347.06 ROUTE MAP AND OPERATIONS SCHEDULE.

   (a)   A carriage business shall operate only upon routes and under schedules which have been submitted to and approved by, on an annual basis, the Director of Engineering and the Chief of Police, or his or her designee.

   (b)   The route map and operations schedule shall be filed with the application for a carriage business license and shall contain the following:

      (1)   A map of the routes on which the carriage(s) will operate;

      (2)   The location of any curbside areas to be designated as zones for pickup and discharge of passengers;

      (3)   With respect to horse-drawn carriages, the location of the site or sites to be used for off-street storage, stabling and loading of carriages and horses;

      (4)   With respect to pedal-propelled carriages and pedicabs, the route map shall consist of a designated area in which point-to-point transportation of passengers shall be permitted, and operations schedule shall state the hours of service of the carriage business.

   (c)   The Director of Engineering and the Chief of Police, or his or her designee, may reject any route map and operations schedule implementation of which would result in the unsafe use of public rights-of-way or an unreasonable impediment to the orderly flow of traffic.

   (d)   The licensee may add additional routes from time to time, provided that they have been submitted to and approved by the Director of Engineering and the Chief of Police, or his or her designee.

   (e)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from operating on special routes for special events, including without limitation weddings, dinner-and-theater packages, concerts and other performances, provided that the routes have first been submitted to and approved by the Director of Engineering and the Chief of Police, or his or her designee.

(Ord. 2017-8-92. Passed 8-23-17.)