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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 56-30 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
BY REQUIRING A PERMANENT INSTALLATION OF A
BULLET -RESISTANT PLATE OR PARTITION ISOLATING
THE DRIVER FROM THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER AREA
IN ALL TAXICABS WHICH OPERATE UNDER A CERTIFI-
CATE ISSUED BY THE CITY; FURTHER SPECIFYING
THE DETAILS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
PARTITION OR PLATE; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, taxicabs are particularly vulnerable to robberies
and thereby subject taxicab drivers to great personal and physical
danger; and
WHEREAS, it is physically impossible to provide complete
continuous police protection to cab drivers; and
WHEREAS, cab driver associations have declared their belief
that:a bullet -resistant partition separating the passenger area
from the driver area of their taxicabs would provide significant
protection for the personal safety of the taxicab driver;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: /
Section 1. Section 56-30 of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, is hereby amended in the following particu-
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"Sec. 56-30. Requirements for vehicle1_ITEM
A.
B. * * * *
C.(1) Each taxicab which is operated under a
certificate issued by the city shall have the following
equipment:
(i) Except as provided in subsection (ii) of
paragraph C. (1) hereof, a plate or partition of clear
91ass or clear .plastib shall be permanently mounted
inside the vehicle behind the entire front seat thereof,
extending downward from the interior of the vehicle roof
to a point not less than 4 inches above the
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proposed. Remaining provisions are now in effect F
unchanged. Asterisks indicate 9mitted and unchangE
CITY COMMISSION
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