motor vehicle operator’s permit required.
Before any application is finally passed upon by the chief of police, the applicant shall be required to pass a satisfactory examination as to his knowledge of the city and to show that he has a current motor vehicle operator’s permit issued by the state. [1937 Code § 530.12.]
5.56.140 Drivers’ licenses – Applicant – Police investigation.
The police department shall conduct an investigation of each applicant for a taxicab or bus driver’s license and a report of such investigation and a copy of the traffic and police record of the applicant, if any, shall be attached to the application for the consideration of the chief of police. [1937 Code § 530.13.]
5.56.150 Drivers’ licenses – Decision.
The chief of police shall, upon consideration of the application and the reports and certificate required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the application. If the application is rejected, the applicant may request a personal appearance before the chief of police to offer evidence why his application should be reconsidered. [1937 Code § 530.14.]
5.56.160 Drivers’ licenses – Issuance – Duration – Fee.
Upon approval of an application for a taxicab or bus driver’s license, the tax and license collector shall issue a license to the applicant which shall bear the name, address, complexion, age, signature and photograph of the applicant.
Such license shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year. A license for every calendar year thereafter shall issue upon the payment of $1.00 unless the license for the preceding year has been revoked. [1937 Code § 530.15.]
5.56.170 Drivers’ licenses – Display.
Every driver licensed under this chapter shall post his driver’s license in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operating a taxicab or bus. [1937 Code § 530.16.]
5.56.180 Drivers’ licenses – Suspension or revocation.
The chief of police is given the authority to suspend any driver’s license issued under this chapter for a driver’s failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this chapter, such suspension to last for a period of not more than 60 days. The chief of police is also given authority to revoke any driver’s license for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter; however, a license may not be revoked unless the driver has received notice and has had an opportunity to present evidence in his behalf. [1937 Code § 530.17.]
5.56.190 Drivers – City, state and federal law compliance required.
Every driver licensed under this chapter shall comply with all city, state and federal laws. Failure to do so will justify the chief of police suspending or revoking a license. [1937 Code § 530.18.]
5.56.200 Vehicle – Inspection – Required.
Prior to the use and operation of any vehicle under the provisions of this chapter, the vehicle shall be thoroughly examined and inspected by the police department and found to comply with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the chief of police. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide safe transportation and shall specify such safety equipment and regulatory devices as the chief of police deems necessary therefor.
When the police department finds that a vehicle has met the standards established by the chief of police, the department shall issue an inspection certificate to that effect, which shall also state the authorized seating capacity of the vehicle and which shall be conspicuously posted in the vehicle. [1937 Code § 530.19(a).]
5.56.210 Vehicle – Inspection – Interval.
Every vehicle operating under this chapter shall be periodically inspected by the police department at such intervals as shall be established by the chief of police to ensure the continued maintenance of safe operating conditions. [1937 Code § 530.19(b).]
5.56.220 Vehicle – Clean and sanitary condition.
Every vehicle operating under this chapter shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition according to rules and regulations promulgated by the chief of police. [1937 Code § 530.19(c).]
5.56.230 Designation.
Each taxicab and bus shall bear, in printed letters not less than two inches nor more than six inches in height, the name under which such vehicle will operate in accordance with the certificate, and may bear an identifying design approved by the chief of police. Such letters and design shall be located at such places on the outside of the vehicle as may be designated by the chief of police. No vehicle covered by the terms of this chapter shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the chief of police, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under this chapter, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public; and provided further, that if, after a license has been issued for a taxicab or bus under this chapter, the color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia thereof is changed so as to be, in the opinion of the chief of police, in conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used by any other person, owner or operator, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive the public, the license of or certificate covering such taxicab or bus or taxicabs or buses shall be suspended or revoked by the chief. [1937 Code § 530.20.]
5.56.240 Taximeter required.
All taxicabs operated under the authority of this chapter shall be equipped with taximeters fastened in front of the passengers, visible to them at all times day and night; and, after sundown, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. The taximeter shall be operated mechanically by a mechanism of standard design and construction, driven either from the transmission or from one of the front wheels by a flexible and permanently attached driving mechanism. They shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect their correct reading and recording. Each taximeter shall have thereon a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it is not employed; and it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag of such taximeter into a recording position at the beginning of each trip and to throw such flag into a nonrecording position at the termination of each trip. The taximeters shall be subject to inspection from time to time by the police department. Any inspector or other officer of the department is authorized, either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect any meter and, upon discovery of any inaccuracy therein, to notify the person operating the taxicab to cease operation. Thereupon the taxicab shall be kept off the highways until the taximeter is repaired and in the required working condition. [1937 Code § 530.21.]
5.56.250 Rates.
A. No owner or driver of any taxicab regulated in this chapter shall charge a rate for the use of a taxicab which is greater than those rates duly adopted by resolution of the city council of the city.
B. Every taxicab operated under this chapter shall have a rate card setting forth the authorized rates and said card shall be prominently placed within the view of all passengers. [Ord. 699 § 1, 1977.]
5.56.260 Receipts.
The driver of any taxicab shall, upon demand by the passenger, render to such passenger a receipt for the amount charged, either by a mechanically printed receipt or by a specially prepared receipt on which shall be the name of the owner, license number or motor number, amount of meter reading or charges and date of transaction. [1937 Code § 530.23.]
5.56.270 Refusal of passenger to pay legal fare.
It is unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this chapter after having hired the same, and it is unlawful for any person to hire any vehicle herein defined with intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired of the value of such service. [1937 Code § 530.24.]
5.56.280 Passenger solicitation – Restrictions.
No driver shall solicit passengers for a taxicab except when sitting in the driver’s compartment of such taxicab or while standing immediately adjacent to the curb side thereof. The driver of any taxicab shall remain in the driver’s compartment or immediately adjacent to his vehicle at all times when such vehicle is upon the public street; except that, when necessary, a driver may be absent from his taxicab for not more than 15 consecutive minutes; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall be held to prohibit any driver from alighting to the street or sidewalk for the purpose of assisting passengers into or out of such vehicle. [1937 Code § 530.25(a).]
5.56.290 Passenger solicitation – Prohibitions.
No driver shall solicit patronage in a loud or annoying tone of voice or by sign or in any manner annoy any person or obstruct the movement of any persons, or follow any person for the purpose of soliciting patronage. [1937 Code § 530.25(b).]
5.56.300 Receipt and discharge of passengers on sidewalk only.
Drivers of taxicabs and buses shall not receive or discharge passengers in the roadway but shall pull up to the right-hand sidewalk as nearly as possible, or in the absence of a sidewalk, to the extreme right-hand side of the road and there receive or discharge passengers, except upon one-way streets, where passengers may be discharged at either the right- or left-hand sidewalk or side of the roadway in the absence of a sidewalk. [1937 Code § 530.25(c).]
5.56.310 Cruising.
No driver shall cruise in search of passengers except in such areas and at such times as shall be designated by the chief of police. Such areas and times shall only be designated when the chief of police finds that taxicab cruising would not congest traffic or be dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles. [1937 Code § 530.25(d).]
5.56.320 Solicitation of other common carrier passengers prohibited.
No driver, owner or operator shall, in competition with other common carriers, solicit passengers at the terminal of any other common carrier, nor at any intermediate points along any established route of any other common carrier. [1937 Code § 530.25(e).]
5.56.330 Additional passengers.
No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in the taxicab unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab consent to the acceptance of additional passenger or passengers. No charge shall be made for an additional passenger when the additional passenger leaves the cab at previous passenger’s destination. If such additional passenger’s destination requires a stop prior to the previous passenger’s destination, then such additional passenger shall be charged $0.25 for such extra stop. If such additional passenger rides beyond the previous passenger’s destination, he shall be charged for the additional distance traveled. [1937 Code § 530.25(f).]
5.56.340 Restriction on number of passengers.
No driver shall permit more persons to be carried in a taxicab as passengers than the rated seating capacity of his taxicab as stated in the inspection certificate for the vehicle issued by the police department. A child in arms shall not be counted as a passenger. [1937 Code § 530.25(g).]
5.56.350 Refusal to carry orderly passengers prohibited.
No driver shall refuse or neglect to convey any orderly person or persons, upon request, unless previously engaged or unable or forbidden by the provisions of this chapter to do so. [1937 Code § 530.25(h).]
5.56.360 Prohibitions of drivers.
It is a violation of this chapter for any driver of a taxicab or bus to solicit business for any business, or to attempt to divert patronage from one business to another. Neither shall such driver engage in selling intoxicating liquors, soliciting business for any house of ill repute, soliciting for business or service of any kind or nature or use his vehicle for any purpose other than the transporting of passengers. [1937 Code § 530.25(i).]
5.56.370 Open stands – Establishment – Use.
A. The chief of police is authorized and empowered to establish open stands in such place or places upon the streets of the city as he deems necessary for the use of taxicabs operated in the city. The chief of police shall not create an open stand without taking into consideration the need for such stands by the companies and the convenience to the general public. The chief of police shall prescribe the number of cabs that shall occupy such open stands. The chief of police shall not create an open stand in front of any place of business where the abutting property owners object to the same or which such stand would tend to create a traffic hazard.
B. Open stands shall be used by the different drivers on a first-come, first-served basis. The driver shall pull onto the open stand from the rear and shall advance forward as the cabs ahead pull off. Drivers shall stay within five feet of their cabs. They shall not solicit passengers or engage in loud or boisterous talk while at an open stand. Nothing in the chapter shall be construed as preventing a passenger from boarding the cab of his choice that is parked at an open stand. [1937 Code § 530.26.]
5.56.380 Call box stand – Establishment.
The chief of police is authorized and empowered to establish call box stands upon the streets of the city in such places as in his discretion he deems proper. A holder desiring to establish a call box stand shall make written application to the chief of police. The applicant must attach to the application the written approval of the abutting property owners of the space, consenting to the creation of such stand. Upon filing of the application, the police department shall make an investigation of the traffic conditions at the place and shall thereafter file their written recommendation with the chief of police. The chief of police shall then either grant or refuse the application. When a call box stand has been established as herein provided, it shall be used solely by the holder to whom the same was granted and his agents and servants and no other holder shall be permitted to use the same; provided, however, that no holder shall obtain permit for more than two such closed stands within the downtown business area. [1937 Code § 530.27(a).]
5.56.390 Call box stand – Use.
A holder operating a call box stand as provided for in this chapter shall be allowed to have on duty at such stand a starter, or other employee, for the purpose of assisting in the loading or unloading of passengers from cabs, for receiving calls and dispatching cabs and for soliciting passengers at such stand. “At such stand” means that part of the sidewalk immediately adjacent to and of equal length with such call box stand. It is unlawful for any such starter or other employee to go beyond the area herein designated for the purpose of soliciting passengers or assisting them in boarding such cab. [1937 Code § 530.27(b).]
5.56.400 Prohibitions of other vehicles.
Private or other vehicles for hire shall not at any time occupy the space upon the streets that has been established as either open stands or call box stands. [1937 Code § 530.28.]
5.56.410 Bus – Certificate application.
In addition to the provisions hereinbefore provided, each application for a certificate for the operation of a bus shall be accompanied by a list of the schedules and tariffs and the route over which the bus shall operate. The city council, in granting or denying such certificates, shall not prevent any bus owner, driver or employee from exercising the privilege and performing the duties required by certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the Public Utilities Commission of the state; provided, however, that the chief of police may designate in any such permit any route which is consistent with the terms of the certificate and may designate stops within the city limits at which all buses shall be required to stop on each trip.
Each holder of a certificate for the operation of a bus on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall file with the tax and license collector a list of the schedules, tariffs and routes under and over which the holder is presently operating. No changes shall be made in such schedules, tariffs or routes, except by action of the city council, after application therefor, and after notice and hearing as provided in PMC 5.56.040. [1937 Code § 530.29.]
5.56.420 Taxicab – Service.
All persons engaged in the taxicab business in the city operating under the provisions of this chapter shall render an overall service to the public desiring to use taxicabs. Holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity for the operation of taxicabs shall maintain a central place of business and keep the same open a minimum of 18 consecutive hours each day for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching cabs, and shall provide off-street parking for all of the taxicabs covered by his certificate except those for which a call box stand has been granted pursuant to PMC 5.56.380 and 5.56.390. Any holder who refuses to accept a call anywhere in the city limits at any time when such holder has available cabs or who fails or refuses to give overall service is a violator of this chapter, and the certificate granted to such holder shall be revoked at the discretion of the chief of police. Taxicabs shall be considered available unless they are rendering service for passengers or are undergoing repairs. [1937 Code § 530.30.]
5.56.430 Taxicab – Manifests.
Every driver of a taxicab shall maintain a daily manifest upon which is recorded all trips made each day, showing the time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare, and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of his tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the chief of police.
Every holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a taxicab shall retain and preserve all drivers’ manifests in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year, and the manifests shall be available to the chief of police or any other officer of the city designated by the city council. [1937 Code § 530.31.]
5.56.440 Holder’s records and reports.
A. Every holder shall keep accurate records of receipts from operations, operating and other expenses, capital expenditures and such other operating information as may be required by the chief of police. Every holder shall maintain the records including such information and other data required by this chapter at a place readily accessible for examination by the chief of police or any other officer of the city designated by the city council.
B. Every holder shall submit reports of receipts, expenses and statistics of operation to the chief of police for each calendar year, in accordance with a uniform system prescribed by the chief of police. The reports shall reach the chief of police on or before the fifteenth day of January of the year following the calendar yard for which such reports are prepared.
C. All accidents arising from or in connection with the operation of taxicabs or buses which result in death or injury to any person, or in damage to any vehicle, or to any property in an amount exceeding the sum of $100.00, shall be reported within 24 hours from the time of occurrence to the police department in a form of report to be furnished by the department.
D. Service Contract Reports. It shall be mandatory for all holders to file with the chief of police copies of all contracts, agreements, arrangements, memoranda or other writings relating to the furnishing of taxicab service to any hotel, theater, hall, public resort, railway station or other place of public gathering, whether such arrangement is made with the holder or any corporation, firm or association with which the holder may be interested or connected. Failure to file such copies within seven days shall be sufficient cause for the chief of police to revoke a certificate of any offending holder or cancel any cab stand privileges. [1937 Code § 530.32.]
5.56.450 Advertising.
Subject to the rules and regulations of the chief of police, it is lawful for any person owning or operating a taxicab or bus to permit advertising matter to be affixed to or installed in or on such taxicabs or buses. [1937 Code § 530.33.]
5.56.460 Enforcement.
The police department is given the authority and is instructed to watch and observe the conduct of holders and drivers operating under this chapter. Upon discovering a violation of the provisions of this chapter, the police department shall report the same to the chief of police, who will order or take appropriate action. [1937 Code § 530.34.]
5.56.470 Appeals.
The action of the chief of police in granting or denying any application or license or suspending or revoking any certificate or license may be appealed to the city council by filing written notice of appeal within 10 days after any such action by the chief of police. The city council shall consider such appeal at a public hearing held by it within 45 days after filing of the written notice of appeal. The city council, at such hearing, may sustain or overrule the action of the chief of police and its decision shall be final. [1937 Code § 530.35.]
For statutory provisions allowing local authorities to license and regulate the operation of any vehicle for hire and drivers of passenger vehicles for hire, see Vehicle Code § 16501; for the provisions regarding carriers generally, see Commercial Code § 2805 et seq.; for the provisions regarding financial responsibility, see Vehicle Code § 16500 et seq.