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1 ORDINANCE NO. 18,483
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LITTLE
4 ROCK TRANSPORTATION CODE, CODIFIED AT
5 LITTLE ROCK, ARK., REV. CODE § 34-1 TO § 34-
6 97 (1988), TO DELETE REFERENCE TO MINI -
7 VANS REGARDING AIRPORT SHUTTLE
8 VEHICLES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND
9 FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, On November 18, 1997, the City adopted a new Transportation
12 Code, codified at Little Rock, Ark., Rev. Code ( "LRC ") § 34-1 to § 34-97, that
13 governs transportation franchises of vehicles for hire, and
14 WHEREAS, the Transportation Code, LRC § 34-4, defines an airport shuttle
15 as "a motor vehicle with a seating capacity minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of
16 no more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver," and
17 WHEREAS, the airport shuttle definition in the Transportation Code also
18 indicates that "mini- vans" are acceptable for usage as an airport shuttle vehicle, and
19 AREAS, the term "mini -van" is not defined in the Transportation Code,
20 and, as such, the term "mini -van" has been the subject of multiple and conflicting
21 interpretation, and
22 AREAS, it has never been the intention of the Board of Directors in
23 enacting the Transportation Code to allow vehicles with a seating capacity of less
24 than eight (8) passengers to operate as an airport shuttle vehicle, and
25 WHEREAS, in order to clarify the definition of airport shuttle vehicle and to
26 avoid any further confusion regarding airport shuttle vehicles, the Board of Directors
27 finds it necessary to amend the Transportation Code Section 34-4 definition of
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1 airport shuttle to delete reference to mini -vans and to emphasize that an airport
2 shuttle vehicle must have a seating capacity minimum of eight (8) passengers.
3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
4 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
5 Section 1. LRC § 344, Definitions — Airport shuttle, shall be amended to
6 read as follows:
7 Airport shuttle vehicle shall mean a motor vehicle with a seating
8 capacity minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of no more than
9 fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver. Sedans shall be
10 excluded for usage as an airport shuttle vehicle. The vehicle shall
11 prominently display "Shuttle Service" on the front or rear sides
12 of the vehicle. This marking may be permanent or temporary.
13 Section 3. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions, laws or policies, or parts of
14 any such material, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
15 repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
16 Section 4. Severability. In the event any section, subsection, subdivision,
17 paragraph, subparagraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is
18 declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
19 adjudication shall not affect the remaining provisions of this ordinance, as if such
20 invalid or unconstitutional provision was not originally a part of this ordinance.
21 Section 5. Emergency Clause. Since the City's Transportation Code was
22 intended to be a comprehensive codification of ordinances dealing with for -hire
23 transportation within the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and such regulation is
24 essential to protect the public health, safety and welfare, an emergency is declared to
25 exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of this
26 adoption.
27 PASSED: May 15, 2001
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5 Nancy V%00 t Caey Cierk
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11 Thomas M. Carpenter, Cagy omey
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