Ord 2535 - Amending Ord 2464 Taxi OrdinanceCOUNCIL BILL NO. 3010
ORDINANCE NO. 2535
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2464 (THE REGULATION OF TAXICABS;
TAXICAB DRIVERS; TAXICAB COMPANIES) TO MODIFY THE NOTICE OF
CANCELLATION PROVISION MANDATED BY THE TAXICAB INSURANCE COVERAGE
REQUIREMENTS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2010, the Woodburn City Council adopted
Ordinance 2464 establishing and providing for the regulation of taxicabs;
taxicab drivers; and taxicab companies; and
WHEREAS, Section 8 (A) (6), specifies that the insurance policies required
for a taxicab company permit holder to obtain, "must allow for written notice
to the Finance Director 30 days before any policy is cancelled, will expire, or be
reduced in coverage"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that a lesser 10 days' minimum
notice to the Finance Director is a more commercially reasonable period of
time, which can be obtained as part of the insurance policy more readily in the
commercial insurance market; and
WHEREAS, the City Council's action to reduce the number of days for
notice to be given, from 30 days to a minimum 10 days, shall not in any manner
relieve Taxicab Company Permit holders from their obligation to name the City
and its officers, agents and employees as additional insureds as required by the
ordinance; and
WHEREAS, as an additional protection for the public, the City Council also
desires to add the requirement that the taxicab company itself must provide
notice to the Finance Director of any cancellation, expiration, reduction in
coverage, or other modification to its insurance policies under Section 8; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 8 (A) (6) of Ordinance 2464 is amended to read as follows:
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Section 8. Taxicab insurance Reguirements.
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6. The insurance policy must allow for written notice to the Finance
Director at least 10 days before any policy is cancelled, will expire,
or be reduced in coverage.
Section 2. Section 8 (A) (7) of Ordinance 2464 is added to read as follows:
Section 8. Taxicab Insurance Requirements.
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7, In addition to notice provision requirements under Section
8(A)(6), the Taxicab Company itself must also notify the Finance
Director at least 10 days before any policy is modified, cancelled,
set to expire, or be reduced in coverage.
Section 3. Emergency Clause. This ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation, of the public peace, health, and safety since if is in
City's best interest to adopt commercially reasonable regulations that allow
local taxicab businesses to actually operate, an emergency is declared to exist
and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage by the Council
and approval by the Mayor.
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
MEMO
Passed by the Council
Submitted to the Mayor
Approved by the Mayor
Filed in the Office of the Recorder
ATTEST: �A�A )i
4ea'ther Pierson, City Recorder
City of Woodburn, Oregon
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