City of Columbus - File #: 1695-2015

• File #: 1695-2015
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Returned Unsigned By Mayor
• File created: 6/18/2015
• In control: Rules & Reference Committee
• On agenda: 6/22/2015
• Final action: 6/30/2015
• Title: To extend the date set forth in Section 590.07 of the Columbus City Code pertaining to the expiration of Peer-to-Peer Transportation Network Driver's Licenses; to repeal ordinance number 1563-2015; and to declare an emergency.
• Sponsors: Zach M. Klein

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/30/2015	1	MAYOR	Returned Unsigned
6/30/2015	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/22/2015	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/22/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

The purpose of this legislation is to extend the date set forth in Section 590.07 of the Columbus City Code pertaining to the expiration of peer-to-peer transportation network driver's licenses. Currently all peer-to-peer transportation network driver's licenses expire annually on June 30^th. This ordinance will extend the expiration date until January 31, 2016 for current license holders.  In July, 2014 the City of Columbus was one of the first cities in the United States to promulgate rules for Peer-to-Peer transportation. Since the passage of Ordinance 1376-2014, other jurisdictions across the country have likewise implemented Peer-to-Peer transportation regulations. This ordinance will extend the expiration date of current license holders until January 31, 2016 to allow for a review of national Peer-to-Peer regulations.  Additionally this ordinance will repeal ordinance 1563-2015, reverting the annual expiration of peer-to-peer network company licenses to June 30.

Title

To extend the date set forth in Section 590.07 of the Columbus City Code pertaining to the expiration of Peer-to-Peer Transportation Network Driver's Licenses; to repeal ordinance number 1563-2015; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, in July, 2014 the City of Columbus was one of the first cities in the United States to promulgate rules for Peer-to-Peer transportation; and

WHEREAS, since the passage of Ordinance 1376-2014, other jurisdictions from around the country have likewise regulated Peer-to-Peer transportation; and

WHEREAS, currently all peer-to-peer transportation driver's licenses expire annually on June 30^th; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance will extend the expiration date until January 31, 2016 for current license holders to allow for a more thorough review of national Peer-to-Peer  regulations; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance will repeal ordinance number 1563-2015; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety in that it is immediately necessary to enact this extension in order to avoid expiration of existing licenses; now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:

Section 1. That, notwithstanding the June 30th expiration date set forth in Section 590.07 of the City Code, all peer-to-peer transportation network drivers' licenses issued on or before June 1, 2015 shall expire on January 31, 2016.

Section 2. That this is a one-time extension of the term for existing peer-to-peer transportation network driver's licenses, and that after the expiration of this extension period the expiration date for all such licenses shall be as set forth in City Code Section 590.07.

Section 3. That ordinance number 1563-2015 is hereby repealed.

Section 4.  That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.