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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2834 41i 51 I 61 71 811 I 911 loll I, 1111 1211 I' 13!1 I' I a!r 'i II 1511 Ii 16ii i: Ii 171i 1811 i: , 19 L I' i 20 i 211 I' 22', I I 23 i I I 241 251 I 2611 27 'I 281 I 29 i 30 31 32 1 1 2 ORDINANCE NO. :l ?.g'7/ / AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1987 ENTITLED IN PART "AN ORDINANCE REGUlATING THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS, AMBUlANCES, TOWING VEHICLES . . ."; AND EXEMPTING FROM THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ANY AMBULANCE WHICH IS TRANSPORTING A PATIENT DIRECTLY FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL TO A POINT OUTSIDE THE CITY. THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS 2 3 SECTION ONE: Ordinance No. 1987 Section Two is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION TWO: PERMIT REQUIRED. No person shall drive, operate or cause to be operated, nor shall any person employ, per- mit or allow another to drive, operate or cause to be operated, any taxi, charter vehicle, sightseeing vehicle, ambulance, or towing vehicle over any street of this City regardless of whether such operation extends beyond the boundary limits of the City, nor shall any person advertise for, solicit, induce, persuade, invite, or . procure such transportation of passengers, or sick or injured per- sons or towing of vehicles without a permit first having been obtained from the Bureau, subject to the exceptions set forth in the following subsections. (a) A vehicle or ambulance which is lawfully transporting a passenger or a patient or towing a vehicle from a point outside the City to a destination within the City, or en route to a desti- nation outside the City, is excepted, provided that no such vehicle shall solicit or accept a passenger or patient or tow a vehicle from within the City, for transportation to any destination what- soever without such permit. (b) Any private ambulance accepting and transporting a patient within the City when such private ambulance has been re- quested or summoned by any police, fire, or civil defense authority or has been informed by the person requesting such transportation that no permittee hereunder is willing or able to render such transportation and the Police Department of the City has been . 1 2 3 notified that such transportation will be made, is excepted; provided that the Bureau may revoke the permit of any permittee refusing such transportation unless the following conditions exist~ :1 i. The permittee has notified the Bureau in writing of the time and date of each such refusal and the reasons therefor 6 on or before the tenth day of the following month; and ii. The Bureau finds that the permittee refusing 7 8 service was not able by reason of unavailability of equipment and 9 personnel to render such service. In making this finding, the 10 Bureau may require the permittee to furnish any further informa- 11 tion reasonably necessary for such determination. 12 (c) A vehicle being operated pursuant to franchise issued 13 I by the authority of the State Public Utilities Commission or I 14! Interstate Commerce Commission is excepted. I , 15 (d) A vehicle being operated for the purpose of transporting 16 bona fide pupils attending an institution of learning between 17 their homes and such institution is excepted. 18 (e) A vehicle being operated under what is commonly re- " 1911 ferred to as a "share-the-ride" plan or arrangement, as where a I 20 person en route from his place of residence to his place of busi- 21 ness, or vice versa, transports another person living and working 22 in the same general vicinity upon payment of a sum estimated to 23 cover the actual or approximate cost of operation of the vehicle 24 is excepted. 25 26 271 28 29 (f) A vehicle rented or leased for self-operation by a person using such vehicle under a plan commonly known as "U-Drive" unless it is used by such person to transport other persons for compensation, is excepted. (g) Any ambulance maintained, owned or operated by any 30 firm, corporation, co-partnership or individual engaged in any 31 business other than the ambulance business in this City, which 32 said ambulance is maintained, owned or operated exclusively or . -2- 9: I 10! , 1 2 primarily for the use and benefit of officers. servants or employ- ees of such firm. corporation. co-partnership or individual is excepted. 3 41 I III I 61 7i I I 81 1 (h) A towing vehicle being operated in response to calls other than police calls is excepted. (i) Any private ambulance which is lawfully transporting a patient from the San Bernardino County General Hospital directly and non-stop to a point outside the City is excepted. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Council of the City of San Bernar- 11 i d~?l' a 12 i I'-::. / day 0 I 131 wit: i , 14! AYES: : 15: 1 the following vote. to 161 NOES: 171 ABSENT: , I 18i I 191 , 201 211 221 : 231 24 25 26 27 281 2911 il 30 31 32 I ! 1 of The foregoing ordinance is ,014~ ,1967. I I. i I i I I , I I I ! , . Approved as to form: ~~~E C'1:ty orney FILED . AU6 81867 ~T. F.EIa'ON, City Clerk .~.d~