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Ordinance 200 A Vit, ORDINANCE NO. Zoo AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THP,' FUR- NISHING OF A BOND OR LIABILITY I1'SUR- ANCE POLICY BY THE 071NERS OR OP ERA- TORS OF,..FOR HIR AU I.01��1OBILES OR JIT- N"'Y BUS333 OPERATED UPON THE 3TRET`fS OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA , PROVIDING THE A1iffOUNT OF 'SUCH SECURITY OR IN- SURANCE; I1+1POSIN G A LICENSE OR OCCU- PATION4L TAX UPON P'4,R1 SONS T GAG,+ IN THE OPERATIOl? OF­FOr' H1:]",', AUTOMOBILES OR JITN'`Y BUSSES , AND PROVIDING A PEN- ALTY FOR THrVIOLATION OF THIS ORDIN- ANCE. aTHERF1AS , there are being operated upon the streets of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, a large number of jitney busses and automobiles for hire , carrying passengers from point to point within said City; from -within said City to points with- out said City; and from points withoutsaid City to points with- in said City, and v4H3REAS the City Council deems it necessary in the interests of the public safety and welfare that the owners or operators of such automobiles or jitney busses for hire operated upon the streets of the City of llia.mi Beach,. Florida, be required to furnish bond or liability insurance payable to the City of Miami Beach, Florida, for the benefit of any l erson who may be injured or damaged in his person or property by reason of the careless , ne;ligent or reckless operation of such automobiles or jitney busses for hire upon the streets of said City , and WHEREAS the said City Council believes and has de- termined that a bond or liability insurance in the stun of Five Thousand Dollars for each automobile or jitney bus operated for hire upon the streets of the City of Miami Beach, Florida , would be a reasonable bond or liability insurance to require of the owner or operator of such automobile or jitney bus which is now or may hereafter be operated upon such streets for the carriage of passengers , regardless of the place from or to which or the -1- route over which such passengers are carried , the said bond or policy of liability insurance to be issued to the City of Miami Beach, Florida , for the benefit of any person who may be injured or damaged in his person or property as aforesaid, conditioned to pay any damages which may be adjudged in a Court of competent jurisdiction upon final judgment against the owner or operator of such automobile or jitney bus because of injury or damage to the person or property of finother caused by the careless , reclr,- less or negligent operation of such automobile or jitney bus up- on the streets of said City, provided that the liability of the w principal and sureties or insurer upon any such bond or liabil- ity insurance shall be limited to the sum of Five Thousand Dol- p jars for injury or damage sustained by a person to his person i orproperty in any one accident. o N04�1, TH 'R{,FOR , B?, IT ORDAIN` BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI B3ACH , FLORIDA: Section 1. That before any person shall have the right to operate for hire any automobile or jitney bus for the carriage of passengers upon the streets of the City of Miami Beach, Florida , regardless of the point from or to which and the route over which such passengers are carried, the owner or oper- e " ator of such automobile or jitney bus shall file with the City ,Clary of the City of Miami Beach, Florida , a bond in the penal sum or conditioned to pay the sum of Five Thousand Dollars , or a liability insura,ncr i:olicy conditioned and/ or agreeing to pay the sum of Five Thousand Dollars , which bond or liability insur- ance policy shall be written in behalf of the City of 111iami Beach, Florida, for the use and benefit of any person who may be injured or damaged in his person or property , and shall be conditioned to pay the amount of any injury or damages which may be finally adjudged by a Court of competent jurisdiction against the o,,rner or operator of such automobile or jitney bus and in fj i` favor of any -person who may be injured or damaged in his person or property because of the careless, reckless or negligent oper- ation of such automobile or jitney bus upon said streets, whether such automobile or jitney bus be operated by the owner or his agent or employee , ,provided, however, that the liability of the principal and sureties or insurer upon any such bond or liability insurance policy shall be limited to the ours of Five Thousand Dollars for injuries sustained in any one accident, and provided further that if more than one such automobile or jitney bus is so owned or operated by the same person, the amount of bond or liabil- ity insurance policy shall be Five Thousand Dollars for each such automobile or jitney bus so operate6 , but one such bond or liabil- ity insurance policy shall be sufficient, if the penal sum shall be as much as $5,000, for each such automobile or jitney bus, and pro- vided further that in lieu of sureties on the bond aforesaid, such owner or operator may execute a bond without sureties and deposit therewith cash in the penal sum of such bond, and provided further that both said bond and said liability insurance policy shall be in a form skhsfactory to and approved by the City Council of said City, and the sureties or the insurance company, as the case may be, shall like- wise be approved by said City Council. Sett ion 2. That before any person shall have the right to operate for hire any automobile or jitney bus upon the streets of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, regardless of whether such automo- bile or jitney bus be operated from within said city to some point outside said City or from some outside point to a point within said City, that he or she shall pay to said Cita the sum of Ten Dollars for each such automobile or jitney bus so operated as an occupational license tax, which is hereby levied and imposed upon every person engaged in the operatioll of one or more automobiles or jitney busses for hire, which shall be payable on the first day of November of each year as a license or occupational tax -nor that period from November -3- 'i i AS*—: I 1St of � t� � til t yep r instil QCtober ;:)IST, 0I _L eT ITQ.LQVViV:�� ���,.; , z-ivided, however, that if a person obtaining such license is unable to comply with Section 1 of this ordinaa_ace then such license tax shall be re- funded, Section 3. That the terms 'automobile" or "jitney bus" , for the purposes of this ordinance, shall mean any motor vehicles other than street railway cars operated for hire and receiving and or discharging passengers upon or in the streets of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, .regardless of the point at which and or to which such passengers are carried. Section 4. That all automobiles and or jitney buses within the meaning of this ordinahte, shall at all times while re- ceiving or offering to receive passengers and while operating, dis- play on some part of the windshield of such automobile or jitney bus so as to be plainly visible to persons from the outside, a card or placard shoeing in figures or letters not less than one and one-half inches in height, the fare or cha7e made to passengers for transpor- tation from point to point to or from which transportation is made. Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty of the violation of any section of this ordinance shall be fined not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars or be imprisoned in the Uity Jail not exceeding ninety days, and each day that any such person, firm or cor-ooration shall violate this ordinance shall be construed to be a separate and distinct offense against this ordinance. Section 6. This ordinance shall become and beeffective immediately upon its passage , and shall repeal all ordinances in con- flict herewith, but shall not repeal any part of any occ _pational license ordinance heretofore enacted unless expressly in conflict herewith. First reading, December, 19, 1923. Second reading, December 19, 1923. Third reading Janaary 2, 1924. Posted, January 7-4 1924. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day oI January A. D. , 1924 Presi ent Uity Council ATTEST: APPROVED January 1924 City Clerk ayor 1 `II 1 r-+ CO h C) Oco 0+ O FCD O &H ►� e Pi �C+ CD t::t:� W O O PID .�, O C. 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