Operations

(a)

Restrictions.

(1)

Local business tax receipts covering non-human-powered, nonmotorized vehicles issued under the provisions of City Code chapter 31 to operators shall only be applicable within certain areas of the city during specific time periods. There shall be no operation of such vehicles between the hours of sundown and sunrise on both Fridays and Saturdays in the Central Coconut Grove District, an area bounded on the west by McDonald, on the east by Mary Street and South Bayshore Drive, on the north by Grand Avenue, and on the south by Main Highway. All approved areas, routes, hours and schedules of operation must be approved by the police department each time a local business tax receipt is issued or renewed. A thorough description, including maps, of the proposed route(s) to be served or utilized in transporting passengers, including a schedule of proposed rates and charges for each route or trip offered to passengers, must be submitted at time of local business tax receipt application and renewal, together with a thorough description, including maps, of the proposed route to be utilized in transporting the vehicles from the storage location to the passenger loading/unloading stations. The police department has the right to change, modify or revoke approved routes and/or hours at any time if in its determination the operation of a vehicle is unreasonably and negatively affecting the safety and efficient flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic; such action by the police department may be appealed, within 15 days from the date of such action, in writing to the city commission, which written appeal shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. The city commission shall schedule a hearing thereon within 45 days after receipt of said appeal by the city clerk.

The operator may, in writing, request the police department to change or modify the approved routes and/or hours, which requested change or modification shall be granted if the police department determines that such change is reasonable and has no negative effect upon the safety and efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Failure to grant the request within 15 days from the date such written request is filed in the office of the chief of police shall be subject to appeal. The appeal shall be to the city commission and must be in writing and filed in the office of the city clerk within 45 days from the date such original written request was filed in the office of the chief of police. The city commission shall schedule a hearing thereon within 45 days after receipt of said appeal by the city clerk.

(2)

Local business tax receipts covering human-powered vehicles issued under the provisions of City Code chapter 31 to operators shall be applicable within certain areas of the city. All general areas, hours and schedules of operation must be approved by the police department each time a local business tax receipt is issued or renewed. A thorough description, including maps, if deemed necessary by the police department of the proposed areas to be served or utilized in transporting passengers, including a schedule of proposed rates and charges for each area or trip offered to passengers, must be submitted at time of local business tax receipt application and renewal. The city commission, after a public hearing which shall have been the subject of a published notice advertised in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten days in advance, has the right to change, modify or revoke approved areas and/or hours at any time if in its determination the operation of a vehicle is unreasonably and negatively affecting the safety and efficient flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

The operator may, in writing, request the police department to change or modify the approved areas and hours, which requested change or modification shall be granted if the police department determines that such change is reasonable and has no negative effect upon the safety and efficient flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Failure to grant the request within 15 days from the date such written request is filed in the office of the chief of police shall be subject to appeal. The appeal shall be to the city commission and must be in writing and filed in the office of the city clerk within 45 days from the date such original written request was filed in the office of the chief of police. The city commission shall schedule a hearing thereon within 45 days after receipt of said appeal by the city clerk.

(b)

Rates. Vehicles shall be operated at rates which must be disclosed to passengers prior to departure on any trip or payments for said rates shall be subject to forfeiture.

(c)

Parking.

(1)

A vehicle, while waiting for customers, may be parked in any regularly marked parking and boarding zones. If the length of the vehicle is oversize, the use of two parking spaces is permitted, while waiting for passengers to board and exit the vehicle. All applicable meter charges must be paid. Parking on any sidewalk by non-human-powered vehicles is not permitted. Loading and unloading of human-powered vehicles on sidewalks is permitted, provided the sidewalk is wide enough to accommodate said vehicles in addition to an unobstructed eight-foot pedestrian passageway.

(2)

Public streets may be used during the process of loading and unloading vehicles from any truck or trailer, but said truck or trailer shall not be parked or stored except in regularly marked parking or storage areas.

(Ord. No. 10100, § 1(3), 4-22-86; Ord. No. 10179, § 1, 11-13-86; Code 1980, § 56-213; Ord. No. 12885, § 1, 2-8-07)