§ 22-205. Car rentals.

Every person engaged in a car rental business who desires to serve passengers or other patrons at or from the airport shall comply with the following, in addition to any other applicable sections of this Code:

(1)

No person shall carry on, conduct or engage in the business of renting motor vehicles to passengers at or from the airport in any manner, including but not limited to picking up patrons at or from the airport, without first either entering into a written contract with the city or obtaining a rental car courtesy vehicle permit from the aviation general manager.

(2)

Except as provided otherwise by contract with the city or permit from the aviation general manager, no person shall solicit the rental of vehicles at the airport.

Consolidated rental car facility (CONRAC). The aviation general manager shall designate a consolidated rental car facility at the airport. The CONRAC facility shall be designed and operated as a single, consolidated location for all off-airport and on-airport rental car company operations. All customers using the services of all on-airport and off-airport rental car companies will be transported between the central passenger terminal complex and the CONRAC facility by the use of a common transportation system. This designation becomes effective when the CONRAC facility begins operations, as determined by the aviation general manager. The aviation general manager shall likewise designate successor and substitute facilities. After a designation becomes effective:

(1)

The designated CONRAC facility becomes part of the terminal complex at the airport; and

(2)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing, controlling, or operating a commercial passenger vehicle to cause or allow any passenger to board the vehicle, or to alight from the vehicle, anywhere at the central passenger terminal complex or the airport's public parking facilities by use of an off-airport or on-airport rental car company courtesy bus, shuttle or other vehicle. All off-airport rental car companies shall pick up and drop off their customers at the CONRAC facility and all off-airport and on-airport rental car companies shall utilize the APM system to transport their customers.

Customer facility charge. A resolution by the city council shall establish, and periodically adjust as needed, a daily customer facility charge to be added to each off-airport and on-airport rental car company's customer's car rental contract.

(1)

The customer facility charges collected by the off-airport and on-airport rental car companies shall be held in trust by the off-airport and on-airport rental car companies for the benefit of the airport and shall be remitted to the city in accordance with procedures established by the aviation general manager.

(2)

Off-airport and on-airport rental car companies and their agents hold only a possessory interest in the customer facility charge, and no legal or equitable interest.

(Code 1977, § 12-5041; Ord. No. 2004-92, § 2, 12-10-04)