Ordinance - 1544ORDINANCE NO. 1544
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 25.., ARTICLE
II, DIVISIONS 1 AND 2 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO VEHICLES FOR HIRE.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 25-17 (b) of the West Covina Municipal Code
relating to taxicab substitution; application is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 25-17. TAXICAB SUBSTITUTION; APPLICATION.
(b) Before granting such approval, the applicant shall fully comply
with the provisions of this article relating to the description and
condition of an automobile in the first instance. Upon granting such
application, the city treasurer shall endorse a memorandum of such
substitution upon the original owner's permit, and also upon the
license issued to the automobile, the use of which has been discon-
tinued. For each substitution such permit holder shall pay to the
city treasurer a fee to be established by resolution of the City
Council.
SECTION 2. Section 25-26 of the West Covina Municipal Code relating
to license to be attached to automobile is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 25-26. LICENSE TO BE ATTACHED TO OPERATING AUTOMOBILE.
Each permit issued by the city council pursuant to division 2 of this
article shall entitle the holder thereof to obtain a business license
as required by chapter 14 of this code from the city treasurer upon
the payment of the prescribed license fee, to operate the automobile
or automobiles for hire set forth and described in the permit. Such
license shall be in the form adopted and approved by the council, and
• shall be securely attached to the dash of the automobile for hire
licensed at all times when such vehicle is in use.
SECTION 3. Section 25-40 of the West Covina Municipal Code, Certifi-
cate of insurance prerequisite to issuance of owner's permit is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section 25-40. CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE PREREQUISITE TO ISSUANCE OF
OWNER'S PERMIT.
Before an owner's permit required by this division shall be issued by
the city treasurer, the applicant to whom such permit shall have been
awarded by the city council as aforesaid shall deliver to the city
treasurer a policy or certificate of insurance, executed by a company
duly authorized under the laws of the state to do an insurance business,
by the provisions of which policy the company promises and undertakes
to pay in full all claims for damages to persons or property resulting
from the operation of the automobiles referred to in said application.
The amount of such insurance shall be set by resolution of the West
Covina City Council based upon the advice of the City's insurance risk
manager. If any such insurance has been canceled or has expired, and
has not been reinstated nor replaced with other insurance within ten
(10) days after the expiration or cancellation thereof, then the permit
which has been issued for the operation of such automobile or automobiles
for hire covered by such insurance shall be automatically canceled,
annulled and set aside.
SECTION 4. Section'25-45 of the West Covina Municipal Code, Applica-
tion for driver's permit is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 25-45. APPLICATION FOR DRIVER'S PERMIT.
Any person may apply to the city for a driver's permit to drive an
automobile for hire, upon the streets of the city, by filing with
the chief of police, upon forms to be supplied by the city, an applica-
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tion for a driver's permit setting forth the name and address of the
applicant, and such other information as may be required or deemed
necessary or desirable by the city council to enable the council to
ascertain whether the applicant fulfills the requirements herein set
forth.
SECTION 5. Section 25-47 of the West Covina Municipal Code relating
to denial or issuance of driver's permit is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 25-47. DENIAL OR ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S PERMIT.
The city council may refuse to issue any taxicab driver's permit if,
in the exercise of reasonable discretion, it shall determine that
such applicant is not qualified to be the driver of an automobile
for hire or that public convenience and necessity do not require the
granting of such permit. Otherwise the council shall direct the chief
of police to issue a driver's permit to such applicant upon the payment
of a permit fee to be established by resolution of the city council.
PASSED and APPROVED this 26th day of April, 1982.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1544 was regularly introduced
and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 12th day of April, .1982. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted
and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 26th day of April,
1982, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Bacon, Tennant, Shearer, Chappell, Tice
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT: Councilmen: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmen: None
City C erk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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St ate of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify
that a true , and accurate copy of .Ordinance No. �Sl�_
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated.in the City of West Covina.
��. Janet Be uty y erk
City of st Covina', Calif rnia
Dated