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Ordinance 695 ORDINANCE NO. 695 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 335 OF TIS'. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; FIXING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SERVICES OF TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING FOR THN INSTALLATION OF METERS UPON TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR TUE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND DEFINING TAXICABS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE." BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto, at the end thereof, the following: "No additional charge shall be made for the transportation of luggage or baggage and the rates set forth shall apply re- gardless of the number of passengers carried. " SECTION 2. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto, at the end thereof, the following: "Provided, however, that when any taxicab is, with the permission of the City Manager, operating without an accurate usable meter, as in this ordinance hereinafter provided, the rates set by this ordinance shall not be displayed upon the exterior of the taxi- cab but the words "flat rate" shall be con- spicuously displayed upon the exterior of the taxicab. " SECTION 3. That Section 5 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 5. No operator of any taxicab shall, after accepting employment from or on behalf of any person or persons, accept employment from or on behalf of any other person or persons without the consent of the first person or persons, unless and until the first employment , in point of time, shall have been terminated, and in no event shall any taxicab carry more than five (5) persons in addition to the opera- tor thereof. " SECTION 4. That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended, by adding thereto, at the end thereof, ad- ditional sub-paragraphs (f) and (g) to read as follows : "(f) No taxicab shall be operated on the streets of the City of Miami Beach for the private use of its owner or operator. (g) Lvery owner of a taxicab shall, on the first day of each and every month, file with the City bianager a list containing the names and addresses of all drivers, operators and employees employed by said owner." SECTION 5. That Section 7 of Ordinance No. 535 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby a- mended so as to read as follows : "SECTION 7. Except as hereinafter provided in this Section, no taxicab shall be allowed to operate on the streets of the City of Miami Beach without a meter, which said meter shall conform to the type of meter usually maintained on taxi- cabs and shall be maintained and used for the purpose of correctly measuring and computing the distance travelled by such taxicab while employed and shall be operated by mechanical means, the power of which is derived by cable from the trans- mission of such taxicab or by star gear attached to the front wheels of such taxicab, and before such taxicab may be operated on the streets and thoroughfares of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, said taxicab and such meter or meters shall be inspected by the Police Department of the City of Miami Beach and shall thereafter be subject to inspection at any time by said Police Department. Whenever a meter shall have been repaired, it shall be again inspected before being placed in operation. After any meter shall have been inspected, as herein provided, and before being put in operation, the meter shall be sealed by the Police Department . Provided, however, that if the City Manager finds that the meters required hereby to be maintained on taxicabs cannot be kept in repair or that es- sential parts thereof cannot be secured, he may permit taxicabs not having usable meters in good repair to operate without such meters and in such event such unusable meters shall be removed from the taxicabs ; provided further, when any taxicab is, with the permission of the City Manager, opera- ting without an accurate usable meter, then the taxicab driver or operator shall, upon the entering of such taxicab by any person, before setting said taxicab in motion, inquire of said person his destination and inform him of the fare from the point of entrance of said passenger into the said taxicab to the point of his destination. The City Manager shall prepare and cause mimeographed copies to be furnished each driver or taxicab operator applying therefor, of maximum charges to be made in accordance with this Section, for the carriage of pas- sengers between various principal points within the City of Miami Beach and from various prin- cipal points in the City of Miami Beach to principal points outside of said City, and the information so prepared and furnished by the City Manager shall be printed upon a card to be approved by the City manager and such card shall at all times be kept posted in every taxicab operating in said City of Miami Beach, in the passenger compartment and in a position directly in front of the passenger' s seat, and the same shall not be permitted to be covered up or concealed in any manner but shall at all times be readily and easily visible to passengers, in order that persons entering any taxicab operated in the City of Miami Beach may readily consult the card carrying such inf ormt ion and may easily estimate the pro- bable amount properly chargeable to them. " SECTION 6. That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "SECTION 8. For the purpose of this Ordinance, a taxicab shall be defined as a vehicle conveying passengers for hire at a rate to be determined upon the basis of the distance involved in such transportation, and for which vehicle the opera- tor and/or owner thereof provides a person to direct, drive and operate such vehicle. Provided, however, that this definition shall not include vehicles conveying passengers for hire upon a particular schedule and over particular desig- nated streets of the City of Miami Beach. " SECTION 7. That Section 9 of Ordinance No. 335 of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, be andthe same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SECTION 9. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not ex- ceeding Two Hundred Dollars (4200.00) , or by imprisonment for not more than Thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Municipal Judge of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and upon such conviction the City Manager may revoke or temporarily suspend, for such period as. said City Manager may fix, any permit there- tofore issued by the said City Manager for the operation of the taxicab involved in said violation. " SECTION 8. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith are hereby r epealed. SECTION 9. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and posting as required by law. PASSED and ADOPTED this 20thday of October , A.D. 1943. • "kw 1,411100- 41IP //' legatIMAIMMOALAwOr QTING ATTEST: City Clerk let Reading - October 6, 1943 2nd Reading - October 6, 1943 3rd Reading - October 20, 1943 Posted October 21, 1943 STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF DADE ) I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that• Ordinance No. 695 entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 335 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED: "AN ORDIN— ANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REGULATING THE OPERATION OF TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; FIXING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SERVICES OF TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; PrROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF METERS UPON TAXICABS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND DEFINING TAXICABS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE, " 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 21st day of October, A. D. , 1943, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days in accord— ance 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 29th day of November, A. D. , 1943. City Clerk 0 H • r_ N. 0 «, «-; • SI) 0 -4 kJ'