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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1584 - Drivers Permit ApplicationsORDINANCE NO. 1584 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 5.12.320 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE ENGLISH - SPEAKING REQUIREMENT IN CONNECTION WITH DRIVER'S PERMIT APPLICATIONS • The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 5.12.320 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended to read: "5.12.320 Driver's Permit. A. Application. No person shall drive or operate any vehicle described in this Chapter in the City without first obtaining a permit in writing so to do from the Chief of Police. Any person desiring to obtain such driver's permit shall make a written application therefor to the Chief of Police accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars.($5.00)., No permit shall be issued to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, to any person not a citizen of the United States unless such person • has lawfully declared his intention of becoming such, or to any person who is incompetent or for any reason whatsoever unable to safely handle such vehicle. No permit shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony, or within the period of two years immediately preceding such application has been convicted of reckless driving or driving a vehicle upon a highway while under the influence of intoxi- cating liquors or drugs, or who has been convicted of violating any provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of the State of California, unless such person shows to the satisfac- tion of the Chief of Police that issuing a driver's permit to him would not in any way be contrary to the public interest, welfare or safety. Each such applicant shall demonstrate his skill and ability to safely handle his vehicle in driving it • through the crowded sections of the City accompanied by an inspector designated by the Chief of Police. No driver's permit shall be granted to any person who is not of a good -1- • • moral character, or who does not hold the required driver's license issued by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State, or who is not sufficiently acquainted with the laws or ordinances regulating the operation of motor vehicles. Persons operating taxicabs, emergency or public safety vehicles must be able to speak the English language. Any falsification on the application for said permit will be grounds for refusal of the permit. B. Personal Appearance. Before a permit is granted to any applicant, the applicant shall present himself to the Police Department, be photographed or furnish an acceptable photograph, and be fingerprinted, and such photographs and fingerprints shall be filed with the permanent records of the Police Department. C. Temporary Permit. Pending the completion of the investigation of an applicant, the Chief of Police may grant a temporary permit to a person who has made application for a driver's permit and appears to be qualified for such permit. The temporary permit shall automatically expire sixty (60) days from the date it was issued or upon issuance of a regular driver's permit. The Chief of Police shall summarily revoke any temporary permit when he determines not to issue a driver's permit to the applicant. D. Identification Card. Upon obtaining the regular permit, the driver or operator shall at all times keep posted in full view in the vehicle operated by him an identification card furnished by the Chief of Police, which shall have plainly printed thereon the name of the driver or operator, his business address and telephone number, his permit number and his photograph. E. Term -- Renewal. All driver's permits shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which issued. Applications for renewal shall be made on or before December first of -a- 10/1/74 each year for the following calendar year, if so made within the period prescribed the charge for renewal shall be Two Dollars ($2.00). The permits are personal and nontransferable. • F. Revocation. The Chief of Police may revoke or suspend any such driver's permits so issued for any violation of the provisions of this Chapter by the holder of such permit or for the existence of any state of facts which would have been a good reason for denying such permit when applied for, whether such state of facts existed at the time application was made for such permit or came into existence thereafter. G. Appeal. In the event of a refusal, revocation or suspension of any driver's permit by the Chief of Police, the applicant or permittee may appeal from the decision to the City Council, which may in its discretion affirm, reverse or modify the decision made by the Chief of Police." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a,regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 30th day of September , 1974, and was adopted on the 15th day of October , 1974, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: McInnis, Dostal, Kuehn, Barrett, Rogers, Ryckoff, Store NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN- None Mayor Ad ATTEST-; ' _ CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION City Clerk OCT 11; 1974 DATE ............. -3- ...... DDO/bc ....... 8/1517 4 CITY CLER