Cross References: As to motor vehicle and traffic regulations, see Title III of this Code; as to taxicabs, see Ch. 640.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.010; Ord. No. 1088 § 1, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-1; Ord. No. 7230, 6-15-1992]
The term "motor buses" as used in
this Chapter shall apply to every motor vehicle which is offered for
or engaged in conveying passengers, with or without baggage, for hire,
wholly within the City without regard to the time consumed or the
distance traveled, where the passenger has no control over the route
of passage or carriage, and which travels along a definite route.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.020; Ord. No. 1088 § 2, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-2]
No motor bus shall be offered for
or engaged in carrying passengers for hire until a license shall be
obtained from the City. No license shall be issued by the City until
a permit shall have been obtained from the City Council permitting
the operation of such motor bus. This Chapter shall not apply to buses
that are operated cross country between several towns and cities.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.030; Ord. No. 1088 § 3, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-3]
A.
Before granting a bus permit, the City
Council shall require the applicant to submit for approval a written
application, verified by the affidavit of the owner of such vehicle,
and which application shall contain the following information:
1.
That the owner desires a permit from
the City to operate a motor bus over and upon the public streets and
places of the City.
2.
Name and address of the owner; if
a corporation, in addition to its name and address, the names and
addresses of the officers thereof.
3.
The name of the manufacturer and
factory number of the buses to be operated, the seating capacity,
model and type.
4.
The particular route to be covered
by the bus, the schedule to be run, the rates to be charged, the name
and address of the operator of the bus.
5.
The amount of property damage and
personal injury liability insurance carried by such owner for each
bus to be so operated, the name of the company or companies in which
such insurance is carried.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.040; Ord. No. 1088 § 4, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-4]
Upon the granting of a bus permit
by the City Council, the City Clerk shall issue an annual license
for each bus so operated upon payment of an annual license fee as
fixed by this Code or other ordinance. The license shall not be transferable
or assignable.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.050; Ord. No. 1088 § 5, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-5]
No schedule, stop or rate, other
than set out in the application, shall be changed without permission
by the City Council. The owner desiring such change shall file a supplementary
application setting out the proposed change, the reason for making
the same and when to become effective.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.060; Ord. No. 1088 § 6, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-6]
Each bus operated under the provisions
of this Chapter shall be insured by the owner in some insurance company,
satisfactory to the City Council, insuring against public liability
in the sum of not less than that required by the Missouri Motor Vehicle
Safety Responsibility Law. Such policy shall be filed with the City
Clerk of the City, and the owner of such buses shall continue the
same in full force and effect while operating under this Chapter.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.070; Ord. No. 1088 § 7, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-7]
The City Traffic Board shall be authorized
and empowered, at all designated stops on the motor bus route, to
set aside an adequate space or zone at which vehicles shall not be
permitted to interfere with bus operation. Wherever deemed necessary,
the Board shall have proper markers erected to designate such stops.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.080; Ord. No. 1088 § 8, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-9]
Motor buses, operated as such, shall
be plainly marked in such a manner as to indicate their character.
Motor buses shall observe all rules and regulations in relation to
motor traffic as provided by this Code or other ordinances of the
City, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter. All drivers of such
motor buses shall be fully competent to do so, and no such driver
shall operate such motor buses while under the influence of intoxicating
liquor. All such motor buses shall be kept in a clean, sanitary condition,
and the motor, brakes and other mechanism thereof, shall be kept in
good working order.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.090; Ord. No. 1088 § 9, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-10]
An application for a permit to operate
motor buses along a route or in a district already served by another
person shall not be granted unless the City Council shall, after investigation,
find that additional motor buses should be used, and after so finding,
the Council shall give the person holding the permit to operate along
the route or in such district, the right to operate additional buses
in such number as the Council shall have found necessary. Only upon
the refusal or failure to operate such additional buses within the
time fixed by Council by the person holding the permit, shall the
application be granted. But no permit granted by the City to operate
motor buses shall be effective for a longer period than five (5) years
from the date granted, after which an application for renewal shall
be required, if such renewal is desired.
[R.O. 1992 § 645.100; Ord. No. 1088 § 1, 9-3-1946; CC 1970 § 7-11]
The City Council may at any time
declare a forfeiture of a bus permit for the violation or default
by the grantee of any of the terms of this Chapter; provided, that
none of the terms of this Chapter shall be deemed to be violated so
as to permit such forfeiture, unless the grantee shall first be given
written notice of such violation or default, which notice shall state
with particularity wherein such violation or default consists, and
of the intent to declare forfeiture. Within ten (10) days of such
written notice served upon the bus operator or his/her agent, he/she
shall answer such charges in writing and file the same with the City
Clerk. Thereupon the City Council shall set a date for a hearing and
at such hearing the bus operator shall have the right to be heard
and represented by counsel. The City Attorney shall represent the
City Council and introduce such evidence as may be required to prove
the charges set out in the notice. At the conclusion of such hearing,
the Council shall have the power to revoke the motor operator's permit
for good cause shown.
