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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4048 ORDINANCE ~'~~ ~ AN ORDINANCE licensing Shuttlebus and ' Limousine Services and repealing ordi- nance #3699. The City Council of the City of Bremerton does hereby ordain: SECTION 1. LICENSE REQUIRED No person shall operate a shuttle bus or limousine ser- vice in the city without first having obtained a license which will be issued by the City Clerk. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS In construing the provisions of this chapter, except, when, otherwise declared or clearly apparent from the context, the following definitions shall be applied: (a) "Shuttlebus" means any vehicle designed to carry five (5) passengers or more from one destination to another, over an established route, for a fixed fee. The use of the Shuttlebus may be by pre-arranged group tour or by pick-up at the reserved Shuttle parking space(s). (b) "Limousine" means a luxury vehicle and driver hired for a set period of time at a fixed rate for pre-arranged transportation from one destination to another. SECTION 3. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE An application for license shall be filed with the City Clerk, upon forms provided by the City Clerk, and the application shall be verified under oath. SECTION 4. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE The City Clerk shall not grant such application without first considering parking arrangements for the shuttle bus(es) and designating an appropriate amount of parking spaces. The limousine operator shall not receive designated parking. The City Clerk shall issue a license stating the name and address of the applicant, the description of the vehicle(s) authorized under the license, the designated parking spaces, if a Shuttle Service, and the date of issuance. - 1 - SECTION 5. LICENSE FEE No license shall be issued or continued in operation unless the holder thereof has paid an annual license fee of one hundred dollars each year, for each vehicle operated under the license. The license fee shall be due at the beginning of the license year on July 1st, shall be prorated, on a monthly basis, and shall be in addition to any other fees or charges established by proper authority and applicable to the holder of the vehicle or vehicles under his operation and control; provided, however, that payment of the license fee entitles the shuttle bus operator to designated parking and he shall not be liable for any other parking fee. In the event that the license fee is not paid within fifteen days of the due date, there shall be levied a delinquency fee of three dollars or ten percent of the annual gross license fee due plus delinquent charges, whichever is greater. SECTION 6. HEARINS EXAMINER (a) License-Revocation - The City Clerk may revoke the license whenever he/she shall have reason to believe that the licensee has violated any of the provisions of this Chapter. In the event the City Clerk shall revoke the license (s)he shall cause to be served upon the licensee an order by certified mail which states the reasons therefore and the licensee's appeal rights. Such revocation shall take effect fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of receipt of notice by certified mail, unless the licensee files a written appeal with the Office of the Hearing Examiner before the effective date of the City Clerk's administrative decision of revocation. (b) ~pDeal of License Revocation - Any person whose license is revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such revocation in writing to the Office of the Hearing Examiner within fourteen (14) calendar days from the time notice of the City Clerk's intent to revoke his or her license. Any subsequent hearing before a hearing examiner shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for conducting hearings on appeals of - 2 - administrative decisions in the Administrative Procedures Ordinance of the City (Ordinance No. 3961). The determination appealed from shall be regarded as prima facie correct. The examiner may affirm or reverse the final decision of the City Clerk. The decision of the examiner shall be final unless a petition for reconsideration by the examiner is accepted or appeal of the examiner's decision is taken to the City Council pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Ordinance. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this day of __ ~ , 1986. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this ~ day of ~ , 1986. GEN~ ATTEST: k-ATHLE~.N r..' MCCLUSKEY, City Clerk Director of Administrative Services - 3 -