§ 11.10.050 DESTRUCTION OF TAXICABS.

   Any permittee whose taxicab has been destroyed may within thirty (30) days from the date of such destruction request that a decal be issued for a replacement taxicab for the one destroyed. Replacement decals shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of § 11.10.045 of this Code.

('65 Code, § 34-9) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1)

§ 11.10.055 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF PERMIT TO CONDUCT A TAXICAB BUSINESS, TAXI DRIVER PERMITS AND TAXICAB DECALS.

   A permit to conduct a taxicab business, taxi driver permits and taxicab decals may be suspended or revoked by the City Council upon notice and hearing with respect thereto, on the following grounds:

   A.   That the permittee or driver has failed to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Chapter;

   B.   That the permittee has failed to maintain or secure insurance on any taxicab;

   C.   That the permittee has failed to service the residents of the City as evidenced by complaints of refusal of service, including but not limited to a refusal of the permittee or driver to take “short haul” customers, or evidence that the permittee has not substantially operated within the City;

   D.   That the public safety or convenience and necessity would be best served by such revocation or suspension of the permit for any taxicab.

   E.   That the permittee used the permit issued by the City of Culver City to conduct unlawful taxicab operations in another jurisdiction. A conviction in or the administrative finding of another jurisdiction that the permittee has unlawfully operated a taxi business without a permit required by the jurisdiction shall constitute prima facie evidence of improper or unlawful use of the permit issued by the City of Culver City and may constitute grounds for suspension and/or revocation of the permit.

('65 Code, § 34-10) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1; Ord. No. 83-031 § 1)

§ 11.10.060 SUSPENSION OF PERMIT BY CHIEF OF POLICE.

   The Chief of Police shall suspend any taxi driver's permit and/or decal to operate a taxicab for a period of not to exceed two (2) weeks in the event that he determines that the public safety and welfare is endangered due to mechanical or operational defects which cannot be immediately made to comply with the provisions of this Chapter and the reasonable safety regulations imposed by him, by the City Council or by State law. In the event the Chief of Police suspends any permit or decal hereunder, he shall notify the City Manager who shall set the matter on the next regular agenda of the City Council for hearing. Notice of said hearing shall be sent to the permittee by certified mail. The Chief of Police shall report to the Council in writing the reasons for the suspension and the actions required to correct the mechanical or operational defect endangering the public health or safety. The Council after hearing on the suspension may affirm, reverse or modify the suspension or may, in the event that the suspension is affirmed, set a revocation hearing in the manner required by this Chapter for the revocation of the permit to conduct a taxicab business, the taxi drivers permit and/or the decal for the vehicle or any or all of them. Any suspension imposed shall remain in effect pending a hearing on the revocation of the permit or decal. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or to permit to be operated any taxicab subject to the suspension during the period of a suspension.

('65 Code, § 34-11) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1; Ord. No. 2006-009 § 22 (part))

§ 11.10.065 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

   Before any permit to conduct a taxicab business is issued, the permittee shall be required to file with the City Attorney and thereafter keep in full force and effect, a policy of insurance in such form as the City Attorney may deem proper. Such policy of insurance shall insure the owner and the driver of each of the vehicles operated, or to be operated under the permit, against liability for damage to property and for injury to, or death of, any person as a result of the ownership, operation or other use thereof. The minimum liability limits on each such vehicle shall be not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) on account of personal injury to, or death of, any one person in any one accident, and Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) on account of personal injury to, or death of, two (2) or more persons in any one accident, and the minimum liability limits on each such vehicle shall be not less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) for damage to, or destruction of, property in any one accident. All such policies shall contain a provision for the continuing liability thereunder up to the full amount of coverage thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon, and naming the City as an additional insured thereunder for all claims, demands and actions of any type whatever occasioned by the operation of the permittees taxicab business; and shall further contain a provision or endorsement providing that such policy will not be cancelled until notice in writing shall be given to the City addressed in care of the City Attorney, City Hall, Culver City, California 90230, at least thirty (30) days immediately prior to the time such cancellation shall become effective.

('65 Code, § 34-13) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1)

§ 11.10.070 PERMIT FEES AND BUSINESS TAXES.

   Fees and permits to conduct a taxicab business shall be set by City Council resolution.

('65 Code, § 34-15) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1; Ord. No. 83-031 § 4; Ord. No. 92-017 § 4; Ord. No 96-029 § 1; Ord. No. 2007-002 § 17)

OPERATING REQUIREMENTS