The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-03-22
ORDINANCE NO. III
COMMISSION SERIES

NlEIN AL III oItDl4NFh4NSL W..
452, COUNCIL SERIES, OF THE
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA;
| SUBSTITUTING THE CITY
MANAGER OF SAID CITY FOR
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COM
MlTTEE OF THE CITY COUN-
ICIL UNDER SAID ORDINANCE
NO. ASP, COUNCIL SERIES:
PROVIDING FOR FORFEIT
URE OF TAxICAB DRIVERS
LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO
OPERATE FOR AS MUCH AS
NINETY DAYS DURING A SIX
MONTH PERIOD; PROHIBIT
ING CERTAIN TYPES OF So
LIGHTING BY TAXICAB DRIV-
Err AND SIGHTSEEING BUS
DRIVER; PROHIBITING TAXI
CAB DRIVER, AND SIGHTSEE-
ING BUS DRIVER, WHILE
WAITING EMPLOYMENT,
FROM PARKING ON ANY
PUBLIC STREET, EXCEPT IN
AREAS DESIGNATED AS TAXI
STAND AND SIGHTSEEING
BUS STAND; PROVIDING PEN
ALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION;
CONTAINING A SAVING
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLA
TON; CONTAINING A saw
ING CLAUSE; AND PROVID-
ING WHEN ORDINANCE GOES
INTO EFFECT
Be it enacted by the City Com
mission of the City of Key West.
Florida
Section l. This ordinance shall
be construed as supplemental to
Ordinance No. 452, Council
Series, of the ordinances Of The
City of Key West, Florida
Section 2. The word Boa d" or
the expressions Public Safety
Committee of the City of Key
West, or Public Safety Com
mittee of the City Council of the
City of Key West, Florida. or
Public Safety Committee of the
City Council of the City Of KEY
West" appearing in Ordinance No.
452, Council Series, of the ordi-
nances of the City of Key West,
Florida, shall henceforth be held
to mean the City Manager of the
City of Key West, Florida, and said
City Manager is hereby substituted
for said Board and Public Safety
Committee in said Ordinance No.
ASP, Council Series, and is here
by vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and authorities Of
said Board and Public Safety
Committee under said Ordinance.
Section 3. Any taxicab or
sightseeing bus driver licensed
under the provisions of Ordi-
nance No. 452, Council Series,
of the ordinances of the City
of Key West, Florida, who
has failed to carry on bona fide
operations as such taXicab or
sightseeing bus driver for as
much as ninety 900 days during
the six (6) month period imme-
diately prior to passage of this
ordinance or fails to carry on
such operations for as much as
ninety 900 days during any six
(6) month period hereafter shall
forfeit his license as such taxicab
or sightseeing bus driver and the
City Manager or said City shall
thereupon declare such license
forfeited
Section 4. A taXicab driver
waiting employment shall not
park his taxicab on any public
street in The City Of Key West,
Florida, except in an area desig-
mated as a taxicab stand, and
driver of a sightseeing bus wait
ing employment shall not park
his sightseeing bus on any public
street in the City of Key West.
Florida, except in an area desig-
mated as a sightseeing bus stand.
A driver of a taXicab or sight
seeing bus shall not solicit pas
sengers vocally or by gestures,
while driving his taXicab or sight
seeing bus. Any taxicab or sight
seeing bus driver may solicit en-
ployment by driving his taxicab
or sightseeing bus over or upon
any public street or place, pro-
vided, that such vehicle shall be
halted only when signals or con-
dition require such hating, and |
it shall be driven at a rate of
speed which shall neither inter
fere with nor impede traffic.
Section 5. ANY person violating
any of the provisions of Section !
4 of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished by a fine !
of not less than Twenty five dol
lars ($25.00 nor more than Two
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) or !
imprisoned in the City Jail for
not more than sixty 600 days. or
by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Section 6. In the event any sec
ton, paragraph. sentence or
clause or norton Of this nrdi- !