HomeMy WebLinkAbout917 - Ordinances - AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE - TAXICABS ORDINANCE NO. 917
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 8 OF
THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, EXCLUDING
OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES
FROM REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO TAXICABS
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga ordains as follows:
Section 1. Section 8.30.010 (Definitions) of Chapter 8.30 (Taxicab Service) of Title 8
(Health and Safety) of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is hereby amended by revising
the definition of "taxicab" and adding a definition of "Transportation Network Company", to read
as follows:
"Taxicab means any vehicle designed to carry not more than eight passengers excluding
the driver which is used to provide taxicab service as defined in this chapter. Taxicab does not
include any vehicle operating as part of or in furtherance of any Transportation Network
Company."
"Transportation Network Company means any organization, including, but not limited to,
a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating
in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-
enabled application or platform (such as smart-phone applications) to connect passengers with
drivers using a personal vehicle (such as Uber or Lyft), or otherwise as `Transportation Network
Company' is defined in California Public Utilities Code § 5431, as the same may be amended, or
any successor provision thereto."
Section 2. Severability. The City Council hereby declares that should any provision,
section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted be rendered
or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of
any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words
of this Ordinance and the Codes hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance.
Ordinance No. 917 - Page 1 of 2
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 201h day of September 2017.
L. Dennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
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nice C. Reynolds, Cit Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a Regular Meeting of
the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 6th day of September 2017, and
was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on
the 20th day of September 2017.
AYES: Alexander, Kennedy, Michael, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: Spagnolo
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 21St day of September 2017, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
J e C. Reynolds, City Jerk