37-81 ORDINANCE NO. 37-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 28, "VEHICLES FOR HIRE",
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, BY
AMENDING SECTION 28-1, "RATES CHARGED PASSENGERS" AND BY
REPEALING ALL OF ARTICLE II, "TAXICAB CERTIFICATES OF
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY", TO REMOVE ALL PROVI-
SIONS PERTAINING TO AND/OR REQUIRING VEHICLES FOR HIRE TO
OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY,
AND TO REPEAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING SUCH CERTIFICATES'
TRANSFER, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION; AND BY REPEALING
SECTION 28-4, "INSPECTION OF VEHICLES", TO REMOVE THE
PROVISIONS CONCERNING CITY INSPECTIONS OF VEHICLES TRANS-
PORTING PASSENGERS FOR COMPENSATION; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING ~q EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
deems it to be in the best interests of the residents and citizens of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, to partially deregulate the taxicab busi-
ness in the City by removing provisions concerning requirements for ob-
taining, holding and transferring certificates of public convenience and
necessity; and,
~EREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
further wishes to repeal the provisions concerning City inspections of
vehicles for hire,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 2S-l, "Rates charged passengers", of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
All charges for transportation services by taxicabs or
other motor vehicles transporting passengers for com-
pensation within the city shall be set by the individuals,
firms, or corporations
ee~e~e~ee-e~-~eeese~y providing such transportation
services.
Section 2. That Section 28-4, "Inspection of vehicles", of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 3. That Article II, "Taxicab Certificates of Public Con-
venience'' (Sections 28-16 through 28-22, inclusive), of the Code of Ordi-
nances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby repealed.
Section 4. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared
by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 9th day of June ~ 198,1.
M A Y O
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
City Clerk
First Reading May 26, 1981
Second Reading June 9, i981