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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0332J i I iDINANCE: N0 ' _ ; 1 , IrNCORPORATED CITY OF- ,LYWANO0D, p , THEREOF � 4 h THE CITY COUNCIL Us THE 'INCORPORATED`CITY OF ' LYNWdOD, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIPT AS FOLLOUIS ". ,.,, That every firm orcorpora'� « 10 y 3 auto service, 'other than regular prescribed ° -i rM z 1� rout; ©s, fore: -transporting, ?passengers bgi. auto `i 4 s ;Lynwood, or. within, and without .;the City of L transpoitatiron starts within the City of Lyn squired to obtain vlhat shall be :known as a "t 15� ` w Section 2 `r F x �intariir tablishb2 i ynvvood' but where the , ,,`: r JS 15 -publi p t bus r � j y R s � q e e 4' o r Y 9 ii ! v u r Ol ` E +" � 4 AN ORDIN. -ACE OF. THE •, CALIFORITIA;• ; PROVIDIZ 1 TIONr OF AIITO�;7AXI :LYNWOOD, ". ° AND FIXING` J i I iDINANCE: N0 ' _ ; 1 , IrNCORPORATED CITY OF- ,LYWANO0D, p , THEREOF � 4 h THE CITY COUNCIL Us THE 'INCORPORATED`CITY OF ' LYNWdOD, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIPT AS FOLLOUIS ". ,.,, That every firm orcorpora'� « 10 y 3 auto service, 'other than regular prescribed ° -i rM z 1� rout; ©s, fore: -transporting, ?passengers bgi. auto `i 4 s ;Lynwood, or. within, and without .;the City of L transpoitatiron starts within the City of Lyn squired to obtain vlhat shall be :known as a "t 15� ` w Section 2 `r F x �intariir tablishb2 i ynvvood' but where the , ,,`: r JS 15 -publi p t bus r wood; , 'is hereby re, ' ' axi G license ;�� fir: w A Ever Der son , firm or corporation { 'licensed , to operate ,a a s taxi aervicetas provided;in Section 1�of`.this "is requi � ,c a rty r. , a t ;: _ "J^ i } rv. [ � 1 ` _ , .� ., •f" 4 ` 1. Y F �;- 3 � f 3 � �� Y V. ` to keep on 'fa le with the';C,tty Clerk of the `City ° of'' Lynwood, a t •,, Y t 19 ' +.y 5.., ; ., .,'t: �;' r 5 r ` - • � .a ' schedule ofrates -to be,charged for transpor.ting`passengers within F; 4 said Cit of- L nwood s , } 1 P >r t v° + tis r w ri 21 +e * ,� a ctio n 3. 22. Every person,;firm or, corporation ng for s license " l 23' 1 I to Yoperate .s taxi service within said %City of Lynwood 'is;rega' to ,carry, f•o� the :period'_of said license, 'insurance in ,some r'eliab e +, 25, insurance company; insuring the >City of Lynwood, °and `any other person injured or passengers, and ' mag ed, in. - a sum not e6i than ;of 1 i � 27 5,000 00 f „or ono person'' and not'less than X1'0,000 00 for *one ".�• '�d• 28 accident, for' nubliC liability;' and not less than proper y w 29 ` damage Sai "d amounts of "insurances1ia11 beccarried on each and every, taxicab operated b y the licensee '` Each of said policies " 31 shall' bear an endorsement thereon as follows 'It is hereby under t = 32 stood and agreed that °iherever, ' "tne words 4C• ty of. Lynwood' appear � 4♦ {k 5 .'i V � r o. > y ynvvood' but where the , w A Ever Der son , firm or corporation { 'licensed , to operate ,a a s taxi aervicetas provided;in Section 1�of`.this "is requi � ,c a rty r. , a t ;: _ "J^ i } rv. [ � 1 ` _ , .� ., •f" 4 ` 1. Y F �;- 3 � f 3 � �� Y V. ` to keep on 'fa le with the';C,tty Clerk of the `City ° of'' Lynwood, a t •,, Y t 19 ' +.y 5.., ; ., .,'t: �;' r 5 r ` - • � .a ' schedule ofrates -to be,charged for transpor.ting`passengers within F; 4 said Cit of- L nwood s , } 1 P >r t v° + tis r w ri 21 +e * ,� a ctio n 3. 22. Every person,;firm or, corporation ng for s license " l 23' 1 I to Yoperate .s taxi service within said %City of Lynwood 'is;rega' to ,carry, f•o� the :period'_of said license, 'insurance in ,some r'eliab e +, 25, insurance company; insuring the >City of Lynwood, °and `any other person injured or passengers, and ' mag ed, in. - a sum not e6i than ;of 1 i � 27 5,000 00 f „or ono person'' and not'less than X1'0,000 00 for *one ".�• '�d• 28 accident, for' nubliC liability;' and not less than proper y w 29 ` damage Sai "d amounts of "insurances1ia11 beccarried on each and every, taxicab operated b y the licensee '` Each of said policies " 31 shall' bear an endorsement thereon as follows 'It is hereby under t = 32 stood and agreed that °iherever, ' "tne words 4C• ty of. Lynwood' appear � 4♦ {k 5 .'i V � r o. > y `? in the policy hereunder, it is and will be construed to mean, 'City of Lynwood and /or its mayor and common council, individually and /or 4 collectively and /or any public entity within the said City, or 5 within the jurisdiction of said cityts mayor and common council () and /or all officers and individuals.?" Such insurance company and 7 such policy to be approved by the City Attorney of said City. S Section 4. 9 Every licensee for taxicab service shall maintain a 10 station or stations or office equipped with telephone service, 11 whicr telephone numbers shall be reported in writing to the City 12 Clerk and the Police Department of said City. 13 Section 5. 14 The Police Department is hereby authorized to designate }Y a taxi zone by painting the curb along such zone yellow, and de- �wg a A 15 Z 16 signating thereon in black letters, "No Parking - Taxies Only," wQ m o �} o o Z 17 the length of which zone shall not exceed fifty (50) feet, and U 2cJ ' i V 0, J M 1� which zone shall be used exclusively for the parking of taxicabs 19 and as a loading zone for taxicabs. 20 PROVIDED HOWEVER, that no more than one taxicab zone 21 shall be established in any one block upon any one street or 22 boulevard. 23 PROVIDED FURTHER that no taxicab zone shall be establis 24 without the written consent of the occupant or occupants of the 25 premises upon which said zone fronts. 26 PROVIDED FURTHER that it shall be the duty of the Chief 27 of Police, upon application therefor, to establish as many taxicab 28 zones as are necessary for the taxicab business in said City. 29 Section 6. 30 It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to designate 31 the different taxicab services that shall use said taxi zones. 32 The Chief of police shall, in his discretion, specify whether one or more taxi licensees shall use the same taxi zone. -2- I 2 Section 7. When proper application for taxi license has been made 4 and the requirements of this ordinance met by the applicant, the 5 license collector shall certify to such compliance and shall refer 6 the application to the City Council for its action. Section B. The required license for the operation of the taxicab business in the City of Lynwood shall be $ »..QO per year, and 10 that said license fee shall entitle the said licensee to the use 11 of one taxicab. That for each additional taxicab the licensee 12 shall pay an additional fee of $ l..nGl- per taxicab per year. 13 Section 9. 24 Section 11. 25 Any person convicted of the violation of any of the pro - 20 visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 27 shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $100.00, or imprisone 28 in the city jail not exceeding fifty (50) days, or both such fine 29 and imprisonment. 30 Section 12. 31 It is further provided that in the event of a willful 32 violation of any of the terms of this ordinance by a licensee or -3- 14 Every taxi licensed and operated under this ordinance m }y °� Ewa �m 15 shall have displayed u on the body of said taxi the words " P y "Taxi Qo y E wam�W 16 and 'Lynwood" in letters plainly distinguishable in color, and ¢� 0 3? �,� 17 not less than three inches in height. lf� Section 10. 19 Every driver operating a taxi under a license from the 20 City of Lynwood shall first procure and at all times carry on his 21 person an identification card which is to be issued in accordance 22 with the regulations of the Police Department of said City, and 23 without charge. 24 Section 11. 25 Any person convicted of the violation of any of the pro - 20 visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and 27 shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $100.00, or imprisone 28 in the city jail not exceeding fifty (50) days, or both such fine 29 and imprisonment. 30 Section 12. 31 It is further provided that in the event of a willful 32 violation of any of the terms of this ordinance by a licensee or -3- 26 ATTEST: - " _ 27 28 (s ty Clerk City of EAL ) Lynwood, C61ITornia 29 30 31 32 -4- `? by an employee of a licensee, with the consent and/or approval pproval of the licensee, the license of such party may be revoked by the City 4 Council upon one dayts notice thereof being served upon the licens 5 or left at the licenseefs address of record. 6 Section 13. 7 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or ?phrase 8 of this ordinance is hereafter, for any reason, held to be uncon- stitutional or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect the 10 validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City 11 Council of the City of Lynwood, California does hereby declare 12 that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub - 13 section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the 14 fact that any one or more of the sections, subsections, sentences, } DO 10 �llo� L', o — 15 clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or unenforceable. � _ <O� W¢ w 16 Section 14. <r__ 3 I =,jaJr v 17 The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption 1R of this ordinance, and shall cause the same to be published once 19 in the "Lynwood. Press," a weekly newspaper of general circulation, 20 printed, published and circulated within the said City of Lynwood, 21 and which is hereby designated for that purpose. 22 PASSED AND xDOHE'D this 17thiipy of December 1940 , 23 24 25 Mayor, ity o ynwoo C orna 26 ATTEST: - " _ 27 28 (s ty Clerk City of EAL ) Lynwood, C61ITornia 29 30 31 32 -4- STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss,. CITY OF LYNWOOD } I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood) California, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the Coun- cil of said City at a meeting thereof held in the City Hall of said City, on the I 7+V1 day of Denemb r and passed by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Ch ristensen, Lak .Zimmerm 1"IcIdeekin and 14eyer NOES: COUNCILMEN: None. ABSENT! COUNCI IXEN : None. r . 'r