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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1209 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 38-1, 38-2 and 38-2a OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO VEHICLES FOR HIRE, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: This ordinance is declared by the City Council to be an emergency measure necessary to preserve the public peace, health, and safety. Section 2: The City Council finds that the reasons for the emergency are as follows: a. The operation of taxicabs within the City of Santa Aha is of great importance and of great impact to the public health and safety. The City Council further finds that standards and procedures for the issuance of the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate taxicabs in the City are necessary to protect public health and safety. Such regulation of taxicabs is necessary to protect the citizens of Santa Ana from injury by such ve- hicles and to safeguard the public against the use of taxi vehicles in illegal acts and for illegal purposes including prostitution. b. As the result of recent litigation, certain terms in the provisions of Chapter 38 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code regulating the operation of vehicles for hire have been de- clared invalid as vague and overbroad. It is necessary immediately to re-enact the sections containing those terms, clarifying and improving their wording so as to allow for the continuous and uninterrupted regulation of vehicles for hire and enforcement of the provisions of Chapter 38 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare. Section 3: Section 38-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 38-1 - Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: AMBULANCE is a privately-owned vehicle equipped or used for transporting the wounded, injured, sick or dead, and shall include, but not be limited to, emergency vehicles used for such purposes. CERTIFICATE means a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the City of Santa Ana authorizing the holder thereof to conduct an ambulance, motorbus, taxicab, or other vehicle for hire business in the City. CHIEF OF POLICE shall mean the Chief of Police of the City or his duly authorized subordinates. CITY ~AGER shall mean the City Manager of the City, or his duly authorized subordinates. COMPENSATION as used in this chapter means and includes any money, thing of value, payment, consideration, reward, tip, donation, gratuity or profit paid to, accepted, or received by the driver of any vehicle in exchange for transportation of a person or persons, whether paid upon solicitation, demand or