RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 05.72 OF THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXICAB OPERATORS AND DRIVERS

Recommended Action:

Staff recommends that the City Council introduce an Ordinance to amend provisions of Chapter 5.72 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code.

Background:

The taxicab ordinance was recently re-written. A conflict was discovered in Section 05.72.050 F, which sets the insurance requirements for taxicab operators and drivers. The amount in question required taxicab operators and drivers to carry $350,000 in insurance for any one accident. The taxicab operators currently carry $300,000.

Analysis:

Staff surveyed six other cities with taxicab permit programs and discovered all the other cities required $300,000 for any one accident. Staff felt that requiring $350,000 was not in line with the other city requirements and it would force the taxicab operators to get a special rider just for us. The City Attorney's Office agreed with the change and wrote the attached Ordinance to amend Section 5.72.050 F of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code.

Fiscal Impact: None

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ORDINANCE NO.___________

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH AMENDING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 5.72 OF THE HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO TAXICAB OPERATORS AND DRIVERS

The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach hereby does ordain as follows:

Section 1. Section 5.72.050 F. of Chapter 5.72 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

"F. Evidence satisfactory to the City Manager of having procured comprehensive general liability and automobile liability insurance which will insure and indemnify the applicant and the passengers riding in the taxicab against liability or financial loss resulting from injury occurring to persons or passengers from the operation of such vehicles in an amount not less than $100,000 for bodily injury to any person, $300,000 for any one accident and $50,000 for any property damage;"

Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason deemed or held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or other portions might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days of its final passage and adoption.

SECTION 4. Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its adoption, the City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published and circulated, in the City of Hermosa Beach in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said city, and shall make minutes of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted.

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