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Ordinance 1194 ORDINANCE NO. 1194. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35.39.1 OF "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 1950" . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION 1 : That Section 35 .39 .1 of "The Code of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" 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 locations 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 any person from selecting any taxicab he may desire on the stand whether it be at the head of the line or not, 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 . "Provided, however, that nothing set forth herein shall be deemed to prohibit any driver of any taxicab in such stand, regardless of its position therein, from responding to a call from any hotel or apartment house to transport a bona fide guest of such hotel or apartment house who holds or possesses a ticket, token, or other evidence of prepaid transportation, authorized by the provisions of Section 35.32 of this Code . "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 parking 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. -1- OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA "No taxicab owner nor any taxicab driver nor employee of either, shall offer or give any money or anything of value to the owner, lessee, or employee therof of any building adjacent to a taxi stand for the purpose of obtaining patronage ahead of taxicabs standing in such adjacent taxicab stands . "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 taxi stand. "Any person violating any of the terms of 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 all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 3: This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon its passage and posting as required by law . PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of January , 1956 . I f , q Act ng M or Attest : I. ,AL 5e sst„Adt i y er / 1st reading - December 21, 1955 2nd reading - December 21, 1955 3rd reading - January 4, 1956 Posted - January 14, 1956 -2- OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF DADE: I, R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1194 , entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 35.39.1 OF 'THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 19501 ", 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 4th day of January, 1956 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 15th day of February, A.D. 1956 L J -7` - Ci cy perk w � 'J1 • CD 0 \. H NCD Z 0 I ct 0 H 1-3 ct tzj Q • O W C� O 9 n o • t-I w Q. ca' CD H H En I \o ct - • cn • o ¢ Q Cl) .