Drafter
Clerk 03/13/2019
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to transportation network companies vehicle endorsements; and amending Ordinance 17892, Section 26, and K.C.C. 6.64.271 and Ordinance 17892, Section 27, and K.C.C. 6.64.281.
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PREAMBLE:
King County regulates taxis and for-hire vehicles that transport passengers for compensation. The regulations are intended to ensure that customers can use the options under the regulations in a safe manner.
Since 1979, King County, the city of Seattle and the Port of Seattle have consistently worked to regionalize regulations and licensing by developing consistent regulations and services across jurisdictions. The goal of the cooperation is to promote public safety and customer service by standardizing fees, regulations, enforcement and rate review procedures throughout King County.
Since 2012, new transportation options that make use of application-based technology on smartphones have entered the market. The new organizations that use that technology as part of their business models have come to be known as transportation network companies.
Before 2013, the new entrants had not been regulated. The city of Seattle adopted regulations for transportation network companies in 2014. King County adopted new regulations in September 2014, with Ordinance 17892, which made changes to existing regulations for transportation companies and added new regulations affecting transportation network company organizations, drivers and vehicles.
Generally, the city and the county attempt to have these regulations conform so as to ensure that regulations are the same across jurisdictions. However, county regulations place requirements on vehicles used by drivers for transportation network companies that are different from city requirements.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 17892, Section 26, and K.C.C. 6.64.271 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The director shall not issue a transport...
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