Ordinance - 1678ORDINANCE NO. 1678
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO AUTOMOBILES FOR HIRE.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain
as follows:
• SECTION 1. Section 25-20 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 25-24 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 25-38 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 25-39 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed,
SECTION 5. Section 25-40 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 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 license collector, the applicant shall
deliver to the city license collector 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 policy shall have attached a rider or
bear an endorsement providing that the policy cannot be
amended, modified; cancelled or allowed to expire in any way
or for any reason without thirty (30) days prior written notice
to the city by registered mail, return receipt requested.
The amount of such insurance shall be set by resolution of the
city council based upon the advice of the city's insurance risk
manager."
SECTION 6. Section 25-41 (d) of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. Section 25-44 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 25-44 Same -Inactive service.
The failure to use any duly licensed automobile for hire
upon the streets of the city for a period of thirty (30)
consecutive days shall causc,.sUchlicense to be automatically
cancel.l e.d;; annul.l ed 'and iset as i.de .,",' „,,
SECTION 8. Section 25-50 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 25-50 Cancellation of driver's permit.
The failure of any driver, to whom a driver's permit has
been issued under this division, to operate an automobile
for hire or to be available for a period of thirty (30)
consecutive days shall cause such permit to be'automatical.ly
cancelled, annulled and set aside."
SECTION 9. Section 25-51 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 25-51 Appe31 to the City Council.
Any applicant or permit holder aggrieved by any action of the
license collector and/or chief of police to deny, or
refuse to renew a permit may appeal to the city council by
filing with the city clerk a statement addressed to the city
• council setting forth the facts and circumstances regarding
the action of the license collector and/or chief of police.
Such appeal shall be filed within ten (10) days after the
disputed action of the license collector and/or chief of police,
and the city council shall hear the appeal at its next regular
meeting held at least five (5) days after the appeal'is filed.
The filing of such an appeal with the city council shall not
stay the action of the license collector and/or chief of
police. At the time of the appeal hearing, the city council
shall hear all relevant evidence and shall determine the merits
of the appeal, and it shall render a decision thereon within
three (3) business days thereafter and shall state with speci-
ficity the reasons therefor. The action of .the city council
shall be final."
SECTION 10. The Mayor shall sign and the
certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance
same to be published in the manner required by law.
PASSED and APPROVED this 28th day of
Attest:
CI ry CL
State of California
County of Los Angeles SS
City of West Covina )
City Clerk shall
and shall cause the
May , 1985.
MAYOR
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1.678 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 13th day of May , 1985. That thereafter, said
ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 28th day of May , 1985, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Bacon, Manners, Chappell, Tennant
NOES: None
ABSENT: Shearer
ABSTAIN: None
ITY CLERK
• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
U.-O, - q - CITY A TOR E )
CERTIFICATION
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
Ordnance No. was published, pursuant to law, in the San
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Gabriel Valley- Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the -City of West Covina.
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Ja eft Berry, Deputy C' �y lerk
Ci y of West Coalifornia
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