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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