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(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)
The fee for any license granted under this division to a private motor vehicle escort agency shall be the sum of $60 per annum, which sum shall be paid before such license certificate is issued. Such license certificate shall not be transferable from the person to whom it is issued to another person.
(1964 Code, § 34-59) (Ord. 8809, § 2, passed 5-10-1983)
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