Okaloosa County BOCC — September 6, 2016 — 20160830-Proposed-Ground Transportation Policy

ORDINANCE NO. 16-__ AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE OKALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT GROUND TRANSPORTATION POLICY AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 14-01; ESTABLISHING DEFINITIONS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND TRIP FEES PERTAINING TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES AT THE DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH AIRPORT; FURTHER AMENDING THE POLICY TO INCLUDE THE NEW NAME OF THE AIRPORT AND TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on March 1, 2014, the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) adopted Ordinance 14-01, which established rules and regulations governing operations at the Okaloosa Regional Airport; and WHEREAS, included as Attachment #1 to Ordinance 14-01 was a Ground Transportation Policy (“Ground Transportation Policy”); and WHEREAS, since 2014, Okaloosa County’s Airport name has been changed from the Northwest Florida Regional Airport to the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport; and WHEREAS, new technology-based companies that use digital platforms to connect riders and drivers utilizing their personal vehicles have begun operating for-hire ground transportation services in Okaloosa County and through the county, calling themselves transportation network companies; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida (“Board”), desires to amend the Okaloosa Regional Airport Ground Transportation Policy in order to regulate the operations of transportation network companies on Airport property in Okaloosa County for 1 the purpose of safeguarding the life, health, safety, property and welfare of the people and visitors to Okaloosa County; and WHEREAS, the Board finds it in the best interest of the public to amend the Ground Transportation Policy, to reflect the Airport’s new name, create policies, definitions and a trip fee for Transportation Network Companies, and other minor modifications to further clarify the Ground Transportation Policy. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County, Florida: SECTION 1. FINDINGS OF FACT. The above recitals are incorporated by reference into this Ordinance and are adopted as Findings of Fact. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE 14-01, ATTACHMENT “1”, THE OKALOOSA REGIONAL AIRPORT GROUND TRANSPORTATION POLICY. Ordinance 14-01, Attachment “1”, the Okaloosa County Regional Airport Ground Transportation Policy is hereby amended as attached hereto as Attachment “1” to this Ordinance. Those words in Attachment “1” which are stricken words indicate deletions, underlined words indicate additions. SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof other than the part declared to be invalid. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective as provided by law. 2  PASSED AND ADOPTED in Regular Session this _____ day of September, 2016. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMSSIONERS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA ATTEST: _________________________ ______________________________ J.D. Peacock II Charles K. Windes, Jr. Clerk of Circuit Court Chairman, Board of County Commissiners 3 Northwe