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ORDINANCE NO. 962 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING THE BUSINESS OF CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE IN MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF SANTA ~\NA. The Board of T~ustees of the City of Santa Ana ordains as follows: SECTION 1: For the put,pose of this ordinance, the following terms shall have meanings here given to. them. The term "taxicab" shall mean and include every motor vehicle used in the business of carrying passengers for hire, which is rented from a public or private garage or any fixed stand or location, either by telephone call or other- wise, and the destination and route of which are under the control of the pass- enger or passengers being carried therein. The term "motor bus" shall~mean and include every motor vehicle used in the business of carrying passengers for hire which receives and discharges pass- enters along the route traversed by it, but shall not include a street or inter- urban railway car, a hotel bus, a sightseeing bus, or a taxicab as above defined. The te~m "owner" shall mean and include every person, firm or corporati( owning or controlling any motor bus or taxicab. The term "driver" shall mean and include every person in actual charge and control oF any taxicab or motor bus as the driver thereof. The term "Board" shall mean and include a conmuittee consisting of the Street Commissioner, Police Commissioner, and the City Attorney of the City of Santa Ana. T~e terms "Taxicab Stand" and "Stand" shall mean and include a portion of the street designated by the Board for the use of taxicabs while waiting for employment. SECTION 2: I~ shall be unlawful for any owner to operate, or cause to be operated, any taxicab or motor bus owned or controlled by such owner in the business of carrying passengers for hire, unless such ovmer has obtained a permit and a license so to do as herein provided, and such permit and such license are in. full force and effect. SECTION 3: Any owner desiring to obtain the permit required by Section 2 hereof shall make application therefor to the Board. Each such application shall be accompanied by a bond or policy of insurance and license fee as are hereinafter provided for, shall be in writing, and shall set forth the following: 1. The name, age and business address and residence of the applicant, if a natural person; or, if a corporation, its name, date and place of incor- poration, address of its principal place of business, and the names of its principal officers, together with their respective addresses; or, if a partnershi~ association or unincorporated company, the names of the partners, or of the perso~ comprising the association or company, with the place of business and residence of each such partner or person. 2. A description of each motor vehicle which the applicant proposes to use, giving the type of each vehicle, the name of the manufacturer thereof, the horsepower, the factory number and state license number of each vehicle, and the seating capacity thereof according to its trade or factory rating, or if a truck, the actual carrying and seating capacity thereof. SECTION 4: If the application referred to in Section 3 hereof is for a permit to operate a taxicab or taxicabs, it shall also set forth: 1. The street number and exact location of the place or places where the applicant proposes to stand each such taxicab. 2. A schedule of the rates of fare to be charged for carrying passenger~ in such taxicab or taxicabs. 3. The color scheme, name, monogram, or insignia of such taxicab or taxicabs. 4. If the proposed stand is in a public highway, said application shall be accompanied by a list in writing, setting forth the names and respective addresses of all lessees or sub-lessees and owners in actual or constructive possession of the ground floor of any building or buildings or parcel of real estate contiguous to that portion of the highway where such taxicab stand is proposed to be located; provided, that if such names cannot with due diligence be ascertained, such fact shall be stated opposite the respective address in such list. SECTION 5: If the application referred to in Section 3 hereof is for a permit to operate a motor bus or motor busses, it shall also set forth: 1. The route or routes along which it is proposed to operate such motor bus or motor busses. 2. The rate of fare to be Charged for carrying passengers in such motor bus or motor busses. .S