HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 1949 ORDINANCE NO. 1949 N.S.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 7.52.270 (b,
h, i, j) AND ADDING SECTION 7.52.270 k AND
1, PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF TAXI
DRIVERS IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, the County of Kern has recently decided
to regulate the operation of taxicabs wit'hin the County; and
WHEREAS, there may occur situations where a driver
or a company will wish to operate in t~he City and the County;
and
WHEREAS, the present rates applicable to permits ~have
been in existence for a long time and need to be revised; and
WHEREAS, our enforcement efforts would be more effective
if our requirements are compatible with the County's requirements'.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by t'he Council of the
City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION-1.
Section 7.52.270 is 'hereby amended to read as follows:
7.52.270 Driver's Permit--Application--Fee--Age Restrictions--
Expiration--Renewal--Change of Carrier--Duplicates. (a) It shall
be unlawful for any person to drive, operate or be in charge of,
any taxicab or chauffeured limousine governed or affected by this
chapter, without 'having first obtained a driver's permit, issued
pursuant to this Chapter, so to do.
(b) Applicant for such permit shall appear personally and
file witch t'he Chief of Police an application in writing, upon a
form furnished by the Chief of Police, containing such information
as said officer may require. Such application~'shail be accompanied
by a permit fee in the amount of five dollars, which fee shall not
be refunded for any reason.
In addition to his application, the applicant shall
furnish to the Police Department at the time he submits his
application three passport-size recent photographs of acceptable
quality and he Shall be further required to furnish new photographs
upon request of the Police Department When the original photographs
are no longer suitable.
(c) Upon the receipt of such application accompanied by the
required fee and deposit as provided above, the Chief of Police
shall, subject to the conditions contained in subdivision (d) of
this section, issue to such applicant a driver's permit.' Such
permit shall state the name of the carrier by whom t~he holder
thereof is to be employed and shall authorize the applicant to
drive, operate or be in charge of any vehicle operated pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter only by the carrier named in
the permit; provided, however, that the permit holder may change
his employer and drive, operate or be in Charge of vehicles opera-
ted pursuant to this chapter by another carrier after securing from
the Chief of Police an endorsement on his driver's permit of a change
of carrier as hereinafter provided.
(d) No driver's permit shall be issued to any such applicant
Who is under the age of twenty-one years, or who is not the holder
of a valid, unrevoked and unsuspended chauffeur's license issued
by the State of California, or who shall be deemed by the Chief
of Police to be morally or otherwise unfit. A prior conviction
of any of t'he offenses mentioned in subsection (a) of Section
7.52.280 Shall be a good cause for denial of the driver's permit,
provided the Chief 0f ~olice shall deem the applicant unfit to be
the holder of such permit by reason of such conviction. The Chief of
Police shall consult such records and consider evidence as is
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available to 'him at the time of acting on the application to
determine the fitness of applicant.
(e) As soon as possible after the issuance of a driver's
permit, the Chief of Police shall make such further investigation
of the character and moral fitness of the applicant as he deems
necessary. After the completion of such further investigation,
if he is satisfied that the operat$on by applicant of a vehicle
authorized to be operated under the terms of this chapter will
be detrimental to the public health, peace, safety or welfare,
or that the holder of such driver's permit is morally or otherwise
unfit to hold the same, he shall revoke such driver's permit as
provided in Section 7.52.280 hereof.
(f) The Chief of Police shall keep a copy of such driver's
permit on file in his office. Such driver's permit shall con-
stitute evidence of compliance with the terms of this chapter.
Such driver"s permit shall be effective until the expiration
date printed thereon pursuant to'subdivision (g) hereof, or
until suspended or revoked as ~herein provided.
(g) All permits issued as herein provided shall expire upon
the 31st day of December next following the date of issuance unless
suspended or reVoked as elsewhere herein provided.
(h) A renewal driver's permit shall be issued by the Chief
of Police to any permittee who has paid a fee of two dollars for
such renewal., if such renewal is prior to the first Friday in
February following the eXpiration date of his permit, and who,
on the 31st day of December last preceding, had a valid driver's
permit.
(i) An. endorsement of a change of carrier by whom a permit
~holder may be employed shall be made on a permit by the Chief of
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Police whenever the 'holder thereof makes application therefor
and pays a transfer fee of two dollars.
(j) A fee of two dollars shall be collected for the
issuance of each duplicate driver's permit.
(k) lin the event that a driver holding a valid permit
issued by 'the County of Kern requests a transfer to a company
operating within the City, the Chief of Police may accept the
results of the investigation made by the County and issue a
City permit to said driver or may require an investigation
similar to that required for a new permit; however, in either
case, a transfer fee of two dollars is required.
(1) If a driver works for a company which is located
outside the corporate limits of the City, but licensed to
operate both in the City and County, said driver will be
required to obtain a permit from the Chief of Police without
regard to any other permit he may have or be required to have
by any other agency.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall become effective thirty days
from and after the date of its passage.
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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 28th day of June,
1971, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BLEECKER, HEISEY, ./~lil~:j~ll~, REES~ I~UCKER, Ti-lOMAS, WHI'rI'EMORE
NOES: COUNCILMEN: ,~ ~ .........
AIkSTAINING COUNCILMEN~ ~~
CITY CLERK and Ex-~o~ficlo Clerk of the
Council of t~he City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this ~.Sth ~y~ o.f..~:~.June, 1971
APPROVED:
CITY ATTORNEY
Affi av ! of r nan es
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,~ ss.
County of Kern ~
MARIAN S. IR¥IN, 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 ........................... ..J..u...n_e.....2..?. .......................................... 19.~.1.... she posted on the Bulletin Board
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 .......... ..J..u.~..e.....2...8. ...................................... 19..7...1.:., which ordinance
was numbered ...........1...9...~..9.. .................... New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 7.52.270 (b,
h, i, j) AND ADDING SECTION 7.52.270 k AND
1, iPROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF TAXI
DRIVERS IN THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
.~.~.~...d~y,~ .............. ~.~ .................... , ~.Z~...
Notary Public in and for the County of Kern, State of California