§ 29-110 — Route limitations

Sec. 29-110. - Route limitations.

(a) Small buses may operate on all streets in the districts, with the exception of brick and cobblestone streets, any public way designated as an alley, lane or court, on Tradd Street, between Meeting and Church Streets, and such streets as may be restricted from such use by the department of traffic and transportation and so designated in the office of tourism. (b) The peninsula city shall be divided into zones of operation as may be recommended from time to time by the commission and approved by city council. A map outlining such zones shall be maintained in the office of the department of livability and tourism. (c) Every touring entity having regularly scheduled small bus tours shall submit to the director of livability and tourism or his/her designee the schedule of times it offers small bus tours. The director of livability and tourism or his/her designee shall assign to touring entities with regularly scheduled small bus tours a route, per regularly scheduled tour, that must be followed and adhered to by the touring entity on a given tour, and shall continue to do so on an annual basis thereafter upon the issuance or renewal of a certificate of appropriateness. Routes assigned by the director of livability and tourism or his/her designee shall be distributed equally among the touring entities submitting schedules to the tourism director. (d) Upon being assigned a particular route for a given tour, the touring entity must follow such route and utilize its best efforts to spend equal amounts of time in each zone of operation on the route. (e) Those touring entities having small buses, but which do not conduct regularly scheduled tours, must notify the director of livability and tourism or his/her designee, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of a tour, of its intention to conduct a tour, and shall then be assigned a route which must be followed on such tour.

(Ord. No. 1983-22, § 27, 5-10-83; Ord. No. 1984-171, § 1, 11-13-84; Ord. No. 1985-148, § 3, 12-17-85; Ord. No. 2023-064, § 5, 3-28-23)