Ordinance 92-084., ,
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ORDINANCE NO.t92- 84
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING COLLIER COUNTY
ORDINANCE NO. 91-93, BY AMENDING SECTION
EIGHT PERTAINING TO CERTIFICATE FEES,
PERMIT FEES AND CONDITIONS BY CHANGING THE $£C~ETAR¥ OF STAT~
EFFECTIVE DATES OF CERTIFICATES TO OPERATE
AND VEHICLE PERMITS TO FEBRUARY i THROUGH
JANUARY 31 INSTEAD OF NOVEMBER i THROUGH
OCTOBER 31 AND PROVIDING THAT CURRENT
CERTIFICATES AND VEHICLE PERMITS DUE TO
EXPIRE ON OCTOBER 31, 1992, SHALL BE VALID
UNTIL JANUARY 31, 1993; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; AND BY PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COM~ISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that=
SECTION ONE~ Section Eight, CERTIFICATE FEES, PERMIT
FEES AND CONDITIONS, shall be amended as follows=
SECTION EIGHT. CERTIFICATE FEES, PERMIT FEES, AND CONDITIONS.
A. No certificate shall be issued, continued in operation
or renewed unless the holder thereof has paid an annual
non-refundable certificate fee for the privilege of engaging in
the motor vehicle for hire business. Th'e prescribed fee shall
be adopted by resolution of the Boars of County Commissioners.
Said certificate fee shall be in effect for the period of
Nsvembem February I through eetebe~ January 31 and shall be in
addition to any other license fee or charges established by
proper authority and applicable to said holder or the vehicle
or vehicles under his/her operation and control. The fee shall
not be prorated for a fractional part of the year. All
for-hire certificates which are not renewed prior to NoYembe~
February i shall automatically expire and all for-hire
transportation services rendered thereunder shall immediately
cease as of NoYemBe= February 1. Upon expiration of the
certificate, a new certificate must be applied for pursuant to
the procedures outlined in this Ordinance. It shall be
unlawful to operate any regulated service without a valid
certificate. All certificates issued
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~ shall remain in full force and effect until
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said certificate, the certificate holder must renew its
certificate pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance. If
all provisions of this Ordinance are complied with the County
Fleet Manager or his/her designee will reissue a certificate in
compliance with this Ordinance.
B. Before any motor vehicle shall be operated under an
initial certificate, or renewal certificate, the certificate
holder shall make application for and receive from the County
Fleet Manager or his/her designee a vehicle permit. Each
permit application shall be in writing, and shall contain the
name and address of the holder, the make, type, year of
manufacture, serial number, state license plate number,
category of Vehicle for Hire, approved taxicab color scheme,
and seating capacity of each motor vehicle for which a permit
is desired. Each vehicle shall comply with all terms as set
forth at time of certification. Prior to issuance of a vehicle
permit the following documents are required upon submission of
an application: - o
1. Proof of insurance in'the form of an original
certificate of insurance including a schedule of covered
vehicles.
2. No vehicle permit shall be granted without a
valid copy of the Florida Department o~ Motor Vehicles
vehicle registration certificate, or any commercial
registration legally authorizing the vehicle to operate in
the State of Florida, i.e. apportionated registration.
The state vehicle registration certificate must classify
the vehicle as a "vehicle for hire" co~ercial vehicle.
Each vehicle permit shall expire on ee~be= January 31 of
each year, and may be renewed upon payment of the prescri'bed
fee and presentation of a valid occupational license for that
permit year. The prescribed fee shall be adopted by resolution
of the Board of County Commissioners. It shall be unlawful to
operate any vehicle without a valid vehicle permit.
Vehicle permits shall be color coded for each permitting
year, Novembe~~ 1 to ee~e~ ~ 31 . Each vehicle
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permit shall be separately numbered. The vehicle permit shall
be permanently affixed on each assigned vehicle~s left inside
bottom windshield glass corner. Upon the sale or transfer of a
vehicle or upon expiration of the permitted period, the
certificate holder shall remove the vehicle permit from the
vehicle. The certificate holder shall be responsible to notify
the County Fleet Manager or his/her designee ln wTiting w~thin
10 calendar days of any currently valid vehicle permit removed
from a vehicle. Vehicle permits shall be transferable only in
the event of the replacement of an existing vehicle(s) upon
proof of purchase of new vehicle(s) and discontinued operation
of the previously permitted vehicle(s). Should a permitted
vehicle at any time cease to be covered by a policy of
insurance as required by this section, the permit for that
vehicle shall be automatically null and void and immediately
returned to the Fleet Management d~epartment. Vehicle permits
voluntarily returned to Fleet Management for vehicles
temporarily taken out of service shall be grant, ed a ninety (90)
day insurance lapse period with proof of the insurance
cessation date before a vehicle permit renewal fee is required,
except where Section Ten, subsection (b) applies. All vehicle
permits due to expire on November 1. 1992. shall remain in
force and effect until January 31. 1992.
C. Subcontracted vehicles must obtain and display a
temporary vehicle permit at a cost of $5.00. per day per
vehicle. Securing such temporary vehicle permits will be the
responsibility of the certificate holder. Subcontracted
vehicles shall comply with all sections of this Ordinance.
D. Applications for a vehicle permit for any vehicle not
owned by the certificate holder who is making application must
be accompanied by a written vehicle lease agreement between the
owner of the vehicle and the certificate holder. The
application must also include proof of insurance covering the
vehicle. Ail vehicle lease agreements must be approved by the
County Fleet Management Department before issuance of a vehicle
permit.
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E. Each taxicab shall be required to disPlaY a uniform
and distinct color scheme on all permitted vehicles. Ail such
schemes shall be subject to approval by the County Fleet
Manager or his/her designee. No permit shall be granted to any
certificate holder to operate any taxicab covered by this
Ordinance whose color scheme, name, trade name, monogram or
insignia is An conflict with or is an imitation of any color
scheme, name, trade name, monogram or insignia used by any
other taxicab certificate holder.
SECTION TWO% CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other
ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more
restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of this
Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent Jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION THREE: EFFECTIVE DATE.. ---
This Ordinance shall become effective upon receipt of
notice from the Secretary of State that this Ordinance has been
filed with the Secretary of State.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 27th day of
October , 1992.
ATTEST:
J .AMF,~] .~.ES, Clerk BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIE~ COUNTY, FLORIDA
· Chairman
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c~S~.re dory of ~Stat~'s
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COU~TV OF COLLIER )
I, JAMES C. GILES, Clerk of Courta In and for the Twentieth
Judicial C~rcutt, Collier County, Florida, do hereby certify ~ha~ the
foregoing ~s a true copy
ORDINANCE NO. 92-84
as adopted by the Board of County Co~ss~one~s on Tuesday,
October 27, 1992, during Re~lar
WITNESS my hand and ~he off~c~a~ aeal of the Board of County
Co~ss~oners of Cold,er County, Florida, th~s 30~h day of October,
Deputy Clerk '", ............