Chauffeurs

(a)

Driver's permit required.

(1)

Any person desiring to drive or operate a vehicle upon the streets of the City of Miami shall submit to the chief of police a written application which shall contain the following information:

a.

His/her name, address, telephone number, and age.

b.

A statement that he/she is free of and does not have any disease or infirmity which might make him/her an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver.

c.

A photocopy of a currently valid driver's license issued by the Florida department of highway safety and motor vehicles.

(2)

An applicant for a driver's permit under this article, which shall be renewable annually upon the filing of an application as set forth in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, must not be less than 18 years of age, with no physical infirmities which might make the applicant an unsafe or unsatisfactory driver.

(3)

In the event that any driver at any time ceases to meet the qualifications described above, or fails to satisfactorily correct any false statement made in the application, or fails to operate a vehicle in accordance with the provisions of this article, the chief of police shall be empowered to suspend the driver's permit until such time as the violations are corrected.

(b)

Prohibited conduct. No vehicle chauffeur shall:

(1)

Leave any non-human-powered vehicle unattended;

(2)

Store, park or leave any vehicle overnight on any street or sidewalk, or park any vehicle other than in a regularly marked space, in conformance with the city, county and state parking regulations;

(3)

Operate in an area or at a time other than the ones approved by the city;

(4)

Use any noise-making device after 9:00 p.m., except during special events, and at no time shall such chauffeur use his/her traffic warning device on any vehicle, except to give necessary signals while in traffic; and any chauffeur who violates the provisions of this paragraph, upon written notice from the city manager or his/her authorized representative, shall remove said noise-making device from the vehicle or reduce the volume on such noise-making device so that the same shall not be in violation of this paragraph. Failure to comply with such notice shall also subject such chauffeur to other penalties as set forth in this article;

(5)

Have his/her vehicle in motion while anyone is standing or while anyone is sitting anywhere other than in the passenger seats thereof;

(6)

Collect fares, make change or take on or discharge passengers while the vehicle is in motion;

(7)

Operate any vehicle in such a manner that would clearly jeopardize the safety of the passengers transported therein;

(8)

Operate a vehicle in such a way as to intentionally impede automobile traffic or create a hazardous situation;

(9)

Park the vehicle in a manner so as to disrupt the flow of automobile traffic on public streets, roads, and thoroughfares, or so as to impede the flow of pedestrian traffic;

(10)

Operate a vehicle in disregard of any traffic control device;

(11)

Operate a vehicle in disregard of applicable state traffic laws;

(12)

Execute a turn at other than a street intersection;

(13)

Obstruct vehicular and pedestrian traffic by unnecessarily weaving or changing lanes of travel;

(14)

a.

Operate, maneuver, incline, spin, tilt, tip, slope, or position a human-powered vehicle in any manner that would unnecessarily place passengers in any position other than seated upright;

b.

Raise drawbars of rickshaws higher than the shoulders of the chauffeur at any time passengers are being carried in said human-powered vehicle;

(15)

Operate vehicle upon the sidewalk portion of a public right-of-way; or

(16)

Operate a vehicle in the wrong direction on a one-way street.

(Ord. No. 10100, § 1(5), 4-22-86; Ord. No. 10179, § 1, 11-13-86; Code 1980, § 56-215; Ord. No. 13676, § 2, 4-27-17)