Number
050641
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
An ordinance relating to a daily public passenger vehicle safety checklist.
Sections
100-50-2-a am
100-50-7-a-2 am
100-59-14 rc
Analysis
This ordinance requires that every public passenger vehicle driver keep in the vehicle a daily safety checklist ensuring that certain specified items have been inspected and are in good working order and placed in or on the vehicle. The checklist shall be kept for at least 14 days by the public passenger vehicle permit holder and be readily available for inspection upon request by the police department. This ordinance also specifies that the police department may object to the renewal of a public passenger vehicle permit for failure of the permittee to comply with operating regulations of s. 100-59, which include the safety checklist. In addition, the ordinance removes certain obsolete code section references.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 100-50-2-a of the code is amended to read:
100-50. Public Passenger Vehicle Permits.
2. NEW PERMIT. a. Filing. Application for new luxury limousine, pedicab, shuttle, horse and surrey, motorcycle used for tours, motorcycle with a sidecar used for tours and handicapped-elderly vehicle permits shall be filed with the city clerk. The application shall be accompanied by the permit fee specified in ch. 81, the refundable portion of which shall be returned to the applicant if the application is not approved. The application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the kind of vehicles the applicant intends to employ, the current state registration for each motor vehicle, naming the applicant as sole title holder and not as lien holder, evidence of financial responsibility as required by s. 100-53, issued to and covering the applicants, the name of the partnership or corporation, whether the applicant has a dispatch service, whether the applicant has been convicted of any felonies or misdemeanors, and such other information as may be required by the licensing committee. All individual applicants, partners of a partnership, agents and officers of a corporation shall be considered applicants under this section [[,and as applicants shall comply with s. 100-54-2-h-0, h-2 to h-4, k and L]]. If the applicant cannot satisfy the provisions of this paragraph at the time of filing, relative to vehicle ownership or financial responsibility, the applicant shall file, with the application, a letter addressed to the licensing committee outlining his or her intentions of satisfying all the requirements of this chapter prior to issuance of the applicable permit.
Part 2. Section 100-50-7-a-2 of the code is amended to read:
100-50. Public Passenger Vehicle Permits.
7. RENEWAL.
a-2. When the police department determines that a permittee, or any officer, agent, director or applicable stockholders of a corporation, or any partner of a partnership has failed to comply with [[any provision of s. 100-54-2-h-0, h-2 to h-4, k and L, ]] >> the operating regulations specified in s. 100-59, << or there is an objection to the renewal of the permit by any interested person, the licensing committee shall conduct a hearing on the application and thereafter make a recommendation to the common council.
Part 3. Section 100-59-14 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
100-59. Operating Regulations for all Public Passenger Vehicles.
14. DAILY SAFETY CHECKLIST. a. Every public passenger vehicle driver prior to the beginning of each shift shall inspect the vehicle to make sure that all equipment on the vehicle is operable and in good working condition and that the vehicle is maintained in a reasonably clean condition on the inside and outside. All vehicles shall be washed a minimum of once per week.
b. Every public passenger vehicle driver shall keep in the vehicle a daily safety checklist ensuring that the items listed in par. c have been inspected and are in good working order and by the public passenger vehicle permit holder properly placed in or on the vehicle. The checklist shall be kept for at least 14 days by the public passenger vehicle permit holder and be readily available for inspection upon request by the police department.
c. The daily safety checklist shall include the following items:
c-1. Meter seal.
c-2. Rate/complaint placard.
c-3. Clean interior/exterior.
c-4. Seat belts.
c-5. Horn.
c-6. Spare tire (inflated).
c-7. Heater/defroster/air conditioner.
c-8. Windshield (in compliance with s. Trans 305.34, Wis. Adm. Code, as amended).
c-9. Windshield wipers/blades.
c-10. Head lamps/tail, turn, brake, hazard lights.
c-11. Tires.
c-12. Wheels/rims.
c-13. Body of vehicle.
c-14. Upholstery.
LRB:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
______________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: ___________________
ATTORNEY
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
_____________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: _________________________
Department
Drafter
LRB05322-3
TWM/cac
8/11/2005