The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have
the meanings as set out herein:
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;
means a certificate issued to a taxicab driver by the chief
of police or his or her agent;
means a person to whom a certificate of public convenience
and necessity has been issued;
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;
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;
includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity,
a partnership, and any unincorporated association;
means a card for display in each taxicab which contains the
rates of fare then in force;
means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of
carrying passengers for hire;
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)
Before any application is finally passed upon by the chief of
police or his or her agent, the applicant shall be required to pass
a satisfactory examination as to his or her knowledge of the city
and to show that he or she has a current motor vehicle operator's
permit issued by the state of California.
(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)
Every driver granted a certificate under this chapter shall
comply with all city, state and federal laws. Failure to do so will
justify the chief of police or his or her agent in revoking a certificate.
(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)
