Sec. 41-13. - Liability insurance or cash or collateral deposit.
Sec. 41-14. - Interior lights.
Sec. 41-16. - Maintenance; excessive noise.
Sec. 41-19. - Fares generally.
Sec. 41-20. - Fare not to be collected or money changed while bus in motion.
Secs. 41-21—41-25. - Reserved.
Sec. 41-13. - Liability insurance or cash or collateral deposit.
(a)
If a certificate of convenience and necessity is granted under this article, the certificate holder shall, before operating under the provisions of this article, procure and file with the city manager a policy, which shall be a fleet policy in the event more than one (1) bus is used by the certificate holder, of liability insurance in a company authorized to do business in the state, in form to be approved by the city attorney, indemnifying such certificate holder in the sum of at least thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) for injury to one (1) person, and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for injury to more than one (1) person in the same accident, for which the certificate holder, operator or driver of such bus may be held liable, and five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for property damage. Such policy shall contain a clause obligating the insurance company to give ten (10) days' written notice to the city manager before cancellation or change of such policy, and the certificate granted under this chapter shall, ipso facto, be revoked by the lapse, cancellation or termination of such policy of insurance, unless the same shall have been renewed or replaced or a new policy obtained and filed as herein required by the certificate holder.
(b)
In lieu of the insurance policy required by subsection (a) above the certificate holder may deposit either cash or collateral of such a value and subject to such conditions as meet with the approval of the city manager for the protection of the public against personal injuries and property damage resulting from negligence on the part of the certificate holder.
(Ord. No. 68, § 7; Code 1961, § 11-2)
Sec. 41-14. - Interior lights.
All vehicles used as buses under this article shall have suitable interior lights which shall be kept lighted at all times when such bus is transporting passengers between one-half (½) hour after sunset and one-half (½) hour before sunrise.
(Ord. No. 68, § 16; Code 1961, § 11-4)
All buses operated under this article shall be equipped with a front and a rear door, or alternately, a front and a side door, which shall, at all times, be in a proper and usable condition, and under the control of the operator or driver of the bus. Both doors on the bus shall be available and usable for the prompt discharge of passengers at all times.
(Ord. No. 68, § 17; Code 1961, § 11-5)
Sec. 41-16. - Maintenance; excessive noise.
All vehicles used as buses under this article shall be kept in a neat and clean condition, and no vehicle shall be used which cannot be operated with safety and comfort to passengers, or which produces an unusual or excessive noise.
(Ord. No. 68, § 13; Code 1961, § 11-6)
The city manager shall establish bus stops, for the convenience of the public using bus service. Such stops shall be designated by suitable signs. Stopping of other vehicles at such points is prohibited.
(Ord. No. 68, § 11; Code 1961, § 11-1)
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person, while on a passenger bus, to smoke any cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other form of tobacco.
(b)
Printed copies of subsection (a) above or an appropriate "No Smoking" sign, to be approved by the city manager, shall be conspicuously posted by the owner in all buses operating in the city.
(Ord. No. 68, § 14; Ord. No. 173, § 63; Code 1961, §§ 11-7, 25-48)
Cross reference— Smoking, Ch. 33.1.
Sec. 41-19. - Fares generally.
The fare charged on buses operating under this article shall be set by the state corporation commission. No person who is a passenger on such a bus shall fail to pay the legal fare or charge, when requested to do so by the operator, owner or person lawfully in charge of the bus.
(Ord. No. 68, §§ 12, 15; Code 1961, §§ 11-8, 11-10)
Sec. 41-20. - Fare not to be collected or money changed while bus in motion.
No driver or other person in charge of a bus shall collect any fare or make change for any money while such bus is in motion. All money shall be collected and change made while such bus is completely stopped.
(Ord. No. 68, § 14; Code 1961, § 11-9)