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Home My WebLink About8568& - 3 • . . ORDIN dT v0. 8568. AN ORDINn-NCE AUTtiORI%ING I" r' REGULATING THE OPi i :TI vG OF 3IuHTS EI4G COAC^1JS Iiv THE CITY 0 -�` LITTLE ROCK �RK?�N �kS PROVIDING FOR LIABILITYpp�INSURANCE HEREON; GRANTING PERNISSION TO SAFETY THEREFOR; COMPANY INC. EjEfflN#YSIGHJS JNOTHER AND jXQ DING FACILITIES 3 , _l)U Ai t ' '1 ?CcI ;` `0 'Iy OF Ift�UR _ CITY-OF PLITTLE �'rSROCC, AR ANS.AS: Section 1. The ter- 11sightseeing coach" as used in this ordinance shall mean and refer only to a motor driven vehicle used for the accommodation of persons viewing the City of Little Rock and its surrounding territory. A 11sightseeing coach/1 as herein defined shall not be used as a taxicab for the.transportation of persons for hire and shall not be used for the transportation of persons or property for hire over regular routes or upon a regular schedule of operation in the City of Little Rock. Section 2. tiny p-�rson or persons, firm, or corpor'.tion seeking to operate a sihtseein; coach in the City of Little Rock shall file an application for a license therefor with the City Collector stating: 1. The type of motor vehicle or vehicles proposed to be operated by such applicant. 2. The fares to be charged for the service. 3. That applicant has arranged for li,wbility insurance with limits of not less than 10/50/5- 4. The names of all persons, firms, or corporations authorized to operate sightseeing coaches under the provisions of this ordinance. Section 3. The applicant shall = °ile with the said application thesum of $13.00 for each vehicle described in the application to apply on the fees herein provided in the event the license is granted anti to be returned to the ap - licant in th-e event tAe license is not gr".nted. Section 4. Upon the filing of such application and the making of such deposit herein provided for, the City Collector shall cause to be given to each and every person, firm., --,nd corporation heretofore licensed to operate a si;_htseeing coacr-, or coaches due and reasonable notice in writing of not less than twenty (20) days of the time and place of a. hearing; orl the application which shall be conducted by the City Council or a. com_' ittee designated by the Council. All p -rsons interested in or affected by such application, including all persons, firms and corporations heretofore licensed under the provisions of this ordinance, shall have the right to be present at such hearing either in person or by representative and to introduce evidence and be heard either in support of or in opposition to such application. Section 5. After such nearing the City Council shall find :rhether the public convenience and necessity require additional ser- vice of the class or character offered by a-oplicant and if the City Council finds tza.t the public convenience and necessity do require the service offered, it shall pass a resolution or ordinance evi- dencing that Fact and shall direct the City Collector to issue to the applicant a li -ense to operate a sightseeing coach or coaches as herein provided, T_ije finding of the City Council as to the convenience and neces- sity for the additional service offered shall be subject to judicial review. Section 6. In considerin- whether the public convenience and necessity require the service offered by applicant and in passing on tie fitness of the applicant to furnish t,-,e .service, due weight shall be given to: 1. The probable permanence and ,uality of service offered by applicant. 2. The financial a.blility and responsibility of applicant. 3. The character of vehicles to be used. 4. The applicantfs experience in similar operations. ". The adequacy of xisting service. Section 7. In issuing any license under the provisions of this ordinance, the City Council may fix a time within -;hich the applicant must begin operation and may provide for a loss of such privilege in the event of failure to begin oper-.tion by the time sp ^cified. Section g. Vo lice_-l_e shall be issued under the provisions of this ordinance, until and unless there has been furnished to the City Collector an insurance policy ritten by an approved insurance company in the minimum amounts of :iO,000 For loss to any one person from any one accident, 150,000 for lossto ail persons from any one accident, and :5,000 for c -image to property in any one �:ccident. The cancel- lation or termination o_=' such insurance of the licensee for any cause shall automatically revoke tree license. Section 9. A o license issued under.the provisions of this ordinance may ne assigned without the prior consent of the City Council, which consent shall be granted or dervd solely on the fitness and qualifications of the proposed assignee to furnish the services authorized. Section 10. For each motor vehicle licensed hereunder, the licensee shill pay the City an annual license fee of 100.0 payable in i�.dvance. Section 11. t -ny p,=on or corcorE tion Aao shell operate any motor vehicle as a sightseein7 coach as herein defin ^d without first obtaining a license therefor, as herein provided, or who shall continue to operate any suc_a vehicle after the license therefor has been revoked shall be Euilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined a sum not less than =110.00 nor more than X50.00, and each dy th -.t the operation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Section 12. The City Cour_ci1 is hereb-. authorized to revoke or cancel any license issued under this ordinance. much license may be revoked or canceled only after a he: -.ring before the City Council or a committee designated by the City Council, of whic_ hearing due notice of not less than twenty (20) days shall be given to the licensee affected, and said license shall be revoked or canceled only for cause. Cause as used in this section shall inclu4`e violation of any o_ t -_e provisions of this ordinance, violations of any of the provisions of the license, and failure to furnish reasonably safe service. Section 13. Whereas Safety Cab Company, Inc.,offers to operate a sightseeing coach in the City of Little Rock, an," the City Council finds that public convenience a1-id necessity require the services of a sightseeing coach, that Safety Cab Company, Inc. is a fit person and qualified under the provisions of this ordinance to operate a sight- seeing; coG.ch, the City Collector of the City of Little RocL is hereby directed to issue to Oafety Cab Company, It.LC. upon payment of all fees required to be paid under the provisions of t�1is ordinance and upon deposit of insurance poli;:y or insurance policies, or certificates 1,. of insurance in lieu thereof, in the amounts as required under the provisions of this Ordinance, a license to operate a sightseeing coach as herein provifed; and to = 'acilitate such operation by Safety Cab Company, Inc. there shall be provided a stand along the i,-,est si -`_e of Ashley Street a di stance of forty feet (!+O l) port a from the sidewalk line of .lest T�ie,rkham Street, any in connection with said stand Safety Cab Company, Inc. is hereby authorized to erect such appropriate signs and install such telephone facilities as may be reasonably necessary for such operation. Section 1.11. If any section or any part of any section of this Ordinance shall be held invalid, the section or part of section so held invalid shall not a-ffect the validity of the remainder of the Ordinance. Section 15. 14'hereas many conventions are held annually in the City of Little Rock, and whereas many visitors 'reauent the City of Little Hock, and whereas delegates and others attending the said con- ventions and the -Tisitors to the City spend much time in V-iewing the City of Little Rock and its surrounding territory, and whereas there exist no adequate facilities to accommodate the said sightseers, and whereas - acilities should be est.- blished for such purpose and should be regulated to assist in the co_ztroi of vehicular traffic, and whereas the est ..blis'_nment of sU.C_`i 1-acilities and t:-_eir regulation can "De Oro - vided only by :;:_pis or:- inance, an emergency is hereby declared to 1xist and this ordinance is found necessary for t__ protection of the rublic peace, health and safety, an t e aZe shall be in full force and effect -fro-,-I and after its passage. PASSED: January 15, 1951• i'_TT �;ST 'City Cierk PPPROV �D: Mayor