§ 55.06. Exemptions.

(1)

The following categories of Vehicles-for-Hire shall be exempt from the provisions of this Chapter:

(a)

ambulances licensed by the State of Florida;

(b)

hearses, operated or limited exclusively to use by a licensed mortician;

(c)

passenger vehicles seating more than twenty (20) persons;

(d)

passenger vehicles owned, operated, leased or controlled by a governmental agency;

(e)

Shuttle Services owned and operated directly by a hotel or motel for transportation limited to registered guests thereof;

(f)

exclusive ride-sharing vehicles as defined in Florida Statutes § 341.031(9), as amended;

(g)

School Buses subject to the provisions of Florida Statutes chs. 234 and 316, as amended;

(h)

Vehicle-for-Hire services provided:

(i)

as transportation services as outlined in Florida Statutes § 427.015(2) to the Transportation Disadvantaged, as defined in Florida Statutes § 427.011(1), as amended;

(ii)

by a Transportation Operator, as defined in Florida Statutes § 427.011(6), as amended;

(iii)

pursuant to a contract authorized in Florida Statutes § 427.0155, as amended, with the Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC), as defined in Florida Statutes § 427.011(5) which contract is on file with the Vehicle-for-Hire Administrator;

(iv)

providing that the vehicles used to provide such services shall be clearly and distinctively marked as disadvantaged transportation; and

(i)

Vehicle-for-Hire services licensed by a city, county or other public entity, other than the City of Orlando, as a Vehicle-for-Hire which enters the City of Orlando for the purpose of delivering passengers or providing continued services to passengers who have hired the vehicle in a jurisdiction in which it is licensed to operate, provided, however, that no such Vehicle-for-Hire may solicit or accept any passenger while in the City of Orlando.

(Ord. of 4-20-1998, Doc. #31157; Ord. of 11-1-1999, § 3, Doc. #32438; Ord. of 1-11-2007, § 4, Doc. #0701111008; Ord. No. 2013-6, § 3, 2-4-2013, Doc. #1302041203)