§ 12.48.040. Public carrier stops, stands and routes—Authority to designate.  


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  • A.

    The traffic engineer is authorized and required to establish bus stops, bus stands and stands for passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such public streets in such places and in such number as may be determined to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public. Each such bus stop, bus stand or other stand shall be designated by appropriate signs or markings approved by the traffic engineer and installed by the city. When a passenger common-carrier company requests such designated stop areas for the loading and/or unloading of its passengers in the city right-of-way, such company shall pay the city for all costs related to the design and installation of the requested stop areas.

    B.

    The traffic engineer is authorized and required to establish reasonably direct routes on city streets from state and federal roadways to destinations within the city and back to such state and federal roadways for those passenger common-carrier motor vehicles that operate under authority of permits issued by the surface transportation board or its successor agency. To become effective, the routes established by the traffic engineer and any amendments thereto shall require city council approval by resolution. Common-carrier passenger motor vehicles operating under permits issued by the surface transportation board or its successor agency shall not operate over city streets except on such routes as established by the traffic engineer and approved by the city council. The description of the routes established pursuant to this section shall be available to the public from the office of the traffic engineer and made available to the public electronically. Any passenger common carrier company may make a request to the traffic engineer to amend the routes to accommodate its access to facilities used by such common-carrier or to load and/or unload its passengers. The traffic engineer shall follow the procedures of this section in developing a route and presenting an amendment to the city council for its consideration.

    (Ord. 8275 § 1, 1985; prior code § 20-89)

(Ord. 17290, § 1, 3-16-2010)