Ordinance 1504 ORDINANCE NO. 1504
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF "THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
1950", AS AMENDED.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 141ANI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Section 35.39.1 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950", as amended, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The Chief of Police, with the approval of
the City Manager, shall designate certain loca-
tions on public streets or other public places
in the City of Miami Beach as taxi stands in
a number sufficient to allow at least one
parking place for each taxicab licensed to
operate within the City of Miami Beach. The
Chief of Police shall designate the number
of vehicles which shall be allowed to stand
in each taxi stand so designated and shall
mark by appropriate signs the location of
each taxi stand so designated and the number
of vehicles allowed to be parked therein.
Only taxicabs in such numbers as are set
forth on the taxi stand signs may remain at
the stand while waiting for employment, and
only in single file pointed in accordance
with the traffic regulations. No taxicab
standing at the head of any such line shall
refuse to carry any orderly person applying
for a taxicab who agrees to pay the proper
fare, but this shall not prevent a passen-
ger from boarding the taxicab of his choice
that is parked at a taxi stand, and as the
taxicabs leave the line with passengers,
those behind shall move up, and any taxicab
seeking a space on the stand shall approach
same only from the rear of the stand and
shall stop as near as possible to the last
cab already in the line. No taxicab stand-
ing in the line except the taxicab standing
at the head thereof shall leave the taxi
stand for the purpose of answering any call
except as hereinbefore permitted.
The driver of a taxicab shall not attempt
to avoid taking his place in a taxi stand by
any subterfuge whatsoever, including but not
restricted to turning into the curb ahead of
such taxi stand, or by turning into or park-
ing in the driveway of any building adjacent
to such taxi stand. Turning into the curb
ahead of such taxi stand, or turning into
or parking in the driveway of any building
adjacent to such taxi stand shall be prima
facie evidence of a violation of this section.
For the purpose of this section a
building adjacent to a taxi stand shall
be considered as any building within
a radius of two hundred feet of such
taxi stand with the main entrance of
such building being visible to such
to-xi stand.
Any person violating any of the terms
or this section shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished as provided in
Section 1 .8 of "The Code of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, 1950 . "
SECTION 2: That Chapter 35 of "The Code of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, 1S.150", as amended, be and the
same is hereby emended by adding a new Section thereto
immediately following Section 35 . 28, and to be numbered and
to read as follows:
"SECTION 35 .28.1
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person
to pay or offer to pay any owner, manager,
lessee or operator of any hotel, motel, inn,
apartment house, night club, or restaurant,
or any of their agents, servants or employees
any reward or compensation, directly or in-
directly, for the diversion of any prospective
taxicab passenger from any taxicab owner or
taxicab driver.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the owner,
manager, lessee or operator of any hotel,
motel, inn, apartment house, night club, or
restaurant, or any of their agents, servants
or employees to receive or agree to receive
within the City from any taxicab owner or
taxicab driver any reward or compensation,
directly or indirectly, for the diversion
of abiy prospective passenger from any other
taxicab owner or taxicab driver. "
SECTION 3 : All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of January 1964.
r
ATTEST:
City lerk
lst reading - May 15, 1963
2nd reading - May 15, 1963
3rd reading - January 15, 1964
POSTED - January 15, 1964 _2_
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I , R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 1504 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF "THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 195010 AS
P ENDED' "
having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in
three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach, one
of which was at the door of the City Hall in said City on
the 15th day of January A,D. 19 64 , and that said
Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty
days in accordance with the requirements of the City
Charter of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, on this the 19th day of February, 19 64.
City Cle
it
v
U
C ro
N C
C b
O W ro +
� oo
Il N
NW
O U O N
a 'Z
z 19
H VV. FmU
H
a z N
z a
O QH ra m b
G CV
O WUro
w m