City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 6, 2015
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain Title 9 (Licensing and Regulation), Chapter 12 (Taxicabs and Other Vehicles For Hire) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as Amended.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a request to:
* Restructure the taxicab driver certification process;
* Update the taximeter requirements;
* Require that taxicab companies maintain insurance records of all of their drivers; and,
* Minor editorial revisions to Title 9, Chapter 12 of The Code of the City of Alexandria.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council consider the ordinance on first reading and set it for public hearing and final passage on Saturday, May 16, 2015.
BACKGROUND: In February 2015, the Code of Virginia was amended to allow the operation of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft. To better align the City of Alexandria taxicab industry with the recent State Code amendments as well as make other improvements, staff is proposing the attached ordinance change.
DISCUSSION: To more closely align the City code with the revised State Code, staff is proposing: 1) restructuring of the driver certification process; 2) updating the taximeter requirements; 3) requiring that taxicab companies maintain insurance certification records for their drivers; and, 4) minor editorial revisions to Title 9, Chapter 12 of The Code of the City of Alexandria. These changes were not proposed during the Biennial Taxicab Review because the State had not finalized the ordinance change allowing the operation of TNCs.
The proposed restructuring of the driver certification process will more closely parallel the requirements ...
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