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OI~D~'NANCE NO. 9~-9 ~ Oi~NANCE OF ~E CITY OF SANTA ANA R~.GULAT~NG ~IE LICENSIN~ ~ OPEt~ATION OF TAX~CABS AN~ FOR-HL~ VEH~CL~ ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The City Council cf the City of Santa Aha do ordain as f~llows: Section 1. That the operation of taxicabs and for-hire vehicles in the City of Santa Aha, California, shall be subject to the conditions, regulations and restrict- ions herein set forth, and it shall be unlawful to operate or cause to be operated in said City any taxicab or for-hire vehicle unless the conditions, regulations and restrictions herein prescribed are complied with. Section 2. That no license for the operation cf a taxicab or for-hire vehicle shall be issued, nor shall any taxicab or for-hire vehicle be operated on the streets of the City of Santa Aha unless and until the City Council of said City has issued a certificate that the public convenience and necessity requires the operation thereof. Section 5. That an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be made to the City Council and shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the name under which the applicant proposes to do business, where the proposed stand or garage from'-~hich the applicant will operate is to be located, the number of vehicles applicant intends to operate, the class, seating capacity, design an~ color scheme of eq~h vehicle, and the lettering and marks to be used thereof; and shall also state whether the applicant, or any of his drivers, have been convicted of any violation of any State Law. Upon receipt of such application the City Council shall make, or cause to be made, an investigation, including any hearing deemed necessary, as to each applicant for such certificate, and shall determine whether or not the public convenience or necessity requires the operation of such taxicabs or for-hire vehicles, and ~ether or not the applicant ~ts a person of sufficient financial ~eap~nsibility and suitable character and qualities to conduct 'such business. That no perso~ who has been convicted of a felony or high misdemeanor shall drive any taxi or public vehicle. Section 4. That all taxicabs or for-hire vehicles Ol~at~d over the streets in said City shall be paixrted a distinctive color for each person er cc~apany operating the same, the same to be chosen by the owner thereof, and shall Baw® ~ wo~d "Taxi" painted on the sides of each taxicab or for-hire vehicle. Section 5. That it shall be unlawful for any taxicab or for-hire vehicle to precede or follow the routes of the motor busses o~erated over regular routes in said City, or to pick up any persons or passengers awaiting for busses along said routes; or to m~l~e any group pick-ups of passengers in any one taxicab or for-hire vehicle other than those traveling together from the same address or in the same p°arty, or to m,~® group deliveries of persons or passengers from the respective stands or garages used by the respective taxicabs or for-hire vehicles to their respective residences unless all of said p$~aons QF passengers are in the same party or going to the same address in said City. Section 6. That all owners of taxicabs or for-hire vehicles licensed to operate in said City shall co~q~ly with all ordinances heretofore adopted relative ~o the payment of license fees and the furnishing of public liability insurance bonds and other provisions of ordinances heretofore adopted not in conflict with the terms hereof.