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ORDINANCE NO. 20549 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING PUBLIC PASSENGER VEHICLE SERVICES LICENSURE AND FARES; AMENDING SECTION3.345 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 .Subsections 1 through 6 of Section 3.345of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide: 3.345Public Passenger Vehicle Services -License and/or Permit Required . (1) Licensure Requirements. (a)No person or business may operate a public passenger vehicle company without a public passenger vehicle company license; however, an unlicensed public passenger vehicle operating outside the jurisdictional limits of Eugene and Springfield may deliver a fare from outside those limits to a location within the limits, and if the vehicle waits for the person, retrieve the person for the return trip back outside the jurisdictional limits. (b)No person or business may connect, or attempt to connect, a prospective passenger to a vehicle for hire by providing a digital or software application scheduling platform or service without first obtaining a public passenger vehicle company license. (c)Unless driving a vehicle for hire for a person or business that has obtained a public passenger vehicle company license, no person may drive a vehicle for hire without first obtaining a public passenger vehicle company license. (d)Noperson or business required to obtain a public passenger vehicle license may solicit or accept any passenger within the city limits except as provided in this subsection. (e)No public passenger vehicle may operate at the Eugene Airport unless authorized by the Airport to do so. (2) No person or business required under subsection (1) of this section to obtain apublic passenger vehicle company license may use in its operation a motorized vehicle which lacks a public passenger vehicle permit. (3) No person may drive a motorized public passenger vehicle, and no business required to obtain a public passenger vehicle company license may hire a person as a driver, either as an employee or an independent contractor, unless that person possesses a valid public passenger vehicle driver certification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person who has applied for such a certification may drive a taxicab if the person has obtained from the city a temporary certification; such certification shall not be valid for more than 30 days, or until the city grants or denies the person's application for a public passenger vehicle driver certification, whichever is sooner. (4) No public passenger vehicle company may locate any part of its operation in a residential zone unless expressly authorized by the city manager or designee pursuant to this code or the Springfield Code. Ordinance -Page 1of 2