§ 6.04.030. Exclusions; applicability.  


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  • A.

    This chapter does not apply to:

    1.

    Government-owned and/or operated vehicles;

    2.

    Courtesy vehicles;

    3.

    Carpool or vanpool arrangement or service;

    4.

    The transportation of a person by a transportation-for-hire vehicle licensed by another governmental entity from a point outside the city to a destination inside the city, if the transportation-for-hire vehicle leaves the city without receiving a passenger inside the city;

    5.

    A motor vehicle used to transport persons for hire that is regulated by another title of this Code, such as private ambulances regulated under Title 9; or

    6.

    A bus or shuttle vehicle that is:

    a.

    Operated for a funeral home in the performance of funeral services;

    b.

    Provided by an employer or employee association for use in transporting employees between the employees' homes and the employer's place of business or between workstations, with the employees reimbursing the employer or employee association in an amount calculated only to offset the reasonable expenses of operating the vehicle;

    c.

    Owned and operated by the federal or state government, by a political subdivision of the state, or by a person under contract with the city for operation of the vehicle;

    d.

    Used to transport children to or from school if only a fee calculated to reasonably cover expenses is charged;

    e.

    Operated under state or federal authority; or

    f.

    Owned by a nonprofit organization and carrying only passengers associated with that organization, if no compensation is received from any other person for carrying the passengers.

    B.

    Any person currently performing transportation-for-hire services who does not hold a permit or license to operate the same or similar services issued under a previous El Paso Municipal Code ordinance or chapter, and who does not meet an exception to regulation under this chapter, is subject to the regulations, requirements, prohibitions, and/or conditions and shall be in full compliance with this chapter no later than one hundred eighty days after the chapter is in full force and effect.

    C.

    Any person currently performing transportation-for-hire services who holds a valid permit or license issued under a previous El Paso Municipal Code ordinance or chapter, and who does not meet an exception to regulation under this chapter, shall be deemed compliant with the portions of this chapter requiring a permit until such time as any permit or license previously issued becomes expired.

(Ord. No. 18546 , § 1, 8-9-2016; Ord. No. 18894 , § 1, 1-8-2019)