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ORDINANCE NO., . 381:. _
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AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO "TAXICABS" AND PROVIDING
DEF-INITI.ON THEREFOR , , , REQUIRING, PUBLIC LIABILITY
INSURANCE; REQUIRING POSTING OF RATES ; •REQUIRING
MAIN,T•ENANCE OF -VEHI,CLES- AND EQUIPMENT; ; ;REQU•IRING
BACKGROUND CHECK OF ALL DRIVERS ; AND PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS .,OF, •.CHAPTER . .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ZEPHYRHILLS, SITTING IN REGULAR SESSION, as follows :
- -Chapter 24 -of the Zephyrhi 1-1 s- -City- Code is
hereby amended to delete the said Chapter in total and
hereafter shall read as follows :
" SECTION 24-1 . ' TAXICAB ' DEFINED. The term
"taxicab" as used in this chapter shall be construed to
include all types of motor vehicle carriers of ten
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passenger capacity or less engaged in the general
transportation of persons for a fee .
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SECTION 24-2 . No license for the operation of any
_ taxicab shall be issued to any person until the
applicant therefor has obtained a policy of insurance
from- an- insurance -comp-any- duly ' authorized to do business
under the laws of the State of Florida insuring the
. operation of all taxicabs to be operated under such
license for public liability and property damage in an
amount of not less than $20,000.00, which- policy must
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remainin full force during the entire time that such
taxicabs shall be operated and the revocation , lapse or
' suspension of such insurance policies shall be grounds
for the revocation of such license .
SECTION 24. 3 FAIR RATES . The rates of charge for
carrying passengers under ,•th-e provisions of this chapter
shall
he 'filed in the office of the City Manager and
shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside the
taxicab together with the designation of fare as it
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pertains to the carry-i-ng of more than one person at a
time .
SECTION 24-3 . All taxicabs and taxicab equipment
operated under this chapter shall at all timesbe kept
• in a good and safe mechanical condition . The interiors
of all such taxicabs shall at all times be kept in a
safe , clean and sanitary condition .
SECTION 24-4. DRIVER PERMITS--BACKGROUND CHECK .
The owner of any taxicab shall , prior to the employment
or use of any driver, cause to be performed a complete .
background check of the driver applicant and shall
maintain same on file, which information shall include
but not be limited to : prior crimes , any crime relating
to the use of alcohol , any crime involving moral
turpitude , driver ' s place of residence, traffic,
violatio_ns , accidents involving the said driver , and use
of intoxicating beverages . This information shallbe.
provided to the City from time to time upon request .
SECTION 24-5 . PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER .
Any person upon conviction of a violation of any term of
this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of
the first degree and punishable as_ defined by
misdemeanor in the first degree in Florida Statutes .
Further , upon such conviction , the City Council shall
revoke the license issued to such person thus convicted
and no other permit or license shall be issued to such
violater . "
This ordinance shall become law upon its third
reading and when signed by the Mayor . . .
The above and foregoing Ordinance was read and
passed on its first reading in open and regular meeting
on this 13th day of November , 1984,
Zephyrhills , Florida.
PRESIDENT OF C Y COUNCIL
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"4'' N. The above and foregoing Ordinance was read and.
-= A -- __ - 'passe'd _on its second reading in open and regular meeting
O '.. VA 's this 26th day of November A. D . , 1984,
ZephyrLi.,lls , Florida .
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el -I ; :-. -=Th -above and foregoing Ordinance was read and
• Og,{olaysq4:on its_ third and final reading in open and
regularlm.eeting on this 10th day of December , A. D . ,
1984, Zephyrh,ills , Florida.
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Clerk Circui Court as ,4 County
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