A. All vehicles operated by any carrier as defined in Section 5.32.010 shall, before being placed in service, be approved by the chief of police.
B. 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 city council.
C. Such vehicles shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and in good state of repair, and shall be subject to constant inspection by the chief of police or a duly authorized representative.
D. Any vehicle which becomes unsafe or unserviceable, either from the standpoint of its state of repair or its condition or obsolescence, may be retired from service upon order of the chief of police and no vehicle which has been so retired shall again be operated in such service except with approval of the chief of police.
E. In the event the condition of any vehicle shall in the opinion of the chief of police be so unclean, unsightly, or mechanically defective as to be undesirable for use, the police chief may require such vehicle to be immediately withdrawn from service and it shall not be again placed in service until approved by the chief of police.
(Prior code § 5.28.500 (Ord. 309 § 27, 1948))