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Home My WebLink About1110 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1970/05/04Original APRIL 20, 1970 8A ORDINANCE NO. 1110 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATING AND LICENSING OF TAXICABS AND TAXICAB DRIVERS; AMENDING SECTION 2:2305 AND SECTION 2:2306 TEE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Section 2:2305 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read: Section 2:2305. Issuance of Certificate. If the Council finds that further taxicab service in the City of St. Louis Park is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this ordinance and the rules promulgated by the City Council, the City Council shall issue a certificate stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under said certificate, and the date of issuance; otherwise the application shall be denied. In making the above findings, the City Council shall take into consideration the number of taxicabs already in operation, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions, and the character, experience, and responsibility of the applicant. At any time after issuance of a certificate, the City Council may reconsider its findings and, upon determining that the public convenience and necessity of the City of St. Louis Park no longer requires the existing amount of taxi service, may order the city manager not to renew an existing certificate, in whole or in part, provided that the City Council shall notify the holder of its decision not to renew a certificate at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual renewal date. Prior to a decision not to renew a certificate, the City Council shall hold a public hearing pursuant to Section 2:2304. Section 2. Section 2:2306 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read: Section 2:2306. Indemnity Bond or Liability Insurance Required. No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued' or continued in operation unless there is furnished a certificate or copy of a policy of public liability insurance approved by the city attorney showing that applicant is insured against liability for each vehicle authorized in the amount of one hundred thousand (100, 000) dollars for bodily injury to any one person; in the amount of three hundred thousand (300, 000) dollars for injuries to more than • one person which are sustained in the same accident and fifty thousand (50, 000) dollars for property damage resulting from any one accident. Said policy or certificate of the insurer showing issuance of the policy shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council May 4, 1970. Attest: dClerk CfrjC4444-41/ ,AAPi Reviewed for administration: r - City Manager -2- Approved as to form and legality: City Attyarney _atitled: ORDINANCE NO. 1110 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATING AND LICENSING OF TAXICANS AND TAXICAB DRIvEKS: AMENDING SECTION 2s2305 AND SECTION 2:2306 b 5-4=19 ctwO D_,1,3 5-22-70 f-r—nce SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARK SUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota 1. County of Hennepin SS. W. JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows• (1) Said newspaper is printed in the Engllsh language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duphcate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of Oiurin the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business s for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- ned by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance No. 1110 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for O21 successive weeks, that it was first so published on thur. the 7th day of Meir 19 70 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghiiklmnopgrstuvwxyz • Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of f,tOY (Notarial Seal) ea:::" ALICE J NELSON Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn. My Commission Expires Dec. 26, 1973 19 70 (Official Publication)APRIL Y0, 1970 SA ORDINANCE NO 1110 IAN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATING AND LICENSING OF TA .I - CABS AND TAXICAB DRIVERS, AMEND- ' ENG SECTION 2 2305 AND SECTION 2 2306 THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 Section 2 2305 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code is Amended to real' Section dthe Council finds that taxicab i rvice in the ,City of St Louis Park is required by the pubhc convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, wilhng and able to per- form such public transportation and to con- form to the provisions of this ordinance and the rules promulgated by the City Council the City Council shall issue a certificate star ng numbee name of nd epic es address authorizedp u [ under said certificate and the date of issuance other wise the application shall be denied I In making the above findings the City Council shall take into consideration the i number' of taxicabs already in operation 1 whether existing transportation is adequate to I, meet the public need the probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions and the character experience and responsi- bilily of the applicant At any time after issuance of a certificate the City Council may reconsider its findings and upon determining that the public conven ience and necessity of the City of St nLouis � Park no longer the existing amount of taxi service. may order the city_matager, not to Eenew an existing certificate in whole or in part, provide0Alt` e'`ti `'Louncil shall Rotajr the h eifdl 1j¢ derision not to renew a certifies at lead[' ty (60 days prior to the annual•reneval,d Prior to a decision not to renew'a-certifi cate the City Council shall hold a public hearing pursuant to Section 2 2304 Section 2 Section 2 2306 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code Is amended to read Section 2 2306 Indemnity Bond or Liability Insurance Required No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued or continued in operation unless there is fur- nished a certificate or copy of a policy of pubhc habihty insurance approved by the city attorney showing that applicant is insured against habihty for each vehicle authorized in the amount of one hundred thousand (100 000) dollars for bodily tniury to any one person in the amount of three hundred thousand (300,000) dollars for inluifes to more than one person which are sustained in the same acci- dent and fifty thousand (50,000) dollars for property damage resulting .from any one accident Said policy or certificate of the insurer showing issuance of the policy shall be filed in the office of the city clerk Section 3 Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its pubhca- bon Adopted by the City Council May 4, 1970 s/ FRANK J: HOWARD ' Mayor Attest s/ EARL E_'HANSON City Clerk -r -v Reviewed for administration CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager ,/ipproved as 5/ form and WAYNE POPHAM City Attorney (May 7 19701—SLP File No. _ Affidavit of Publication ST. 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