ORD 17-18 Replacing Chapter 5.79 OC Taxi Administration ProgramORDINANCE N0. 17-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING TITLE 5 OF THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE REPEALING AND
REPLACING CHAPTER 5.79 ADOPTING THE 2019
REGULATIONS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY TAXI
ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the State of California adopted new statutes regulating taxicabs; and
WHEREAS, these statutes now prohibit cities from regulating taxis unless the taxi
company is "substantially located" in the municipality, or unless cities enter into an agreement
with a transit agency for administering or regulating taxicabs; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) has agreed to be the
administrator for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the City of Orange has agreed to enter into a cooperative agreement with
OCTA and other cities within Orange County for this administration and regulation; and
WHEREAS, in order to carry out this administration, OCTA has prepared regulations
which must be adopted by the city and codified into the Orange Municipal Code to give them the
force of law
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I:
Chapter 5.79 of Title 5, is hereby repealed and replaced by this new Chapter 5.79 as
follows:
5.79.010 Orange County Taxi Administration Program Regulations Adopted by
Reference.
For the purpose of prescribing regulations for the business of providing taxicab
transportation service in compliance with the city's requirements under California Government
Code Section 53075.5, the following regulations, subject to any future modifications, is hereby
adopted: the 2019 Regulations of the Orange County Taxi Administration Program.
A copy of the above Regulations will be on file in the office of the City Clerk and are made
available for public inspection.
SECTION II:
Should any section, subsection, subparagraph, clause, or provision of this Ordinance for
any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall
not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being
hereby expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subparagraph,
sentence, clause and phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and ratified
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subparagraphs, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared.invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION III:
The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the
same to be published as required by law. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty(30) days from
and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 8th day of January 2019.
i
Mar A. Murphy, Mayor, Ci , O ange
ATTEST:
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA+ )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ' ) • .
CITY OF ORANGE
I, PAMELA COLEMAN, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on
the l lth day of December 2018, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City Council duly
held on the 8th day of January 2019, was duly passed and adopted by the following vote,to wit:
AYES:COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Murphy,Nichols, Monaco
NOES:COiJNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
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