Chapter 18 Public Transportation

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P UBLIC T RANSPORTATION § 18-3 Division 2. County Transportation Commission. Section 18-3. Membership. There shall be a County transportation commission composed of nine commissioners. One commissioner shall be appointed from each of the nine respective County council districts. Commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council and may be removed by the mayor with the approval of the council. Commissioners shall serve staggered terms of five years, one member to be appointed to a term of one year, two for a term of two years, two for a term of three years, two for a term of four years, and two for a term of five years. No member shall be eligible for a second appointment to the commission prior to the expiration of two years, provided that members of the commission initially appointed for a term of one year and two years shall be eligible to succeed themselves for an additional term. In the transitional period following the amendment of this section of the code, vacancies on the transportation commission shall be filled in ascending council district order as such order may exist at the time an appointment is made by the mayor. (1983 CC, c 18, art 1, sec 18-3; am 1987, ord 87-57, sec 1; am 1993, ord 93-69, sec 1.)18-3 Section 18-4. Mass transit administrator as chief administrator. The mass transit administrator shall be the chief administrator and may assign any clerk, stenographer, agent or other assistant from the mass transportation agency* to the commission as may be necessary and define their powers and duties. (1983 CC, c 18, art 1, sec 18-4; am 1995, ord 95-18, sec 2; am 2004, ord 04-58, sec 4.)18-4 * Editor’s Note: The mass transportation agency was renamed the mass transit agency, by Ordinance 04-58, section 3. Section 18-5. Commission’s powers and duties. The commission shall have general supervision over carriers including taxicabs and shall perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon it by division 3 of this article and article 2 of this chapter. In addition, the commission may serve as an advisory body to the mass transit agency and, upon request of the mayor or council, advise on other transportation-related matters. (1983 CC, c 18, art 1, sec 18-5; am 1987, ord 87-57, sec 1; am 1990, ord 90-19, sec 3.)18-5 Division 3. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. Section 18-6. Required; hearing; issuance. (a) No carrier operating upon and using the public highways of the County shall furnish any service without first obtaining from the commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require the operation and service. (b) Before issuing any certificate the commission shall hold a public hearing to determine whether there is a need for the operation and service. Any carrier who was in operation on May 8, 1972, shall be presumed to be engaged in an operation that is necessary to public convenience and necessity. Every certificate issued whether an original issuance or a renewal, shall be valid for an indefinite term. 18-3