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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)
No license granted under the terms of this division shall extend for a period in excess of one year. No such license shall be deemed to grant a vested or property right, but such license shall remain subject to the terms and provisions of this division and subject to such future regulations as shall be promulgated by the city council by ordinance and any investment made by a licensee shall be made subject to this division.
(1964 Code, § 34-60)
No license certificate to engage in the business of furnishing private motor vehicle escorts shall be issued to any person under 18 years of age, nor shall any person under 18 years of age be employed as an escort guide by any person licensed to engage in the business of furnishing motor vehicle escort service for hire.
(1964 Code, § 34-61)
If the city manager shall refuse to grant a license to any applicant under this division, the action of the city manager shall be final unless the applicant shall, within ten days after the refusal to grant such license, file a written appeal with the city secretary, addressed to the city council, requesting a hearing by the council upon the question as to whether or not his or her application shall be granted. If such appeal is filed, the city manager shall provide the council with a record of all proceedings theretofore had with reference to the application in question, including the written application, together with the action of the city manager and the reasons for such action. The city council shall, within 30 days, grant a hearing thereon to determine the correctness of the action of the city manager, at which hearing the council may make such investigation as it may see fit, whether or not all the pertinent facts appear in the application. It shall be discretionary with the city council as to whether or not a license shall be granted and such action as the council may take thereof shall be final and conclusive.
(1964 Code, § 34-62)
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