HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5346 ORDINANCE NO. 5346 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND §117.80 DEFINITIONS OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CODE, TO ENACT A NEW ARTICLE IX PEDICABS OF CHAPTER 117 VEHICLE-RELATED BUSINESSES OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CODE AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, operators of pedicab companies have sought to begin operations within the City of Fayetteville; and WHEREAS, there are no current comprehensive regulations for pedicab operations within Fayetteville, and such regulations are essential to protect the safety and welfare of Fayetteville citizens. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends §117.80 Definitions of the Fayetteville Code by replacing the definition of Nonmotorazed passenger transport vehicle with the following: "Nonmotorazed passenger transport vehicle. A horse-drawn carriage or similar vehicle pulled by horses or other livestock. " Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends the Fayetteville City Code by enacting a new Article IX Pedicabs of Chapter 117 Vehicle-Related Businesses which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein as if set out word for word. Page 2 Ordinance No. 5346 Section 3: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby determines that the immediate regulation of pedicabs is essential to protect the safety of Fayetteville citizens and therefore declares that an emergency exists such that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from the date of its passage and approval. PASSED and APPROVED this 17"i day of August, 2010. APPROVED: ATTEST: i ON By r By: �• ELD , Mayor SO RA E. SMITH, City Clerk/Treasurer ��tll{it IIIlty,J 'tVTR�^'O` S ` ^Ve oma eFAYETTEVILLE: rG' c� a�e -rys.9,�KANSP.°�o J ARTICLE IX PEDICABS §117.100 Definitions For the purpose of this article, the following words §117.101 Certificate of Public Convenience And and terms have the meaning ascribed thereto: Necessity Required; Issuance Procedure Driver. An individual who operates a pedicab. (A) Certificate needed for operation. No person shall operate or permit a pedicab owned, leased Holder. A person who is granted a Certificate of or controlled by the person to be operated as a Public Convenience and Necessity under this article vehicle for hire upon the streets or trails of the to provide pedicab service in the city. city without having first obtained a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Motorized electric powered tricycle. A tricycle Fayetteville City Council. that is equipped with an electric assist motor. (B) Information required for Certificate. An Pedicab. A tricycle or a motorized electric application for a certificate shall be filed with powered tricycle, not wider than fifty-four (54) the Police Department upon forms provided by inches at its widest point, which transports or is held the city, and said application shall be verified out to the public as available to transport passengers under oath and shall furnish the following for hire, or for a gratuity, and is specifically designed information: and manufactured for that purpose. (1) The name and address of the applicant, Pedicab service. The business of offering or including the name and address of all providing transportation of persons for hire, or for a officers and stockholders of the company, if gratuity, in a pedicab, when: incorporated, and the name, address and telephone number of the person to whom (1) A driver is furnished as part of the service; complaints should be directed; and (2) The financial status of the applicant, (2) The service is offered only in accordance including the financial status of the officers with a pre-approved route or within a zone and stockholders of the company, if of operation by right. incorporated, including the amount of all unpaid judgments against the applicant Pedicab driver's permit, A permit issued to an (officers and stockholders of the company, if individual by the Chief of Police to operate a pedicab incorporated), and the nature of the for hire in the city. transaction or acts giving rise to said judgments; Operate. To drive or be in actual physical control of a pedicab. (3) The experience of the applicant including all officers and stockholders of the company, if Permittee. An individual who has been issued a incorporated, in the transportation of pedicab driver's permit under this article. passengers, especially as related to pedicabs; Person. An individual, corporation, (4) Any facts which the applicant believes tend governmental subdivision or an agency, trust, to prove that public convenience and partnership, or two or more persons having a necessity require the granting of a common economic interest. certificate; Preapproved route. Pedicab service operating (5) The number of pedicabs to be available for on a predetermined schedule with fixed pickup and operation or controlled by the applicant and destination points located on a route approved by and the location of proposed storage areas for on file with the traffic superintendent. the pedicabs when not in active service. The applicant shall furnish a mininmm and Tricycle. A device that is propelled by human maximum number of requested vehicles to power on which a person may ride and that has three be permitted; (3)wheels in contact with the ground, any of which is more than sixteen(16) inches in diameter. (6) A complete description of each model or public convenience and necessity and that type of pedicab sought to be used to include the applicant is fit, willing, and able to length, width, brakes, any motor assist, year, perform such public transportation and to make, model, rated capacity, lighting and conform to the provisions of this safety features; subchapter, then the city clerk shall issue a certificate stating the name and address of (7) The hours between which the applicant the applicant, the number of vehicles proposes to provide pedicab service to the authorized under the certificate and the general public, and the dates, if any, on date of issuance; otherwise, the application which the applicant does not propose to shall be denied. provide pedicab service to the general public, and; (2) The City Council shall deny any application in which the proposed hours of (8) The rate schedule or gratuity notice which service, the proposed rate schedule or the the applicant proposes to use to charge gratuity request are found to be passengers or receive gratuities. unreasonable to meet the public need. (9) Any proposed predetermined route with (3) In making the above findings, the City scheduled and fixed pick-up and destination Council shall take into consideration the points and proposed fare for such pedicab number of taxicabs or pedicabs already in service; operation, whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need, the (10)Documentary evidence from an insurance probable effect of increased service on company indicating a willingness to provide local traffic conditions and traffic safety, liability insurance as required by this and the character, experience, and chapter; responsibility of the applicant. (I I)Such additional information as the applicant §117.102 Pedicab Permitted Zone of Operation desires to include to aid in the determination and Approved Fixed Routes of whether the requested operating authority should be granted; and, (A) Permitted Zone of Operation. Pedicabs may only operate and carry passengers within the (12)Such additional information as may be Pedicab Permitted Zone of Operation, as shown determined to be necessary to assist or on the attached map as authorized by the City promote the implementation or enforcement Council when granting a Certificate of of this article, or the protection of the public Convenience and Necessity or on routes or for safety. special events as authorized by the Transportation Services Director. Pedicabs (C) Public Hearing for Certificate. When the (without passengers) may be taken by licensed Police Department notifies the City Clerk that a pedicab operators from a storage, repair, proper and adequate application has been filed, maintenance or cleaning area outside the the City Clerk shall fix a time and place for a Pedicab Permitted Zone Of Operation into such public hearing thereon. The City Clerk shall zone or onto an approved route where thereupon notify the applicant who shall have operations may begin. The City Council may the duty to notify all holders of current and further restrict the hours and dates of operation valid Certificates of Public Convenience and in Pedicab Permitted Zone Of Operation for Necessity for taxicabs and pedicabs and any or all pedicab companies. provide proof of such service to the City Council. Any interested person shall have the (B) Route Approval. right either in person or by representatives of their own choosing, to be present at all such (1) All routes outside of the permitted zone of hearings and to introduce evidence and to be operation shall be approved by the city's heard either in support of or opposition to the Transportation Services Director. In no issuance of a certificate. event shall a requested route permit operation of a pedicab on any street with a (D) Findings of the City Council. posted speed limit of thirty-five(35) miles Pei- hour more, other than to cross said (1) If the City Council finds that pedicab or street. further pedicab service is required by the (2) Operators shall submit to the city's sobriety, honesty, and general good Transportation Services Director all character of the applicant; requests for temporary changes in authorized routes, or for participation in (c) A concise history of the applicant's special events such as festivals, parades or employment; weddings, not less than three (3) days before the effective date of the change or (d) Proof of training in the use and event. operation of a pedicab pursuant to a emriculum approved by the chief of (C) No pedicab shall be operated in a location where police. such operation is not authorized by this ordinance or prohibited by the laws of the State (e) Proof of existing employment or a of Arkansas or the Fayetteville City Code. promise of employment when a pedicab driver's permit is issued with the (D) No pedicab may operate on city transportation pedicab company that has a valid trails without the express prior approval of the Certificate of Public Convenience and route and fare by the Transportation Services Necessity, Director. Pedicabs may not operate on any recreational trails in city parks (such as Lake (C) Police Investigation. The police department Fayetteville, Wilson Park, Gulley Park,etc.). shall conduct an investigation of each applicant for a pedicab driver's permit, and a report of (E) The operator of a pedicab shall maintain at least such investigation with a copy of the traffic and one hand on the handlebars at all times during police record of the applicant, if any, shall be movement of the pedicab. attached to the application for the consideration of the chief of police. (F) No pedicab shall be operated on a street with a posted speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per (D) Issuance of Permit. The chief of police or hour or greater, except for the purpose of designee shall, upon consideration of the crossing that street. application and the reports required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the (G) No pedicab shall be operated using a gas application. If the application is rejected, the powered assist motor. applicant may request a personal appearance before the city council to offer evidence why §117.103 Pedicab Driver's Permit his/her application should be reconsidered. (A) Pedicab Driver's Permit Required. No (E) Form and Term of Permit. person shall operate a pedicab for hire or for a gratuity upon the streets of the city, and no (1) Upon approval of an application for a person who owns or controls a pedicab shall pedicab driver's permit, the chief of police pernit it to be so operated, unless the driver of or designee shall issue a permit to the said vehicle shall have first obtained and shall applicant for an issuance fee of $35.00, have then in force a pedicab driver's permit which shall bear the name, address, age, issued under the provisions of this article. signature, and photograph of the applicant. (B) Pedicab Driver's Permit Application. (2) The pedicab driver's permit shall remain in effect unless suspended or revoked until (1) An application for a pedicab driver's permit January 31, the following year. The pedicab shall be filed with the Fayetteville Police driver's permit may be reissued for another Department on forms provided by the city. year for a reissuance fee of $35.00 by the Such application shall be verified under oath chief of police or designee after ensuring the and shall contain the following information: applicant continues to meet all requirements of this section. (a) Valid current Arkansas Driver's license. (F) Application Returned to Pedicab Company. (b) The names and addresses of four (4) When a driver's permit is issued, the application residents of the county, who have and supporting information shall be returned to known the applicant for a period of one the holder of the Certificate of Public year and who will vouch for the Convenience and Necessity to be held by the certificate holder so long as the driver is canceling, failing to renew, or making a employed by the certificate holder. material change to the insurance policy; and, §117.104 Display Of Permit (2) A provision to cover all pedicabs, whether owned or not by the holder if operated under Every permittee under this article shall post his the holder's Certificate of Public m her driver's permit in such a place as to be in full Convenience and Necessity. view of all passengers while the driver is operating a pedicab. (D) No insurance required by this section may be obtained from an assigned risk pool. §117.105 Suspension, Revocation of Permit (E) A Certificate of Public Convenience and The Chief of Police or Assistant Chief is given Necessity will not be granted and renewed unless the authority to suspend any pedicab driver's permit the applicant or holder furnishes the city with issued under this article for a driver's failure or such proof of insurance as the city considers refusal to comply with the provisions of this article, necessary to determine whether the applicant or such suspension to last for a period of not more than holder is adequately insured under this section. ten days. The Chief of Police or Assistant Chief is also given authority to revoke any driver's permit for (F) If the insurance of the holder lapses or is failure to comply with the provisions of this article of canceled and new insurance is not obtained, the for the violation of any local, state or federal law. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity However, a permit may not be suspended or revoked shall be suspended until insurance coverage unless the driver has received notice and has had an required by this section has been obtained. A opportunity to present evidence in his behalf person shall not operate a pedicab service while the certificate is suspended under this section. §117.106 Insurance Requirements (G) The holder shall provide adequate employer's (A) A holder shall procure and keep in full force and liability insurance for the employees as provided effect commercial general liability insurance by law. written by an insurance company approved by the State of Arkansas and acceptable to the city §117.107 Conduct Of Drivers and issued in the standard form approved by the State Board of Insurance. All provisions of the Drivers shall at all times: policy must be acceptable to the city. The insured provisions of the policy must name the (A) Act in a reasonable, prudent, and courteous city as additional insured and the coverage manner; provisions must provide coverage for any loss or damage that may arise to any person or property (B) Maintain a sanitary and well-groomed by reason of the operation of a pedicab service appearance; by the holder. (C) Not inhale or consume any alcoholic beverage, (B) The commercial general liability insurance must drug, or other substance that could adversely provide combined single limits of liability for affect his or her ability to operate a pedicab; bodily injury and property damage of not less than one million dollars($1,000,000.00) for each (D) Not permit a person other than another employee occurrence, or the equivalent, and include of the pedicab service with a valid Pedicab coverage for premises operations, independent Driver's Permit to operate a pedicab under his of contractors, products, completed operations, her control; personal injury, contractual liability, and medical payments. Coverage for medical payments must (E) Not permit any person to ride on a place not include a minimum limit $5,000.00 per person. intended for passengers of the pedicab. Aggregate limits of liability are prohibited. §117.108 Pedicab Equipment; Inspection (C) Insurance required under this section must include: (A) Inspection and maintenance. Each pedicab shall comply with all the safety requirements (1) A cancellation provision in which the imposed by all state, federal or local laws. Each insurance company is required to notify the pedicab shall submit to an annual inspection for city in writing not fewer than 30 days before compliance with the requirements of this article. The inspection shall be performed by the otherwise transferred without the consent of the City Transportation Department. The fee for Council. inspection shall be$50.00 per pedicab inspected. No certificate shall be issued or continued in §117.110 License Fees operation unless the holder thereof provides proof of annual pedicab inspection for each No certificate shall be issued unless the pedicab in service. applicant has paid a license fee of$100.00 to offset the administrative costs to issue a Certificate of (B) Required equipment. Public Convenience and Necessity. (1) A holder or driver shall, at all times, provide §117.111 Suspension, Revocation, and and maintain in good operating condition the Cancellation Of Certificate following equipment for each pedicab: (A) A certificate issued under the provisions of this (a) Headlight; article may be revoked or suspended by the Fayetteville City Council if the holder thereof (b) Tail lights; has: (c) Lights or reflectors on the front and (1) Violated any of the provisions of this article; rear corners of the passenger compartment; (2) Violated any ordinances of the city, or the laws,federal or state,the violations of which (d) Approved braking system; reflect unfavorably on the fitness of the holder to offer public transportation. (e) Pneumatic tires that conform with the manufacturer's specifications (B) Prior to suspension or revocation, the holder on all wheels with adequate tread shall be given notice of the proposed action to be depth; taken and shall have an opportunity to be heard. (f) Evidence of insurance and city (C) If any holder of a Certificate goes out of business, map; fails to operate under the Certificate for one calendar year, fails to have any vehicle inspected (g) Mirror; to operate under the Certificate for one calendar year or fails to have any driver or operato (h) No exposed rust, ripped upholstery properly permitted under the Certificate for one or fabric, visible chips or scratches calendar year, the holder's Certificate of Public on any painted surface, exposed Convenience and Necessity shall be deenned wood that is not painted and in abandoned and shall be denoted as cancelled and good condition, or dint or debris on invalid by the City Clerk. any surface accessible to passengers. §117.112 Maximum Pedicab Fares Established. (i) Seat strap available for passenger (A) The maxinuun pedicab fare that can be charged use; for the transportation of each passenger is hereby established and will be conspicuously posted on Q) Rate card or gratuity notice card each pedicab unless the pedicab will be operated complying with their Certificate of upon a gratuity only basis. The pedicab fare may Convenience and Necessity and not exceed $8.00 per passenger for operations this code posted in clear view of within the Pedicab Permitted Zone of Operation. passengers; (B) If a pedicab is operated on a gratuity only basis, (k) Child Safety helmet available for no mininnum fare or gratuity may be charged. passenger use. The pedicab shall conspicuously post the following sign clearly visible to the passengers: §117.109 Transfer Of Certificate "No fare or minimum gratuity may be charged by the pedicab driver for passengers. Passengers No Certificate of Public Convenience and may offer whatever gratuity they believe is Necessity may be sold, assigned, mortgaged, or appropriate for the pedicab ride." §117.113 Number of Passengers in Pedicabs Limited to Three Persons. Pedicab drivers must ensure that the rated carrying capacity of their pedicabs is never exceeded. No more than three persons may be passengers in a pedicab. §117.114 Pedicabs May Not Use Public Sidewalks. Pedicabs may not operate on or park on public sidewalks in Fayetteville. Pedicabs must pay a full normal parking space fee when stopped for more than one minute or parked within a paid parking space. §117.115 A.D.A. Compliance Holders shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. FAYETTEVILLE THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS KIT WILLIAMS,CITY ATTORNEY DAVID WHITAKER,ASST.CITY ATTORNEY DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE ! rl n a LEGAL DEPARTMI NT TO: Mayor Jordan City Council Sondra Smith, City Clerk FROM: Kit Williams, City Attorney DATE: August 11, 2010 RE: Pedicab Ordinance Amendments Suggested by City Clerk Pursuant to the City Council, I have drafted a proposed change that clearly places the duty of notification Of current Certificate holders on the applicant seeking the City Council's approval for a new Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. I was able to accomplish this by changing one sentence in §117.101(C) Public Hearing for Certificate. Below is the new proposed (C) with the new sentence italicized. "(C) Public Hearing for Certificate. When the Police Department notifies the City Clerk that a proper and adequate application has been filed, the City Clerk shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. The City Clerk shall thereupon notify the applicant who shall have the duty to notify all holders of current and valid Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for taxicabs and pedicabs and provide proof of such service to the City Council. Any interested person shall have the right either in person or by representatives of their own choosing, to be present at all such hearings and to introduce evidence and to be heard either in support of or opposition to the issuance of a certificate." When discussing this situation with Sondra, I discovered that she had records of many Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity that had been issued through the decades, many of which were no longer "current" as the holder was no longer in business, did not operate any taxis, etc. This creates a real notification problem for a new applicant since we might not have accurate addresses for those out of business Certificate holders. Requiring Notification of an out of business Certificate holder makes no sense. This provision will allow City Clerk Sondra Smith (in cooperation with our Police Department) to clean up her files so that we will know who the active holders of Certificates are and which Certificate should be cancelled. Below is the new proposed subsection (C) of §117.111 Suspension, Revocation and Cancellation of Certificate. "(C) If any holder of a Certificate goes out of business, fails to operate under the Certificate for one calendar year, fails to have any vehicle inspected to operate under the Certificate for one calendar year or fails to have any driver or operator properly permitted under the Certificate for one calendar year, the holder's Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity shall be deemed abandoned and shall be denoted as cancelled and invalid by the City Clerk." I plan to soon bring to you this same language as an amendment to the taxicab ordinance and the limousine ordinance which currently have Certificates that do not need to be renewed and thus should be able to be cancelled when abandoned. We found a typo in the enacting ordinance and an improper reference to the Fayetteville Transit Board (instead of City Council) in the Pedicab Ordinance and have corrected both. Attached is what should be the final proposed Pedicab ordinance with the change requested by the City Council at your Agenda meeting, the change requested by City Cleric Sondra Smith, and the typos corrected. Please amend the ordinance presented to you yesterday (and placed upon the Agenda) with these changes. The City Council may also present any further amendments you desire. If any one has an amendment in mind, please let me know so I can draft appropriate language for your amendment. gyr1/-/0 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND §117.80 DEFINITIONS OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CODE, TO ENACT A NEW ARTICLE IX PEDICABS OF CHAPTER 117 VEHICLE-RELATED BUSINESSES OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CODE AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, operators of pedicab companies have sought to begin operations within the City of Fayetteville; and WHEREAS, there are no current comprehensive regulations for pedicab operations within Fayetteville, and such regulations are essential to protect the safety and welfare of Fayetteville citizens. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends §117.80 Definitions of the Fayetteville Code by replacing the definition of Nonmotorized passenger transport vehicle with the following: "Nonmotorized passenger transport vehicle. A horse-drawn carriage or similar vehicle pulled by horses or other livestock. " Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas hereby amends the Fayetteville City Code by enacting a new Article IX Pedicabs of Chapter 117 Vehicle-Related Businesses which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein as if set out word for word V�7 ( AjA ARTICLE IX PEDICABS §117.100 Definitions (3) wheels in contact with the ground,any of which is For the purpose of this article, the following words more than sixteen(16)inches in diameter. and terms have the meaning ascribed thereto: §117.101 Certificate of Public Convenience Driver. An individual who operates a pedicab. And Necessity Required; Issuance Procedure Holder. A person who is granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under this article to provide pedicab service in the city. (q) Certificate needed for operation. No person shall operate or permit a pedicab owned, Motorized electric powered tricycle. A tricycle that leased or controlled by the person to be operated as a is equipped with an electric assist motor. vehicle for hire upon the streets or trails of the city without having first obtained a Certificate of Public Pedicab. A tricycle or a motorized electric Convenience and Necessity from the Fayetteville City powered tricycle,not wider than fifty-four(54) inches Council. at its widest point, which transports or is held out to (B) Information required for Certificate. An the public as available to transport passengers for hire,or for a gratuity,and is specifically designed and application for a certificate shall be filed with the manufactured for that purpose. Police Department upon forms provided by the city, and said application shall be verified under oath and Pedicab service. The business of offering or shall furnish the following information: providing transportation of persons for hire, or fora (1) The name and address of the applicant, gratuity,in a pedicab,when: including the name and address of all (1) A driver is furnished as part of the service; officers and stockholders of the company, if and incorporated, and the name, address and telephone number of the person to whom (2) The service is offered only in accordance with complaints should be directed; a pre-approved route or within a zone of The financial status of the operation by right. (2) applicant, including the financial status of the officers Pedicab driver's permit. A permit issued to an and stockholders of the company, if individual by the Chief of Police to operate a pedicab incorporated, including the amount for hire in the city, of all unpaid judgments against the applicant (officers and stockholders of Operate. To drive or be in actual physical control the company, if incorporated), and the of a pedicab. nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to said judgments; Permittee. An individual who has been issued a pedicab driver's permit under this article. (3) The experience of the applicant including all officers and stockholders of the company, Person. An individual, corporation, if incorporated, in the transportation of governmental subdivision or an agency, trust, passengers, especially as related to partnership, or two or more persons having a pedicabs common economic interest. (4) Any facts which the applicant believes Preapproved route. Pedicab service operating on a tend to prove that public convenience and predetermined schedule with fixed pickup and necessity require the granting of a certificate; destination points located on a route approved by (5) The number of pedicabs to be available and on file with the traffic superintendent. for operation or controlled by the Tricycle. A device that is propelled by human applicant and the location of proposed power on which a person may ride and that has three storage areas for the pedicabs when not in active service. The applicant shall