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B IT ORDAINED by the City Cbinioil of the City of
S Cef Z. Per the vpqrposeicle otherhof ithDx street railway
bus is defined to to 4r3eh
oars operated along a route u r routesr upon
the Et eetei�of
the City of Miami for the p p as otter
G11a llieciiLi6ii1g ag pasengosu�herte t
eelVea for transportati�n��nguc�or routes or be..
d in
tweeb points thereon; or aesirnil.arctoathtt afforded by
Offer t means o transp rttiot�
a stref t railway.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to use,
operate or run,
or cause o•-' permit at' of his agents, ser-
vants, or employes to use, operate or run
jitney
bhe in,
the streets
along, through, over or upon any of t of
hesaity
of 2 iami, or to carry on a business of transporting Sen
gore for hire in any jitney bus or busses in said City
with-
out first having obttliuea a license so to do as in this
Ordinance provided; and no license shall shall issued be
except as provided herein. P
made and filed in writing with th cittoCleropofathe cinitylie
of Miami for each jitney bus proposed
City of Miami, which application shall contain thefollowing
statements, to -writ:
e residence and business address. if the appli-
N�8' ag
cant is a natural person; if a corporation, its name, date of
incorporation, place of business, ana the names raaddresses
dre sse s
or a company,
of the officers thereof; if a par necr, hip and the nem he
of 'tts
business name of the partnership or
company, the business
partners or persons comprising the name, type and
address of each partner of the company, the
make of motor ear proposed
used as state
horns power thereof, the capacity thereof, accord-
ing number thereof, the seating capis
ing to its trade rating, and whether such a jitneheb s route to
be operated by the applicant or by a chauffeur;proposed t o be operated
r
termini between which such jitney bus is p p
a schedule showing the time of de-
parture fare to be charged; � to which it is proposed
pparture from the termini according
to be used as a
to operate; if the motorvehicle
for use as such. either by con -
jitney bus has been seep trunk into a passenger c a.rx'ing
con-
verting a freight carrying
vehicle, or by reconstructing, modifying or adding to the
body or seating capacity thereof, a statement of its carrying
capacity, capacity in pounds or tons, its rate sating
capacity as adapted, and the method and material teed in
such adaptation. The City C1erl shall thereupon prompounctly refer
said the
cation for such license to the�'
Council shall,in relax snion or Qnsidex thepappli.cati+oapanduy�
celled for that purpose, o
if the said City Council deems it ahvie sablec, aton d y
osamine the person. who has signed
other person or persona in regards o tho naked gan tine of fiuch
l ,tense t sod mev grant the some
in
all oases the s she lo, route, fare an
tii propoed
in Oita,epplioati0f; or if ouch application,
discretion of the City Council, dove of conform hidoimpillapc ealth needy
0t a public �� a ro�,uixlr�est• Bess a license �c
pogo aati y. citizetapt
maysob applicant. l Void City Council 0a11 determine t0 have
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d 'llamas laded to the said applicant for the vehio:e m+�n-
timed in the application, it shall make its order directing
the Oity Oletkuta,iseue huoh license, and shall specify in
such order the ieduIe, route and termini of the jitney bus
to operate whidh the 'license is to issueb Upon the receipt
of such order, and upon payment of the herein rewired license
fee, the Oity Clerk shaal issue a certificate of license to
the applicant to operate or oaute or permit the operation of
the jitney bus therein described along the route and began
the termini aoaording to the schedule and tare therein. All
such licensee shallprovide that the jitney bus ehall be
operated over the route named therein, and from such time in
the matting to such time at night se may be pre scr ibe d by the
said3i'fy.Council.
The schedule, fare, route or termini, as fixed bar the
license issued as aforesaid, may be changed by said Oity
Council upon 10 dare` notice in writing to the holder of such
license permitting him to be heard thereon, or may change
the same at the request of the holder of such license when-
ever, in its good disoretion, the City Council shall deem it
neoeesary for the needs of the public or requirements of
health, peace and safety of the citizens.
SECTION 3. Any person desiring to secure a license as a
driver of a jitney bus shall make application in writing to
the City Clerk therefor. Such application
set dence and forth the
ou,
name of the applicant, his color, age,
and by whom employed during the preceding six months, and shall
be endorsed by at least two responsible citizens of the City
who shall certify that the applicant is a man of good habits,
honest, sober and industrious and a fit person to drive a jitney
bus. Said application shall also include a statement showing
the length of time the applicant has been an operator of motor
vehicles.
The said application shall promptly be referred by the
City Clerk to the Citspecial
Cou�imeetingsdulyCcelled forCouncil
thstapur-
regular meeting or a pe
pose may examine into the qualifications and fitness of the
applicant. When the said City Council shall
besatisfied with cause
the qualifications and fitness of any applicant,
the application to be endorsed and pre sent ed to the City Clerk
for the issuance of a license as a jitney bus 0driver,
anid
utthe
City Clerk thereupon, upon the payment of 01.0
license to u applican�otsuch B icense to be satisfied with theequelifi a -.ally
If the City "I' shall e.*
tione of the applicant, they may reftse to endorse his applica-
tion,
(0) For a jitney bu
I, not more than
(b) For a jitney bus of more than 74•'.
114. 00180. op* 06 74.#
(o) or a jitney bus of more the r
1H.T. cudd ,e ee than
1,P. 00
lir
SECTION 4. The annual license tax for the operation and
running of a jitney bus over the route or
route inassi & e d in into
the streets of the City of Mimi shall beP
the Oity Treasury in the cams according to the eobedule following:
8 ON
and leas than
0$
or a jitney bus of more than HOPS01011
47s r.r
e) ler any type of jitney bus se sting 10 peeeenge rs
or more, $60.00.
6eotian 6, very jitney bus shall, have painted upon
ch easide thereof in letters at least 1-1/2 inches in
height and not less than a half inch in wl tth J sn that the
she be readily legible to the piiblio,I the word; "6U6"
mod. 00it the nams of the person, firm or corporation owning
the sax or operating the same, the fare ford the termini
of. the route over. which it rune,
'ItOTION 6, No Jitney but shall be operated when it is
dusk or dark, unless there shall be sufficient, light provided
to illuminate the inside, and to be so illuminated on the
outside that the termini shall be r eudtly legible to the
public; and all provisions for the lighting of motor 'vehicles
Ciquir�:c1 Miami
e shallte likewise be reW or q Municipal toonbe.ce of the
comp complied with
City of Y�i
by all jitney busses.
SECTION 7. Every person operating any such jitney bus
Shall abide by each and all of the ordinances, rules and
regulations of the City of Miami now in force, or thtAt nay
hereafter be put into force, calculated to regulate said
jitney bits business or pertaining to the traffic rules of
said 0ity.
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(a)
SECTION 8. Itshall
brovidedfin the to rulni.cenecor pisete3�for
jitney bus otherwisep
the operation of such jitney bus.
(b) To solicit
osbynghesot ��se of aact hornttbell�n to hisaleiorey
bus. or by calling,
other noises.
(6) To run or operate a jitney bus while any person is
standing or sitting on the running board, the fender, hood
or door, or while any person is riding in a plane on the
outside thereof.
(I) Ito drive or operate, or osuse to be driven or
operated any ' jitney bus upon any street of th City of Liiaini,
except by the person togwhome�vingea drivere has es lin censeed or
as
as
such jitney Wia, by person
herein provided.
(a) To re -construct, alter, modify, add to, or other-
wise change the body or nesting arrangements of any jitney
bus, after license has been issued for the same, without
applying for and obtaining the oonaent of the City Council
do to do.
(f) To drive or operate a jitney bus unle es t Iu came
shall be equipped with a suitable horn or siatt].ar warning
device, with a standard speedometer, and with such other
equipment required fox automobil,ee under tits laws of the
State of Florida; and e' e&ry such jitney bus shall, w74e u l.eavr
iz g either torninue, bo equipped with at *least one extra
serviceable tire.
4 To aooapt more pa seenge re than the rated pri
oongorm
seating oapaolty of the vehicle, so Wit each pee go r g all
be provided with oJ, fall coat.
O ION g. It shall be unlawful for any person by
himself, agent or empla ices, to drive Or Operate, 02 Cadets
to be driven or operated any jitney bus, if the driver or
operator is lees thAt.lg years of age.
S0TION 10. No person operating; any jitney bus shall
oollect fares, make change or take on or d.iechar. ge passengers
while such vehicle is in motion, and he shall not have a
lighted oigarette, Cigar or pipe in his possession or nee
tobacco in any form while any passenger i.e 1,eing garriol
therei ,* .nor drink any intolioating beverage, nor use
morphine, oocaine, opium, or other haartful drug, or be under
the ' influenoe ' thereof while engaged. in operating such
vehicle.
SECTION 11. It shall be unlawful for any operator of
a jitney bus to refuse to carry, free of charge, when there
is room in such
hbubus,
either
ra policeman or fireman of the
City of iiiarn
SECTION 12. Every operator of a jitney bus shall
immediately report fully in writing to the Chief ott police ,
the time, place, and cause of any fatal accident, or any
injure* to a passenger or other person, and of any accident
resulting in laAage to property in which he or any motor -
vehicle or operator raider his control is involved.
SECTION 13. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
jitney_mbus to .fail, $egleot$$n�e s�hereofto turn to theery policeicle
bu y any passenger
ae
station in this Ci within 24 hours after the finding of each
article.
SECTION 14. It shall be unlawful for the owner, driver
or other person in charge or control of the jitney bus to
Charge or receive an;,t sadi tiondi amount for the transportation
of any hand baggage in charge of a passenger..
SECTION lb. It shall be unlawful for any person operating
a jitney bus to permit or Cause tht, came to croHs r1,11road
track at any intersects s retract avit':iiA the corporate limits
of the City of Miami over which trains or locomotives are
operated without bringing such jitney bus to a full stop be-
fore Crossing said railroad traok; provided that on all points
*where traffic officers are stationed the person orei'ating .,
'or driving tnteh jitneir Vas , hall ecella j with. the directions
of suoh officers; and provided further that>./all.track crossing8'
where flagman are stationed or railway gates are in operation
the person driving or operating such jitney bus shall be
Bove reed by the di re of i one , o f such flagmen or by the open or
shut position of the gates.
SECTION lb. Any person operating any jitney but; here-
under a all regularly operate the swne over the route and
between the termini and a000rd ing to the schedule stated
in the l.ioense issued for the operation of wkoh ,jitney bus.
and ehoula he noose, fail or neg Lot or refuse so to,operate
said jitney bus for a period of five days, as herein provided,
the City Qounai.l may revoke hie licence reftt;r«ia, ; '_i.ra the
unearned portion of hie license fee; rovidea that in case
it shall bs neeesoart to take paid jitney bus off the routes
specified ill the lioei ae fox repels@, ,another jitn+ y bus vmy
be ae
obstitute in p ace the;eot for a yeriodk, pf not more than
ten day,
40l'IO 174p in order to ineure the safety of the pub'lte
no lioenase shall be issued or become operative until the
licenses shell havetided with the City Clerk a bons approved
by the Digs'Gou oil., and the City Clerk, conditioned to pay any
ode
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final liudg#tht againet the principal tamed therein for
inSury to person or propwetrum4 damage for dealing the death
Of My f)14sOri yTO68011 of ttity heel 1erio0 Or, 1)11110f-A act on
the part of the principal tiati%a In dad bond hie or ite agehts,
employes Ot &rivts IA the we, operation or sohetraction of
ahy etch vehicle*
Said bond shall have as sureties either two Or ftiOre
private individuals who in their Oin right, in property loos
tutted in the County of Dade awl State of Ploride. Over et&
above all e2omptions, ate eaoh. -oath the fAll ononILt of the
bat& to be signed by theM as siireties, said sureties to fur..
ash a tall and, oomplete abstract of title thereto, it raw
'tired do to do by the City Council or City Clerk, or said
Oretr:to be,a reliable an& respOnsible oototate oitrety
etOmvenY authorize& to &o bustaosei the %tato Of Plorida.
Or in lieu of each a bond, the maid lioensoo file us
aOreSaid a polie,,t of liability insurance insAting sal&
liosnees of said jitney bus against loss by reaeon 0! intury
or d amage that may result to any person or property from the
use, operation or construction of said jitney bus.
Bach boa or policy ehall inute:
(a) To the benefit of anj passenger or passengers in
such 1.tney Vas Ifho may reoelIe f4tca Inh-flas, and to the
widow or hasbnd of each pc:r8on as ease LIay 1)e, or in
the event of theta being no husband or widow of such person,
to the heirs of any passenger or passengers who may suffev
death by reason of the negligence or misconduct on the part
of the driver or owner of such jitney bus', 014
(b) 1110ro the benefit of any person who may rszeive
bodily injuries on any public highway find within the City of
Miami, end to the widow or husband of such person or persons,
and $A case there is nv widor or LuEband of any such person
or persona, to the heirs of any sadh person or persons who
may suffer death by reason of thc nee-Seer:me or mtvccndact
on theayt of the driver, operator or owner of such jitney
bus
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(o) CIO the benefit of person or persons who mey
sustain damage by reaeon of any injury to his or their per-
sonal property by reason of the negligence or misconduct of
the driver or owner of sAch jitney bus.
Said bond or policy shall contain a provieion that
theret a continuing liability thereunder of not .eEs than
the full amount thereof as herein poided, notwithstanding any
recovery ther0011; _......andifat any tttlx1 the :udgment of the
City Counoil IMPOOMININIONisaid bond or policy is not suffi-
cient for any-Bause the City Council or City Clerk may
require the .party to whom a licenee is ieeued, ae herein pro-
vided, to replace !said bond or polioy with another bond or
policy satisfactory to the said City Council or City Clerk;
end in default thereof said lioense ehall be revoked. Such
bond or policy obeli provide that ouit Muy be brought thereon
in any court of competent juriediction by any parson or
rcreone, or oorroratIOU ering any loaa or damage as
herein provided*
WO The amount of such bond shall be in a ouzo of
5,000*-00, and a separate and distinct bond in said amount
ahall be filed to cover each and every vehicle operated by
any licaftee hereunder*
/MOTION 2.0* If at any time during the life of any
license teemed hereunder on um of this ordinance the
holder thereof allowe the bond or policy of ineurance gens,
tioned in the preoeding section, t* tepee 41r WOO= UllefiCatiVO,
4141,
or to tere fn Who or in dart, 0r if sny surety tineratiu
th8rminatblie
oa,tt thefanaadia to reepona tomectime the lieente of euch8holderito
operate a jitney tug ar buee®e shall ipeo facto become null
and void.
SCION 10. The s 1u enta Or ruor nny andit at orttingby
the ityeS bue may ear that the owner or np6r.
the City Council it she, orpemploya a careleae Or reek-
ntor of buck jitney bue`fa,
lace dritier or opexator, or fathe provigi0nieeof thhifeOrdi
or
operator- shall violate any
nanoe, or wilvtule, regulation cr provision now i force, or
tit into force, covering the traffic
'theft, hereafter be p i,,,eengere for hire or
regulations or tenor upo of oar? the strsete of the City
,jitney busees olr an uotherrc de� deemed by said City_Council
of Miami, orrc - fe arty
in the exercise of their reasonable discreti�ne to be sufpicisnt.
SECTION an shell
person who shall viola y rovision
ee
of
0Oh00 �oribynimprieonmentp nitheaoity�jail notfine t xceaaing
900d , should any
parson
days, arson shall
person be:twice convicted the license of such p
thereupon be cancelled-.
SEC'LION 21. All orainances or parts of ordinances
insofar as the same may be in conflict herewith ar 'hereby
repealed.
SECTION 22. All licenr;oe from the City of Miami-, now
in force, in favor of any person, firm or corporation, for
such business: asis by this Ordinance reilated, shall cease
to be in force from and after 6 days from the
da eiof s the
pas-.
sage and publication of this Ordinance.of
license holder may have the unearned parr rt he uicenee fee,
of the lioenee now in force, refunded,
same applied upon the fee of a new lieenee under this Ordi-
nance, provided a new license shall be issued to him here-
under.
=Tin 2.3. The City Council
in peril, hat andthe thatealts
and ina ce7cia pthe Citycitzenspublication
Ordinance is paep°4 f°r thou on iteipassagetecitieene and shell
go into effect immediately p and approval by the ldayor.
APPIOV1dD this., day of Jaaauary
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