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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 251-1946 1 .... 0P~T~G ~ T~ CITY 0F ~',UTH ~ F~CISC0, ~CH 0PE~TIOES ~Y EE COI~UCT~, P~~NG ~ PEE~TIES FOR T~ VIO~Ti0N 0F ~S 0RDIE~cE ~ The ~ity ~o~cil of the City of ~uth S~ Fr~cisao does o~dain ~s follows: SECTION I. ~EF~,~TIONS (~) STREW: ~y place ~o~nly used fo~ the pur- pose of public ~avel (~) Oq~: Eve~ person, firm o~ ~orpora~ion having use or contel of any ta~ab, bus or rent car, as herein defined, whether as o~er, lessea or otherwise. (C) ~2~ER: Every p~son in cha~ge of, or operat- ing, ~y ~icab, bus or rent. car, as herein defined, either as agent, e~ployee o~ otherwise unde~ the direction of the o~e~ or ~s o~2~ ~s h~n ~f~ned. (~} T~T~: ~y mech~icai insolent, applique, device ~ ~chine by which the ch~ge fo~ hi~e of a passenger- ca~ying vehicle is mechanically calculated, ei~he~ for dis- t~ce ~aveled or time cons~ed, or bath, and upon sai'd ins~- ~ent, appliance, devi~e or machine such charge is indijated by figure s. (E) T~IC&BS: ~ery automobile or motor-propelled vehicle operated at rates per ~le, or for wait-time, or for both, ~d equipped with a ta~meter, used for the tra'nsporta- tion of passengers for hire over the public streets of the City of South San Francisco, and not over a defined route and irrespective of whether the operations exten~ beyond the boundary limits of said City, ~d such vehicle is routed as 1 to destination under the direction of such passenger or passengers, or of such persons hiring the same. (F) RENT CAR: Every automobile or motor-propelled vehicle, excluding taxicabs, as herein defined, and operated, at rates per hour, and not equipped with a taximeter, as here- in defined, used for the transportation of passengers for hire over the public streets of the City of South San Francisco and not over a defined route and irrespective of whether the opera- tions extend beyond the boundary limits of said City, and such vehicle is 'routed as to destination under the direction of such passenger or passengers, or of such person hiring the same. (G) BUS: Every automobile or motor-propelled vehicle having a capacity of ten or more passengers, and operating over the streets of South San Francisco on a regularly defined route, irrespective of ~vhether the operations extend beyond' the boundary ,limits of said city,and having a fare fixed by the Railroad Commission of the State of California. (H) STA~O LOCATION: A portion of a street designated by either the City Council or the Chief o£ Police for the use, while awaiting employment of any passenger-carrying or· motor propelled vehicle as herein defined. (I) COUNCIL: The City Council of the City of South San Francisco. (J) CITY CLERK: The City Clerk of the City of South San Fra~cisco. (K) CHIEF OF POLICE: The Chief of Police of t~e City of South San Francisco. SECTION II. ~ ....... '~ O~h~R ~ PER2?IIT (Al It shall be unlawful to operate any taxicab, bus or rent car in the City of South Ban Fr~cisco unless the owner thereof shall apply for and obtain a permit to do so, which permit shall be applied for, granted, and in effect, all in compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (BI No taxicab permit shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation u~til a standard, distinctive ~d uniform color scheme, name, monogram or insignia has been adopted by the applicant and approved by the City Cou~cil. (C) After the service fo~~ which a certificate or license is granted hereunder is discontinued, or if the person sells or discontinues his or its business for a period of forty- five (~5) days, the certificates granted hereunder shall be automatically cancelled and shall be reissued only in accord- ance with the provisions of this 0rdinance.~ ~ECTION III. 0W~R'S APPLICATION. The application for such owner's permit shall be in writing, duly certified under oath, and it, together with a copy thereof, shall be filed with the Chief of Police, who shall transmit the original to the City Clerk, who shall file the same, and each such application, shall set forth: (A) A full identification of the applicant and all. persons to be directly or indirectly interested in the permit, if granted; (B) The residence and business address and the citizen- ship of the applicant, including all members of any firm or l~zrtnership, or all officers and directors of any corporation applying; (C) The exact nature of the proposed business for which the permit is requested, and the name under which it is to be operated; (D) Whether or not any permit has been revoked, and if so, the circumstances of such revocation~ (E) The number of vehicles proposed to be operated; (F) The complete description of the vehicles proposed to be operated and the proposed operations; (G) The color scheme and characteristic insignia to be used to designate the vehicles of said owner; SECTION IV. DENIAL OF APPLICATIONS AND SUS~ENSION OR REVOCATION OF 0~,~h~ER'S PERMITS AND REDUCTION OF I~J~BER OF PEP~vIITS. (A) The Council shall act on owner's applications by resolution and may deny any such application, if in its sound discretion, it determines that: 1. There is a reasonable cause rendering the proposed operation undesirable or inadequate to the City of South San Franc i sco; 2. There is insufficient public need or demand for the proposed operation; 3. The vehicle proposed to be operated is inadequate or unsafe; 4o The sp. plicant has been convicted of a felony or the violation of a narcotic law or of any penal law involving moral turpitude or of any ordinance relating to traffic or use of streets in the City of South San Francisco, or who has had a permit revoked in any City, County o: State for just cause; 5. The proposed color scheme or characteristic insignia will tend to confuse the identification of the vehicles proposed to be operated with those of another owner operating in the City of South San Francisco. (B) The Council may, by resolution, and after five (5) days' written notice to an owner, suspend or revoke an owner's permit for any of the grounds for which it may deny an appli- cation and, in addition thereto, it may suspend or revoke any owner's permit for a violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, or for a failure to pay any judgment for damages arising from the operation of the vehicles, or any of them, for which the permit was issued. (CI The coUn~il may at any time, and after a public hearing, by resolution, determine that the number of permits for taxicabs, buses or rent cars, or either, should be reduced or increased and provide for such reduction or increase, respectively. SECTION V. ADDITIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS. Any owner holding a permit to operate one or more taxi- cabs, buses or rent cars as provided in tNs 0r~inance, who desires to add to the number of such vehicles shall do so only upon obtaining from the Council permission therefor, which shall be granted only upon application made in the same manner and under the same proceedings as are required in this Ordinance, in the instance of obtaining the original permit. Any owner holding a permi~ to operate one or more taxicabs, buses or rent cars, as provided in ~his ordinance, who desires to substitute a different vehicle for a vehicle operated under such permit, shall do so only upon obtaining from the Council permission therefor, which shall be granted only upon written application setting forth the particulars of such proposed substitution, and upon otherwise complying with the requirements of this Ordinance, provided that the Chief of Police may issue a rem- porary permit to make a substitution which shall be valid only mn~il the first regular meeting of the Council ~xt following the date of its issuance. The Council shall have the same authority in granting or denying such application for permission to add or substitute, as is hereinbefore in this Ordinance vested in it, in the matter of an original application. SECTION 8. LIABILitY INSURA~CE REQUIP~ED. It shall be unlawful to drive or operate or cause or permit to be driven or operated any taxicab, bus or rent car, in the City of South San Francisco, unless the owner thereof shall have obtained a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or policies from a responsible and solvent corporation, authorized to issue such policies under the laws of the State of California, insuring said owner and covering such taxicab, bus ,or rent car, and also unless said owner shall file with the City Clerk the written certificate or certificates of such corporation, all as provided in this 0r~inance. The Chief of Police may at any time require an owner to replace any such policy with another policy and if such owner fails to so replace such policy, within ten (10) days from the date of any such notice, with a policy and a certificate thereof both in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, then, at the termination of said ten (10) days the owner's pel~mit for the taxi- cab, bus or rent car covered by such policy shall be, by such failure, automatically suspended until such time as said requirement is com- plied with, or said permit is revoked, whichever is sooner in event. SECTION 7. LIABILITY IN~IJRAi~CE POLICY Each motor vehicle liability insurance policy required under the provisions of Section 6 of this Ordinance, in addition to the provisions required to be therein under the laws of the State of California, shall provide coverage under the National Standard Liability Form and shall also provide that: such policy covers any and all taxicabs, buses or rent cars which may be -O- driven or operated by or for the owner insured under said policy and regardless of whether or not any permit has been granted said insured under the provisions of this Ordinance; such policy insures the owner, as defined in this Ordinance, and any other person driving, using or responsible for the use of any taxicab, bus or rent car, covered by said policy, with the consent, express or implied, o~ said owner, and also the City of South San Francisco, against loss from the liability imposed on any of them by law for injury to, or death ~of, any~ person, or damage to property, arising from or growing out of the maintenance, operation or ownership of any taxicab, bus, or rent car covered by the policy to the amount or limit of $20,000°00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of injury to, or death of, any one-person, of $50,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, on account of any one accident resulting in injury to, or death of, ~ore than one person, and of ~5,000.00 for damage to property of others, resulting from any one acci- dent, provided; however, that for vehicles having a seating capacity of more than l0 persons the limit of liability for death or injury in any .one accident shall be $100,000.00 instead of $50,000.00 as hereinabove specified. Such policy is a continu- ing liability up to the full amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon; such policy, in the event of the death of tSe o~mer, inures to, and is for the benefit and protection of, any person, who shall sustain or suffer any damage or injury, or to the heirs, or legal representatives of any such person, as the case ny be, who may be so damaged or injured or suffer death, by reason of the negligent operation of any taxicab, bus or rent car, covered by the policy, during the period covered by the policy and the life of the owner, and any such person, or the heirs or legal representatives of any such person, asthe case may be, may, in such event, sue the insurance carrier, provided that any such action may be brought within the period CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO APPLICATION FOR A TAXICAB PERMIT FIRM NAME: Business address: Business telephone: APPLICANT'S NAME: Residence address: Residence telephone: NAME OF PARTNERS: Citizenship: Citizenship: Citizenship: Residence address: Telephone: HAS ANY PERMIT BEEN REVOKED? Yes' No IF SO, FOR WHAT REASONS WAS SUCH REVOCATION MADE? NUMBER OF VEHICLES PROPOSED TO BE OPERATED? DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLES TO BE OPERATED AND THE PROPOSED OPERATIONS COLOR SCHEME AND CHARACTERISTIC INSIGNIA TO BE USED TO DESIGNATE VEHICLES: Dated: CITY OF SOUTHSANFRANCISCO Office of License Collector Business License Application (Taxicabs) FI~MNAME: Business address: Business telephone: APPLICANT'S name: Citizenship: Residence address: Residence telephone: Name of PARTNERS: Citizenship: Citizenship: Residence address: Telephone: Telephone: Has any permit been revoked? Yes No If so, for what reasons was such revocation made? Number of vehicles proposed to be operated? Description of vehicles to be opera+~d and proposed operations: Color scheme and characteristic insignia to be used to designate vehicles: of time that an action on the policy could have been brought against the owner if he had not died and that no recovery can b® had in such action in excess of the limits of the policy, and further provided that the payments required to be made, in 'such event shall be made directly to any such person, or the heirs or legal representatives of any such person, as the case may be. SECTION 8. LIABILITY INSURANCE CERTIFICATE. Each certificate required under the provisions of Section 6 of this Ordinance shall certify that the issuer thereof has issued a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or policies insuring the owner named in said certificate, and that each of said policies contains each of the provisions required to be therein as provided by Section ? of this Ordinance and that none of said policies can or will be cancelled except upon thirty (30)days, prior written notice thereof to the Chief of Police and City Clerk. Each of said certificates shall be conclusive evidence against the issuer thereof that its contents are true and correct. All such certificates shall be subject to the approval of the City Attorney. SECTION 9. BOND IN LIEU OF INSURANCE. Subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, the owner of any taxicab or taxicabs, bus or buses, or rent car or cars, operatea under the provisions of this ordinance, may file a bond of a responsible and solvent corporation authorized to issue such bonds under the laws of the State of California, containing the conditions, and givingthe protection required in the motOr vehicle liability insurance policy required by Sections -8- 6, 7 and 8 hereof, in lieu of either, all or any part of the insurance coverage required by said Sections. In the event of the filing of a bond under the provisions of this Section, the applicable provisions of said Sections 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall govern the furnishing and the contents of such b~ond and the owner filing it. SECTION 10. DRIVER'S PERMIT. It shall be unlawful for any driver to operate any taxicab or rent car in the City of 8outh San Francisco unless there ex- ists a valid permit to do so as herein provided. The application for such driver's permit shall be in writing, duly certified under oath and it, together with a copy thereof, shall be filed with the Chief of Police, who shall transmit the original to the City Clerk, who shall file the same. Each such application shall set forth the name, age and address of each of his employers during the preceding period of three years and whether or not a chauffeur's license issued to him by the State of Calif- ornia or any state or governmental agency has ever been revoked. No person shall operate a taxicab, bus or rent car unless he is a registered chauffeur as provided by the laws of the state, or if he has had his license or permit revoked in any City, County or State for just cause. The n,me and address of the owner by whom he is to be employed as a driver (which said owner shall en- dorse the said app~ication), and such additional information as the Chief of Police may require. SECTION ll. DRIVER'S APPLICATION. Upon application for a driver's permit and before it shall be issued, the driver, whether the owner or otherwise, must evidence -9- a proficient knowledge of the traffic laws of the City of South Francisco and of the State of California, and demonstrate his ability to operate a taxicab, bus or rent car, all to the satis- faction of the Chief of Police. Upon satisfying the foregoing require- ments, said driver Shall be fingerprinted by, and his record filed in, the Police Department. Said driver shall also file with his ap- plication two (2) recent photographs (size 1~ inch by 1~ inch), one to be filed with his application and one to be permanently attached to his driver's permit when issued, which permit shall be posted in a place conspicuous from the passenger's compartment of the taxicab, bus or rent car while said driver is operating same. Every driver's permit issued hereunder shall set forth the name of the owner for whom said driver is authorized to operate a taxicab, bus or rent car and shall be valid only so long as he continues in the employ of such owner. Upon the termination of such employment the said driver shall forthwith surrender his driver,s permit to the Chief of Police. No such driver's permit shall be granted to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years. Such driver's permit may be denied upon sub- stantial evidence of facts of either physical or moral deficiencies of the applicant which, in the sound discretion of the Chief of Police, would render such applicant not competent to operate a taxi- cab, bus or rent car. No such driver's permit issued hereunder shall be transferable in any event. Upon the termination of the employment of any driver, the owner for whom such driver has been working shall immediately give the Chief of Police written notice of such termination. SECTION 12. SUSPENSION 0RREVOCATI01~. The Chief of Police Shall have the power to suspend or revoke -10- any driver's permit issued hereunder for any of the reasons for which an application for such a permit may be denied or if the holder thereof shall be found guilty by any Court cf reckless driving or the violation of any other law. The Chief of Police shall in writing forthwith report any such suspension or revocation to the City Council, stating the reasons for such action. The Chief of Police may affirm or reverse, in whole or in part, any such order on a written appeal filed with the Chief of Police by the driver within ten (10) days from the date of any such order. In the event of such suspension or revocation of a driver's permit, such permit shall be, by ~he holder thereof, forthwith s~rrendered to the Chief of Police. SECTION 13. RATES OF FARE. (A) Taxicabs. It shall be unlawful for any owner or driver to operate any taxicab in the City of South San Francisco unless such vehicle is equipped with a taximeter of such type, style and design as may be approved by the Chief of Police, and it shall be the duty of every owner operating a taxicab to keep such taximeter in perfect condition so that said taximeter will, at all times, correctly and accurately indicate the legal charge for the distance traveled and waiting time, and such taximeter shall be at all times subject to inspection by the Chief of Police, and said Chief of Police is hereby authorized at his instance or upon complaint of any person to investigate or cause to be investigated such taximeter, and upo$ the discovery of any inaccuracy in said meter, to remove or cause to be removed such vehicle equipped with such taximeter from the streets of the City of South San Francisco until such time as said taximeter shall have been correctly adjusted; provided, however, that the Chief -ll- of Police may in writing permit the operation of a taxicab equipped with a taximeter on the terms and conditions including rates, a~d for the time specified in ~uch written permit a copy of which permit must be displayed in the passenger,s compartment of such taxi- cab. Taxicabs not equipped with meters operating in the City of South San Francisco on the date this Ordinance is adopted shall be equipped with meters as soon as their delivery can be obtained. (B) Every such taximeter shall register the charge to the nearest ten cents (10¢! and be equipped with a flag or ether mechanical device with the words "For Hire~ printed or stamped thereon, and said flag shall be so attached and connected to the mechanism of said taximeter as to cause said mechanism to operate when said flag is in a position other than upright and indicate that the taxicab is not for hire, and which said flag shall, when moved forward or downward, start the operation of said taximeter so that the same will operate in the manner defined in this Ordinance. (C) It shall be unlawful for any driver of a taxicab, while carrying passengers, to display the flag or device attached to taximeter in such a position as to denote that such vehicle is for hire, or is not employed, or to have such Slag or other attached device in such a position as to prevent said taximeter from operat- ing and it shall be unlawful for any driver to t~r~w such flag or other device of a taximeter into a position which cause~ said taxi- meter to record when such vehicle is not actually employed or to fail to ~h~ow said flag or other device on such taximeter into a non- recording position at the termination of each and every service~ pro- -12- vided that the foregoing shall not apply to trips to or from points outside the City of S~uth San Francisco where the charge is fixed on a trip basis. (D) ~ll charges for transportation of passengers in taxicabs operated in the City of South San Francisco must be based on the charges indicated on said taximeters and it shall be unlawful for any owner, driver, or operator of any taxicab to charge any passen- ger or passengers any sum in excess of the sum indicated on said taximeter; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to trips to or from points outside the City of South San Francisco where the charge is fixed on a trip basis. (El The taximeter shall be so placed in said taxicab that the reading dial showing the amount to be charged shall be well-lighted and readily discernible by the passenger riding in such taxicab. (Fi Posting of Fares. There shall be displayed in the pas- senger compartment of each taxicab or rent car, in full view of the passenger, a card not less than two inches by four inches in size which shall have plainly printed thereon the name of the owner, or the fictitious name under which said owner operates, the business address and telephone number of said owner, and a correct schedule of the rates to be charged for conveyance in said vehicle. (G) RATES. It shall be unlawful, except for trips to or from points outside of the City of South San Francisco where the charge ia fixed on a trip .basis, for the owner or driver of any taxicab, as defined in Section 1 of this Ordinance,~ to fix or charge or collect a rate in excess of the following: 1. For the first one-fourth mile, or fraction thereof, thirty cents (~0¢). ~. For each additional one-fourth mile, or fraction thereof, ten cents (10¢). ~. The foregoing charges apply to any number of passengers up -1~- to, but not in excess of, five (~), where the point of destination for all of said passengers is the same; and for each such passenger in excess of five (5) the foregoing charges may be increased by not to exceed ten per cent (10%) thereof. 4. When hauling passengers whose points pf destination are different,, the me~r shall be turned back to the "For Hire" position each time a passenger is discharged and a fare collected. 5. For each piece of luggage in excess of two (2) average size traveling bags, or their equivalent in size, twenty-five (25) cents; for each trunk fifty cents (50~). 6. For waiting, eight cents (8¢) for each two (2) minutes, or fraction thereof, of waiting time, after the first three (3) minutes. 7. RENT CARS. It shall be unlawful for the owner, or driver, of any rent car. as defined in Section i of this Ordinance, to fix or charge or collect a rate exceeding Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3.50) per hour or fraction thereof, which rate shall be for any number of passengers not in excess of the rated seating capacity of such rent car. 8. In case any taxicab or rent car shall become disabled or break down, while conveying passengers for hire, the time of stop- page shall be de~mcted from the time charged for. 9. BUS FARES: As shall be determined by a certificate of public oonve~imnce and necessity issued by the Railroad Commission of the State qf Oalifornia. SECTION lA. INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS. The owner shall, upon written request of the Chief of Police, deliver to the C~lef of Police all of his books and records pertain- ing'~o the operation ~f taxicabs, buses or rent ca~s for a period of twelve (12) calendar months, next preceding the date of such request, for inspection by the 0ity Auditor of the City of South San Francisco, and unless such books and records are delivered to the Chief of Police within fifteen (10) days from the ~date of such request, all permits of said owner shall be suspended on the sixteenth (16) day from the date of such request, until said books and records are delivered or such permits revoked, whichever is sooner in event. SECTION 15. TAXICAB, BUS OR RENT CAR STANDS. (A) The City 0ouneil may, by resolution, locate and designate taxicab, bus or rent car stands, which stands when so established shall be appropriately designated, -Taxis 0sly," or "Rent Cars 0sly", or "Bus Stop 0sly", as the case may be. (B) Taxicab or rent car stands established hereunder shall be in operation twenty-four (241 hours of every day. Bus stops shall be in operation during hours determined by the 01ty Council. (0) It shall be unlawful for the owner, driver or operator of any taxi,ab or rent car to remain parked, while awaiting employment, except in a regularly established taxicab or rent car stand; provided, however, that taxicabs or rent ears may park in any available park- ing space when actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers; and provided further, that between the hours of 10:00 o'clock p.m. and 6 o'clock a.m. of the following day, taxicabs or rent cars may stop, stand or park in any place where the parking of vehicles is otherwise permitted. (D) It shall be unlawful for any taxicab or rent car to remain standing unless it is attended by a driver, except when the driver is assisting passengers to load or unload or is answering his tele- phone. -15- SECTION 16. TAXICAB AND RE~T CAR EQUIPMENT. (A) Taximeters placed upon taxicabs to replace broken or faulty meters shall not be operated more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to being inspected, tested, approved and sealed by an authorized representative of the Chief of Police. (B) Each ~axicab, bus or rent car shall bear, at such place or places on the outside of such vehicle as shall be designated by the Chief of Police, the n~umber of the owner's permit granted for its operation, in the type and design thereof as directed by the Chief of Police. SECTION 17. MAINTENANCE A,\VD OPERATING REGULATIONS. (Al Before a permit is issued to any owner, the vehicle for which such permit is requested, shall be delivered to a place designated by the ~hief of Police for inspection, and the Chief of Police shall designate agents to inspect such vehicles,~ their equipment and taximeters, in the case of taxicabs, to ascertain whether such vehicles and equipment comply with the provisions of this Ordinance. (B) The Chief of Police, or any member of the Police Depart- ment under his direction, shall have the right, at any time after displaying proper identification, to enter into or upon any permit- holding taxicab, bus or rent car for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not any of the provisions of this Ordinance are 'being violated. (C) Any taxicab, bus or rent car which is found, after any such inspection, to be unsafe, or in any way unsuitable for taxi- cab, bus or rent car service shall be immediately ordered out of ~Service, and before again being placed in service, shall be placed in a safe and proper condition. (D) The interior of every taxicab, bus or rent car shall be thoroughly cleaned at least once in every twenty-four (24) hours, and forthwith all property of value left in any such vehicle by a passenger shall be reported by the owner thereof to the Chief of Police. (E) Any driver employed to transport passensers to a definite point shall take the most direct route possible that will carry the passenger to his destination safely and expeditiously. (F) Every driver shall, if requested, give a correct receipt upon payment of a fare. (G) All disputes as to fare shall be forthwith determined by the officer in charge of the Police Station, and if his decision is in favor of the passenger the driver shall convey him to the Police Station and back to his original destination without charge. Failure to comply with such determination shall subject the offending party to a charge of misdemsanor. (H) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the lawful fare as fixed herein of any of the vehicles regulated by this Ordinance, after employing or hiring the same, and any person so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (I) No driver °~f any taxicab or rent car shall accept, take into his vehicle or transport any larger n~aber of passengers than the rated seating capacity of his vehicle. (J) It shall be unlawful for any owner of a taxicab, bus or rent car operating within the City of South San Francisco, or its environs, to engage, employ or permit any woman driver to drive or oper- ate any taxicab, bus or rent car belonging to or under the control of such owner, or for any woman driver to drive, or operate any taxicab, bus or rent car within said City of South San Francisco, or its en- virons, during the period of or interval of time commencing one hour after sunset and ending one hour before sunrise of the day immediately following. (k) A driver while on duty shall wear a distinctive uni- form or cap, indicating the name of the owner by whom the driver is employed and shall exhibit to any passenger or prospective passenger, credentials showing his bona fide employment by such owner. Each driver shall also wear a badge in a conspicuous position while on duty, bearing his number; only such caps and badges shall be worn as' have been approved by the Chief of Police. (L) It shall be unlawful for a driver to solicit pass- engers except from a taxicab or rent car stand or while standing immediately thereto on the curb side thereof. SECTION 18. VIOL~TIONS A~0 PENALTIES. Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this ~rdinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 19. CONSTITUTIONJ~LITY. IF any provision of this Ordinance or the application there- of to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of this ~rdinance, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected ~hereby. SECTION 2Q. EFFECTIVE DATE~ This ordinance is hereby declared to be urgent and nebessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and shall take effect and be in force forthwith from and after its final passage and approval. The following is a statement of such urgency: That there is no ordinance of said city adequately dealing with the subject matter hereof and said Ordinance is immediately required in ordar to preserve the public safety. 18 Introduced this _~P~ day of ~~ , 1946. Passed and adopted as an ordinate of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco this .~f~ day of~, 1946, by the following vote: ~es, Contigen ~.~~~ ~~~ Noes, Co~ci~e~ ~ City Clerk.