CHAPTER 14 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.*
Article XIII. Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire.
Sec. 14-13-8. Liability insurance requirements.
To obtain an operator’s permit from the city, the operator must
demonstrate that it maintains, at its sole expense, liability insurance meeting
the following requirements:
(a) Separate commercial automobile liability
insurance for each vehicle proposed to be operated within the city pursuant to
the operator’s permit, with at least the following limits of
liability:
(1) Primary bodily injury with limits of at least one hundred
thousand dollars per person and three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence;
and primary property damage of at least fifty thousand dollars per occurrence;
or
(2) Combined single limits of three hundred thousand dollars per
occurrence.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, evidence that the operator
has procured workers compensation insurance covering all drivers to be employed
by the operator;
(c) Required insurance must be issued by companies admitted
to do business in California, rated “B+” or better in the most
recent edition of Best’s Key Rating Guide, and of a financial category
Class VII or better;
(d) The city, its officers, agents, officials,
employees and volunteers must be named as additional insureds under the
automobile liability policy;
(e) Each policy of required insurance must
contain a provision that no termination, cancellation or change of coverage can
be made without thirty days’ notice to the city;
(f) The operator must
provide certificates of insurance and/or endorsements to the chief of police
prior to issuance of a permit. (Ord. No. 1399, § 3 (part).)
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