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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 9 of 2002
(Taxicab Certificate of Convenience and Necessity)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.72.130, SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO CERTIFICATE OF A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY BEING
REQUIRED FOR OPERATION OF A TAXICAB WITHIN THE CITY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 5.72.130, Salt Lake City Code, pertaining to a certificate of
public convenience and necessity being required for operation of a taxicab within Salt Lake City .
be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
5.72.130 Required For Operation:
A. No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by such person to
be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of Salt Lake City without first having obtained a
certificate of public convenience and necessity from the City in accordance with Chapter 5.05 of
this Title, or its successor.
B. For the purpose of this Section, the term "operate for hire upon the streets of Salt
Lake City" shall not include the transporting, by a taxicab properly licensed in a jurisdiction
outside the corporate limits of the City, of a passenger or passengers for hire where a trip shall
originate with the passenger or passengers being picked up outside of the corporate limits of the
City and where the destination is either within or beyond the City corporate limits. The term
"operate for hire upon the streets of Salt Lake City" means and shall include the soliciting or
picking up of a passenger or passengers within the corporate limits of the City, whether the
destination is within or outside of the corporate limits of the City.
C. The foregoing notwithstanding, due to the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics
scheduled to be conducted within the City during the months of February and March of 2002 and
the anticipated need for additional taxicabs within the City during said period, a taxicab may
operate within the City, commencing on the effective date hereof and until March 31, 2002,
without additional authority being granted by the City for such operation under a certificate of
public convenience and necessity, provided the following conditions are met:
1. It is operated by a taxicab company that holds a current certificate of
convenience and necessity issued by the City to operate taxicabs within the
City as of the effective date of this ordinance;
2. Its operation complies with and is subject to all ordinances of Salt Lake City
applicable to taxicabs and taxicab drivers within the City, including,but not
limited to, the vehicle and driver requirements set forth in Chapters 5.71 and
5.72 of this Code; and
3. It is operated by a company that maintains continuous vehicle insurance
covering the operation of such vehicle within the City in accordance with the
requirements of and at the minimum levels of coverage set forth in Section
5.05.120 of this Title or its successor or by the Utah Department of
Transportation or by the United States Department of Transportation,
whichever levels are higher. Proof of insurance shall be required prior to such
taxicab operating within the City, and may be verified upon the City's receipt
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of a negative comment form as provided by Chapter 5.71 or at the time of an
on-street unscheduled ground transportation vehicle inspection. All taxicab
companies shall send a copy of any notice of cancellation or reduction of such
insurance coverage to the Salt Lake City department responsible for the
enforcement of ground transportation and/or taxicab violations immediately
upon such cancellation or reduction.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon the date of its first
publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 22 day of January 2002.
CHAIRPERSON
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Transmitted to Mayor on January 22, 2002
Mayor's Action: K- Approved. Vetoed.
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