40 of 1915 - Substitute for Bill 26 regulating motor buses ROLL CALL.
VOTING Yes No
Salt Lake City, Utah, - March 16, _1915.
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Morris I nun c that the erdin;etee he paaved.
Shearman
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Mr.Chairman . .
Result AN ORDINANCE
An ordinance regulating the running of motor busses over the
streets of Salt Lake City, requiring and providing for the licensing
thereof, fixing the amount of license fees to be paid thereon,
requiring bonds, regulating the operation thereof, and providing
penalties for the violation of any of the provisions hereof.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake
City, Utah:
SECTION 1. For the purposes of this ordinance a motor bus is
defined to be any motor-propelled vehicle operated over the streets
of Salt Lake City, regularly or at intervals along a definite and
regular route, or between definite points within the city, for the
purpose of carrying passengers for hire, and which vehicle receives,
carries and discharges as passengers such persons as offer themse$ves
for transportation along such route, or between such points, or
which shall be operated as a means of local transportation similar
to that afforded by the operation of street oars.
Nothing in this ordinance oontained shall be deemed to apply
to any street or interurban railway oar, or to amy motor-propelled
vehicles used exclusively for sight-seeing purposes, or to motor-
propelled vehicles used exclusively as hotel busses, or to any
motor-propelled vehicle which is rented from a stand in the street,
or from a public or private garage, the destination or route of
which is under the direction of the passenger or passengers trans-
ported therein, or to automobiles mentioned in Section 886 of the
Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake 01.V of 1913, as amended by an
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ordinance passed. by the Board of Commissioners December 26, 1913.
• The word "street", as used in this ordinance, shall mean and
include all public streets, avenues, boulevards, alleys, lanes,
high-ways, foot-Ways, sidewalks, public parks, parkings, roads,
viaduote or other public places laid out for the use Of vehlelea•
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The word "person", as used in this ordinance, shall mean and
include persons, partnerships, firms, companies and corporations,
and the person owning, controlling or having charge of a motor bus.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, operate
or run, or cause or permit any of his agents, servants or employees
to use, operate or run a motor bus in, along, through, over or upon
any of the streets of Salt Lake City, or to carry on the business
of transporting passengers for hire in any motor bus or busses in
said city, without first having obtained a license so to do as in
this ordinance provided; and no license therefor shall be issued
except as provided herein. A separate application shall be made
and filed in writing with the Assessor and Collector of License
Taxes for each motor bus proposed to be pperated in Salt Lake City,
which application shall be verified as to the truth of the state-
ments therein contained, by the oath of the person making such
application, if a natural person, and by an officer thereof if the
applicant is a corporation, and if the applicant is a partnership
or company, by a member thereof. Each application shall contain
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the following statements, to-wit: The name, age, residence, and
business address, if the applicant is a natural person; if a, cor-
poration, its name, date of incorporation and place of business;
if a partnership or company, the business name of the partnership
or company, and the names of the partners or the persons comprising
the company, with the business address of each partner of the
company; the name, type and make of the motor car proposed to be
used as such motor bus; the horse power thereof, the factory number
thereof, the state license number thereof, the seating capacity
thereof according to its trade rating, and whether such motor bus/11
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is to be operated by the applicant or by a chauffeur. If the motor
car proposed to be used as a motor bus has been adapted for use as
such either by converting a freight carrying truck into a passenger
carrying vehicle, or by reconstructing, modifying or adding to the
body or seating arrangements thereof, a statement of its parrying
capacity in pounds or tons; its rated seating capacity as adapted;
and the method and materials used in such adaptation; the route and
termini between which such motor bus is proposed to be operated;
the schedule showing the times of departure from the termini
according to which it is proposed to operate.
The .seessor and Collector of License Taxes shall promptly
refer the application for a license to the Board of Commissioners,
which Board shall consider the same, and may, if deemed advisable,
summon and examine the person who has signed the application, and
any other person in regard to the granting of such license, and may
grant the same as asked, or may change the schedule, route or
termini proposed in such application, or may refuse a license to
such applicant. If said Board shall determine to issue a license
to the applicant for the vehicle mentioned in the application, it
shall make its order direoting the Assessor and Collector of License
Taxes to issue such license, and shall specify in such order the
schedule, route and termini of the motor bus to operate which the
license is to issue. Upon the receipt of such order, and upon pay-
ment of the required license fee, the Assessor and Collector of
License Taxes shall issue a certificate of license to operate or
pause or permit the operation of the motor bus therein described,
along the route and between the termini according to the schedule
stated therein. All such licenses shall provide that the motor bus
shall be operated over the route named therein from six o'olook A. M.
to twelve o'clock midnight, Sundays and holidays included.
The schedule or route or termini as fixed by license issued go
aforesaid, may be changed by the Board of Commissioners on itw own
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motion at any time upon ten day$' notice in writing to the holder
of such license, or any such ohange may be made by said Board at
the request of the holder of such license, in its discretion.
SECTION 3. The annual license tag for the operation and running
of a motor bus over one route in the streets of Salt Lake City shall
be paid in advance into the City Treasury in the sum and according
to the schedule following, to-wit:
For license to run a motor bus carrying four passengers, or
less, Seventy-five Dollars per annum;
For license run a motor bus carrying more than four Arson.
and less than ten p9 rem ; One Hundred Dollars per annum;
For license to run a motor bus carrying ten or more p res
One Hundred Twenty-five Dollars per annum.
SECTION 4. Every motor bus shall have painted on each side
thereof, in letters at least three inches in height and one inch in
width, so that the same shall be readily legible to the public, the
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name of the person, firm or corporation owning the same,Athe name
of the person, firm or corporation operating the same,
, and the terminS of the router over which it
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SECTION Every motor operated when it is dusk or dark shall
be thoroughly artificially illuminated on the inside, and the name
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of the owner operator, , and the
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termini painted on the sides thereof shall also be illuminated so
that the same shall be readily legible to the public in the dusk
or dark.
SECTION 6. Every person operating any such motor bus shall
abide by each and all of the ordinances, rules and regulations of
the City of Salt Lake now in force, or that may hereafter be put in
force, calculated to regulate or govern said motor bus business,
and also traffic upon or along the streets of the City.
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SECTION 7. It shall be unlawful:
(a) To run or operate any motor bus upon or along any street
not included in the route described in the license for running such
motor bus; or
(b) To fail, refuse or neglect to operate the motor bus to
operate which a license has been issued, over the route or between
the termini, or according to the schedule stated in the license
issued for the operation of such motor bus, except the aohedule,
route or ismitst termini is changed as provided in Section 2 hereof;
provided, that in case it shall be necessary to take said motor bus
off the route specified in the license, for repairs, another motor
bus or carrying passengers ma be substituted
in place thereof for a period of not more than days; or
(a) To stop a motor bus upon any street for the purpose of
taking on or discharging passengers if the side of such bus nearest
the curb is more than two, f,eet dietent from such ux ; or,
(d) To stop any or bus wi hin thirty feet of a s set or
midewalk orossing0r
(014 914, permit_a.Motor bus to stand on any street longer than
Sailtssary to discharge or take on passengers in the congested
districts, as defined by an ordinance passed by the Board of Com-
missioners February 18, 1915; or
(i)( To solicit passengers or attract attention to a motor bus
by calling, or by the use of a horn, bell, whistle or other noise; or
To rum or operate a motor bus While any person is standing
or sitting upon R running board, tender, hood or door, or while any
person is riding any plane on the outside thereof, or permit more
than one person besides the driver to sit or stand in the front
part of the motor bus;
(9> (4) To drive or operate, or ppos44 to be driven or operated
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any motor bus upon any street of Salt Lake City, except by the
person to whom a license has been issued for such motor bus, or by
a person having a chauffeur's license; or
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the body or seating arrangements of any motor bus after a license
is issued for the same, without applying for and obtaining the
oonsent of the Board of Commissioners.
SECTION 8. It shal'T be unlawful for any person to stand or sit
upon the fender, running board, hood, door or other place outside
of a motor bus when the same is in motion.
SECTION 9. It shall be unlawful for any person by himself,
agent, servant or employee, to drive or operate, or cause mmigi mmik
to be driven of operated any motor bus if the driver or operator is
less than toii44-44 years of age.
SECTION 10. It shall be unlawful for any motor bus operator
to run past or within twentyefive feet of any other motor bus or
street or tatsxsssttsm interurban railway oar for the purpose of
reaching prospeotive passengers ahead of such other motor bus or
oar.
SECTION 11. It shall be unlawful for the driver of a motor
bws to refuse to carry free of oharge when there is room in such
bus, when in uniform, either a policeman or fireman or employee of
the Health Department.
SECTION 12. It shall be unlawful for any person
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I°"r attach to the rear wheels of-aweit motor bus ,
anti-skid tire chains, and to keep•'euch chains so attached and in
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place during all times such motor bus is o erated upon the public
streets while the surface thereof is in a 'Jcohdition from rain-
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SECTION 13. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any motor
bus to fail, neglect or refuse to return every article left in such
motor bus by any passengers thereof, to the police station in this
city within twenty-four hours after the finding of such article.
SECTION-14..,-It.-shall be-unla aful—.fer-the,d fiver;° car°4for,any
person .in charge or,control of any motor brie OPexated 'in this city,
ire--e sa wv..wollaat.nr-recaivw-a-greater•rare-than five::cents.
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SECTION 316. It shall be unlawful for the owner, driver or
other person in charge or control of a motor bus, to charge or
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receive any-Ja idiii„c.e.t fare for the transportation of any hand
baggage in charge of a passenger.
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SECTION IA. It shall be unlawful for any person driving or
operating any motor bus to refuse to carry any person offering
himself or herself to be carried, and tendering the fare for the
same to any place on the route of said motor bus or between the
termini thereof, unless at the time such offer is made the permanent
seats of said motor bus are fully occupied. If a request is made
by any person along such route to be carried by the person operating
such motor bus and there is unoccupied a permanent seat or seats
provided therein which may be occupied, it shall be the duty of the
person operating such motor bus to carry such passenger upon tender
of the fare therefor; provided, however, that the person driving or
operating such motor bus shs14 refuse transportation to any person
at the time demand is made to be carried who is in an intoxicated
condition, or to any person who at such time may be conducting
himself or herself in a boisterous manner, or who may at the time be-,'
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using profane or obscene language
SECTION If. It shall be unlawful for any person operating a
motor bus to smoke while passengers are occupying• any of the seats
in such automobile. u.
SECTION li. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in
operating a motor bus to drink intoxicating liquors of any kind.
SECTION 1$. It shall be unlawful for any person operating a
motor bus to permit, cause or allow the same to Dross any railroad
track at any intersecting street within the t orporeta limit of
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Salt Lake City over which trains cars, uaiae, are
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operated, without bringing such motor bus to a full stop before
orossing said railroad track; provided, that at all points where
traffic officers are provided, the person operating or driving such
motor bus shall comply with the directions of such traffic officers;
and provided further, that at all track crossings where flagmen are
provided, the person driving or operating such motor bus shall be
governed by the directions of such flagmen.
SECTION 2e. In order to insure the safety of the public, it
shall be unlawful for the owner of any motor bus to drive or operate
or permit to be driven or operated, or for any person to drive or
operate a motor bus unless such owner or driver shall have given,
end there is in full force and effect at all times while such motor
bus is being driven or operated, and on file in the office of the
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Assessor and Collector of License Taxes of Salt Lake City, a policy
of insurance issued by some reputable and reliable insurance company
authorized to do business in the State of Utah, insuring the person,
firms corporation or company applying for such insurancei.gainst loss
from liability imposed by law for damages on account of bodily
injuries or death at any time accidentally suffered by any person
or persons whomsoever, caused by or resulting from the maintenance
or use of the motor bus or busses described and enumerated in such
policy; such policy of insurance may be limited in liability to ';'
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05,000.00 in case of injury or death of one person, and ,'10,000.00
in case of any one accident resulting in injuries to or in the death
of several persons.
SECTION . It shall be unlawful—forthe owner of any motor
bus to drive or operate, or permit the same to be dr.iven, or
operated, or for any person to drive or operate a motq;+ bus unless
such owner, operator or driver shall have given, ans;. there is in
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full force and effect at all times while such motY3r bus is being
driven or operated, and on file in the office., S'f the Assessor and
Collector of License Taxes, a bona in the ,,sfm of 05,000.00, with
private fadfsfdskksa individuals as suracles, or with e reliable and
responsible corporate surety company,* surety, which bond shall
have been approved by the Board o ''Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
which bond shall inure to the benefit of Salt Lake City, the terms
of which shall provide: :`
1st. For the feithff1 observance by the owner, operator and
driver of such motor boa of the provisions of this ordinance, and
all other ordinancesr`'of the city relating to traffic now in force,
and which may hers9after be passed or become effective.
2nd. For,;.'"the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or
company whose property is injured or damaged by reason of the
negligence or misconduct of the driver or operator of such motor
bus. Personal sureties shall have the qualifications mentioned in
Sectclen 3498, Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907. In case a person, firm,
corporation or company shall own or operate more than one motor bus,
said bond'may be "so'"wtlrde3' as to cover'all motor bussres s'o ovrried.
SECTION R. If at any time during the life of any license
issued under the terms of this ordinance, the holder thereof allows
eith,.r of the bonds mentioned in the last two preceding section( to
lapse or to become ineffective, or terminate in whole or in part,
then at the same time the license of such holder to operate a motor
bus or motor busses, shell ipse facto become null and void.
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SECTION ao.. The license for the running and operating of any
motor bus may be revoked at any time by the Board of Commissioners
if it shall appear that the owner or operator of such motor bus is
or employs a careless or reckless driver or operator, or in case
such owner, driver or operator shall violate any of the provisions
of this ordinance, or any rule, regulation or provision now in
force, or that may hereafter be put in force covering traffic or the
business of oarrying passengers for hire in motor busses in, upon
or through the streets of Salt Lake City.
SECTION 2rk. Any person who shall violate any provision of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Fifty ( 50.00)
Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding thirty
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Should any person be
twice convicted, the license of such person shall thereupon be
cancelled. o-3•
SECTION 06. All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in so far
as the same may be in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
SECTION BC All licenses from Salt Lake City now in force in
favor of any person, firm or corporation, for such business as is
by this ordinance regulated, shall cease to be in force from and
after ten days from the date of the passage of this ordinance. At
said time such license holder may have the unearned part of his
license fee of the license now in force refunded, or he may have
the same applied upon the fee of a new license under this ordinance,
provided a new license shell be issued to him hereunder.
SECTION 21. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
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