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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1237 PAGE FOUR Sec. 38-1.26. Vehicle for hire. "Vehicle for hire" shall mean any ambulance, motorbus, taxicab, jitney or other motor vehicle offered in the City of Santa Ana fom the transportation of passengers for compensa- tion or used or engaged in the soliciting or pick-up of passengers for hire in the City.of Santa Ana, exclusive of any vehicle for which a Certificate of Public C6nvenience is needed and has been granted by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Calif- ornia. Sec. 38-1.27~ Waiting time. "Waiting time" shall mean the time when the taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance to the time of discharge of a passenger, including any time the taxicab is not in motion due to traffic or the request, act or fault of the passenger, except that the first three minutes elapsing prior to the arri- val of the passenger at the beginning of a trip shall not be considered as waiting time, and in no event shall any time be considered as waiting time for any period prior to the time of arrival designated by the prospective passenger when requesting a taxicab. SECTION 3: Section 38-2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 38-2. Certificate and permit requirements (a) No holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity'shall engage in, or permit any other person to engage in, the business of-soliciting or picking up passengers for hire in the city in any vehi'cle for hire registered to or owned or controlled by such holder unless such vehicle has been affixed with the stickers and device as required by Sections 38-18 and 38-20a of this chapter, evidencing, that it is authorized to operate within the City o( Santa Ana as a vehicle for hire. (b) No person shall pick up any passenger(s) for hire in · the city in a vehicle for hire unless that vehicle has been affixed with the appropriate stickers and device evidencing that it is authorized to operate within the City of Santa Aha as a vehicle for hire. (c) No person shall solicit any Passenger{s) for hire in the city in a vehicle for hire unless tha% vehicle has been affixed with the appropri.ate stickers and device evidencing that it is authorized to operate within the City of Santa Ana as a vehicle for hire. Three or more violations of subsection (a) of this section within any 12-month period by a holder shall constitute grounds for revocation of such holder's certificates pursuant to Section 38-10. For the purpose of such re- vocation proceedings a presumption is created that any person convicted Of or pleading guilty or nolo Contendere to any violation of subsection (b) or (c) of this section, who was using a vehicle during such violation which at the time of the violation was registered to, or owned or con- trolled by, a holder is deemed to have been acting with the permission of such holder'. SECTION 4: Section 38-2a of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby repealed. SECTION 5: Section 38-3 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: