HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1794 ORDINANCE NO. 1794 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
AMENDING SECTION 7.52.070 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE ALTERING THE LIMITS OF LIABILITY
INSURANCE FOR TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
SECTION 1.
That Section 7.52.070 of the Municipal Code is amended to
read as foliows:
7.52.070 Liability Insurance. It is unlawful for any owner to drive
or operate or cause or permit to be driven or operated any taxicab
or motor vehicle referred to herein, in the City of Bakersfield,
until such owner shall have furnished the City of Bakersfield a
good and sufficient policy of insurance securing the owner, as
defined herein, and any other person using or responsible for the
use of any such vehicle, with the consent, express or implied, of
the owner, against loss from the liability imposed upon 'the owner
by law for injury to, or death of, any person, or damage to property
growing out of the maintenance, operation or ownership of any. such
motor vehicle to the amount or limits as provided in Section 16500
of the Vehicle Code of the State of California for public liability
and property damage resulting from accidents.
The motor vehicle liability policy shall inure to the
benefit of any and all persons suffering loss or damage, either
to person or property, as herein provided, and the liability of
the insurance carrier shall be in no manner abrogated or abated
by the death of the tort feasor and/or the owner.
The policy shall be'~ubject to ~he approval of the ~ity
Manager and City Attorney of the City of Bakersfield.
No policy shall be canceled except upon ten days written
notice to the City Manager of intention to cancel. The motor
vehicle liability insurance shall be a continuing liability up to
the full amount thereof notwithstanding any recovery thereon, and
the policy shall so certify. If the owner fails to replace said
motor vehicle policy within the ten-day period with a good and
sufficient policy as aforesaid, satisfactory to the City Manager
and the City Attorney, the owner's permit issued hereunder shall
be automatically suspended until such time as the requirement is
complied with, and the Chief of Police shall enforce the suspension.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from
and after the date of its passage.
o0o.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 12th day of May, 1969, by the following
vote:
AYES, COUNCII..~EN B~E~CKER, HEISEY, REES, RUCKER, STIERN, VL~I"I'ER, WI-III'I'EMORE
NOES...COU~
A~I"I: COUNCIIJ~EN.,. ~/z/~.-~
CITY CLERK and ExaOfficfo Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
~D.?t_~.i.s-~ day of May, 1969
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORN~~
Aff avi! of os ing ( r inan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,~ ss.
County of Kern )
MARIAN S. IRVIN, being duly sworn, deposes and saYS:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that on ............... _M..a.y......1...3. ....................................................... 19....6..9.. she posted on the Bulletin Bo~Lrd
at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ................1~. ~.y....~..2. ................................... , 19....6...9., which ordinance
was numbered ........ .1.,7...9..4.. ..................... New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
AMENDING SECTION 7.52.070 OF THE MUNICI-
PAL CODE ALTERING THE LIMITS OF LIABILITY
INSU1L~NCE FOR TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
................... ........
Notary Public in and for the County of Kern, State of California
.~?...=.' .,,~%, WALTER W. SMITH
..... ~'~ ......... WALTER W. SMITH
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