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(a) License Required. No person shall engage in the business of providing a valet service within the City unless and until licensed in accordance with this chapter.
(b) License Application. Every applicant for a license to operate a valet service shall make application in writing to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses, which shall include an application fee of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) and set forth or include the following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant, and if a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners, and if a corporation, the name, date and state under which incorporated, and the names and addresses of the officers of the applicant and its statutory agent, if any;
(2) The name, address, and parking place license number issued pursuant to Chapter 457 of the Codified Ordinances of each parking facility used in connection with the applicant valet service’s operations;
(3) A sworn statement of compliance with Chapter 196 of the Codified Ordinances;
(4) A certificate of insurance evidencing insurance coverage as prescribed by division (c) of this section;
(5) Such other information as the Commissioner deems pertinent or necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Insurance Required. Each applicant shall furnish, at the time of application, a policy or certificate of insurance, by an insurance carrier licensed to do business in the State, acceptable to and approved by the Commissioner and the Director of Law, evidencing the applicant as the insured on a comprehensive general liability insurance policy in an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00). The insured shall provide the City with written notice of cancellation no less than ten (10) days before the date the policy is to be cancelled or terminated.
(d) Issuance. Upon approval of the application, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue the license and, as evidence thereof, a certificate bearing the license number and applicant information. The license, or a copy of the license, shall be required to be maintained on the premises of operation and made immediately available to patrons and/or representatives of the City upon request.
(e) Term. All licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid for the calendar year for which such license is issued, expiring on the thirty-first day of December of the year for which such license is issued, unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner.
(f) License Non-Transferable. No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be assigned or transferrable to any other person.
(g) Renewal. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall accept renewal applications at least fifteen (15) days before the expiration of the license being renewed.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses may deny, suspend, or revoke any license granted under this chapter upon the Commissioner’s determination of a violation of this chapter, a rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, or where the applicant or license holder has failed to comply with the provisions of, or remit all amounts due under, Chapter 196 of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
No person who operates a valet service shall fail to cause each employee or other person who performs valet services to wear in a conspicuous place on his or her person an identification badge that displays the name and license number of the valet service along with a unique badge serial number assigned by the valet service.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, as he or she shall deem necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall become effective ten (10) days after their publication in the City Record or at such later time as may be specified by the Commissioner.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall assess fines in accordance with the rules and regulations issued under the authority of Section 463.05 for violations of the rules and regulations. The authority to assess fines under this section does not limit or affect any criminal offense, or the authority of the Commissioner to suspend or revoke a license, or any other means of enforcement of this chapter as provided herein. The amount of the fine shall be in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
(a) Effective Date. This chapter shall be effective as of January 1, 2010. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall accept applications for license as provided in this chapter beginning at least fifteen (15) days before the effective date.
(b) Other Sections Unaffected. The license required by this chapter shall be in addition to any other license required under these Codified Ordinances and specifically shall not limit, abrogate, or impair the operation or necessity of any valet zone permit established and required by section 451.33 of these Codified Ordinances.
(c) Savings Clause. If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter is found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall affect only such clause, sentence, section or part of this chapter so found and shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections or other parts of this chapter. It is the intention of Council that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included in this chapter.
(Ord. No. 1749-09. Passed 12-7-09, eff. 12-9-09)
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