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Ord 1397 - URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS PERMITTING INTERIM OPERATION OF TAXICABSORDINANCE NO. 1397 URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS PERMITTING INTERIM OPERATION OF TAXICABS The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos finds: (1) Only one taxicab certificate of public convenience and necessity is currently in effect in the Town, (2) the holder of that certificate has ceased doing business in the Town, (3) the lack of taxicab services gravely affectsmany inhabitants of the Town, particularly elderly persons and invalids, who depend on t- xitransportation to shop for food and to visit physicians, (4) there are taxi firms that could meet the requirements of Chapter 29 of the Town Code, but (5) if the requirements of Chapter 29 concerning notice and hearing were to be enforced there would have to be a substantial period of time during which no taxi service would be available in the Town. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ORDAINS: SECTION 1. 1. The Town Manager is authorized in his discretion to issue one or more interim certificates of public convenience and necessity to taxicab operators. Compliance with the provisions of sections 29 -23 through 29 -24 of the Town Code is not required. The Manager, rather than the Council, shall make the findings, and perform the other acts assigned to the Council by the provisions of section 29 -25 of the Town Code. 2. The Town Manager shall set an expiration date for every interim certificate he issues. The expiration date shall be no later -1- than the expiration date of this ordinance, but may, as the Manager in the exercise of his discretion determines, be earlier. The expiration date shall be stated on each certificate. 3. All of the provisions of Chapter 29 other than those cited in paragraph 1. are in effect with reference to interim certificates of public convenience and necessity. The issuance of taxicab certificates of public convenience and necessity other than interim certificates is governed by Chapter 29, unaffected by this ordinance. 4. The Manager is authorized to provide by contract and otherwise for continuation of the Senior Citizen Transportation Program,in substantially the way the program has previously been conducted,by all holders of interim taxicab certificates. 5. This is an urgency ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos for the immediate protection of the public health, safety and welfare. It takes effect immediately upon adoption, and is of no further effect after June 30, 1978. The Town Clerk of the Town of Los Gatos shall cause this ordinance to be published once within 15 days after its adoption, in the Los Gatos Times - Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the Town of Los Gatos. ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos, California, I!M CONTINUED at a/ regular meeting bf the Town Council, held on May 16 , 1978, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Ruth Cannon, Thomas Jo Ferrito, John B Loch Peter W. Siemens & Mardi Cualtieri NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS None SIGNED: " M wAdL &UA&ij42 MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS ATTEST: J; I, 4 CLERK 6V TH OWN OF LOS GATOS -3-