Ordinance 149-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

. Upon approval of an application as hereinabove provided for a cabulance driver's permit the City Clerk shall issue a permit to the applicant which permit shall bear the name, address, age, signature and photograph of the applicant, such permit shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year. A permit for every calendar year thereafter shall be issued upon the payment of $5. 00 and may be issued within 30 days of the expiration of the calendar year. Such renewal, however, shall not be granted unless the permit for the preceding year has not been revoked. Section 13: Every driver licensed under this ordinance shall post his driver's permit in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operating a cabulance. Section 14: Each cabulance shall be equipped and maintained at all times by the operator thereof for safe and lawful operation as a cabulance and in accordance with the laws of the City of Everett and the State of Washington and shall be furnished with such equipment as the Chief of Police shall deem necessary for such safe operation. Any cabulance may be inspected at any reasonable time by the Chief of Police or his representative. The Chief of Police shall, on application, and may periodically inspect each cabulance as to safety and cleanliness. The Chief of Police will insure compliance with the City and State law in regard to the following equipment of each cabulance: (A) Shock Absorbers (B) Tires (blowout proof, puncture proof, if available, adequate tread for non-skid operation throughout the inspection period) (C) Exits (each vehicle shall have at least two exits from the compartments where the person is carried). (D) For pits or cracks (E) Wheelchair retaining locks (F) Security of all auxiliary equipment (G) Safety belts Section 15: Each vehicle licensed shall have the word "cabulance" painted in letters at least 3" high on both sides of the vehicle directly under the true or assumed name listed thereon. Each vehicle license shall have the company vehicle numbers painted on all four sides of the vehicle not less than 4" high. The words cab, taxicab, bus, or similar words that might tend to deceive the public may not be used on any vehicle licensed under this ordinance. No vehicle covered by the terms of this ordinance shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia is designed to imitate any color scheme or identifying design of any other operator in such a manner as to be misleading or deceiving to the public. Section 16: It shall be unlawful for anyone driving or engaging in the business of operating any cabulance to charge, demand, collect or receive any greater fare than the following: As a pick-up fee for the first handicapped person in the cabulance -4-