The following information was found at the City of San Diego’s website here:

http://dockets.sandiego.gov/sirepub/agdocs.aspx?doctype=agenda&itemid=28256

The complete report and ordinance changes can be found in the follow .pdf document. (It’s very large and long 4.6mb)

Amendments to San Diego pedicab regulation ordinance 7-28-2009

The City of San Diego gave the following summery to describe the changes in the pedicab ordinance:

This ordinance makes changes to the City of San Diego’s law regulating pedicabs. It
contains amendments pertaining to procedures and standards for obtaining permits. It clarifies
that a valid pennit is required to operate a pedicab, and adds a provision invalidating an
operating permit if it is altered, defaced, forged, or counterfeited. It modifies the requirement of a
valid driver’s license to require a valid form of Government or State issued photo identification.

This ordinance amends the list of equipment that must be installed on a pedicab to include
seatbelts and a unique, nontransferable identification number. It also adds regulations specifying
the size, fonnat, and location of the required fare schedule.

The ordinance adds prohibitions as to where pedicabs may be parked, stopped or left
standing, and creates Restricted Pedicab Zones within which the number of pedicab decals issued
may be restricted.

The ordinance consolidates the grounds for the denial, suspension or revocation of
operating permits or decals into one section, clarifies the procedures for notifying pedicab
owners or operators of action by the City regarding the denial, suspension or revocation of an
operating permit or decal, and adds additional pre-deprivation procedures regarding the
suspension or revocation of an operating permit or decal.

The ordinance also contains minor amendments to conform this division to modem
Municipal Code conventions.

This ordinance contains a notice that a full reading of the ordinance is dispensed with
prior to its passage, since a written copy will be made available to the City Council and the
public prior to the day of its passage.

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day from and after its final
passage.

A complete copy of the ordinance is available for inspection in the Office of the City Clerk,
City of San Diego, 2nd Floor, City Administration Building, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101.