HomeMy WebLinkAbout4052 AN C~IDINANL-'E amending Ordinance No. 3448, §1; 3864,
§1; 3589, §1; and 2888, § 31, relating to carrying
Passengers for Hire.
~ CITY Q2IUN~IL OF T[~ CITY OF B~DOES HEREBYOtIDAIN:
Section 1: Ordinance No. 3448, Section i is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 1: License Required
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled
by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city
without first having obtained a license from the City Council, which shall
be issued by the City Clerk.
Section 2: Ordinance No. 3864, Section I is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 1: Application for license
An application for a license shall be filed with the City Clerk
upon forms provided by the City Clerk, and the application shall be veri-
fiedunder oath and shall furnish the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The financial status of the applicant, including financial
information, profit and loss statements and the amounts of all unpaid
jud~nents against the applicant, and the nature of the transaction or acts
giving rise to said judgu~nt;
(3) The experience of the applicant in the transportation of
passengers;
(4) The year, make and number of vehicles to be operated or con-
trolled by the applicant, and the location of proposed depots and terminals;
(5) The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the
vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
(6) Such further information as the chief of police may require;
(7) The financial responsibility of the applicant;
(8) The type and condition of equipment proposed to be operated;
(9) The character, experience, and responsibility of the applicant
and such other relevant facts as the City Council may deem advisable, perti-
nent, or necessary.
Section 3: Ordinance #3589, Section 1 is hereby amended to read
as fo 11 ows:
Section 1: Taxicab Meter Rates
The City Council finds that the taxicab business and the rates
charged by taxi operators affects the city's economic livelihood and
the public interest. In recognition therefore the City Council prescribes
the following rates for taxicab meters:
For one passenger for the first one-seventh mile, or fraction there-
of, not greater than one dollar, and thereafter for each one-seventh mile
or fraction thereof not greater than twenty cents; for every minute of
waiting time, not greater than thrity cents; for each additional passenger
after two, not greater than fifty cents. Children under the age of twelve
are included as additional passengers at no extra charge. No additional passenger
shall be picked up without the express consent of the original passenger.
Section 4: Ordinance #2888, Section 31, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 31: Taxicab Stands and Loading Zones
The City Council shall set off and designate taxicab stands upon
the various streets of the city on the basis of a ratio of one taxicab stand
for every two issued and outstanding taxicab licenses.
It is unlawful to park or leave any for hire vehicles on a public
street within the city indicating ready for hire except at a stand designa-
ted for the use of for hire vehicles. Whenever any taxicab is parked or
left standingwithin any stand designated for the use of for hire vehicles, each
taxicab shall have in attendance a separte operator.
AP~ by the City Council on the first reading this
day of /~/f 1986
PASS~/by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed by the
Mayor and attested to by th~ City Clerk in authentication of such passage
this /~-~ day of '~~ , 1986.
GENE ~I213E, iVIayo-r
~~/of Bremerton
ATTEST:
KA21-11.EI~ L. hrI2L'LUSKEY, City Clei-k
Director of AOninistrative Services