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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 1418-A - Granting Permit to Charles E. Bull to Operate Certain Public Vehicles for HireRESOLUTION NO. 1418-A RESOLUTION GRANTING PERMIT TO CHARLES E. BULL TO OPERATE CERTAIN PUBLIC VEHICLES FOR HIRE IN THE CITY OF REDDING FOR .A. TERM OF FIVE YEARS; AND, INCLUDING THE OPINION OF THE CITY COUT%jCIL IN TNT, MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SAID CHARLES E. BULL FOR SUCH PERMIT. O P I N I O N By his application on file with the City Clerk, Chail:es E. Bull of Redding, California, seeks a permit to operate automobiles for hire as defined in Section 1100 (2) of the Municipal Code of the City of Redding to be used for the transportation of passengers for hire and operated wholly or primarily over the public streets of the City of Redding, and not.'over a defined route. The application came on for hearing before the City Council in the Council Chambers at the City.Hall on the 17th day of June, 1946, at 8:00 o'clock p.m: where testimony in support of said application was taken, and no testimony was offered in opposition thereto, and the application then being submitted and is now ready for decision. The testimony of the applicant, Charles E. Bull, shows that he is qualified for a vehicle permit as required by Section 1108 of the Municipal Code of the City of Redding. ' The evidence further shows that public ocnvenience and necessity exists in the City of Redding for such a -1- Ir permit; that no.vedDles of the same kind are being operated 'for hire and no vehicle permit has. -.been, granted for such purposes ; • •that there:. is a . demand for the use of automobiles for hire within the City of Redding because the populatioin has increased fifty .005) per cent -since..-the year 1940 and because .of the construction of Shasta Dam ,as well 'as the ' opening, .of summer-resorts since the close.of' ; the -war; -that travelers stopping over at Redding, frequently ask the applicant, .who operates' the taxicab' business in Redding, if he has 'cars for hire.. Upon the evidence adduced at the hearing, it,: is shown 'that the applicant, Charles E, 'Bull, is .,in, a position 'to immediately -furnish such service. Charles E. Bull 'is hereby placed upon notice ' ' of all the provisions of. Article XI of Chapter I of Part IT of_ the Municipal Code of the City of 'Redding, Sections 1100 to 1120, inclusive. thereof.' 0•RD E R A public hearing:having•been had,,. evidence .having been received in the matter of the application of Charles E. Bull for a permit to operate automobiles for hire, the- matter having been duly submitted, and the Council being now fully, advised ) The. Council of. ,the- City of Redding hereby• declares•that the public convenience and,necessity requires