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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 3, 1996 PH4� OF tOOi CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION cq�lF a�`P AGENDA TITLE: Public Hearing to Consider the Application Received from Pargat Singh Gill, 1932 Anderson Drive, Lodi, to Operate a Taxicab Service Within the City of Lodi MEETING DATE: January 3, 1996 PREPARED BY: City Clerk RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council conduct a Public Hearing to consider application received from Pargat Singh Gill, 1932 Anderson Drive, Lodi, to operate a taxicab service within the City of Lodi. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The attached application to operate a taxicab service within the City of Lodi (Exhibit A) has been received from Pargat Singh Gill, 1932 Anderson Drive, Lodi. The application has been reviewed and contains the information required under Section 5.24.210 of the Lodi Municipal Code. A copy of the Code is attached. The Lodi Municipal Code specifies that, at the time set for the hearing regarding the application for such a permit, the City Council may examine the applicant and all persons interested in the matter set forth in the application and shall determine whether or not the public interest, convenience, and necessity require the issuance of the permit applied for. If it is found by the City Council that the public interest, convenience, and necessity require the issuance of the permit applied for, it shall by resolution order the City Clerk to issue a permit (a copy of which resolution is attached). The Code further provides that before a permit is issued by the City Clerk, the applicant to whom a permit has been awarded by the City Council shall deliver to the City Clerk a policy of insurance with appropriate limits and naming the City as additional insured. It will also be necessary for the applicants to obtain driver permits from the Chief of Police prior to being issued a permit to operate this service. The applicant has been informed of these requirements. FUNDING: None required. ni r ernn ity Clerk Attachments APPROVED: H. D ON FLYNN CITY MANAGER cc -1 November 14, 1995 City of Lodi 221 W. Pine Street Lodi, CA 95240 RE: Application for Taxicab City Clerk, My desire is to obtain a permit to operate a taxicab in the city of Lodi. The vehicle I wish to use would be a 1988 Grand Mercury, a four door passenger vehicle. Vehicle identification number 2MEBM75F6JX643330. California state license number is 3JDB247. The rate charged would be $1.65 for meter drop and then at a rate of $1.50 per mile. The vehicle is white in color and it would be called Lodi City Cab. With no monogram or insignia, simply the name printed on the side of the vehicle. PARGAT SINGH GILL 1932 Anderson Drive Lodi, CA 95240 209-333-8182 April 25, 1994 City Of Lodi 221 W. Pine St. Lodi, CA 95240 Re: Application for Taxicab City Clerk, My desire is to obtain a permit fbr a Taxicab. The vehicle I wish to use would be a 1988 Grand Mercury, a four passenger vehicle'. I would purpose to stand this automobile at the corner of E. Pine Street and Stockton Street (Lodi Greyhound Station). The rate would be at what the basic meter rate. Pargat Singh Gill 1932 Anderson Or. Lodi, CA 95240 April 26, 1994 Mr. Pargat Singh Gill 1932 Anderson Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Dear Mr. Gill: I am in receipt of your $10.00 and application to operate a taxicab service in Lodi pursuant to Lodi Municipal Code 5.24 (a copy of which was given to you on this date). The following items were not included on your application which is required in Section 5.24.210. • You need to include the following additional information regarding the vehicle you plan to use. b Motor and serial number of vehicle; and a State license number on the vehicle. • You need to be more specific on your proposed schedule of rates or fares to be charged for carrying passengers in the vehicle. • You also need to include on your application the distinctive color scheme, name, monogram or insignia which will be used on the vehicle. Please make these changes noted above on your application and resubmit it to me. You do not need to resubmit the $10.00 fee. Also included in this letter is a copy of Resolution No. 85-11 entitled, "A Resolution of the Lodi City Council Setting Liability Insurance Requirements for All Persons Operating Taxicabs or Automobiles for Hire Under Permit of the City of Lodi" for your information. Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Jennifer M. Perrin City Clerk JMP Attachment RESOLUTION NO. 85-11 RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL SETTING LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PERSONS OPERATING TAXICABS OR AUTOM013ILES FOR HIRE UNDER PERMIT OF THE CITY OF LODI BE IT RESOLVED, that the following are the liability insurance requirements set by the Lodi City Council under Chapter 24, § 24-25 of the Lodi Municipal Code relating to taxicabs operator's liability insurance: "All persons operating taxicabs or automobiles for hire (hereinafter referred to as "Operator"), under permit in the city, shall maintain in full force during the term of Operator's permit, a policy of public liability insurance under which Operator is named as insured, and containing an Additional Named Insured Endorsement naming the City of Lodi as an additional insured, and under which the insurer agrees to indemnify and hold Operator, and the City of Lodi harmless from, and against all costs, expenses, and liability arising out of, or based upon, any and all property damage, or damages for personal injuries, including death, sustained in accidents occurring in or about the demised premises; where such accident, damage, or injury, including death, results, or is claimed to have resulted, from any act or omission on the part of Operator, or Operator's agents or employees. The minimum limits of such insurance shall be $500,000.00/$1,000,000.00. In addition to the Additional Named Insured Endorsement on Operator's policy of insurance, said insurance policy shall be endorsed to include the following language: "Such insurance as is afforded by the endorsement for the Additional Insured shall apply as primary insurance. Any other insurance maintained by the City of Lodi or its officers and employees shall be excess only and not contributing with the Insurance afforded by this endorsement." NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby determine that the City Clerk of the City of Lodi shall be notified in writing 30 days prior to the cancellation of the heretofore referenced liability policy. Dated: January 16, 1985 -1- 85-11 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 85-11 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held January 16, 1985 by the following vote: Ayes: Council Members - Hinchman, Pinkerton, Reid, Olson, and Snider (Mayor) Noes: Council Members - None Absent: Council Members - None A A. EIMCHE CITY CLERK -2- 85-11 Z- 85-11 C.24.010 Chapter 5.24 5.24.230 Application hearing— Conduct. TAXICABS AND OTHER 5.24.240 Denial grounds. VEHICLES FOR HIRE 5.24.250 Insurance. 5.24.260 Revocation. Sections: 5.24.270 One per person. Article I. General Provisions 5.24.280 Transferability. 5.24.010 Definitions. 5.24.020 Compliance with Article V. Driver's Permit chapter. 5.24.290 Required. 5.24300 Application. Article II. Operation 5.24.310 Issuance—Term. 5.24.030 Exclusive use by one 5.24.040 passenger. Safe and direct Article I. General Provisions transport. 5.24.050 Soliciting passengers. 5.24.010 Definitions. 5.24.060 Vehicle condition. For the purposes of this chapter, the 5.24.070 Driver qualifications. following words and phrases shall have 5.24.080 Unfair competition— the meanings respectively ascribed to C Fraud. them by this section: 5.24.090 Fare schedule. A. "Automobile for hire" includes 5.24.100 Interior lighting— every automobile or motor -propelled Shades or blinds. vehicle by means of which passengers are 5.24.110 Excess charges. transported for hire upon any public 5.24.120 Vehicle cleanliness. street in the city, and not over a regular or 5.24.130 Vehicles for hire not defined route, and irrespective of taxis. whether the operations extend beyond 5.24.140 Rate or service changes. the boundary limits of the city or not, 5.24.150 Refusal to pay fare. excepting vehicles embraced within the term "taxicab" and excepting vehicles of Article III. Taxicab Stands transportation companies. 5.24.160 Use required. B. "Taxicab" includes every auto - 5.24.170 Application. mobile or motor -propelled vehicle by 5.24.180 Rental. means of which passengers are trans - 5.24.190 Discontinuance. ported for hire upon any public street in the city, and not over a regular or defined Article IV. Operator's Permit route, and irrespective of whether the 5.24.200 Required. operations extend beyond the boundary 5.24.210 Application contents. limits of the city or not. where charge for 5.24.220 Application hearing— such transportation is measured by the Notice. distance traveled or by the time required ( 91 5.24.010 C for such transportation, or both, except- patronage for the same from the vehicle ing vehicles of transportation companies. or within one hundred yards therefrom, C. "Transportation companies" upon any public street, save and except at means charter-party carriers of pas- railroad and interurban depots and sengers. (Ord. 1333 § 1(4)(D), 1984; prior within the boundaries of the space to be code § 24-1) designated by the chief of police for such purpose. (Prior code § 24-5) 5.24.020 Compliance with chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be 5.24.060 Vehicle condition. observed by all persons operating taxi- All automobiles for hire and taxicabs cabs or automobiles for hire in the city, shall be kept in good mechanical condi- and it is unlawful to operate any taxicab tion. (Prior code § 24-6) or automobile for hire in violation of any of such provisions. (Prior code § 24-2) 5.24.070 Driver qualifications. No taxicab or automobile for hire shall Article II. Operation be operated by any person under the age of twenty-one years, or by any person 5.24.030 Exclusive use by one who does not have a chautTeur's license passenger, issued by the state, or by any person No operator or owner of any auto- under the influence of intoxicating mobile for hire or taxicab shall solicit or liquors, or by any person while using take on or carry any passenger after such tobacco in any form, or by any person automobile for hire or taxicab shall have who is for any reason whatsoever unable been engaged or while in use for another or incompetent to safely handle such passenger, without the consent ofthe pas- automobile, or by any person in violation senger first engaging the same having of any valid law or ordinance. (Prior code been first obtained. A passenger engaging § 24-7) such automobile shall have the exclusive right to full and free use of the passenger 5.24.080 Unfair competition—Fraud. compartment, and the whole thereof, if No owner or operator of any auto - he desires the same. (Prior code § 24-3) mobile for hire or taxicab shall indulge in unfair competition with competitors or 5.24.040 Safe and direct transport. shall commit any fraud upon the public The operator of any taxicab shall carry or other persons engaged in the same any passenger engaging the same safely business, and the council shall be the sole and expeditiously to his destination by judge of what constitutes fraud or unfair the most direct and accessible route. competition under the provisions of this ( Prior code § 24-4) section. Any complained of and sworn to be violation of this section shall only be 5.24.050 Soliciting passengers. heard upon written complaint specifying No owner or operator of any auto- the act complained of and sworn to by _ mobile for hire or taxicab shall solicit the complainant before a notary public 92 or other officer authorized to administer oaths. (Prior code § 24-8) 5.24.090 Fare schedule. Every taxicab shall have posted in the passenger's compartment a schedule of rates and charges for the hire of the vehi- cle and a copy of Sections 5.24.020 through 5.24.130. (Prior code § 24-9) 5.24.100 Interior lighting—Shades or blinds. Every automobile for hire and taxicab shall be equipped with a light of not less than two candlepower within such vehi- cle, so arranged as to illuminate the whole of the passenger compartment, which light shall be constantly lighted at all times while any passenger is in such vehicle, except when the same is in motion, from one-half hour after sunset ofany day until one-half hour before sun- rise of the next day, and no shades or blinds shall be drawn over the windows of an automobile for hire or taxicab while any passenger is in such vehicle. (Prior code § 24-10) 5.24.110 Excess charges. No charge shall be made by any oper- ator or owner of taxicab or automobile for hire in excess of the rates posted in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and approved by the council. (Prior code § 24-11) 5.24.120 Vehicle cleanliness. No automobile for hire or taxicab shall be operated unless the passenger com- partment is kept clean and in a sanitary ( Y condition. (Prior code § 24-12) 93 5.24.080 5.24.130 Vehicles for hire not taxis. No automobile for hire shall be desig- nated as a "taxi" or "taxicab" or by any word or phrase using the words "taxi" or "taxicab" in any sign or advertising mat- ter. (Prior code § 24-13) 5.24.140 Rate or service changes. In the event that any permit holder desires to change his schedule of rates and charges or the color scheme, name, monogram or insignia used on such automobile for hire or taxicab, or to sub- stitute any vehicle for and in place of the vehicle or vehicles described in the application, for a permit, or to increase or decrease the number of vehicles used by him as automobiles for hire or taxicabs. he shall make application for permission to do so to the council, which permission shall be granted, if in the discretion of the council, it deems the public interest, necessity and convenience will be sub - served by such change, and if the permit holder has complied with all the provi- sions of this chapter. (Prior code § 24-14) 5.24.150 Refusal to pay fare. It is unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare for the hire of any automobile for hire or taxicab, after hav- ing hired the same, with the intent to defraud the person from whom it is hired. (Prior code § 24-15) Article III. Taxicab Stands 5.24.160 Use required. No automobile for hire or taxicab shall remain standing upon any portion of any public street within the city, except for loading and unloading passengers, and 5.24.160 then not for a period of more than five council for such discontinuance and file minutes. excepting in such stand as may the same with the city clerk, who shall set be designated by the council and the same to be heard at a meeting of the described in the application for a stand, city council and who shall give notice of This section shall not apply to any auto- such hearing by causing notice thereof to mobile for hire or taxicab while the same be published in the newspaper designated is engaged by and being paid for by a for the publication of official publica- passenger. (Prior code § 24-16) tions of the city at least ten days before the date of the hearing. At the hearing the 5.24.170 Application, city council shall publicly hear all per - If any proposed taxicab stand is in a sons desiring to consent or object to such public street of the city, application to discontinuance and shall grant or deny maintain the same shall be in writing, such application at the discretion of the filed with the city clerk, who shall set the city council. (Prior code § 24-19) same to be heard at a meeting of the city council and who shall give notice of such Article IV. Operator's Permit hearing by causing notice thereof to be published in the newspaper designated 5.24.200 Required. for the publication of official publica- It is unlawful to operate or cause to be tions of the city, at least ten days before operated an automobile for hire or a taxi- / the date of the hearing. Such written cab upon any public street within the (` application shall be accompanied by a fee city, without first having obtained a per - of five dollars to be paid to the city by the mit to do so in accordance with the provi- applicant. At the hearing the city council sions of this article, and without shall publicly hear all persons desiring to complying or having complied with all of consent or object to such application, the provisions of this chapter. ( Prior code and shall grant or deny such application § 24-20) in the discretion ofthe city council. (Prior code § 24-17) 5.24.210 Application contents. Any person desiring to obtain the per - 5.24.180 Rental. mit required by Section 5.24.200 shall The holder of any permit to maintain a pay a fee of ten dollars to the city clerk taxicab stand shall pay to the city such and shall make application for the permit rental therefor as the city council from to the city council, which application time to time fixes by resolution or ordi- shal} set forth: nance. (Prior code § 24-18) .K. The name and address of the appli- cant, and if a corporation, the names of 5.24.190 Discontinuance. its principal officers, or if a partnership. Anyone desiring to discontinue, or association or fictitious company, the have discontinued, the use of a taxicab names of the partners or persons com- stand in a public street in the city may posing the association or company, with make written application to the city the address of each; 94 C5.24.210 i �$. A statement as to whether the per- examine the applicant and all persons mit is desired for an automobile for hire interested in the matter set forth in the or a taxicab: application, and shall determine whether Cl A description of every motor vehi- or not the public interest. convenience cle which the applicant proposes to use, and necessity require the issuance of the giving: permit applied for, and if it is found by 1. Trade name, the council that the public interest, con- t. Motor and serial number, venience and necessity require the issu- 3. State license number, ance of the permit applied for, it shall by 4. Seating capacity, and resolution order the city clerk to issue a 5.. Body style; permit in accordance with the applica- Z. The street number and exact loca- tion, subject to the filing and approval of tion of the place or places where the an undertaking as required by Section applicant proposes to stand each such 5.24.250. (Prior code § 24-23) automobile: D. That the location of the stand, as E. Proposed schedule of rates or fares 5.24.240 Denial grounds. to be charged for carrying passengers in The .following reasons shall be suf '- such automobile: cient for denial of an operator's permit: F. The distinctive color scheme, A. That the application is not in the name, monogram or insignia which will form and does not contain the informa- be used on such automobile. (Prior code tion required to be contained by this arti- § 24-21) cle: B. That the vehicle or vehicles 5.24.220 Application hearing— described in the application are inade- Notice. quate or unsafe for the purposes for Upon the receipt of an application which they are to be used; referred to in Section 5.24.210, the city C. That the color scheme, name, clerk shall set a time, not less than ten nor monogram or insignia to be used upon more than thirty days thereafter, for the such automobile is in conflict with or hearing of the application before the city imitates any color scheme, name, mono - council, and shall give notice of the time gram or insignia used by any person in so set, at least five days before the date of such manner as to be misleading or tend the hearing, to the applicant and to any to deceive or defraud the public: other permit holder under this chapter at D. That the location of the stand, as the address set out in such application stated in the application therefor as and by publication, if directed, by the required by Section 5.34.170. issuch as to council. (Prior code § 24-22) congest or interfere with travel on anv public street, or that the proposed stand is 5.24.230 Application hearing— within three hundred feet of any other Conduct. stand theretofore fixed by the council on At the time set for the hearing of the the same street: application fora permit, the council may E. That the applicant has, at some 95 5.24.240 prior time, had a permit for the operation right to use any distinctive color, mono - of an automobile for hire or taxicab gram or insignia, after thirty days' notice revoked for reason: to the permit holder, requiring him to F. That it appears to the council that appear at a certain time and place to there are a sufficient number of taxicabs show cause why the permit should not be and automobiles for hire in the city to revoked, for any of the following reasons: fully serve the public, and that the grant- A. That the undertaking provided for ing of more permits would unduly con- in Section 5.24.250 has not been given or gest the traffic and interfere with the free has been withdrawn or lapsed for non- use of the public streets by the public, and payment of premium, or is not in force that the public interest, convenience and for any reason: necessity do not require the issuance of B. For the nonpayment for any such permit. ( Prior code § 24-24) license fee provided by this code or other ordinance of the city; 5.24.250 Insurance. C. For the failure to observe any of the Before a permit is issued by the city rules and regulations or provisions of this clerk, the applicant to whom a permit has chapter; D. For the violation of any of the laws been awarded by the city council shaft of the state or ordinances of the city by deliver to the city clerk a policy of insur- the permit holder, operator or driver of ance, executed by a company duly autho- an automobile for hire or taxicab; rized under the laws of the state to E. For the failure to maintain satisfac- operate an insurance business, by the tory service to the public by means of any provisions of which policy the company of the vehicles described in the permit or promises and undertakes to pay in full all for the failure to keep any car described claims for damages to persons or prop- in the permit in use for a reasonable erty resulting from the operation of the length of time, or for the failure to use the automobiles- referred to in the applica- distinctive color, monogram .or insignia tion; provided, that the maximum described in the application;F. amount for which liability shall be For any cause which in the opinion assumed, and requirements for the city of the council makes it contrary to the being named an additional insured, and public interest, convenience and neces- any other insurance requirements, shall sity for the permit to be continued. (Prior be as set and required from time to time code § 24-26) by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 1340 § 1, 1984: prior code § 24-25) 5.24.270 One per person. No person shall be entitled to hold 5.24.260 Revocation. more than one permit at a time, either as Any permit granted under the provi- individual, member of copartnership, sions of this article may be revoked by the stockholder or officer of corporation, or council, either as a whole or as to any cab under any fictitious name, or otherwise. described in such a permit, or as to the (Prior code § 24-27) 96 5.24.280 5.24.280 Transferability. 5.24.310 Issuance—Term. No permit issued under the terms of The chief of police shall issue a driver's this article shall be transferable, either by permit which shall continue in force and contract or operation of law, without the effect for a period of one year. provided permission of the council having been that the applicant possesses the following first obtained, and any such attempted qualifications: transfer shall be sufficient cause for A. The applicant shall be at least revocation thereof. (Prior code § 24-28) twenty-one years of age. B. The applicant shall not have been Article V. Driver's Permit convicted of any of the following offenses: 1. Driving a motor vehicle in a reck- less manner or under the influence of an It is unlawful for any driver to operate intoxicant: any automobile for hire or taxicab in the 2. Pandering; city, unless such driver holds a permit to 3. Using, possessing, selling or trans - do so as required by this article. (Prior porting narcotics: code § 24-29) 4. Assault and battery; 5. Any crime involving moral tur- 5.24.300 Application. pitude, f An application for a driver's permit, in 6. Violation of any of the provisions writing, verified by the applicant, shall be of this chapter. (Prior code § 24-3 I ) filed with the chief of police, setting forth the following: A. Name. address and description of the applicant: Chapter 5.28 B. Name of the applicant's employer or proposed employer, PRIVATE PATROL SYSTEMS C. A photograph of the applicant taken within sixty days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the Sections: application, which picture shall be two Article I. Generally inches by two inches, showing the head 5.28.010 Definitions. and shoulders of the applicant in a clear 5.28.020 Uniforms. and distinguishing manner: 5.28.030 Badges and insignia— D. The fingerprints of the applicant; Use—Approval. E. A statement of whether or not the 5.28.040 Badges and insignia— applicant has been convicted of any fel- Sale. ony. misdemeanor or violation of any 5.28.050 Rank insignia. municipal ordinance, the nature of the 5.28.060 Complaints to state. offense and the punishment or penalty 5.28.070 Payment of license fees. assessed therefor. (Prior code § 24-30) 5.28.080 Notice service. 97 ' •, CITY OF LODI NOTICE 'OF PUBLIC HEARING Carnegie Forum Date: January 3, 1996 305 West Pine Street, Lodi Time: 7:00 p.m. For information regarding this notice please contact: Jennifer M. Perrin City Clerk Telephone: (209) 333-6702 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, January 3, 1996 at the hour of 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the City Council will conduct a Public Hearing at the Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street, Lodi, to consider the following matter: a) to consider application received from Pargat Singh Gill, 1932 Anderson Drive, to operate a taxicab service within the City of Lodi All interested persons are invited to present their views and comments on this matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior to the hearing scheduled herein, and oral statements may be made at said hearing. If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, P.O. Box 3006, at or prior to the Public Hearing. By Order of the Lodi City Council: i rrin Clerk Dated: December 6, 1995 Approved as to form: �. John Luebberke Deputy City Attorney JACITYURKIFORMSINOTGEN.DOC 12/6195 Public Hearing - Pargat Singh Gill On December 7, 1995 in the City of Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, I deposited in the United States mail, envelopes with first-class postage prepaid thereon, containing a copy of the Notice attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A"; said envelopes were addressed as is more particularly shown on Exhibit "B" attached hereto. There is a regular daily communication by mail between the City of Lodi, California, and the places to which said envelopes were addressed. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 7, 1995, at Lodi, California. Jennifer M. Perrin City Clerk Jac juefriTayloDe lerk decmail/forms Mr. Pargat Singh Gill 1932 Anderson Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Yellow Cab 206 North Sutter Stockton, CA 95202 CITY OF LODI 305 W. PINE ST LODI. CA 95240 YELLOW CAB OF LODI INC. STOCKTON INTERTRANS CORPORATION DBA; YELLOW CAB OF STOCKTON 206 N SUTTER ST STOCKTON, CA 95202 209 -333 -TAXI 209 -462 -8700 -CORP # 209 -462 -9427 -FAX RE: PARQUAT SINGH GILL -CAB COMPANY REQUEST DEAR CITY COUNCIL; I FEEL YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT MR. PARQUET SINGH GILL HAS LEASED A CAB FROM US ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAVE DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO CANCEL HIS LEASE EACH TIME DUE TO CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. EACH TIME HE RETURNS SAYING HE HAS CHANGED AND WE WON'T BE GETTING ANYMORE COMPLAINTS. DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: -NOT RUNNING THE METER AND CHARGING FLAT RATES. -BEING VERY RUDE TO CUSTOMERS. -SPEEDING. --REFUSING TO HELP WITH GROCERIES (NOT TAKING GROCERY RUNS). -DIRTY CAB. --BODY ODOR. -OVERCHARGING. -WENT INTO A WOMANS PURSE ONE TIME LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY -SHE HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FARE. -SUGGESTIVE AND LUID REMARKS TO A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WAS OUT OF TOWN. -FRICTION WITH OTHER DRIVERS AND DISPATCHERS. -STEALING RUNS FROM OTHER DRIVERS. WE HAVE REFUSED TO LEASE A CAB TO MR. PARQUET SINGH GILL FOR THE ABOVE REASONS. WE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION WITH STOCKTON CITY CAB AND THEY NOTED THE ABOVE REASONS WITH NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AS LISTED ABOVE. THEY ALSO REFUSE TO LEASE TO MR. GILL ANY LONGER. SINCERELY. i PAT HOWE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER v to _ I CITY OF LODI 305 W. PINE ST LODI. CA 95240 YELLOW CAB OF LODI INC. STOCKTON INTERTRANS CORPORATION DBA; YELLOW CAB OF STOCKTON 206 N SUTTER ST STOCKTON. CA 95202 209 -333 -TAXI 209 -462 -8700 -CORP # 209 -462 -9427 -FAX RE: PARQUAT SINGH GILL -CAB COMPANY REQUEST DEAR CITY COUNCIL; I FEEL YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT MR. PARQUET SINGH GILL HAS LEASED A CAB FROM US ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND HAVE DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO CANCEL HIS LEASE EACH TIME DUE TO CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. EACH TIME HE RETURNS SAYING HE HAS CHANGED AND WE WON'T BE GETTING ANYMORE COMPLAINTS. DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: -NOT RUNNING THE METER AND CHARGING FLAT RATES. -•BEING VERY RUDE TO CUSTOMERS. -SPEEDING. --REFUSING TO HELP WITH GROCERIES (NOT TAKING GROCERY RUNS). -DIRTY CAB. -BODY ODOR. -OVERCHARGING. -WENT INTO A WOMANS PURSE ONE TIME LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY -SHE HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FARE. -SUGGESTIVE AND LUID REMARKS TO A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WAS OUT OF TOWN. -•FRICTION WITH OTHER DRIVERS AND DISPATCHERS. -STEALING RUNS FROM OTHER DRIVERS. WE HAVE REFUSED TO LEASE A CAB TO MR. PARQUET SINGH GILL FOR THE ABOVE REASONS. WE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION WITH STOCKTON CITY CAB AND THEY NOTED THE ABOVE REASONS WITH NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AS LISTED ABOVE. THEY ALSO REFUSE TO LEASE TO MR. GILL ANY LONGER. SINCERELY. PAT HOWE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER 235. Vehicles. Parking and Standing Violations. AB 1228 (Martinez), Chanter 734. Revises training and education requires for traffic hearing officers involved in adjudicating parking violation disputes. Requires 20 hours formal training for hearing officers and allows for substitution of prior work experience to meet new requirements. Revises calendar notice requirement for citation issuance and responses of violators. Makes other changes to notice and adjudication procedures. 236. Vehicles. Seat Belts. AB 1400 (W. Brown), Cha=r 365. AB 1400 deletes the prohibition of peace officers from making a stop or arrest for a seat belt violation solely for that violation. Current law requires an additional violation in order for an officer to stop a vehicle. 237. Vehicles. Taxis. Drug and Alcohol Testing. SB 46 (Aye). Cha teR, r 405. SB 46 requires mandatory testing for substance abuse of all taxicab drivers as a condition of local licensing. Drivers or their employers are responsible for securing a negative test at a US Government sanctioned laboratory and presenting that certification to the local agency prior to receiving a renewed permit. Tests for one jurisdiction shall be accepted in any other jurisdiction. Cities are allowed to charge any increase in costs associated with the imposition of this new procedure. 238. Vehicles. Off Highway Recreation. SB 383 (Ha=e), Chapter 970. Continues the OHV fund and eliminates the study requirement to the State Auditor and instead would require the Secretary of Resources to prepare and submit the report to the Legislature every five years. Does not authorize direct grants of OHV trust fund monies to non profit entities. 239. Vehicles. Violations. Fines. SB 414 CMg=s n1 Chester 841. SB 414 would establish a safety enhancement double fine zone in three specified roadways of the state. The identified roadways are acknowledged to be high fatality areas which would have to be signed by the state or the local agency responsible for the roadway as to the Safety Enhancement -Double Fine Zones. 240. Vehicles. Speed Traps. SB 574 ftace). ChiUter 315. Authorizes a specific exemption to the use of radar for enforcement without traffic and engineering survey conducted within the last five years for the City of El Cajon. Until January 1, 1999, this roadway would not be considered a speed trap for radar enforcement purposes. 241. Vehicles. Electronic Enforcement. Traffic Control Signals. SB 833 Mopp). Chanter M. Current law allows photo enforcement for violation of railroad crossing guards. SB 833 extends this enforcement tool to all areas regulated by traffic control devices. SB 833 also allows an officer to remove and seize a vehicle without arresting the person who was operating the vehicle with a suspended or revoked license or those never issued a license. Makes other changes and adjustments. LCC Wrap -Up Bulletin - 12/95 62 Statutes of 1995