HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 287 ORDINANCE NO. 287
An ordinance providing for the regulation of the business
of using, oPerating and driving automobiles for hire upon the public
streets of the City of Bakersfield; providing for licenses to carry
on such business and for the revocation thereof; requiring the
operators of such business to furnish bonds; making the viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this ordinance a misdemeanor
and providing a penalty therefor, and repealing all ordinances
or'parts of ordinances in conflict herewith~ insofar as the same
may be in conflict.
Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows: SECTION 1. Unless it appear's from the context that
a different meaning is intended, the following words shall have
the meaning g~ven them by this section.
The word "street" shall mean and include any street,
avenue, alley, .court, lane or public place in the City Of Bakers-
field,
The words "automobil~for hire" shall mean and include
any motor vehicle engaged in the business of carrying passengers
for hire - which is held out or announced by sign, voice, or
other device or advertisement - to operate or run, which is
operated, driven, or run over a particular route.or between
particularly specified termini, or over any route or routes, by
permission of the Council of the City of'Bakersfield, provided
that automobiles used exclusively as hearses, ambulances, hotel
buses,..taxi cabs, touring cars, or stages operating from specific
stands upon the public streets, under permits issued by muthority
of t'he'C~u~il~of"t'he'City of-Bake'rsfield.f~or~-f, rom~gara.ges,-
· upon telephone calls and which have no specified routes of travel,
shall not be construed as automobiles for hire within the meaning
.hereof.
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The word "person" shall mean and include person, firm
or corporation.
SECTION 2.
Any person desiring to run or operate an automobile
or automobiles 'for hire upon the streets of the ·City of Bakers-
field shall procure a license so to do f. rom the City Manager of
said City, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
Any person desiring to procure such license must file
an application therefore, in writing, with the City Manager,
stating:
(a) The type of automobile-'intende to be used.
(b) The horse-power thereof.
(c) The factory number thereof.
(e) 'The Seating capacity thereof according to its trade
or factory rating, or if a truck: (1) the carrying
capaoity thereof; (2) the seating capacity thereof;
(3) plans and specifications showing the method and
materials Used in converting such truck into a
passenger carrying vehicle.
The name of the owner or lesee, and the person or
persons to be in immediate charge thereof as chauffeur
or ·chauffeurs.
(g) The age, residence, and nationality of the chauffeur
or chauffeurs.
(h) A statement of the physical disability·of such
chauffeur or chauffers, if any.
(i) The number of the chauffuer's license.
(j) The route or routes to be followed in transporting
passengers and the termini of said route or routes.
(k) The schedule to be observed shdwing the times of
departure from the termini according to which it is
proposed to operate such automobile.
(1) The fare to be charged for transporting passengers
between the termini or intermediate points on said
route or routes.
(m) The amount of experience of the chauffeur in operating
automobiles over the streets of the City of Bakersfield.
SECTION 4.
'~' That before issuing the said license, the driver shall
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pass an oral examination, to the satisfaction of the City Manager,
as to his knowledge of traffic laws and rul~of the .City. of
Bakersfield.
SECTION 5.
I~ order to insure the safety of the public, it shall
be unlawful for any person to drive or operate such automobile,
or to obtain a license therefor, unless he sh~11, have given, and
there is in full'force and effect at all times while such person
· is driving or operating such automobile, and on rile'with the
Clerk of said City, a bond of the owner or lesee.of said aut°mo-
bile, with a responsible surety company or association, authQrized
to do business under the laws of the State'of California, in the'
'sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000), conditioned that the owner
or lesee of said automobile which a 1.icense has been applied
· for (giving i.ts manufacturer's na~e and number an~ State license
n-u~ber) will pay all loss or 'damage that may result to any person
· . or property from 'the negligent operation of, or defective con-
struction of said automobile, or' which may arise or result from
any violation 'of any of the provisions, or of the laws of ~he
State of California.
Such bonds shall be given to the City of Bakersfield,
and shall insure, to the benefit of any and all persons suffering
loss 'or damage, either to person or property, as herein provided,
and suit may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction
upon s~id bond by any person Or persons or corporation suffering
any. loss or damge as herein provided.
Such bond shall be 'approved by the.Mayor of said City,
and shall recite that the license is issued upon condition and in
consideration of the filing of said bond. Said bond shall be a
continui'ng liability notwithstanding any recover~ ~er~on~ and ....... '
if at any time, in the judgment of the City COuncil said Bond
is not sufficient for any cause, the City Council may require
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the party to whom license is issued, as therei, n provided,
to replace said bond with another bond satisfactory to the City
Council, and in default thereof, said license may'be revoked,
and if. said bond shall be cancelled for any other cause~ then
said license shall be suspended until a good and.sufficient bond
has been furnished, subject to the approval of the Mayor of said
City, or may be revoked by the said Council.
SECTION 6.
Upon receipt of such application the City Manager
'shall, without unnecessary delay, cause an investigation to
be made of such application and shall grant the same, unless
it shall appear:
(a) That the bond herein required has not been fur~shed
and approved, or the same is insufficient to properly
safeguard the public interest and safety.
(b) Th.~t, the vehicle for which the license is applied for
is inadequate or unsafe' for the purpose intended or
insufficiently equipped with skid chains or other
safety devices.
(c) That the chauffeUr is incompetent or has not had
.. sufficient experience in driving an automobile in
~he City of Bakersfield.
(d) That the chauffeur is not physically qualified.to
driffe a motor car safely.
(e) That'the applicant is not familiar with the traffic
ordinances and rules of the City of Bakersfield.
(f) That the schedule submitted in such application is
not sufficient in point of frequencY to produce
proper transportation facilities over such route,
or'do not comply with the terms, conditions and
requirements of this ordinance.
(g) That the route or routes set out in any such applica-
tion and proppsed to be used in the operation of such
automobiles or are already supplied with ample trans-
portation facilities and the granting of.such applica-
tion would tend to produce a congestion' of street traffic
dangerous to the public safety.
.., , has not complied with any or all of the terms
............ · 'i .... an~..c0n~itions of this ordinance.
SECTION 7.
Should the City Manager refuse to grant said applicant
a license, he may appeal to the City Council, whose decision
shall be final. '
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SECTION 8.
All applicants for a license to drive an automobile
for hire upon the streets of the City of Bakersfield, and all
drivers of the same, shall be over the age of 21 years, a
citizen of the United States, and a bona fide resident of the
City of Bakersfield for at least one year prior to..applying
'for such license.
SECTION 9.
Each license shall, among other matters, contain a
certain number to identify the same; also shall state the
license fee charged and the word"revocable" shall be plainly
written or printed upon its face and the same shal'l be fastened
to said automobile in a conspicuous place, to be designated by
the City Manager. ~
SECTION 10.
The license fees herein provided for are fixed as
follows:
For each automobile capable of seating six or less persons,
including the driver, $40 per year.
For each automobile capable of seating more than six and
less than ten persons, including the driver, $50 per year.
For each automobile capable of seating more than nine
persons and less than sixteen persons, including the
driver, $65 per year.
.For each automobile capable of seating more than fifteen
persons andless than thirty persons, including the driver,
$75 per year.'
For. each automobile capable' of seating thirty persons or
more, including the driver, .$100 per year.
Said license fee shall be paid quarterly, in advance.
SECTION 11.
~.-' ...... '.:--The. li.cense.'of..any..such.~automobile oWner,....lesee., or ._
chauffeur may be suspended by the City Manager'at any time and
such owner, lesee or chauffeur notified to quit and cease
operating s~id automobile by himself or agent, if it shall
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appear to the City Manager that any driver of such automo-
bile .is a careless, dangerous, or disobendient driver, or in
case such driver shall have violated any provision of
this ordinance, or any rule, regulation, or provision now
in' force,. Or that may hereafter be put in force,-covering
such business of carrying passengers.
Such-license hol'der'may appeal to the City Council
in case of suspension o~ his license.
· When ~ license is.suspended by .the Cit~ Manager
the. same shall cease to be. in force until such ~ime .as the
same may be reinstated by the City Council, in its dis-
cretion, upon appeal.
SECTION 12.'
That all automobiles for hire shall be Placed.on
the route designated in his license and shal,1 carry out their
schedule from '6 o'clock a.m.'to 12 o"clock midnight.
SECTION 13.
Ail licenses now in force from 'the City of Bakers-
field in favor of any person for such business as is herein
Sought to be regulated shall cease to be in force upon the
· date this ordinance'shall take effect. At said time the
license holder may have the unearned part of his license fee,.
of the license now in force, refunded, or may have the same
applied upon the fee of a new license unde~.'this ordinance.
SECTION '14.
Every person operating any such automobile shall
have displayed on the front of said automobile, .a sign in
plain 'and dis'tinct ietters, not less than 2 inches in height,
and the termimi of his route.
· SECTION 15.
The holder of a car may substitute one car for
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another but if such substitution continues for more than three
(3) days~ a description of such substituted car shall be filed
with the City Manager and a notice of such substitution approved
by said City Manager endorsed upon the identification card~
giving the'same data concerning the substitution of the automo-
bile 'as was originally given~ concerning the first used~ and
the City Manager shall have the power to forbid the further
use of such substituted car at any time that he may deem the
sa~e to be mechanically defective or dangerous or for any
reason inadequate~ to replace the car for which the same has
been substituted.
SECTION 15-A
In order that the safety of the Public may be adequate-
ly protected and to relieve the congested condition of the street
traffice now existing~ no license for the Operation of any
automobile as such shall hereafter be granted under pr'ovisions
of this ordinance upon 19th Street between the west line of
'Mt' Street and the east line of 'tI't' Street or between the north
line of 18th Street and the south line of 20th Street on Chester
Avenue°
SECTION 16.
Every person operating any such automobile shall abide
by each and all of the ordinances~ rules and regulations of the
City of Bakersfield and of the police department now in force or
that may hereafter be put in force calculated to regulated to
govern said automobile business.
SECTION 17.
It shall be unlawful:
(a)' To drive or operate~ or caus~ to be driven or operated~
--'~.~_an~.~aut~omob.ile-.-for.hir~.up~n_or.al.ong.any~street unless
there is outstanding a valid license for each such
automobile obtained as in this ordinance provided.
(b) To drive or operate~ or cause to be driven or operated~
any. automobile for hire while there is attached thereto
any trailer~ or any oth~passenger carrying vehicleo
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(c) To permit passengers to ride on the running board or
fenders of any automobile for hire; and it shall.also
be unlawful for any person to ride on the running board
of any automobile.
(d) To refuse to carry any person offering himself or her-
self at any regular stopping point .to be 'carried, and
tendering the fare for the same to any regular Stopping
place in said route, or between the termini thereof,
unless at the time such offer is made the seats of said
automobile are fully occupied.
If a request is made by any person along said route
at any regular stopping place to be carried by such
person operating such automobile, and there is un-
occupied a seat or seats provided therein which may
be occupied, it shall be the duty of such person
operating .such automobile to carry such passenger,
upon tender of the fare therefor, proVi'ded, however,
that the person driving.such automobile may refuse
transportation to any person who is in.an intoxicated
condition, or to any person who at such time may be
conducting himself in a boisterous manner, or who may
at such time be using profane language.
(e) To demand and.charge a greater fare than five (5) cents
or than that printed upon the sign carried upon. the
automobile.
(f) For any person operating such automobile to smoke or
chew tobacco while passengers are occupying any of the
seats in such automobiles, or to drink vin~ous, malt
o or fermented liquors during the period of time that the
automobile driven by such person for hire is in opera-
tion under the terms of this ordinance, and the permit
granted thereunder, or to become or be intoxicated while
driving such automobile.
(g) For any automobile to take on or let off passengers
at any point between the intersection of streets of
its route or routes, or at any other point, except
at the right hand curb on side first arrived at of
such intersecting streets.
SECTION 18.
After such. license is granted, and upon the payment
to the City Manager of a sum sufficient to de~ray the expense
of a badge, said City Manager shall issue to the holder of
said license a metal badge, circular in shape and approximately
two inches in diameter, engraved with the words "PUBLIC CHAUFFEUR
NO. "BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (setting _f.o~hl. th~ se~ia~)_ ..
which badge shall be worn on the right breast of the outer garment
at.all times while said person is driving or in charge of any
such automobile and in such public manner that the same shall
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.at all times be exposed to the public view.
SECTION 19.
The City Manager shall.at the time of issuing such
badge, deliver to the recipient of the license an identification
card which shall contain a brief description of the holder of
such license by giving (1) his name; (2) his' residence; (3)
his age; '(4)~his ·height; (~) his weight; (6) color of hair;
(7) color of eyes; (8) race; (9) kind of automobile·to be ·
driven (10) name of automobile ·maker; (11) automobile makers
number (12) name of surety company issuing bond.
On the reverse side of said identification card shall
~ppear the date of issuance of said card, which shall certify
that Mr. (setting forth his name) is a
public chauffeur No. (setting forth his number), authorized
to engage in business as such under the ordinances of the
City of BakerSfield.
Said identification card shall bear the signature of
such applicant .and the City Manager, and shall be stamped with
the seal of the City of Bakersfield.
SECTION 20.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or
phrase of ordinance is, for any rea§on, held to be unconsti-
tutional or invalid, such decision shall not effect·the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. '
The City Council hereby·.declares that it would have
passed this ordinance and each section and·sub-section thereof
irrespective of the fact that any. one or more of the·sections,
sub-sections, sentences, clauses' or phrases be declared uncon-
stitutional or invalid. ..
Any person holding a license as herein provided for,
may voluntarily surrender the same by delivering to the City
Manager, fifteen days written notice of the intention to
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surrender such license by delivering up to the City Manager said
identification card and ceasing to engage in the operation of
an automobile for hire under such license and thereafter no
further liability shall accre under Or against the bond herein
provided for.
SECTION 22.
Any perso~ violating any of th~. provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty o~ a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than One
Dollar ($1.00) or more than One Hundred Dollars ($100) and every
days violation of this ordinance by any person operating or
owning any such automobile or other~vehicle shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense, and upon'notice or knowledge
'that the bonds hereinbefore provided for have been'cancelled
for any cause, the .license of the owner of such vehicle shall
be suspended by said City Manager until Such time as a good and
sufficient bond is filed and approved.
SECTION 23.
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, insofar as the
same may be in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.-
SECTION 24.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and cause the same to be published once in.the
"Morning Echo", .a daily newspaper published and .circulated in
the City of Bakersfield and that said ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after thirty days after the date of
its passage'.
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
adopted by the City Council of the city of Bakersfield at its
............. 'meeting'on September 20, 1915,--b~'the fOIl~w~'~te',"'t~-~i~': ......
Yeas: Hay, James, Smith, Taylor, Willow
Nayes: Crandall,. Silver
Absent: None
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R. G. BALLAGH
City C erk an ex-o icio C erk o
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
Approved this 20th day of
September~ 1915
Geo. Hay
i~yor o e · y o a ers~ield
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'~he hohh,r of a license may substi, '] The City Manlier shall at tile time]
].~]lOII re('eilll of SuC'll altpHclttjo~ lhe
, be made Of ~U(']~ aDI)Hc~tjon, a~d shu]] thl~-e II) d;lys :t tle~el'jption of such ] of Issuing' such badge, deliver to lbe ~,~
:ffrant the ~alne unless it shall appear: sulJ~tittlted c'~r nh' II be filed with lbe l (:lpient of the license an tdentigieatJon
..... - b I .~r~ which ~]mll contain ~ brief' de-
ti la) ~'hat the bond herein required Cit:,. M~naLer lllld a not,ce of such su -, serlption o: ti~e holder o: ~oeh liuetlae, ,
}has not {)ecn roi'il shed and approved, ailtntion al ppoved by Raid CiLY Man-{ by
or the same is h]~uffieienL id D{'oDerly ag'el' endorsed HI,on the identification { ]---His name.
safeguard the {)ublie inlerest and sat- ear~ giving the same d~l~ eoucerning {
Ihe substitution of the aalomohile as J 2~His residel~ee.
{licen:ae is alH,]ied for Js jnadeqnate first ~s~d 1 id tie I'jtv ]J.fl~R~'el' .bali j 4--His height.
or unsafe (or the Durl)ose intended or haYe the power to fo{'bhl', time (urtherj. 6.--ColorS--}fis wet. Ut.of hair.
insufficiently eqail)Ded wiih skid t{se of such subslitu.ed oar at un)'[ 7~Color of eyes.
chains or other ~afety devices, time that he may deem tile .amc to I 8~Race.
fo) That the elmnffeur is ineom- ~ ....... ~.~.~.,~m~.. ;m~r~ot x,~ or dang'er-{
9--]~ind of aulomobile to be Oriven.
potent or ]1ils not had sufficient ex- ~ ~ gO~ ~ ~e~Bo~ ]~Oeqg~te, to 30~Name of an{omobJle
Derienee in driving ~n alltomobJle in ~,,~u~-u L,ie c~r LO{' W{1iCII tile ~e I ]]~;~LI[OU3OI)j]o n]~ker's
the City of ~aker~fiehl. ha~{ b(.en ~nbslitnted. I 12~Name 'o~ surely company Jsdt{Jil~'
'id) That Ihe C{llkuffetlr iS not Dby-I ~].]J]T]()~ 15--A Jhond.
8i~ally liualJ~iell to dl'ivc a motoi, aar' la o~l]~{' ii, tit the safely of Ihe DHllliu ] On th~ revcrs~ side of s~ld hlentlg{-' '
(e) That said aDlflicant is not i~- i lie~te the tunnelled ecudili,,n of lhu ' ~IliLDCI' Of ~ai(] c~rll, whiul? sh~]] certify
mi]iar with the tra~c ordinances and ~Lreet Iraffic now existing, no license that Mr. ~ (setting' forth his name)
rules of the ('ity o2 ~akersfieh]. ; , for lhu din,ration of nny Iil~lomobJ]- a~ is a public chauffeur ~'O. ~ (scL-
(f) 'J'hat tbe scheilule submitted ,,~:~ut.h shall hereLtfter I)e gritilted under ling' forth his numl)er), authorized to
such application i~ not ~ufficie~t in{provisions of lhis ordil~anc,, lipo~ 19all eng~Re in business as such under the~
{poin{ of ~requency to l)ro,h~ce ]~{.oDe~.slreet belween the we~t line o~ "~F' I)rtltnap~.e~ of the (~{ty of Baker~[ie]d.
'transportation facilities over ~uc{, { ~lreet und lhe ~.ilst line of "1' ,lreet, or ~8id id~.ntifie~tion c~rd ~h8{1 I)e~{'
{'Oule. of do i1,:~ eoml)ly wilh Ihe lerh~s.IbeiWeen the nol't[~ line of 18th ~treet ,~iRnature oi such arid th~'
apl)liea~t
811,1 Ibc ~(tl~t{1 lille o~ '20itl ~tl]'el.t on 8ignatUl'e o~ the ('.eLy ~lantl~'el', ~nd
{ . .., ', ~hal] hu st~lni)ed with the seal of the
I (g') Thal the route or rot{res set J SI..(.TION lO.
}~al<ersfiehl.
I out in any such apDlicalion and pr~-, ],:very l;er~on operatinR' uny ~.eh ad-, SI':CTION 20.
{ posed to be used Jn the ooeralion of' tomobil, shall ubide by each and all of' If ~ny section, sub-section,
such automobile is or are already s I~-:thc ordinances, rules and reR'ulatiou~ . clun~e or phrase dE Lhis ordinRnc~ itek
{plied with ample puhlie transDort~ti~n' of the city of Bakersgiehl, ;tnd o~ the ~or any re.sun held to be uneonstitu.f.
i fReilltleR and the ~'ranting of such an-'po'dee deDartment of ~aid city now {n.~ l ionR1 or i,,v~lid sloth decision shall,
iplieation would 1e~d to 1)reduce a eo~m- force or Ihat may hereagt~.r be put in Ino[ affect the remaining portions
' ~e~t]o{] og street traffic dangerous to' ~oree calculated to regulate or govern I ~ thi~ urdinu, ne~. X'he City Council here-
the pubiie safety. {-.a~d aatomobile business. ~[by declures thaL it would have
lb) Or. has ~ot eomDlied with any.' SECTION 17. ~llhi~ ou,]inanee and each section and,
anti all of the terms an~ eonclitions o:',. It shell he unlawful: · 'a~b-s.cLiun thereof irrespective of the,
this ordinance, g~et Ihat any one or more og the see-j
SEC~'ION 7. ~,l.)e.a) '1'o drive or operate, or (.Rnse to
driven or oDerated, any automobile lions, sub-sections, sentences, elauser-
Should the City Manager refu~e to;.fo,· hire upon or along any street un-; or phrases be declared nneonstitutiom~
grant said applicant a license he'may~:less Iht.re is outstanding a valid · or invalid.
' ~]licenae for each such automobile ob-. S{.:CT[O~ 21.
Council,
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tained aa In this ordinance p,.oviaea. ~ Any person holding a license a, here-I
{ciaion shall be final. . th) To drive or operate, or cause to, in provided 1or may voluntarily
j SEC~'ZON 8.
{ All applicants for a license to drive be driven or operated, any automobila{ render the same by delivering to the,,
{ aR automobJJe ~or tlire nDon tile slreets
'for bite while there is atlaei~e~ there- ('lty Manager flZteen day. written no- 1'
to uny trailer, or any other paasenger' rice u~ 1he i~l~ention LO ~nrrender stlch
of the C'hy of Bakerafield, and all drlv ..... (ul{){n~' · Vehll. '..1~. · J license by ~li;'erJng up to the ~itY.
era of the same, shall be over the a~e~ , (e) To permit passen~'ers to ride o~['51anageJ. ~ald identit'ieaiion cRrd
~Statea ~t~l a bona fide resident u~ the' ,~.Lomoblle ~o~' hire; and tL shall alao~..an aulonob le ~or h re un let such J
J ~it~- o~ ~k~rsfiehl ~ al -least, one ,, ~l)e unlawful for any per.on LO r}d~ o~ J ] license and thereafter no further liabil~
year ~rfor to a~lJJ~'J~ for ~u(.h lk'en~e. ~ the runnln.' board of ~nv automobile tt~' Bh't]l accrue under ol' R~'ai~ 't the
~EC]'I()N 9, (d) To refuse to carry any person of-{~bond herein /n'nvided for
~ach Heed;se shall omon~ other I~tt[- feting himself or herself ut any regu-, . SI.ICTJON 22.
rets. contain a eerinip number to iden- 'lar stOpl~ing imint to be curried, and. Any Ders0n violating any of the Dro-
tify the same: also shall state the ,reordering the fare for the same to ant' '¥taions of this ordinance shall be
license fee chaff'ed anti ~be w,,rd "re- ;regular etOl,ping {dace in said route, dp, 'th.meal guilty o~ misdemeanor al~d
I x-oeable" shall be plainly wrilten Or between the termini U~ereof t nless at: :conviction tl'¢reo~ shall be flile~ in any,
printed Upon its face, and Ihe same ' ' ' '
the time such offer ~s made tile seats o~ sum not le~s than $1.00 or more than
.al~all be t'astened ~o suid antomohi]e in ~s~id automobile are fully occupied. I~ $100.00. and eve.fy day's violation o~
aby~OnSDicuouSthe City Manag~r.{'lace' to he designated '.{ '~ request is made by any DerSon along · Ih{a ordinance by any Derson operaLing
S~CTION 10 ~ sdld route at any regnlar stopping .or owning any s~lel~ automobile or
{)Iapc to bc carried by such pet'son dp- other vehicle shall constitute a sepa-
' '~he license fee~ herein pl'-vided fol'l elating ~tlch a~tonlobile, an~ lhere is rate sad dlstin~.t o~fe~e; or tt]lo~ no-
~t'e fixed as fo]l}w~. ,
~ '' ~ ttl~oecal)ied a seat ur seats prey/deal tiee or knowledg'e that the bonds
.iug~ ~ six ~' cachet automobileless per~ons,ealmbh'jnc]udinK°~ ~eat-tlel~ II'erein which may be occul)ied, it shall hereinbefore Drovided for h~s been can-
driver, ~40.00 I)er year. . ~ be the duty of ~uch person ol)er~t/n~ celled for any cause, the liceu~e of the
i ~t ch auton~obi]e tO c~rry ~cll ])~s~ell- owner of ~pcb vehicle ~]1a]1 b~ s~l~Dend-
' ~(-~r ~ach ~tnlomobile ca))~ble of ~eat- ~ ger, Mp()R t~nd~r of the fare therefor; e~ by said City ~lanager anti1 s~ch
i~l~' mm'e thtl{I ~ X )~l'~Oll~ a 1 les-~ '})l'ovJded, however, 111st the person lilac RS U ~'ood a~ ~tl~ficJe{it bond
th;in ten Pet'~on~. including' Ibp drh'- ~
¢'1', ~50.00 Der Yt'ar, ~ :dl'{v[ng ~uch auIomohile, may refuse filed and apl~VOv~d.
I 'trunsDortation to any person who is in SECTIO~ 23.
l~or each aulomobile eal~nb]e of ~en~- intoxit.atYd con,litton, or Io any per- All nrdinances, or parts of ord{-
tJlll~ sJgledll Jll'l'SOll~ J~C]ll(JJ{lg' I}1~'' ~0~ who al atleh tJlne may 1)e conduct- nanees, insofar as the same nlay be in
driver, $65.00 Der year. i~ g I:imsell' in a I)oisteroaa'man~er, or conflict herewitb, are hereby reDe~led.
who ~a)' at allCll time be rising profane SI.;C'P[O~'.~4.
For ouch automobile L'it{)ab]~. of ~ea~- lun~:lage. The ~itv ~lerk ~hall certify to the
7f~R'~ }I}R~ 1]ore{]]j{.}¥,tJl~{l fJ~teelljll(.Jl{(]jllg3elso11~t i~ {lll(Jd{.jvey,le~. ( e) 'J'l) iJe~]an~alld cJ]Ul'R'e ~ g're~ter Das88g'e of' this 01'd{~8~ee alld ea~se the
$T5.00 i)~' re;ir, f~re Ii{an i'ive cenis (3t.J of than that same Lo be Dubliabed olive J~ 'Phc ~orn-
],'or each autolnob{le el~Dable .f i:l~ill- ]~'inted I1}H~iI the ~J~'ll ual'l'Je(] ~{)un the JnR' ~eho, R ~RJ]y 1]dW~8~el' pllbli~he~{
the {]rival., ${00.00 De{' year. if) ~t,r nv pePson oDerating Stl~{1 and circulated In the Oily oi ~al~ers-
field, and tbnt s~id ordinance shall be
~aid license fee shall be 'D]~Y~bI:_, a.Homohlle to ~moke or chew tobacco in ~ul] fouee an~ effect fro~ an8 a~ter
quarterly, {u advance. ~ hile passengers ute oCeUl,yin~' any o~ thirty d~ys aftey the d~te o~ it~ pass-~
HI~'~IL)~ ]1. {he ~:euta in ~ueii automubile, or to age.
I
· he license of any ~ll~h autolnobJ]e drink VJllOaa, mail or fermented liql]ors [ hereby certify that the foregofn~
'owner, lessee, or chaat~eur, ~)- b,, durin~ the period of time (hat Lhe au-' Ordinance ~'aa adopted by 1he City
isuspended by the City 51~na~er~a{~,~ tomobi]e driven by ~ueh per.on for hire
lf~e a~d stlch owner, lc~ee,'or c~ i~; in op~,rnlion under the lerma o~ this Coune{lits meeLing°( ~heon Septembert:ity o~ B~ker~fleld20, 1915, by'at
{feur notified to quit und cease ~ ordinnnce, ~tnd the lmrmit granted t].e following' vnte, to-wit:
in~' a~tid a{~tomob{le I)). hi~el~
J thereunder or Io bePome of J)e intoxi-
;age~. {~ it shall apDear id the City catud while driving such antonmobile. 5'~as: Hay, .Tames, H~itlm, Taylor,
51a~ger thut any driver of ~l~t. I1 auto- ' (g') [~O1' {ill)' a~Homobi]e tO Lake on or
- · Nayes: Crandall, Sill)er.
mobil~ {sa ca'~'o]ess, dangerous or dis- h~t off assen~'e~s al auy point between Absent: ~'one.
obedienl driver, or In ease s~t,h dt'{ver · I il. ititet'~u~.t}oli of streets og it~ route ~. O.
;~h~ll have violated ~ny provision o~ '.or ront~s, of J~J any oLher ])oinL ex- f'Jiy Clerk ~nd ex:o~eio (Tlerk of tl~e
this ordi~unee or any r~,, regulation ~cept al lh~ right hnnd curb on side ' Council o~ the C tv of Bakersfield.
o{' pl'ov}sJo~ ~ow J~ force, or thaL l~dY · f}rsl il{'rJvt,d itt of ~uoJl int.~-r~ec[ing %pproved
hereafter lm I)ut In ~orce. covering' ~streel~ {10~5 this 20th dayOEo°f September.H~y J
stle]l bnsjDt.ss of car!'ying passengers. ; ~E('TI(.')N 18. J ....
Such license holder' may aDpeal to tbe After such license is g,-anled und tip- Mayo,' of of ~er~iie]d.
Cily Council in case.o[ snspension o~ ~ou tlh. lutvmen~ to the City 5iantt~er of~ ' the City .
his lh-enae. 'hYhen a license ia ~lls- 8 sum a,i~cient to defras; the expense · '
pended by the (li~y Mnna~'er the same of a I)ad~e, said (Hty Muong'er shall.
:;hall cease to be in force until ~uch issue id the hohter of katd license al
time as the samc m~y be reinstate0 by . r~et;~l badge, circular ia shape a~d ap-~
the City Council. in its discre'thm, ripen 1.roximately fwd bnches in diameter.I
appeal, engraved with ~he words "PUBL](J J
Tha~ all automob{le~ lot hire ~ball I'IBLD, CALIfOrnIA," (sorting' fo~'Lbj
.I)e Dlaced on 1he route desi~nated'{n the serial number) which badge shaUJ
bi~ license and shall carry out theh' be worn on the ri~bt breast of tbeJ
,schedale from 6 o'clock a. m, t0 ]~ o~tel' garme'~t a~ all t}me~ while
o'clock mhlnighL pePson is driving or in charge of any~
~E('TIO~ 1~. ~t~ch automol~ile and in such mam~e~
All liccn~Cs now in ~or~'e from the tb~I the ~ame shall at all times be e~-
0ily of Bakers~iehl in favor of any ~er- posed to lhe pnblia ~'iew. j
~o~ ~or such hu~}ness as is herela I
sought to be regul~ed, ~ball uease
be }n force uDOI1 the ~ate thia ordin-
ance ~ball take e[~eot, at said lime the
~JOell~e holder may have the
part o~ his license fee, o~ the license
ssme Opl)lied upon Ihe rue n[ a new
license under this ordinauce.
S{,iCT] OX 14.
t~mobile sl{~l] have di~Dlaycd on the
front of sdi(] uulomobile, a si~n
plain and dislinct letters no~ less tban
2 lncbes in height, designating the City
IAeense ~umber, the fare to be charged
~h termini of 1he route.