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ORDINANCE NO. cltJ 73
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1987 WHICH REGULATES
THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS AND CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINES BY ADDING
THERETO Tm REGULATION OF AMBULANCES AND TOW TRUCKS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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(a) DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of' this ordinance the
10 f'ollowing terms shall be deemed and construed to have the meanings
,11 'respectively ascribed to them in this section" unless f'rom the
,12 particular context it clearly appears that some' other meaning is
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1. "City" shall mean the City of' San Bernardino, California,
2. "Bureau" shall mean the Bureau of Franchises of' the City
16 of' San Bernardino.
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3. "Carrier" shall mean and include every person, f'irm,
18 co~poration, partnership, joint v.enture or. other f'orm of' business
19 organization engaged in operating, or causing to be operated, any
20 vehicle required by the provisions of this Ordinance of' the City
21 of' San Bernardino, as amended, to be covered by a permit.
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4. "Taxicab" shall mean and include, every vehicle used for
23 the transportation of' passengers over the streets of the City of'
24 San Bernardino, but not over def'ined routes, for' compensation,
25 the charge to patrons being determined and indicated by the mech-
26 anical calculation of' a taximeter as def'ined herein.
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5. "Chauffeured Limousine" shall mean and include every
28 vehicle the seating capacity of which shall have been specified
29 by the manufacturer thereof' to be seven (7) persons, or less,
30 not equipped with a taximeter, and used for the transportation of'
31 passengers for compensation over the streets of the City, but not
32 over defined routes, w hen the point of origin shall be within the
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"Charter Vehicle" shall mean and include every vehicle
3 other than taxicabs, chauffeured limousines and sight-seeing ve-
4 hicles used for the transportation of passengers for compensation
5 over the streets of the City,. not over defined routes. to a des-
6 tination and/or over a route, or routes, designated by the hirer
7 thereof when the point of origin shall be within this City.
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7. "Sightseeing Vehicle" shall mean and include every- ve-
9 hicle other than taxicabs, chauffeured limousines and charter ve-
10 hicles used for the transportation of passengers for compensation
11 over the streets of the City, whether or not over defined routes,
12 for sight-seeing purposes or showing points of interest when the
13 route shall be designated by the carrier and when the point of
14 origin shall be within this City.
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8. "Compensation" as used in this ordinance shall mean
16 and include any money, thing of value, payment, consideration, re-
17 ward" tip, donation, gratuity or profit paid to, accepted, or re-
18 ceived by the driver of any vehicle in exchange for transportation
19 of a person or persons or for services rendered, whether paid upon
20 solicitation, demand or contract, or voluntarily, or intended as
21 a gratuity or donation.
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9. "Motor Vehicle" or "Vehicle" shall mean every motor
23 propelled vehicle used for towing or the transportation of persons,
24 goodS, wares or merchandise over the public streets.
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10. "Taximeter" shall mean a mechanical instrument or de-
26 vice by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically cal-
27 culated, either for distance traveled, or for waiting time, or
28 both, and upon which such charge is plainly registered 1:l.y means ,of
29 figures, indicating dollars and cents.
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11. "Taxistand" shall mean a place on a publio street des-
31 ignated by the Bureau for the use, while awaiting employment, of
32 a vehicle covered by this ordinance.
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12. "Driver" shall mean and include every person driving,
operating, or in charge of any vehicle as defined by this ordinance
13. "Driver's Permit" shall mean the permit issued by the
Chief of Police to any person operating or driving any vehicle as
defined by this ordinance.
14. "Temporary Driver's Permit" shall mean a permit issued
by the Chief of Police to any person to temporarily operate or
drive any vehicle as defined by this ordinance.
15. "Person" shall mean and include persons, firms, cor-
porations, associations, syndicates, joint ventures, joint stock
companies, partnerships, and any other form of business organiza-
tion.
16. "Street" shall mean and include every public street,
road, alley, place, way, or highway in the City of San Bernardino.
17. "Ambulance" shall mean any motor vehicle used to trans-
port, move or convey a sick, injured or dead person, but does not
include a funeral coach.
18. "Towing Vehicle" shall mean any vehicle equipped or
adapted for towing service or otherwise removing di'sabled motor
vehicles from one place to another.
19. Words used in this ordinance in the prellent tense in-
clude the future; words used in the masculine gender include the
feminine and neuter; and the singular number includes the plural,
and the plural, the singular.
(b) EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTIONS. The definitions set forth
in Section One, sub-section (a), shall not be deemed to include
towing carriers engaged in towing services other than those tow-
ing services furnished in response to police calls.
SECTION TWO: That Section Two of Ordinance No. 1987 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION TWO: PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall drive, op-
erate or cause to be operated, nor shall any person employ, permit
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1 or allow another to drive. operate or cause t.o be operated. any
2 vehicle oveil any street of this City for the purpose of ,t ransport-
3 ing a passenger for compensation, or as an ambulance or towing
4 vehicle for compensation, regardless of whether such operation ex-
5! tends beyond the boundary limits of the City, nor shall any person
6' solicit. induce, persuade, invite, or procure such transportation
7 of passengers, or sick or injured persons or towing of vehicles
8 for compensation or accept compensation therefor, without a permit
9 first having been obtained from the Bureau except:
(a) A vehicle which is lawfully transporting a passenger or
11 sick, injured or dead person, or towing a vehicle f~m a point
12 outside the City to a destination within this City, or en route
13 to a destination outside this City; provided that no such vehicle
14 shall solicit, or accept a passenger. sick. injured or dead person
15 or towing of a vehicle from within this City for transportation to
16, any destination whatsoever without such permit.
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(b) A vehicle being operated pursuant to a franchise is-
18 sued by the City of San Bernardino, or pursuant to the authority
19 of the State Public utilities Commission or Interstate Commerce
20! Commission.
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(c) A vehicle being operated for the purpose of transport-
22' ing bona fide pupils attending an institution of learning between
23 ' their homes and such institution.
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(d) A vehicle being operated under what is commonly re-
25 : ferred to as a II share -the -ride II plan, or arrangement, as where a
26 i person en route from his place of residence to his place of busi-
27 ness, or vice versa, transports another person living and working
28 in the swne general vicinity upon payment of a sum estimated to
29, cover the actual or approximate cost of operation of the vehicle.
30' (e) Vehicles rented or leased for self-operation by a per-
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son using such vehicle under a plan commonly known as "U-Drive,"
but not when transporting other persons for compensation.
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(f) Any ambulance or ambulances maintained, owned oroper-
2 ated by any firm, corporation, co-partnership or individual en-
3 gaged in any business other than the ambulance business in this
4 . City, which said ambulance or ambulances shall be maintained, own-
5 ' ed or operated exclusively or primarily for the use and benefit of
6 members, officers, agents, servants or employees of such firm,
7 corporation, co-partnership or individual.
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(g) A towing vehicle being operated in response to calls
9 other than police calls.
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SECTION THREE: That Section Four of Ordinance No. 1987 is
11 hereby amended to read as follows:
12 SECTION FOUR:
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(a) HEARING BEFORE THE BUREAU PRIOR TO GRANTING PERMIT -
14 . INCREASE IN SERVICE. No permit shall be granted to any carrier,
15 : as defined herein, except after a hearing thereon, conducted under
16 and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may, from time
17 to time, be prescribed therefor by the Bureau, and until the Bureau
18 ! shall have determined that the public convenience and necessity re-
19 quire the operation proposed by the applicant for such permit. The
20 Bureau, in determining whether or not such facts exist, shall take
21 · into consideration the public demand for such service, the adequacy
22 or inadequacy of service being rendered by other carriers, the effec
23 ,of such service upon traffic, the financial responsibility of the
24 applicant, the amount of wages to be paid to employees, the char-
25 'acter of equipment proposed to be furnished, and any and all other
26 !facts which the Bureau may deem relevant. Before granting any such
27 !permit, the Bureau shall require its engineer to present, either
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28 orally, or in writing, a report, together with his opinion as to the
29 . existence of public convenience and necessity for the operation
30 proposed by the applicant. However, the burden of establishing the
31 existence of public convenience and necessity shall always be borne
32 by the applicant, and no permit shall be issued unless there has
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1 been an affirmative showing of the existence of such public conven-
2 ience and necessity by such applicant. The foregoing provisions
3 and requirements shall also apply where an increase in service is
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5 (b) ISSUANCE OF PERMIT - TAXI AND AMBULANCE VEHICIE S ONLY.
6 If the Bureau finds that further service in the nature of that pro-
7 posed in the City of San Bernardino is required by the public con-
8 venience and necessity, then each holder of a certificate to op-
9 erate taxi and/or ambulance vehicles in said class shall be noti-
10 fied as to the total increase in the number of such vehicles for
11 which the convenience and necessity is found. Each such holder
12 shall then have the right to increase the number of such vehicles
13 in the same proportions that the total increaae bears to the number
14 of such vehicles theretofore operated by said holder. In the event
15 any holder entitled to increase the number of such vehicles as pro-
16 vided hereunder shall fail and neglect or refuses to do so, then
17 the increase to which such holder would have been entitled shall
18 be distributed among all other holders in accordance with the for-
19 mula herein set forth. Should the existing holders or certificates
20 to operate vehicles in the class proposed to be increased fail to
21 ~ncrease their service as herein provided within sixty (60) days
22 from notice of entitlement of said increase, then the applicant sha 1
23 be entitled to a license as hereinafter provided upon the condition
24 that said applicant meets all requirements of this ordinance and
25 is fit, willing and able to perform such public transportation as
26 has been proposed, and the Bureau shall issue a certificate stat-
27 ing the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles
28 authorized under such certificate and the cdate of issuance. Other-
29 wise, the application shall be denied.
30 In making the above findings the Bureau shall take into con-
31 sideration the number of vehicles of the same or related class a1-
32 ready in operation, whether existing transportation of the sane or
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1 related category is adequate to meet the public need, and probable
2 effect of increased service on local traffic conditions and the
:; character, experience, responsibility and ability of the applicant
4 to carry out the requirements of this ordinance.
5 In making the above findings the Bureau shall be governed
6 by the following:
7 1. One (1) taxicab shall be permitted for each 2,000 res-
8 idents of the City of San Bernardino, or major portion thereof.
9 2. One (1) ambulance shall be permitted for each 20,000
10 residents of the City of San Bernardino, or major portion thereof.
11 3. The number of residents of the City of San Bernardino
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(c) TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES. No certificate of public
15 Convenience and necessity shall be sold, transferred, assigned~
16 mortgaged or otherwise conveyed without the consent of the Bureau
17 and the sale, assignment, mortgaging or otherwise conveying any
18 such certificate without the consent and approval of said Bureau
19 first had shall revoke said Certificate.
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SECTION FOUR: That Section Eight of Ordinance No. 1987
21 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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SECTION EIGHT: DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES. There shall be
displayed upon each vehicle operated pursuant to the terms of this
ordinance, a numbered license plate, for the current year, tobe
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issued by the City upon payment of the required license fee.
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plates shall be of a material and of a form and design prescribed
by the Bureau from time to time. Each such plate shall be secure-
28 1y attached on the rear of each vehicle except tow cars, which
29 i shall be placed on the hood, where it shall be plainly visible.
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In the event of loss or destruction of any such plate, a
31 renewal plate may be secured by pa~rment to the City Clerk of a
32 . fee of $2.00 for each such plate, but no such J:1enewal plate shall i
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1 be issued except upon application to the Bureau, and establishing
2 by clear and satisfactory proof that the plate being replaced has
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4 SECTION FIVE: That Section Nine of Ordinance 1987 is here-
5 by amended to read as follows:
6 SECTION NINE: INSURANCE.
7 (a) TOWING AND/OR AMBULANCE CARRIEW>.. No towing and/or
8 ambulance carrier shall operate. or Rermit to be operated, any ve-
9 hicle, under the provisions of this ordinance, unless and until
10 such vehicle is covered by public liability insurance of not less
11 than $50,000.00 for the injury or death of one person, and $100,000 0
12 for the injury or death of two or more persons in anyone accident,
13 and property damage insurance of not less than $10,000..00 for any
14 one accident, and the policy of such insurance, or a certificate
15 thereof, in an insurance company approved by the Bureau, has been
16 filed with the Bureau. Such policy or certificate shall set forth
17 with particularity the make, number, and other identifying data
18 of each vehicle covered by such policy, together with the expir-
19 ing date of such policy, and other required information.
20 (b) TAXICABS.. No taxi carrier shall operate, or permit to
21 be operated. any vehicle, under the provisions of this ordinance,
22 unless and until such vehicle is covered by public liability in-
23 surance of not less than $10,000.00 for the injury or death of
24 one person, and $20~000.00 forthe injury or death of two or more
25 persons in anyone accident, and property damage insuranc'e, of
26 not less than $5,000.00 for anyone accident, and the policy of
27 such insurance, or a certificate thereof, in an insurance company
28 approved by the Bureau, has been filed with the Bureau. Such
29 policy or certificate shall set forth with particularity the make,
30 number and other identifying data of each vehicle covered by such
31 policy, together with the expiring date of such policy, and other
32 required information.
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SECTION SIX: That Section Ten of Ordinance 1987 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION TEN: NUMBERING OF VEHICLES.
Each vehicle operated
4 pursuant to the terms of this ordinance shall be numbered to cor-
5 respond with the number appearing on the City license plate at-
6 tached to each vehicle. Such number shall be painted upon the
7 body of the vehicle in numerals not less than four (4) inches nor
8 more than six (6) inches in height in a position, or positions,
9 approved by the Bureau.
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SECTION SEVEN: That Section Eleven of Ordinance 1987 is
11 hereby amended to read as follows:
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SECTION ELEVEN: ADVERTISING. No advertising or advertis-
13 ing device shall be placed on or in any vehicle operated hereunder
14 without the approval of the Bureau.
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SECTION EIGHT: That Section Sixteen of Ordinance 1987 is
16 hereby amended to read as follows:
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SECTION SIXTEEN: RATES - ESTABLISHED. No rate or fare
18 shall be placed in effect, charged, demanded, ,or collected by any
19 carrier for the transportation of p~ssengers by vehicles, or by
20 any ambulance carrier or by any towing carrier for its services
21 as covered by this ordinance until the Bureau, after a hearing upon
22 its own motion, or upon application, or complaint, shall have found
23 and determined said rate to be just, reasonable and non-discrimin-
24 atory. nor in any way, in violation of any provisions herein con-
25 tained or any provision of law; nor until said rate or fare shall
26 have been established and authorized by the Bureau with the approvaL
27 of the Mayor and Common Council. In establishing and authorizing
28 such rates or fares the Bureau shall take into account, and give
29 due and reasonable consideration to the cost of all comparamQe
30 transportation services performed by all persons, firms or corpor-
31 ations engaged in such transportation s8Dvices for compensation in
32 the City of San Bernardino, whether by virtue of any franchise
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1 granted by the City Councilor otherwise, including . length of' haul,
2 any additional transportation service perf'ormed, or to be perf'orm-
:3 ed.. or of any accessorial service, and the value of the f'acilities '
4 reasonably necessary to perf'orm such transportatiLon service.
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SECTION NINE: That Section Seventeen of Ordinance 1987 is
6 hereby amended to read as f'ollows:
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SECTION SEVENTEEN: CHANGE IN RATES. The Bureau shall have
8 power, upon a hearing upon its own motion, or upon application, or
9: complaint, to investigate a single rate or f'are, or the entire
10i schedule of' f'ares in effect, charged, demanded or collected f'or
11 the transportation services by vehicles covered by this ordinance,
12' and with the approval of the Mayor and Common Council, establish
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SECTION TEN: That Section Nineteen of Ordinance 1987 is
15: hereby amended to read as f'ollows:
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SECTION NINETEEN: RATES TO BE DISPLAYED. Every vehicle
171 used or operated hereunder shall, at all times, have displayed
l8! therein in a location and manner approved by the Bureau, the rates
19 '. to be charged for such service.. and which rates shall always be
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SECTION ELEVEN: That Section Twenty-Two,. Sub-sections (a)
and (h), of Ordinance 1987 is hereby amended to read as f'ollows:
SECTION TWENTY-TWO: DRIVER'S PERMIT - APPLICATION FOR.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate,
or be in charge of' any vehicle except a towing vehicle operated ,
under this ordinance without f'irst having obtained a Driver's
Permit, or Temporary Driver's Permit, issued pursuant to this
ordinance, so to do.
(h) Upon presentation to the Chief' of Police of' said Driv-
er's Permit, properly executed, the Chief' of' Police shall issue to .
the applicant a numbered badge of' distinctive design, bearing the
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1 lance Driver'I, which ever the case may be, thereon. In the event
2 of loss or destruction of any such badge, a renewal badge may be
3 obtained" by a payment of a fee of $2.00 to the City Clerk, and UPOn
4 clear and satisfactory proof being established to the Chief of
5 Police of the loss or destruction of such badge.
6 SECTION TWELVE: That Section Thirty-One of Ordinance 1987
7 is hereby amended to read as follows:
8 SECTION THIRTY-ONE: WAITING TIME.
9 (a) WAITING TIME - TAXICABS. For the purpose of this ordi-
10 nance "waiting timell shall mean the time consumed while the taxi-
11 cab is not in motion at the direction of a passenger, and also the
12 time consumed while waiting for a passenger after having responded
13 to a call; but no charge shall be made for the time consumed by the
14 premature response to a call, or for the first three (3) minutes
15 ' following timely arrival at any location in response to a call or
16 for time lost through traffic interruptions or for delays caused
17 by the inefficiency of the taxicab or its driver.
18 (b) STANDBY TI!{JE - TON TRUCKS. For the purpose of this
19 ordinance IIstandby time" for tow trucks shall begin one hour after
20 receipt of calls f~om the Police Department and shall mean the
21 time consumed after the first hour in necessary preparations in
22 order to tow the disabled vehicle and in cleaning up the immediate
23 surrounding area and no carrier shall charge for standby time un-
24 necessarily.
25 (c) STANDBY TIME - AMBULANCES. standby time for ambu-
26 lances shall begin fifteen minutes atter arrival in response to
27 a call.
28 SECTION THIRTEEN: That section Thirty-Two of Ordinance
29 1987 is hereby amended to read as follows:
30 SECTION THIRTY-TWO: RECEIPT TO BE GIVEN UPON REQUEST. It
31 shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, upon receiving
32 full payment for a fare as indicated by t he taximeter, or for ser-
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1 vices rendered, to refuse to give a receipt upon the request of
2 any person making such payment. When the taximeter is of the
3 so-called "receipt type", a receipt shall always be offered the
4 passenger upon receiving payment without a request therefor being
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SECTION FOURTEEN: Tha1i Section Thirty-Three of Ordinance
7 1987 is hereby amended to read as follows:
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SECTION THIRTY-THREE: TRIP SHEETS - DRIVER'S REPORTS.
9 The driver of every vehicle covered by this ordinance shall keep
10 a complete and accurate record of each trip upon a daily trip
11 sheet, the form of Which shall be approved by the Bureau, showing
12 the time and place of origin and destination of the trip, the
13 number of passengers carried, the make, model" year and serial
14 and license number of all cars towed, the mileage and the amount I
15 ' of fare or charge collected. This record shall be filed daily
16 : by the driver with the company by whom he is employed, or under
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whose' permit he is driving, and such record shall be kept on file
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available for inspection by the Bureau, or any of its representa-
tives, for a period of not less than six (6) months.
SECTION FIFTEEN: That Ordinance No. 1987 is hereby amended
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SECTION FORTY-TWO: For the purpose of this section the
23 starting point for the computation of mileage shall be Third and
24 "Ell streets in the City of San Bernardino.
25 The rates or fares to be charged the public by towing car-
26 riers shall be such as are prescribed in, the carriers permit and
27 shall not be less than the minimum nor more than the maximum rates
28 which are hereby fixed as follows:
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(a) ROLLABLE VEHICLES. The maximum charge for the towing
30 of a non-wrecked rollable car shall be $5.00 for the first mile
31 or fraction thereof and $1.00 for each additional mile or fraction
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1 (b) NON -ROLLABLE VEHIC]1ES. The maximum charge f'or the
2 towing of' a non-rollable vehicle shall be $6.00 for the f'irst mile
3 or f'raotion thereof' and $1.00 f'or each additional mile or f'raction
4 thereof.
5' (c) STORAGE. The maximum rate f'or outside storage shall
6 be 75rj per day or fraction thereof, and the maximum rate f'or in-
7 side storage shall be $1.00 per day or f'ract'ion thereof'.
8 The maximum rate f'or outside storage by the month shall be
9 $22.50. The maximum rate f'or inside storage by the month shall
10 be $30.00.
11 (d) STANDBY TIME. The maximum cn.arge f'or standby time
12 shall be $7.50 per hour.
13 SECTION FORTY-THREE: The rates to be charged the public
14 by ambulance carriers shall be suoh as are prescribed in the car-
15 riers permit and shall not be more than rates as f'ollows:
16 (a) Response to a routine non-emergency call and f'irst
17 . mile or f'raction thereof' f'rom point of' origin, $10.00; non-routine
18 emergency call~ $2.50 additional.
19 (b) Each additional mile or f'raction thereof', $1.00.
20 (c) Waiting time or standby time at the request of' the
21 person, or f'or the benef'it of' the person injured, dead or sick,
22 hiring the ambulance, for each f'if'teen minute period or f'raction
23 thereof'~ $2.50.
24 (d) Response to a call where ambulance is not used, $10.00.
25 (e) For each additional patient, 50% over charge f'or one
26 patient.
27 (f') Carrier shall be permitted in its discretion to f'ix
28 the rates f'or special services.
29 SECTION FORTY-FOUR: Every ambulance carrier shall:
30 1. Use ambulances equipped with one rear door and two side
31 doors suf'ficiently large f'or the placing or removing of' patients.
32 2. Equip all ambulances with two stretchers, oxygen and
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3. Render no free service under any conditions.
SECTION FORTY-FIVE: The Bureau shall have the power to
4 promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary for the serv-
5 ice and safety of the operation of the motor vehicles mentioned
6 in Section One.
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SECTION FORTY-SIX: Every towing carrier shall:
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1. Have minimum storage space for 62 cars" with a mini-
mum of 12 inside spaces; outside storage lots must be adequately
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2. Have an attendant on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
12 at place of business when carrier is at top of rotation list.
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3. Have no more than two telephone numbers listed with the
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4. Store impounded vehicles in a safe and protected space
16 where the vehicles ~~d their contents will not be accessible to
17 thieves nor be damaged by activity in the carrier establishment
18 or from the elements or by vandals. No vehicles shall be left
19 parked or stored on the public streets at any time. In no event
20 shall the City be liable for any theft, vandalism or damage occur-
21 ring to any such vehicle or its contents; and the carrier, by ac-
22 cepting the license, shall be considered as agreeing to hold the
23 City harmless from any such claims.
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5. Not use a short wave police radio to answer police calls
6. Post a tag on the windshield of all cars ordered im-
26 pounded by the Police Department.
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7. Collect all towing or hauling and storage charges on
28 each vehicle from the owner. In no event shall the City be liable
29 for any such charge, and the carrier by accepting a license shall
30 be considered as so agreeing.
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8. Whenever a vehicle has been involved inan accident or
32 a traffic violation, and the owner or someone delegated by him
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1 is present and is capable of removing the vehicle from t he street
2 with reasonable dispatch, and t he vehicle is not needed for crim-
3 inal evidence, permit the owner or his delegate to remove the ve-
4 hicle or call a towing company of his own choice to remove the
5 same; provided, however, that if the street cannot be cleared for
6 safe public use with reasonable dispatch by the above method, and
7 in all situations other than above set forth, a towing carrier
8 from the top of the rotation list will be called by the Police
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9. Furnish each owner with a fully itemized billing.
10. Immediately after each towing operation, make a tow-
12 ing slip with the contents of each vehicle placed in his care
13 itemized thereon as verified by the officer ordering the same,
14 and deliver said slip to the Police Department on request.
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11. Release no vehicle in its possession without first
16 : having obtained a release from the Police Department to do so.
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12. Agree to a rotation system to be set up by the Bureau
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13. Comply with all rules, regulations and laws of
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SECTION FORTY-SEVEN: The Bureau shall establish a rotation
24 system for the monthly selection of t owing carriers and all mem-
25 bers of the police Department shall comply with said system.
26 Every towing carrier shall comply with and qualify under
27 all the requirements set forth in Section Forty-Six as a condition
28 precedent to being eligible to be placed on the rotation list.
29 In establishing the rotation system above mentioned the
30 Bureau shall establish a list placing thereon all qualified car-
31 riers; whenever a new carrier qualifies, its name shall be placed
32 at the bottom of the list. The carrier whose name is placed at
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1 the top of the list shall be called exclusively by the Police De-
2 partment for one month and at the expiration of one month said
3 carrier's name shall be placed at the bottom of said list and the
4 carrier next on said list shall then be called for the following
5 month. Thereafter monthly the towing carrier at the top of the
6 list shall be called exclusively for that month. If the towing
7 carrier at the top of the list has no towing vehicles available
8 at the time of the call, then the towing carrier next on the list
9 shall be called.
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SECTION FORTY-EIGHT: DRIVERS AN"D ATTENDANTS OF AMBULANCES.
11 '! No ambulance carrier shall operate or maintain any vehicle with
12! a crew of less than two persons, one of whom shall be qualified
131 driver holding an unexpired permit issued under thll provisions
14 of this ordinance, and at least one member of each of said crews
15, shall have had special experience or instructions in proper methods
16 in moving and handling the sick and injured and first-aid treat-
17' ment as shall meet the rules and regulations of the Health Officer
18 of this City, and shall have obtained a certificate from the Health
19 Officer that he is sufficiently proficient. These shall not take
20' effect for 60 days after employment.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
nardino at aI7P~M meeting thereof held on the ,7d
day o~~ .' 1955, b~ the following vote, to wit:
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NOES: ~ ABSENT~~;;t4;/
I hereby approve the foregoin
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Approved as to form:
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