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Home My WebLink About886 - Drivers Permits• • ORDINANCE NO. 886 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 6616 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MU- NICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DRIVER'S PERMITS. The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: Section 6616 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "SECTION 6616. Driver's Per- mit Required. (a) Application. No person shall drive or operate any ve- hicle described in this Chap- ter in the City . without first obtaining a permit in writing so to do from the Chief of Po- lice. Any person desiring to obtain such driver's permit shall make a written applica- tion therefor to the Chief of Police accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00). No per- mit shall be issued to any per. son under the age of eighteen (.18) years, to any person not a citizen of the United States unless such person has law- fully declared his intention of becoming such, or to any per- son who is incompetent or for any reason whatsoever unable to safely handle such vehicle. No permit shall be issued to any person who has been con- victed of a felony or within the period of two (2) years imme- diately preceding such appli- cation has been convicted of reckless driving or driving a vehicle upon a highway while under the influence of intoxi- cating liquors or drugs or who has been convicted of violat- ing any provisions of the Alco- holic Beverage Control Act of the State of California, unless such person shows to the satis- faction of the Chief of Police that issuing a driver's permit to him would not in any way be contrary to the public inter. est, welfare or safety. Each such applicant shall demon- strate his skill and ability to safely handle his vehicle in driving it through the crowded sections of the City accom- panied by an inspector desig- nated by the Chief of Police. No driver's permit shall be granted to any person who is not of a good moral character or who cannot speak the English lan- guage or who does not hold a chauffeur's license issued by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State, or who is not suf- ficiently acquainted with the laws or ordinances regulating the operation of motor ve- hicles. Any falsification on the application for said permit will be grounds for refusal of said permit. (b) Personal Appearance. Before a permit is granted to any applicant, said applicant shall present himself to the Police Department, be photo- graphed or furnish an accept- able photograph and be fin- gerprinted, and such photo- graphs and fingerprints shall be filed with the permanent records of said Police Depart. ment. (c) Temporary Permit. Pend- ing the completion of the in- vestigation of an applicant, the Chief of Police may grant a temporary permit to a person who has made application for a driver's permit and appears to be qualified for such per- mit. The temporary permit shall automatically expire six- ty (60) days from the date it was issued or upon issuance of a regular driver's permit. The Chief of Police shall sum. marily revoke any temporary permit when he determines not to issue a driver's permit to the applicant. (d) Identification Card. Up- on obtaining the regular per- mit said driver or operator shall at all times keep posted in full view in the vehicle op- erated by him an identifica- tion card furnished by the Chief of Police, which shall have plainly printed thereon the name of said driver or op- erator, his business address and telephone number, his permit number and his photo- graph. (e) Expiration of Permit. All driver's permits shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which issued. Appli. cations for renewal shall be ORDINANCE NO. 886 —PAGE 1 • i y • made on or before December 1st of each year for the follow- ing calendar year. If so made within the period prescribed, the charge for renewal shall be Two Dollars ($2.00). Said permits are personal and not transferable. (f) Revocation. The Chief of Police may revoke or suspend any such driver's permits so issued for any violation of the provisions of this Chapter by the holder of such permit or for the existence of any state of facts which would have been a good reason for deny- ing such permit when applied for, whether such state of facts existed at the time applica- tion was made for such permit or came into existence there- after. (g) Appeal. In the event of a refusal, revocation or sus- pension of any driver's permit by the Chief of Police, said ap- plicant or permittee may ap- peal from said decision to the City Council, which may in its discretion affirm, reverse or modify the decision made by said Chief of Police." SECTION 2: This ordinance shall be published once in the Newport Harbor Ensign, a news- paper of g e n e r a l circulation, printed and published in the City of Newport Beach, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 8th day of June, 1959, and was adopted on the 22nd day of June, 1959, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Kings- ley, Atkinson, Higbie, Stoddard, Hart, Lorenz, Somers. NOES, COUNCILMEN: None. ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None. JAMES B. STODDARD, Mayor ATTEST: MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 886 —Page 2 0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS COUNTY OF ORANGE 5. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH er Scl3re ®uder ------ _--------- - - - - -- - - -- City Clerk of the City of Newport I, ........ $------.. -- -- -- -- ------ -- -- - - -- Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance Y Y 9 g .......................................................... No----------- _986----- ---- - - - - -- -was duly and regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the ...... 22d-- - - - - -- -day, of------- -_June ----------------------- ---------------- 19_5. -9- by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN --- ngsl�y,- l4gk$ttsoean H$pb$�a Stoddard, Hart, Lorenz. Somers • NOES: COUNCILMEN ... None. ABSENT: COUNCILMEN ..... None Datedthis- - - - -- 13g .----day of ............. . N! 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