HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-2082 TAXICAB DRIVER’S LICENSE & “FOR HIRE VEHICLE” LICENSES. ORDINANCE NO. 20F2— .
AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business regulations; specifying
qualifications for a city taxicab driver's license; pro-
viding for the review by the City Council of the denial
410 or revocation of "for hire vehicle" licenses and taxicab
driver's licenses; and amending Section 5.78.190 and
enacting new Section 5.78.245, both of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 5.78.190 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"5.78.190 City driver's license--Qualifications. Each appli
cant for a city driver's license provided for in this chapter
shall:
1. Be at least twenty-one years of age.
2. Be duly licensed to operate a motor vehicle for hire
under the laws of the state of Washington.
3. Submit with the application a certification from a medi-
cal doctor, or the Yakima County Health District, certify-
411 ing that applicant is free from any infirmities of body
or mind likely to render him unfit to drive a for-hire
vehicle, and specifically that applicant is free from
epilepsy, vertigo or heart trouble.
4. Not have been convicted, within ten years preceding the
time of making the application, of committing any felony
directly related to the applicant's ability to drive a
motor vehicle for hire; not have been convicted of any
violation, other than for a felony, of any law reason-
ably related to the applicant's ability to drive a motor
vehicle for hire.
5. Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the chief of police
applicant's ability to operate and control a for-hire
vehicle and his familiarity with traffic regulations."
Section 2. Section 5.78.245 is hereby enacted as a new section of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as follows:
"5.78.245 Review of license denial or revocation. Any
applicant who feels aggrieved by the denial of a license for
410 which application is made pursuant to this chapter, and any
license holder who feels aggrieved by the City Manager's revo-
cation of a license pursuant to Section 5.78.240 of this chap-
ter, may appeal that denial or revocation to the City Council
by serving on the Yakima City Clerk a notice of such appeal
within five days from the date of the denial or revocation from
which the appeal is taken, which notice shall be in writing
and shall specify all the grounds relied on by the appellant
as reasons for the issuance or reissuance, as:the case may be,
of the license which was denied or revoked. After the timely
filing of such a notice, the City Council shall set a time and
place for a hearing thereon by the City Council, after which
hearing the City Council shall make a final determination on
the matter of the denial, revocation, issuance or reissuance
of the license."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty
days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and
by the city charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 5 day of
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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C y Clerk
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