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ORDINANCE NO. 872
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TAXICABS.
The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6348 of the Azusa Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 6348. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO CHANGE.
In the event that any certificate holder desires to
change his schedule of rates and charges or the color scheme,
name, monogram or insignia used on such taxicab, or to increase
or decrease the number of vehicles used by him as taxicabs,
he shall make application for permission to do so from the
City Council, which permission shall be granted if, in the
discretion of the City Council, it deems the public interest,
necessity and convenience will be subserved by the change,
and if the certificate holder has complied with all provisions
of this Part. In case of the substitution of any vehicle for
a vehicle, the certificate holder shall prior to or immediately
upon such substitution notify the City Clerk thereof in writing
giving the required description of both the former and the
new vehicles. "
SECTION 2. Subsection (h) of Section 6351 of the Azusa
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(h) No person shall drive a taxicab, in the City,
without first having obtained an appropriate California
driver's license, also a City taxicab driver's permit,
issued in writing by the Chief of Police of the City as
herein provided. "
SECTION 3. Subsection (k) of Section 6351 of the Azusa
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(k) The driver of a taxicab shall be reasonably available
to render service while said taxicab is parked at any stand
designated by the City Council except while assisting passengers
to load or unload or while answering his telephone. "
SECTION 4. Section 6353 of the Azusa Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 6353. DRIVER's PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
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 therefor to the Chief
of Police accompanied by a fee of Ten Dollars. No permit shall
be issued to any person under the age of eighteen 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 has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude,
or to any person who within a period of two 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 provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of
the State, or to any person who is for any reason whatsoever
unable or incompetent to safely handle such automobile. Each
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such applicant shall demonstrate his skill and ability to safely
handle his vehicle in driving it through the crowded sections
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 does not hold a valid driver's license
issued by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State, or who is
not sufficiently acquainted with the laws or ordinances regulating
the operation of motor vehicles. Any falsification on the appli-
cation for said permit will be grounds for the refusal of said
permit. "
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by
law.
Passed and approved this 21st day of February , 1966.
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF AZUSA
I, JAMES MILLER, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 872 was regularly introduced
and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 7th day of February , 1966. That, thereafter,
said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 21st day of February , 1966, by the
following vote, to wit :
AYES: Councilmen: Rubio, Cooney, Solem, McLees, Memmesheimer
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
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I do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be
published prior to the expiratioof fifteen days from the passage thereof
in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 3rd day
of March , 1966, and that the same was published in accordance
with law.
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Published Azusa Herald and Pomoyplc, March 3, 1966
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