Ordinance 1339 ORDINANCE NO. 1339
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 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 35.26 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 35 .26. Drivers not to solicit patronage
for hotels, motels, apartment
houses, etc.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab
or other passenger vehicle for hire while engaged in
such occupation within the city, to solicit the patronage
of any passenger in the vehicle driven by him for any
hotel, motel, inn, apartment house, night club, or
restaurant. "
SECTION 2: That Section 35.27 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 35. 27. Drivers not to divert prospective
guests of hotels, motels, apartment
houses, inns, etc.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab
or other passenger vehicle for hire while engaged in
such occupation within the city, to divert or attempt
to divert a prospective guest of any hotel, motel,
inn, apartment house, night club, or restaurant, to
any other hotel, motel, inn, apartment house, night
club or restaurant. "
SECTION 3: That Section 35 .28 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 35 .28. Owners, etc., of hotels, etc. , not to
pay, etc., drivers to solicit or
divert guests.
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 pay or offer to pay within
the city, to the driver of any taxicab or other
passenger vehicle for hire any reward or compensation
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for soliciting
while engaged in such occupation as taxicab driver or
driver of any other passenger vehicle for hire,
passengers or prospective passengers of his taxicab
or other passenger vehicle for hire to become guests
of the hotel, motel, inn, apartment house, night club,
or restaurant of such owner, manager, lessee or
operator thereof.
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
"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 pay or offer to pay
within the city, to the driver of any taxicab or
other passenger vehicle for hire any reward or
compensation, directly or indirectly, for the diversion
of any prospective guest from any other hotel, motel,
inn, apartment house, hight club, or restaurant
theretofore designated by such guest as the choice of
such guest to any hotel, motel, inn, apartment house,
night club or restaurant owned, managed, leased or
operated by the principal, master or employer of the
party paying or offering to pay such reward or compensation. "
SECTION 4: That Section 35.29 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 35.29. Drivers not to receive, etc. , pay to
solicit or divert guests.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any taxicab
or other passenger vehicle for hire to receive or
agree to receive within the city, from 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 any reward or
compensation, directly or indirectly, for:
(a) Soliciting guests while engaged in such
occupation as taxicab driver or driver of any
other passenger vehicle for hire, within the city,
for any hotel, motel, inn, apartment house, night
club, or restaurant, or
(b) Diverting guests, prospective guests or
passengers in such vehicles to any hotel, motel,
inn, apartment house, night club or restaurant from
any other hotel, motel, inn, apartment house, night
club or restaurant theretofore designated by any
guest, prospective guest or passenger in such vehicle
as his choice. "
SECTION 5: That Section 35 .30 of "The Code of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 35 .30 . Records of convictions of violations
of sections 35 .26 to 35.29 of this Code.
Upon conviction of the driver of any taxicab or
other passenger vehicle for hire or the owner, manager,
lessee or operator of any hotel, motel, inn, apartment
house, night club or restaurant of a violation of
sections 35.26 to 35 .29 of this Code, the clerk of the
municipal court of the city shall promptly, transmit a
certified copy of the record of such conviction to the
city council or official having authority to revoke the
license of such convicted person. "
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
SECTION 6: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of March 1959.
,
Mayor
Attest:
//41/2 - Ci y Clerk
1st reading - February 18, 1959
2nd reading - February 18, 1959
3rd reading - March 14, 1959
POSTED - March 14, 1959
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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. 1339
entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 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 March, 1959,
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 April, 1959.
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