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No person shall engage in the business of furnishing a private motor vehicle escort for hire within the city without first having obtained a license certificate therefor; provided, that persons engaged in such business who are employed by a duly licensed private motor vehicle escort agency shall not be required to be individually licensed.
(1964 Code, § 34-51)
Any person intending to conduct a private motor vehicle escort agency or business or furnish a private motor vehicle escort in the city shall file with the chief of police a written application duly signed and verified as follows.
(a) If the applicant is a person, the application shall be signed and verified by such person, and if the applicant is a partnership, the application shall be signed by each partner, and if the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed by the chief executive officer of such corporation.
(b) The application shall state the full name, age and residence of the licensee, and shall specify the trade name and the address or location from which the business or agency will operate and for which the license certificate is desired, and such further facts as may be required by the chief of police to show the good character, competency and integrity of each person so signing the application.
(1964 Code, § 34-52)
Upon filing an application for a license certificate to engage in the business of conducting a private motor vehicle escort agency or furnishing private motor vehicle escorts, the chief of police shall make or cause to be made such investigation as he or she may deem necessary to determine the fitness of the applicant for a license. Then the chief of police shall within ten days forward the application with his or her recommendations to the city manager.
(1964 Code, § 34-53)
In approving or disapproving any license certificate to engage in the business of conducting private motor vehicle escorts, the city manager shall consider the following factors:
(a) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony, or on renewal of license, for the violation of any of the provisions of this article, during the year next preceding the filing of this application;
(b) Whether the applicant is of good moral character and has a reputation for being a peaceable law-abiding citizen; and
(c) Such other lawful matters considered pertinent and proper in arriving at a fair and lawful consideration with respect to such application for a license.
(1964 Code, § 34-54)
(a) Before a license certificate under this division shall be issued to any owner or operator of any private motor vehicle escort agency as defined in this article, or before the renewal of such license certificate shall be granted, the holder of such license certificate shall be required to file with the city secretary and thereafter keep in full force and effect a policy of public liability and property damage insurance, to be executed by an insurance company duly and legally authorized to do business in the state and performable in the county, and to be approved by the city manager, insuring the general public and the city against any loss or damage that may result to any person or property from the operation of such motor vehicle escort service.
(b) In addition, before any such license certificate is issued the holder of such license shall agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the city against any losses or claims arising out of the operation of such motor vehicle escort service.
(1964 Code, § 34-55) (Ord. 8286, § 1, passed 3-10-1981)
The liability and property insurance policy required by the preceding section shall be noncancelable and shall insure against any damage or loss resulting from the operation of such escort agency including damage or loss caused by the acts or omissions of each escort driver used by such motor vehicle escort agency licensed under this division, and shall have limits of not less than $300,000 for injuries resulting from any one accident, and $50,000 for damage to property resulting from any one accident. Such insurance shall be for the protection of passengers riding in an escorted funeral procession, the general public, the city and the servants, agents and employees of the motor vehicle escort agency. Such policy of insurance shall be for a period of at least one year and the date of such policy shall coincide with the date of the license issued under this division and shall contain a provision for a continuing liability thereon up to the full amount thereof, notwithstanding any recovery thereon.
(1964 Code, § 34-56) (Ord. 8286, § 2, passed 3-10-1981)
If the city manager shall determine, after a hearing duly had, and after ten days’ notice is given to a licensee under this division that any standard policy of insurance so filed by such licensee has become impaired so as to afford less protection to the public than when originally filed, he or she shall require a new or an additional policy so as to bring the protection of such insurance to its original amount, and the licensee shall, within ten days after receiving written notice of such requirement, provide the required new or additional policy, failing which the license of the licensee shall automatically terminate.
(1964 Code, § 34-57)
The city manager shall have authority to grant a license certificate to engage in the business of conducting private motor vehicle escorts without further investigation or to cause further investigation to be made before granting such license or disapproving the application. Upon the granting of such license by the city manager, it shall be the duty of the applicant to present the approved application to the assessor-collector of taxes and upon the payment of the proper license fee the assessor-collector of taxes shall accordingly issue the proper license certificate on a form to be prescribed by the assessor-collector of taxes.
(1964 Code, § 34-58)
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