The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings as set out herein:
"Certificate"
means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the chief of police or his or her agent, authorizing the holder thereof to conduct a taxicab business in the city of Glendora;
"Driver's certificate"
means a certificate issued to a taxicab driver by the chief of police or his or her agent;
"Holder"
means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience and necessity has been issued;
"Manifest"
means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by said driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip;
"Open stand"
means a public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere, in the city, which has been designated by the city council as reserved exclusively for the use of taxicabs;
"Person"
includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, a partnership, and any unincorporated association;
"Rate card"
means a card for display in each taxicab which contains the rates of fare then in force;
"Taxicab"
means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire;
"Taximeter"
means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by him or her to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the chief of police or his or her agent.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
An application for a certificate shall be filed with the chief of police or his or her agent upon forms provided by the city, and the application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant;
(2) 
The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to said judgments;
(3) 
The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers;
(4) 
Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate;
(5) 
The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals;
(6) 
The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
(7) 
Such further information as the chief of police of the city, or his or her agent, may require.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
Upon the filing of an application, the chief of police or his or her agent shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant and to all persons to whom certificates of public convenience and necessity have been theretofore issued. Any interested person may file with the chief of police or his or her agent a memorandum in support of or opposition to the issuance of a certificate.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
If the chief of police or his or her agent finds that further taxicab service in the city is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the chief of police or his or her agent, then the chief of police or his or her agent shall issue a certificate stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under the certificate and the date of issuance; otherwise, the application shall be denied.
In making the above findings, the chief of police or his or her agent shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs already in operation, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions, and the character, experience, and responsibility of the applicant. Any person may appeal the decision of the chief of police or his or her agent to the city council by filing with the city clerk a written notice of appeal within ten days of the decision of the chief of police or his or her agent. The action of the city council in granting or denying the application shall be final.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued or continued in operation unless there is in full force and effect liability insurance for each vehicle authorized in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury to any one person; in the amount of three hundred thousand dollars for injuries to more than one person which are sustained in the same accident; and twenty-five thousand dollars for property damages resulting from any one accident. Copies of such policies of insurance shall be filed in the office of the city clerk.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
No certificate shall be issued or continued in operation unless the holder thereof has paid an annual license fee of fifty dollars each year for each vehicle operated under a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The license fees shall be for the calendar year and shall be in addition to any other license fees or charges established by proper authority and applicable to the holder or the vehicle or vehicles under his or her operation and control.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
No certificate of public convenience and necessity may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the consent of the chief of police or his or her agent.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
A certificate issued under the provisions of this chapter may be revoked or suspended by the chief of police or his or her agent if the holder thereof has:
(1) 
Violated any of the provisions of this chapter;
(2) 
Discontinued operations for more than seven days; or
(3) 
Violated any ordinance of the city or the laws of the United States or the state of California, the violation of which reflects unfavorably on the fitness of the holder to offer public transportation.
Prior to suspension or revocation, the holder shall be given notice of the proposed action to be taken and shall have an opportunity to be heard.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
The police department shall conduct an investigation of each applicant for a taxicab driver's certificate, and a report of such investigation and a copy of the traffic and police record of the applicant, if any, shall be attached to the application for the consideration of the chief of police or his or her agent.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
The chief of police or his or her agent shall, upon consideration of the application and the reports and certificate required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the application. If the application is rejected, the applicant may request a personal appearance before the chief of police or his or her agent, to offer evidence why his or her application should be reconsidered.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
Upon approval of an application for a taxicab driver's certificate, the chief of police or his or her agent shall issue a certificate to the applicant which shall bear the name, address, color, age, signature and photograph of the taxicab driver.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
Every driver shall post his or her driver's certificate in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operating a taxicab, and every taxicab operated under this chapter shall have a rate card setting forth the authorized rates of fare displayed in such a place as to be in view of all passengers.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
The chief of police or his or her agent is given the authority to revoke any driver's certificate for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter; however, a certificate may not be revoked unless the driver has received notice and has had an opportunity to present evidence in his or her behalf.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
(a) 
Vehicles Must Be Licensed. Prior to the use and operation of any vehicle under the provisions of this chapter, the vehicle shall be thoroughly examined and inspected by the police department and found to comply with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the chief of police or his or her agent. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide safe transportation and shall specify such safety equipment and regulatory devices as the chief of police or his or her agent shall deem necessary therefor.
(b) 
Periodic Inspections. Every vehicle operating under this chapter shall be periodically inspected by the police department at such intervals as shall be established by the chief of police to insure the continued maintenance of safe operating conditions.
(c) 
Vehicles Must Be Kept in a Clean and Sanitary Condition. Every vehicle operating under this chapter shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition according to rules and regulations promulgated by the chief of police or his or her agent.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
Each taxicab shall bear on the outside, in painted letters, the name of the owner, and in addition may bear an identifying design approved by the chief of police or his or her agent. No vehicle covered by the terms of this chapter shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the chief of police or his or her agent, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under this chapter, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public; and provided further, that if, after a certificate has been issued for a taxicab hereunder, the color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia thereof is changed so as to be, in the opinion of the chief of police or his or her agent, in conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used by any other person, owner or operator, in such a manner as to be misleading or tending to deceive the public, the certificate covering each such taxicab shall be suspended or revoked.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
All taxicabs operated under the authority of this chapter shall be equipped with taximeters fastened in front of the passengers, visible to them at all times of day and night; and after sundown the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. The taximeter shall be operated mechanically by mechanism of standard design and construction, driven either from the transmission or from one of the front wheels by a flexible and permanently attached driving mechanism. They shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect their correct reading and recording. Each taximeter shall have thereon a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it is not employed; and it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag of such taximeter into a nonrecording position at the termination of each trip. The taximeters shall be subject to inspection from time to time by the department of police. Any inspector or other officer of the department is hereby authorized, either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect any meter and, upon discovery of any inaccuracy therein, to notify the person operating said taxicab to cease operation. Thereupon said taxicab shall be kept off the highways until the taximeter is repaired and in the required working condition.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
The city is authorized and empowered to establish open stands in such place or places upon the streets of the city as it deems necessary for the use of taxicabs operated in the city. Open stands shall be used by the different drivers on a first-come, first-served basis. The driver shall pull on to the open stand from the rear and shall advance forward as the cabs ahead pull off. Drivers shall stay within five feet of their cabs; they shall not solicit passengers or engage in loud or boisterous talk while at an open stand. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a passenger from boarding the cab of his or her choice that is parked at an open stand.
Every person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of an infraction, unless the violation is otherwise made a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 1.01.110(b).
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1416 § 4, 1983)
Private or other vehicles for hire shall not at any time occupy the space upon the streets that has been established as open stands.
Every person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of an infraction, unless the violation is otherwise made a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 1.01.110(b).
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1416 § 4, 1983)
All persons engaged in the taxicab business in the city operating under the provisions of this chapter shall render an overall service to the public desiring to use taxicabs. Holders of certificates of public convenience and necessity shall maintain a central place of business and keep the same open twenty-four hours a day for the purpose of receiving calls and dispatching cabs. They shall answer all calls received by them for services inside the corporate limits of Glendora as soon as they can do so, and if said services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time they shall then notify the prospective passengers how long it will be before the said call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere in the corporate limits of Glendora at any time when such holder has available cabs, or who shall fail or refuse to give overall service, shall be deemed a violator of this chapter and the certificate granted to such holder shall be revoked at the discretion of the chief of police or his or her agent.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)
Every driver shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are recorded all trips made each day, showing time and place of origin and destination of each trip and amount of fare, and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of his or her tour of duty. The forms for each manifest shall be furnished to the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the chief of police or his or her agent.
Every holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall retain and preserve all drivers' manifests in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year, and said manifests shall be available to the chief of police or his or her agent.
Every person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of an infraction, unless the violation is otherwise made a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 1.01.110(b).
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1416 § 4, 1983)
Each of the provisions of this chapter is severable, and if any provision shall be declared to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.
(Ord. 1181 § 1, 1973)