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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 583AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL RENT CARS, AUTO STAGES TRUCKS, HACKS, COACHES AND TAXICABS TO SECURE A PERMIT FOR A STAND, PROVIDING THE REGULATIONS AND METHODS TO SECURE A STAND, DEFINING WHAT VEHICLES SHALL SECURE A PERMIT, AND MAKING THE VIOLATION THEREOF A MISDEMEANOR. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation who drives or operates any rent car, automobile for hire, taxicab, auto stage, truck, omnibus, hack, coach or other vehicle within the City of Bakersfield, to solicit passengers, ~usiness, or employ- ment as a carrier of passengers, from any stand or parking space upon the streets of the City of Bakersfield, without first securing from the City Manager of the City of Bakersfield, a permit to occupy said stand or parking space as herein provided. SECTION 2. All applications for permits under the provisions of this ordinance shall be made to the City Manager on forms furnished by the City, and, amo~ other things, shall contain the name of the person, firm or corporation making the application and to whom the permit is to be granted, the kind of vehicle, the state license num- ber of all vehicles which are proposed to be used in the enjoyment of the permit, and the place at which a stand for such vehicles is desired, and the kind of business for which such permit is sought. The application shall also bear approval and written con- sent of the occupant of the first floor of that portion of the building upon the clearance immediately in front of which it is desired such vehicle shall stand, or if there is no occupant of such portion of the first floor of said building, or if there is no building on said premises, then said application must be endorsed by and have the written consent of the owner or lessee of said premises. SECTION 3. At the time of making application for a permit as herein provided for, the applicant shall verify, under oath, that he has not, nor has anyone for him or on his behalf paid~ or promised to pay~ or offered to pay~ nor agreed to pay, deliver or give anything of value for obtainin~ the consent or endorsement by the occupant or person required to give such consent to the grantin~ of a permit to occupy any.stand upon the streets as required by Section 2 of this ordinance~ and for the violation hereof such person shall be deemed guilty of a ndsdemeanor. SECTION' 4. The City Manager may, at his discretion, grant or deny said permit for a 'stand; provided, however, that in no case shall a permit be granted for any such vehicle to stand on 19th Street between F and M Streets, or on Baker Street between East 19th Street and the Southern Pacific Railway tracks. SECTION 5. Permits shall not be granted for more than two such vehicles upon a street within the limits of any block, nor for more than one of such vehicles upon one side of such street within the limits of any one-half block, nor for a vehicle to stand wlthin forty (40) ~eet of the place where another vehicle has been granted a permit, nor for a vehicle to stand within twenty-five (25) feet of any alley intersection. During the time any vehicle is absent from the place where such vehicle is permitted to'stand as provided herein, the owner of the permit may substitute another vehicle owned by hlm. Provided, however, the foregoing restrictions in this section shall not apply to automobile stages ruing on regular schedule between Bakersfield and other points, and that no stage shall occupy its stand to exceed thirty minutes prior to its schedule time f~r leaving Bikersfield. ~2~ SECTION 6. The City Manager shall have the power to revoke or suspend any permit issued hereunder in the event the holder thereof shall be found guilty of a violation of any provision of this ordin- ance, or if it shall appear to such City Manager, after an investiga- tion, that the holder of same uses or operates said vehicle or permits same to be used or operated in art unlawful manner, or for lewd or immoral purposes, or for carrying passengers to or from houses of prostitution or assignation, or upon good cause being shown that it is for the best interests of the public that said permit should be revoked. In determining said facts the City Manager may act in his discretion, upon reports presented to him after investigation by the Police Department. In the event of such revocation or suspension of such permit, such certificate as may be issued in connection therewith shall be, by the holder thereof, forthwith surrendered to the City Manager. Should any holder of a permit be dissatisfied with the decision of the City Manager, he may make written application to the City Council for a review of such decision, giving his reasons for dissatisfaction therewith, whereupon the City'Council shall fix a date for hearing, and the decision of the Council upon said hearing shall be final. From the time of the revocation of any such permit it shall be unlawful for the person, firm or corporation whose permit is so revoked to occupy any stand or parking space designated as a stand, and designated in such permit, unless and until a new permit to occupy such stand shall have been granted such person, firm or corporation as herein provided, or unless upon a hearing of a written application for a review the City Council overrules the decision of the City Manager and reinstates the permit. SECTION 7- It shall be unlawful for any person, firm .or corporation, their agents or employes, or any person on their own behalf, owning, operating, driving or using automobiles for hire, or carrying on, maintaining or conducting any business under or by authoritY of an automobile rent car license or automobile stage license, except at the stand for which a permit has been granted as herein provided, to solicit for patronage or customers in or upon any street within the City of Bakersfield or in or upon any other place within the City of Bakersfield. SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day such vehicle for hire is operated in violation of this ordinance the person operating same shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense. SECTION 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here- with are hereby expressly repealed. This ordinance shall not in any way affect or be deemed to affect, modify, alter or change in any way Ordinance No. New Series of the City of Bakersfield. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, at a regular /~'a of May, 1941, by the follow- meeting thereof, held on the d y lng votes APPROVED by me this MAYO~ City Clerk and Ex-0fficio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield. day of May, 1941. the City of Bakersfield. Affti avit of los ing (OrMnan es STATE OF CALIFORNIAt County of Kern ~ ss. V. VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified Clerk of the City of Bakers field; and that on ............. ~ ........ ---'~--.-.~--- .......... 19~., he posted on the Bulletin Board at the th ou of said City City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by e C ncil at a meeting thereof duly held on ............. ~ ....... --/---~--- .........., 19...~.../.., which ordinance was numbered......~.....~...~. ....... New Series, and .entitled: AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ALL RENT CABS, AUTO STAGES, TRUCKS, HACKS, COACHES AND TAXICABS TO SECURE A PERMIT FOR A STAND, PROVIDING THE REGULATIONS AND METHODS TO SECURE A STAND, DEFINING WHAT VEHICLES SHALL SECURE A PERMIT, AND MAKING THE VIOLATION TI~EOF A MISDEMEANOR. '- '~ibscribed and sworn to before me this ~"~ day of 19~/ ~ ...........-~ ~'-~-~'-'