Title
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding provisions regulating the operation of tour buses and amphibious tour vehicles, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
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CHAPTER 9-400. CARRIERS
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ยง9-407. Tour Passenger Carriers
(1) Definitions.
(a) Amphibious tour vehicle. A motor-propelled vehicle capable of operating on land or water and operated on the streets for the purpose of carrying passengers for guided sight-seeing tours;
(b) Department. The Department of Streets;
(c) Guided sight-seeing tour. An organized trip that operates on a regular basis, that travels in a circuit in Philadelphia and provides information on historic sites and other places of interest in the City;
(d) Sidewalk. All that area legally open to public use as a pedestrian public way between the curb line and the legal house line of the abutting property;
(e) Tour bus. A motor bus operated on the streets for the purpose of carrying passengers for guided sight-seeing tours, but excluding publicly funded tours, buses and licensed charter bus carrier;
(f) Tour passenger loading zone. All that area used by a tour bus or amphibious tour vehicle for the loading and unloading of passengers;
(g) Tour Passenger Carrier. Any person who operates, on the streets of the City, a tour bus or amphibious tour vehicle;
(2) License. No tour passenger carrier shall operate in the City unless the tour passenger carrier obtains a license from the Department.
(a) Every license issued under this Section shall be issued as of the first day of March and...
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