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ORDINANCE NO. 4787
(Published in the Salina Journal C_
1937)
AN ORDINANCE relating.to taxicabs and a -mending Section 3 and Section
4 of ordinance No. 2948 and Section .1 of Ordinance No. 3306
and Section 2_of_Ordinance No. 4625, as -amended by Section 1
of Ordinance No. 4633, and repealing said -original sections*
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners _ of . the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 3 of Ordinance No* 2948 be and the
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same is hereby amended to read as follows:
„Section 2. No license for the operation of any taxicab in
the City of Salinas Kansas shall be issued until the applicant or
applicants. therefor shall .file with the City Clerk -.a -written applica-
tion containing a description of such vehiele,.the make and type
thereof, its motor and serial numbers, its state license number,
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and the name of the insurance carrier.carrying-the _liability in-
surance on such taxicab as required in this ordinance, and the
number of the insurance policy, and _such other . informat ion as may
be required, on a printed form furnished by the City for such pur-
pose, and any license for the opera tion of any such taxicab shall
apply to and cover only the specific vehicle described in such appli-
cation, until on application duly made therefor by the same owner
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and operator the right to transfer such license to another vehicle
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be granted by the Board of Connissionerse The application shall be
signed by the owner or owners of the vehicle described in the applica-
tion and by any other person, firm or corporation or association in
any manner interested in the direction, operation or control thereof
or under whose name it is operated and s u j
p such*1- person, firm
or corporation or association shall b�`descr:,b in such application,
and in any license issued pure' t tbereto, as the operator, and if
any license is issued to the mm14"and operator of such taxicab,
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such license shall be issued to and in the name of such owner and
such operator and upon the transfer of ownership of such vehicle by
the owner to any other person, or if the person described as owner
in the license is not in fact the owner of such vehicle, or upon
such operator ceasing to have any interest in the direction, opera-
tion or control thereof, or if it ceases to be operated under the
name of the operator named in the license, any license so issued
shall ipso facto be immediately cancelled and such taxicab shall
not thereafter be operated by any person, as owner or otherwise,
under such license and it shall be unlawful for any person to use,
drive or operate either as owner or operator, or as agent, employee
or manager of any owner or operator, any taxicab within the City of
Salina which shall not have been duly licensed on or which any license
has been cancelled or which has ceased to be operated by the owner
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and operator.named in the license, and both the owner and. operator, if
they be different persons, and any person driving the same shall be deemed'
guilty of . s violation of this ordinance If any . such taxicab is operated
in the violation of _ any_ of . the provis.ions_.. of this_ section. The applicant
or applicants for any such license shall at the time.the application is
filed with the City Clerk -pay to the City Clerk the fee for such license
as now or hereafter provided for by ordinance, and the City Clerk shall
thereupon after inspection and approval of such vehicle by the license
inspector as provided by ordinance, present such application to the
Board of Corzm'.ssioners at the next regular meeting of such Board. The
Board of Commissioners shall, if they consider. that the public conven-
ience and necessity require the licensing of such taxicab, in addition
to any other taxicabs which may at that time be operating.under licenses
issued by the city, and if they deem the applicants therefor to be of
good moral character and that they and any persons employed by them
will operate the taxicab for which a license is desired properly and
for the best interests of the public, and that they will obey and con-
form to the ordinances of such c 1 ive to the operation of taxi-
cabs and all other ordinances of" ity, grant a license to such
applicant or applicants coveAn&,,the taxicab described in said applica-
tion, and direct the �y ';,40rk to issue such license; Provided, however,,
that the Board of Co'ioners shall not issue or have in effect at any
one time licenses f*'taxicabs in a number in excess of the number of
taxicabs which the Board of Commissioners may deem necessary for the
best interests and convenience of the inhabitants of the City of Salina
and the general public, or in such number that the owners and operators
of the licensed taxicabs might in the opinion of the Board of Commissionerej
be apt to engage in practices which would be detrimental to the best
interests of the City and its inhabitants and the general public, and
shall reject and deny any application in the event that they consider
that the granting of such license would increase the number of taxicabs
licensed to operate in the City of Salina beyohd the number necessary
for the best interests and convenience of the inhabitants of said city
and the general public, or if fox, any other reason they deem that the
granting of such license would be detrimental to the public interest."
Section 2• Section 4 of ordinance No. 2948 be and the same is
amended to read as follows:
"Section 4. It shall be unlawful to operate a taxicab for hire
or permit the same to be operated in the City of Salina, nor shall
any license for the operation thereof be granted by the Board of
Commissioners of said city, until the applicant or applicants for a
license shall deposit with the City Clerk a policy of liability
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insurance issued to and covering such applicants and covering the
taxicab described in their application, in such form as shall be
j acceptable to and approved by the Board of Commissioners, and
issued
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by an insurance company or association approved by the
Board of Commissioners and in such amount as the Board of Com-
missioners may deem sufficient to adequately protect the interests
of the public, which liability insurance policy shall wind the company
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or association issuing the same to pay compensation for injuries to
or death of persons and for loss of or damages to property resulting
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from the negligent operation of such taxicab, and shall make such
{ additional arrangements for the protection of the public, supple-
menting such insurance policies, as the Board of Commissioners shall
require and approve. Any such insurance policy shall have incorporated
therein, or attached thereto by endorsement thereon, recitals to the
t effect that the policy is issued in accordance with and under the
requirements of the ordinances of the City of - alma pertaining
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thereto and that it is issued for the beneflt( - d for the purpose
of protecting the public, including-passengefs therein, against in-
juries or damages resulting fry the operation of said taxicab and
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that it shall remain effective:urrtil cancelled as herein provided
for, irrespective of any statements, declarations, misrepresentations,
acts or omissions of the assured or of any agent, servant, employee
W representative of assured, either in the application for said policy
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or in the schedule of statements or declarations contained or referred
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to in said policy, including statements as to ownership, or made,
committed or omitted before or after the occurance of any injury or
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damages caused by the operation of any such vehicle, and shall provide
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that no cancellation of the policy or any endorsement thereon shall
I be effective until the expiration of ten days after notice of such
cancellation shall have been delivered to the City Clerk, and such
other recitals as may be approved by and required by the Board of
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Commissioners.
Section 3. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3306 be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
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"That no taxicab licensed to operate in the City of Salina in
accordance with the Ordinance of said city pertai ereto shall
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be permitted to stand when unemployed at an3rf pac,on the public
streets of said city except at such places as shay be designated for
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such purpose from tine to time by they 13oaa'd 'of Commissioners of said
Ci and allotted b the Board of C
City y q issioners to the owner or owners
of any such licensed taxicabs, such space to be so allotted only in
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such location as the Board of Commissioners may deem to be for the
public interest and convenience; Provided, that space for not to exceed
one taxicab may be allotted in front of or adjacent to the main entrance
of each hotel in the city, and in front of each ground floor place of
business actually used and maintained by any owner or operator as a
taxicab office. _No such space shall be allotted to the owner or
operator of any taxicabs by the Board of /Commissioners, in that portion
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of any street in front of or ad jaeeiif) private property unless
the owner and the ground floor lessetk pP such private property shall
join with the owner or: +operator of such taxicabs in an application for
the allotment of such 'space; provided that the joining of such owner
and lessee of the Apperty with the owner or operator of any such taxi-
cabs shall not in itself require the granting of such applications and
provided further that no space for any taxicab stand shall be designated
or located on Santa Fe Avenye between Elm Street and Mulberry Street or
on Iron Avenue between Fourth Street and Eighth Street, and any space
allotted in any street may beby the Board of Commissioners vacated and
restored to the use of the general public at any time, on notice to
the owner or operator of any such taxicab.
Section 4. That Section 2 of Crdinanc N 14625 as amended by
Section 1 of ordinance No* 4633 be and tY>s s hereby amended to
read as f ollowws : , a.
Section 2. That the mkp ii .rates of fare for the transportation
of passengers in any taxicab lensed by the City of Salina shall be
as follows:
Zone One shall consist of all of the City of Salina except that
part lying east of Delaware street and north of Euclid Avenue and the
fare from any point in Zone One, to any other point in Zone One shall
be 10¢ for each passenger, except that from the.Union Station to any
point in Zone One the rate of fare shall be 15 for each passenger.
Zones o shall consist of that part19 ty of Salina lying
east of Delaware Street and west of Marymoun,, oad and the rate of fare
from or to any point in Zone Two, to or from any other point in the
city, shall be 15S for one passenger and 5� for each additional passenger.;
Zone Three shall consist of that part of the City of Salina lying
east of Marymount Road and th*,:. rate of fare from or to any point in
Zone Three, to or from any other point in the city, shall be 20fd for
one passenger and 5� for each additional passenger*
Zone Four shall consist of that part of the "Cy o Salina
lying north of Euclid Avenue and the rate of fire `-tMkO6 to a
Dint in Zone Four, to or from an other o t c
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be W for one passenger and 5f for Wh., additional passenger•
Zone Five shall consist of all'territory lying east of Ohio
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Street and north of the Smoky dill Iver, and extending , to the
east and north boundaries of Cloverleaf Addition, and the rate of
Bare from or to in any point in Zone Five, to or from any point in
the City of Salina, shall be 20y for one or two passengers -and 10�
for each additional passenger*
I Section 5. That original Sections 3 and 4`"_,rte No.
2948, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3306 and Section �,Oof�:inance
No. 4625 as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance'Ro. 4633, be and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall,, take effect and be in force
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from and after its publication in tie official city paper. -
Introduced, October 4, 1937
Passed, October 11, 1937
S. Wo Jackson
Attest: Acting 19y5F
Chas. E. Banker
MyClerk-
STATE OF KANSAS
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COUNTY OF SALINE )
I, Chas. r. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 4787 passed and approved by the Board of Com-
missioners of the City of Salina October 11, 1937; and a record of
the vote on its final adoption is found on pages > Journal No. 14.
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City Clerk
(Published in the Salina Journal
d, 1937 )
ORDINANCE NO, 4787
AN oRDI14ANCE relating to taxicabs and amending Section 3 and
Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2948 and Section 1 of Ordinance
No. 3306 and Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4625, as amended by
Section 1 of Ordinance No* 4633, and repealing said original
sections•
BE IT ORDAI.M by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salinas
Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2948 be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. No license for the operation of any taxicab in
the City of Salina, Kansas shall be issued until the applicant or
applicants therefor shall file with the City Clerk a written applica-
tion containing a description of such vehicle, the make and type
thereof, its motor and serial numbers, its state license number#
and the name of the insurance carrier carrying the liability in-
surance on such taxicab as required in this ordinance, and the
number of the insurance policy, and such other information as may
be required, on a printed form furnished by the City for such pur-
pose, and any license for the operation of any such taxicab shall
apply to and cover only the specific vehicle described in such appli-
cation, until on application duly made therefor by the same owner
and operator the right to transfer such license to another vehicle
be granted by the Board of Commissioners. The application shall be
signed by the owner or owners of the vehicle described in the applica-
tion and by any other person, firm or corporation or association in
any manner interested in the direction, operation or control thereof
or under whose name it is operated and such additional persons firm
or corporation or association shall be described in such application,
and in any license issued pursuant thereto, as the operator, and if
any license is issued to the owner and operator of such taxicab,
such license shall be issued to and in the name of such owner and
such operator and upon the transfer of ownership of such vehicle
by the owner to any other person, or if the person described as owner
in the license is not in fact the owner of such vehicle, or upon
such operator ceasing to have any interest in the direction, opera-
tion or control thereof, or if it ceases to be operated under the
name of the operator named in the license, any license so issued
shall ipso facto be immediately cancelled and such taxicab shall
not thereafter be operated by any person, as owner or otherwise,
under such license and it shall be unlawful for any person to
use, drive or operate either as owner or operator, or as agent,
employee or manager of any owner or operator, any taxicab within
the City of Salina which shall not have been duly licensed on or
which any license has been cancelled or which has ceased to be
operated by the owner and operator named in the license, and both
the owner and operator, if they be different persons, and any
person driving the same shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
this ordinance if any such taxicab is operated in the violation
of any of the provisions of this section. The applicant or applicants
for any such license shall at the time the application is filed with
the City Clerk pay to the City Clerk the fee for such license as now
or hereafter provided for by ordinance, and the City Clerk shall
thereupon after inspection and approval of such vehicle by the
license inspector as provided by ordinance, present such application
to the Board of Commissioners at the next regular meeting of such
Board. The Board of Commissioners shall, if they consider that the
public convenience and necessity require the licensing of such taxi-
cab, in addition to any other taxicabs which may at that time be
operating under -licenses issued by the city, and if they deem the
applicants therefor to be of good moral character and that they and
any persons employed by them will operate the taxicab for which a
license is desired properly and for the best interests of the public,
and that they will obey and conform to the ordinances of such city
relative to the operation of taxicabs and all other ordinances of
said city, grant a license to such applicant or applicants covering
the taxicab described in said application, and direct the City Clerk
to issue such license; Provided, however, that the Board of Com-
missioners shall not issue or have in effect at any one time
licenses for taxicabs in a number in excess of the number of
taxicabs which the Board of Commissioners may deem necessary for
the best interests and convenience of the inhabitants of the City
of Salina and the general public, or in such number that the owners
and operators of the licensed taxicabs might in the opinion of the
Board of Commissioners be apt to engage in practices which would
be detrimental to the best interests of the City and its inhabitants
and the general public, and shall reject and deny any application in
the event that they consider that the granting of such license would
increase the number of taxicabs licensed to operate in the City of
Salina beyond the number necessary for the best interests and con-
venience of the inhabitants of said city and the general public,
or if for any other reason they deem that the granting of such
license would be detrimental to the public interest."
Section 2• Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2948 be and the same
is amended to read as follows:
"Section 4• It shall be unlawful to operate a taxicab for
hire or permit the same to be operated in the City of Salina, nor
shall any license for the operation thereof be granted by the Board
of Commissioners of said city, until the applicant or applicants
for a license shall deposit with the City Clerk a policy of liability
insurance issued to and covering such applicants and covering the
taxicab described in their application, in such form as shall be
acceptable to and approved by the Board of Commissioners, and
issued by an insurance company or association approved by the
Board of Commissioners and in such amount as the Board of Com-
missioners may deem sufficient to adequately protect the interests
of the public, which liability insurance policy shall bind the
company or association issuing the same to pay compensation for
injuries to or death of persons and for loss of or damages to
property resulting from the negligent operation of such taxicab,
and shall make such additional arrangements for the protection of
the public, supplementing such insurance policies, as the Board of
Uommissioners shall require and approve. Any such insurance policy
shall have incorporated therein, or attached thereto by endorsement
thereon, recitals to the effect that the policy is issued in accord-
ance with and under the requirements of the ordinances of the City
of Salina pertaining thereto and that it is issued for the benefit
of and for the purpose of protecting the public, including passengers
therein, against injuries or damages resulting from the operation
of said taxicab and that it shall remain effective until cancelled
as herein provided for, irrespective of any statements, declarations,
misrepresentations, acts or omissions of the assured or of any agent,
servant, employee or representative of assured, either in the applica.
tion for said policy or in the schedule of statements or declarations
contained or referred to in said policy, including statements as to
ownership, or made, committed or omitted before or after the oenurance
of any injury or damages caused by the operation of any such vehicle,
and shall provide that no cancellation of the policy or any endorse-
ment thereon shall be effective until the expiration of ten days after
notice of such cancellation shall have been delivered to the City Clerk,
and such other recitals as may be approved by and required by the
Board of Commissioners.
Section 3e That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3306 be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"That no taxicab licensed to operate in the City of Salina in
accordance with the Ordinance of said city pertaining thereto shall
be permitted to stand when unemployed at any place on the public
streets of said city except at such places as may be designated for
such purpose from time to time by the Board of Commissioners of said
city and allotted by the Board of Commissioners to the owner or
owners of any such licensed taxicabs, such space to be so allotted
only in such location as the Board of Commissioners may deem to be
for the public interest and convenience; Provided, that space for
not to exceed one taxicab may be allotted in front of or adjacent
to the main entrance of each hotel in the city, and in front of
each ground floor place of business actually used and maintained
by any owner or operator as a taxicab office. No such space shall
be allotted to the owner or operator of any taxicabs by the Board
of Commissioners in that portion of any street in front of or ad-
jacent to any private property unless the owner and the ground
floor lessee of such private property shall join with the owner
or operator of such taxicabs in an application for the allotment
of such space; provided that the joining of such owner and lessee
of the property with the owner or operator of any such taxicabs
shall not in itself require the granting of such application, and
provided further that no space for any taxicab stand shall be designated
or located on Santa Fe Avenue between. Elm Street and Mulberry Street
or on Iron Avenue between Fourth Street and Eighth Street, and any
space allotted in any street may be by the Board of Commissioners
vacated and restored to the use of the general public at any -time,
on notice to the owner or operator of any such taxicab•
Section 4. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4625 as amended
by Section 1 of Ordinance No. 4633 be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 2. That the minimum rates of fare for the transporta-
tion of passengers in any taxicab licensed by the City of Salina
shall be as follows:
Zone One shall consist of all of the City of Salina except
that part lying east of Delaware Street and north of Euclid Avenue
and the fare from any point in Zone One, to any other point in Zone
One shall be 10� for each passenger, except that from the Union
Station to any point in Zone One the rate of fare shall be 15¢ for
each passenger.
Zone
Two shall consist
of that part
of the City of
Salina
lying east
of Delaware Street
and west of
Marymount Road
and the
rate of fare from or to any point in Zone Two, to or from any
other point in the city, shall be 15SC for one passenger and 5¢
for each additional passenger.
Zone Three shall consist of that part of the City of Salina
lying east of Marymount Road and the rate of fare from or to any
point in Zone Three, to or from any other point in the city: shall
be 20¢ for one passenger and 5¢ for each additional passenger.
Zone Four shall consist of that part of the City of Salina
lying north of Euclid Avenue and the rate of fare from or to a
point in Zone Four, to or from any other point in the city, shall
be 15� for one passenger and 5¢ for each additional passenger.
Zone Five shall consist of all territory lying east of Ohio
Street and north of the Smoky Hill River, and extending to the east
and north boundaries of Cloverleaf Addition, and the rate of fare
from or to in any point in Zone Five, to or from any point in the
City of Salina, shall be 20¢ for one or two passengers and 10¢ for
each additional passenger*
Section 5* That original Sections 3 and 4 of Ordinance No*
2948, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 3306 and Section 2 of Ordinance
No. 4625 as amended by Section 1 of Ordinance No* 4633, be and the s ame
are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Miis ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in the official city paper*
Introduced, October 4, 1937
Passed, October 11, 1937
(SEAL)
Attest:
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g mayor