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HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-06 - Taxi Cab Driver Permit RequirementsORDINANCE NO. 7.2-6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER VI, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 6412, RELATING TO TAXI CAB DRIVER'S PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, AND MAKING IT OPTIONAL UPON THE CITY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT IS GRANTED TO A PERSON HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 6412 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "No person shall drive or operate a taxicab in the City without first obtaining a permit in writing so to do from the Chief of Police. Any person desiring to obtain such driver's permit shall make a written application therefore to the Chief of Police accompanied by a fee of $1.00. No permit shall be issued to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or to any person not a citizen of the United States or who has not lawfully declared intention of becoming such, or to any person who within a period of two (2) years, immediately preceding such application, has been convicted of reckless driving or driving a vehicle upon a highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs, or convicted of the violation of any of the pro- visions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the State of California, or to any person who is for any reason whatsoever unable to competently and safely handle such automobile. Each such applicant shall demonstrate his skill and ability to safely handle his vehicle in driving it through the crowded section of the City accompanied by an inspector designated by the Chief of Police. No driver's permit shall be granted to any person who is not of a good moral character or who cannot speak the English language, or who is not sufficiently acquainted with the laws or ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles. The City Council may upon recommendation of the Chief of Police, grant a driver's permit to a person having been convicted of a felony. Any falsification on the application for said permit will be grounds for the refusal of said permit..." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, shall be published once in the Orange Coast Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of AAj,.A4j, 1972. Mayor of t e City or Costa Mesa ATTEST �� (So Cie�k�of t eF� City or C to Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 9.2-6 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 1?tA day of 1972, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a r ular meeting of said City Council held on the _M day ofAAg 1972 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen: ©.Wj NOES: Councilmen: A07L*i ABSENT: Councilmen: 71o.,A, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this -,&A_ day of , 1972. C ©� �e , City cSstd e�£icio C er f t e City Council of the City of Co a Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I am a principal clerk of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of Cal- ifornia, and I certify that City Ordinance Number of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of said newspaper on February 11, 1972 I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on February 11 1972 at Costa Mew, California. _.— (sien Itw.t STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS. CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No. 72-6 was introduced and con- sidered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the 17th doy of January , 1971— and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 7th day of Fehrnary 1972, by the following roll -call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN- Wilson, Jordan, Pinkley, St.Clair, Hammett NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN. None I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 72-6 was published in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, an the 11th day of February 197 2 City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the CCouncil OF the City of Costa Mew Yy OPTED nils 7M eev WILSON Mese' J.M.Iu ftbII0IM Or&n90 CM51 DellY' PIIW, FeMmN 11. 19)] 35Y11'