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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-00205�i7,i�JiJ}p•K� r„t sr },M U.: :eiwwrf .xTa4'Fis'✓"•ei•'es` n,,•0 URDI7�ANQs. 1i0.' tos. r v 1,0 vi Alt 4RDI3iAYi4I ' R1 G1JLATING JITHEY- BCSSE9.111 Ti3b'1:' 0I.Tr qv 0�'�" k ow 1LWtX . AX1D ?IMMO A . P iALTY POR TIiFS VIODATIQit ":ERIDAS, there are bo.tng operated upon the streets of the 0ity of Miami e`., large number of jitney buesea; and ' a. i S+tH1CBt949, the Qorwnieeion deems it noo©esary .in the . intoreet of the publio, seta- / ty and Welfare that the owners of suoh motor vehicles be4equired to obtain a u permit;. DDOW. THEREFORE, BS IT ORDAINED BY . THS OOiussion OP THS OITY OP I; 1 Scotian 1. Por the purpose of this ordinance a jitney bus is defined' to ba, any vehiole other then street railway oars operated alcng•a route or routes upon . the etreete of the City of Miami, or between points in the City of Miermi and points beyond said City, or between points in the City of Miami, end other .rraranioipa]. oor- poretione, for the purpose of -receiving and carrying aed dieeharging aaa_aeleengere suoh persona as offer. themselvoe for' transportation at the torminii of ouoh.route, or routes. or between points thereon. section 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or oanioo to :` be operated any jitney bus over or upon 'rasp .of the streets of'the City of Miarai until and unleao'tho owner of ouch vehiole eholihavo reooived a 'permit and given` %security or indemnity aao required.by Ordinance No. fib, passed and adopted January 24th, 1922. . . Seotion 3. That any person owning a motor vehiole and desiring. to .operate or oauae the same to be operated as a jitney bus, as heroin defined, ehell file with the City naager or the City of Miami, an applioation in writing for a permit 2� to operate such vehiole as a jitney bus. The said application shell show the Home and address of the`awnor o2 suoh vehiole, the model, horsepower, serial number' and name of the manufaoturer of ouch vehiole, the state license number thereof, and the seating oapooity ithereof aa000rd.ing to its trade, rating, and the route over : whioh it is desired to operate the said vehiole as a jitney'bus. Section 4. lee City Manager Weal thereupon promptly consider the said apply - Cation, and shall oeuee the said vehiole to be, examined for the.purpose:of doter - mining vhetheror not the e'+smo is in good and euffioient meehanioal condition, 'by: having good braises, auffio'ient lights, eafo running gear, ohaa►esis, tires, wheels,, and all other auoesooriee and equipmentneoo ssry to the safe operation of the oar. If the said City Mager shall find that the said vehicle to in good and. } sufficient meohonlcal oondition as above sot. forth, and that the same, may be operated over the route or routes specified in said application with safety .for i the pubiio, and that the public convenience nand welfare requires than operation of such vehicle over suoh route or routes, then. the said City manager obeli cause.. a permit to .bo issued to suoh appliosnt to operate the said vehiole gas a, jitney'.. bus over the route or routes designated in suoh application. taoh suoh permit;., shall State the name of the owner of such vehiolo, and shall °attaina dosorip tion of the vehicle, and a deasoriptlon of the route or routes over which the same is to be operated. Each suoh permit shall remain in force until the 31at ' day of December following its ioauanoe, unless revoked as hereinafter provided. ►t the time of issuing each permit herein provided for, the City Manager shell cause to be leaned to the person reoeiving such permit a metal tagin a fore to be prescribed by the city Manager showing the number of the permit issued to._auoh person and the said metal tag shall'be attached to the vehicle oovered by eu©h permit. and shall be a:opt in plain view at all times while the said vehiole ie being operated. . Section 6. :`very jitney bus shall have printed upon each side thereof in letters at least one end one-half lushes in height and not lass than one-half, inoh'in width, so that the same shall be readily legible -to the public the word - 'Tact, and shall show thereon the name of the ester tlereof, the fare '-to; bet: oharg- ed and the terminii of the route over whioh it runs. Section 6. .10 jitney bus shall be operatedafter' dusk or dark unleas there shod be sufiioient light provided to illuminate lba lneide thereof, and .all lees of the State of Florida and ordinance of the City of Miami relating to the light- ing of motor vehicles ehaall be oompliod with by the owners and operators of jit- ney busses. Section 7. S'very person owning or operating any jitney bus aball.abide ey sohand all of the ordinanoes, rules and regulations of the City of Lliami, and the Oity Manager. Section S. it shall be unlawful for the caner of any motor vehiole to pore mit the name to be driven or operated by any person who ie not the holder of a permit to operate a motor vehicle for hire upon the streste of the .city of Lliami. Section 9. It shall, be unlawful for the operator of any jitney bus to;. (a) Solicit passengers: or attract attention by calling or by the use of a horn, bell, whistle or other signal. (b) To operate or run suoh vehiole while any person to attend- ing or sitting on the running board, fender,'hood, door 1 or any pleoe other than upon one of the :Date of said ve- hiole. s (o) To reoonetruot, alter, modify, add to, or otherwise change the body or seating arrangement of such vehiole after a3 permit to operate the same has been granted without apply- ing for and obtaining consent of the City Manager to do .so. (d) To drive or operate a jitney bus without having the same equipped with a suitable horn or similar warning devioe., and standard speedometer. and ouch other equipment ae iaa required for motor vehioles under the laws: of the State of: Florida. (e) To aooept or transport a greater number of paeeengers than_ the raged passenger-eoating oapaolty of the vehiole, it:bo ing intended hereby that suoh passenger shell be eerovidod with ono full seat. (f) To oolleot farce, make change, or take on or discharge pa Bengal's while suoh vehiole in. in motion. it �t �iit4°� SK^r�•+t�xt� ¢ak�'1�1�`� , h. .N°�uWF9'%f'e.QftS�n'fsJ� n��Wt`Y.?�4�r�[�ev'g'�A}#j�td:YkJY'Sf�.'§!F'lk J���T 3F�r';'tiTi"a 11 is t1 ;4 ' 4,11' 'OM AN " M 0 L. '1):!4 • "'''''40t4t4r.V4 • " . •AALL .4... 'Unit], r • CS To smoke while driving egid jitney bun. (h) Every driver of a jitney.bue ehall.iMmeatiatelk 'report: fully in writing to the Ciliated Pollee the, time,. ee ' plaoe, Owego and oireuMatencres ef'any acteident or ine jury, to a pabeengora or person, or of any property ih whioh the said motor vehiele ie iovolved. (i) Sveryertiole loft in a jitney bus bye Imeeenger:ahall, be within twelve hours after the enme to found by the driver or operator of swell jitney burs deepened at the. polioe station in the Gity of Miami. (j) To fail to have the metal tag leaned to thenwner there-. of under the provieione of this ordinance, attached 10 said vehicle in plain view au required by this ordinanee. . Seotion 104 it Oral be unlawful for the driver,of anyelitneybUe id reeeiVe, or oolloot any fare or oompensation greeter than that atated in the betties required - herein to be plaoed upon such vehicle:40a except between midnight and five c'elooke. m., when not more then double the said fere may be ohorged. . . Sootion 11. It Obeli be unlawful for the driver of any jitney,bui to. ()roan any railroad track over which trains ar l000motivee are opersted,without bringing "mph jitney bus to a fUll atop before (weeping euoh railroad track; Provided that at all railroad crowing') Where flagmen or sWitchmeneare stationed, ar tetee are in ()partition, the driver of such vehtole shall be governed by the directions of WW1 flagmen or •switohmen, or by the opened or closed position of aUgh gatee. Sootion 12. Any person to whom a permit to Operate a jitney bus, no herein provided, Shell be issued shall cause the said jitney buss to be operated regularly . and if he Shall fail or negleot to operate eoid jitney bee for a period •of five Gone ()locative daya, the City Manager may suspend such permit pending a hearing hy the g Mnnioipal Court, and upon auoh hearing, if it eball be ddjudged by the %Aidelatnioie pal Court that -the paid person hae neglooted:to operate the said jitney bus'fora. period of five eoneeeutivo daya, then, in that event, thieeporMitadaY be revoked, unless the.holder of ouch permit shall justify to the satiefaotion of the aaid City tanager hie failure to so operate such jitney bus.- Seotion 13. nothing hereiragontained ehall be conetrued to-affeot,.rePeale or. 1 . alter the provisione of the ordinance of the City of Miamireqeirlag the drivere, e and operators of motor vehicles for hire to take an examination end rove/Von permit to drive and operate suoh vehiolee. § Scotian 14. The operator of every jitney bus upon leaving either end'of hie e route obeli operate the said bus to the other and thereof, stopping Ohlyeeuffieient time to take on or deecharge passengers, and stall not turn said bus, except at the endof said route. Seotion 16. whenever it shall appear to the City Manager, that the vehicle covered by any permit heroin provided for ie not in good and eaffielent Mechanical condition, or has not each appliance attaohed tkereto in good Condition as are e required by the laws of the tate of Florida, relating Acamotor vehioleeeChe, the said City Manager may revoke snob permit pending a hearing by the Municipal Court .1 if euoh persons shall request it and if it ie adjudged ateanid hearing by'theamid Municipal Court that the said vehicle is not in good and eufficiont meohanical, con- dition as set forth and requtred by this ordinatme, then, in that event, the:said ee • permit may be revoked. Scotian 16. Upon the expiration of the term for which any permit id iasueda or the revooation thereof, as herein provided,the holder,of suon permit shall ,sure render to the City Manager, ar any member of the Lepartment,of public) Safety of the City.of Miami upon demand therefor, the permit and metaltag tnaued to euoh,pereon Seotion 17. It hall be unlawful folaany person to display upon any vehicle covered by a permit to operate the ears mail jitney bue any sign indicating that the eaid vehicle may be hired exoept as the eign. herein provided for. Sootion 18. Any person violating any of the provisione of this oidinanoe or' driving without a permit, or driving after said permit has been revoked, upon cop.! viotion thereof Shall be punished by a fine not exceeding TwO Hundred Dollar"! (4'200.00) or by Lmprisonment, for not more than thirty (30) days, or beWsuoh fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Munioipal Judge. . e Scotian 19. If any aeation, part of aeotion, paragraph, or Olauoo of this. ordinance) shall be held to be unoonetitutional or void, the remaining provisione of thie ordinanoe Shall nevertheless remain in full forenend effeot. PASSED AND ADOPTED on its firet reading and read by title only thin 4th day of December, A. D. 1923. PASSED AVD ADOPTED on its "mooed reading and read in full this llth d.8y of Deoember,,A. D. 1923. (Signed) B. O. ROUE Mayor ATTEST: (Signed) H. e. Rees (Minute Book 13 City Clerk Pogo 468) * * * * * * 0 * * * * * * * * * ORDINANa Nu. 206. A GENERAL ORDINAVOS REQUIREIVG PROPSRTY OWNERS TO. CONNAOT THEIR PR:EMUS WITH LATERAIS'AND PROVIDING THAT IN DIVAULT op SUCH CONVECTION BY TES OMER AND THeTelF U0 =MOTION Ba MADE BY Ti CITY, THAT , THE COST THEREOF SHALL COVSTITUTE A LIEU UPON THE • ROUSE, LAND AND PRSMISES THeREBY AFFECTED. WHEREAS, under Sootion 9 of the Aot of 1923 granting additional power") to the City of Miami, it is provided that where laterals have been construoted, the 010! Commission may require property owners to connect their premiees with the laterals and may provide by general ordinance that in ease of their refueal.after notice is given, the said oonneotion shall be made by the City and that the -coat thereof obeli constitute a lien upon the house,.land wad promisee thereby affooted, NOW, THEREFORE, BB IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF'THE CITY OF MIAMIe • 133131 rr. 31 3134 4/4 4434 334 5314 43131 434 • tgfRIA0t0,540W404 k. ,ft":4`,„