HomeMy WebLinkAbout1618 - Fee for Taxicabs- Ambulances- Vehicles for HireORDINANCE NO. 1618
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMEND-
ING SECTION 5.12.320 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE APPLICATION FEE
FOR TAXICABS, AMBULANCES AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE
• The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5.12.320 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code is amended to read:
"5.12.320: Driver's Permit. A. Application. No
person shall drive or operate any vehicle described in
this Chapter in the City without first obtaining a permit
in writing so to do from the Chief of Police. Any person
desiring to obtain such driver's permit shall make a written
application therefor to the Chief of Police accompanied by
a fee of Sixteen Dollars and Seventy -five Cents ($16.75).
No permit shall be issued to any person under the age of
eighteen (18) years, to any person not a citizen of the
• United States unless such person has lawfully declared his
intention of becoming such, or to any person 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 convicted of a felony, or within the period
of two years immediately preceding such application has been
convicted of reckless driving or driving a vehicle upon a
highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquors
or drugs, or who has been convicted of violating any provisions
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the State of
California, unless such person shows to the satisfaction of the
Chief of Police that issuing a driver's permit to him would not
in any way be contrary to the public interest, welfare or
• safety. Each such application shall demonstrate his skill
and ability to safely handle his vehicle in driving it
through the crowded sections of the City accompanied by an
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inspector designated 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 does not hold the required driver's
license issued by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State,
or who is not sufficiently acquainted with the laws or
ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles.
Persons operating taxicabs, emergency or public safety vehicles
must be able to speak the English language. Any falsification
on the application for said permit will be grounds for refusal
of the permit.
B. Personal Appearance. Before a permit is granted
to any applicant, the applicant shall present himself to the
Police Department, be photographed or furnish an acceptable
photograph, and be fingerprinted. and such photographs and
fingerprints shall be filed with the permanent records of the
Police Department.
C. Temporary Permit. Pending the completion of the
investigation of an applicant, the Chief of Police may grant
• temporary permit to a person who has made application for
• driver's permit and appears to be qualified for such permit.
The temporary permit shall automatically expire sixty (60)
days from the date it was issued or upon issuance of a regular
driver's permit. The Chief of Police shall summarily revoke
any temporary permit when he determines not to issue a driver's
permit to the applicant.
D. Identification Card. Upon obtaining the regular
permit, the driver or operator shall at all times keep posted
in full view in the vehicle operated by him an identification
card furnished by the Chief of Police, which shall have plainly
printed thereon the name of the driver or operator, his
business address and telephone number, his permit number and
his photograph.
E. Term -- Renewal. All driver's permits shall expire
at the end of the calendar year for which issued. Applications
for renewal shall be made on or before December first of
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each year for the following calendar year. If so made
within the period prescribed the charge for renewal shall
0 be Three Dollars ($3.00). The permits are personal and
nontransferable.
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 denying such permit when
applied for, whether such state of facts existed at the time
application was made for such permit or came into existence
thereafter.
G. Appeal. In the event of a refusal revocation or
suspension of any driver's permit by the Chief of Police,
the applicant or permittee may appeal from the decision to
the City Council, which may in its discretion affirm, reverse
• or modify the decision made by the Chief of Police."
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be published once in
the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be
effective thirty (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 27th
day of May, 1975 and was adopted on the 9th day of ,Tune
1975, by the following vote, to wit:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Dostal,
Barrett, Kuehn, Rogers, Ryckoff, Store
NOES, COUNCILMEN: none
ABSENT COUNCILMEN: none
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CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND
CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION
JUN 1975
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