All vehicles operated by any carrier as defined in Section 5.76.020 shall, before being placed in service, be approved by the Department of Finance and Management Services. All such vehicles shall be of a design and type of construction as shall comply with orders and regulations pertaining to such equipment adopted from time to time by the Department of Finance and Management Services. Such vehicles shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in a good state of repair, and shall be subject to inspection at all times by the Department of Finance and Management Services, or its representative. Any vehicle which becomes unsafe, unclean, or unserviceable, or mechanically defective shall be retired from service upon order of the Department of Finance and Management Services, and no vehicle which has been so retired shall be again operated in such service except with approval of the Department of Finance and Management Services.
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24; Ord. MC-1480, 4-18-18; Ord. 1987, 7-07-53)