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Home My WebLink AboutORD 07.24.1947 - Buses and TaxicabsAN ORDINANCE OF TEE CITY OF GOORGETOMN, TEIAS, PROVIDING FOR THE GRA"`STING OF PE LITS FOR THE OPERATIOiU, WITHIN SAID CITY, OF PUBLIC GMWEY4IME3 OF THE CLASSES KNOVEN AS BUSES AITD TAXIOABS, AM REG— ULATING THE OPERATION OF SUCH CONVEYANCES,' AND PROVIDING A PMdALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF TF1IS ORDINAME9 AND DECLARING AN M.IERGE110Y. BB IT ORDAMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN TEXAS: Section .11 That a bus, within the meaning of this ordinance, is a public donveyanee, operating principally within this City, that carries pass- engers for hire, and that hasa regularly fixed schedule and route. That a. taxi.oab, within the meaning Of this ordinance, is a public co#veyaane, operating principally within this City , and caarying passengers for hire; without having .any regular schedule of trips or - route. Seotio,lL 2: That the City Council of the said City shall , at such times as to it shall seem proper, examine into all.matters, pertaining to the convenience and necessity of the public, and as to the Character of vehicles conveying passengers for hire, within said City, and shall fix aAd determije the number of buses and the number of taxloabs that permits ' sbpv kd be granted/to operate in the said City. That, until cbanged by the Ci-t.y Council, the number of buses that may be granted permits, is hereby fixed at twC ; and'the number of taxioabx that may be grant*d permits is hereby fixed at five. Seetl,on,3,*- Tha 1- from und after the taking a "feat of this ordinance, ?ny person desiring to operate any bus or any taxicab, shall, in writing, make application to the City Council of the said City for :j permit to operate any such vehicle. That suoh application shall state the name or names of the owner or owners of the vehicle for which implication is made; and shall state the name of ..the person who is to opgrate or drive the same . and shall state the size , capacity and make and model of the donveyan.oe to be used; and shall state the amount of the,•fe6 orxat obarges proposed to be charged each passenger; and shall state.=the leeation or headquarters of such bus or taxicab.. That when such app= ti ljoation is so presented to the City Council, it shall have the 'powely, and it is its duty to, at any regular or any special session of ,the City Council, examine into all matters pertaining to such application, and to determine wbetherp or not such application shapuld be granted. That if it stall be found that such application should be granted, it shall order aria direct tha City Secretary of - as id City t c issue t o sai d applicant permit to operate s_ilCi vehicle; when such applicant shall have paid in to Uity Treasury the sum of Sixty Dollars (430.00) a ight to operate such vehicle on the public streets of said City. 4L That Capon the payment of said Sixty Dollars ( 060.00) granting of the said permit, the vehicle for which same has been "ved may opeanate on the streets of the said City for a period of one year from the date of such permit, unless the same be sooner can. celled by the City Council, under provisions hereof. That it is esti— mated that the said fee of Sixty Dollars ( ' 60."0) so paid, is ,Mess than two percent ( 2% ) of the gross earnings for a year, realized from the operation of such vehicle . That iiff, eLt the end of one year, it be made no appear to the City Council that th-- said Sixty Dollars ( X60.0) so paid, is more than tw percent (2%) of the gross earnings of such vehicle, then a rebate may be made to said applicant, in an amount sufficient to bring the sum within the said two percent (20). lection 5. As ca further condition for the granting of the permit herein mentioned, the applicant shall make and deliver to the said City !9xxxxil a good and solvent security bond to be approved by the City Council of the said City, in the sunt of Five Thousand Dollars ( 5000.00) which said bond shall be payable to the 1ayor of the said City, and conditioned that the maker thereof shall pay all damages occasioned in any manner by the negligente or wrongful operation of such vehicle. provided , that in lieu of such bond, the applicant for permit may tender to the City Council , for its approval, a policy of insurance in some good solvent insurance company, insuring such autordobile for the length of time it is to operate under such permit, against public liability and property damage in the sum of not less than Five Thousand Dollars (V5000.00) and if the City Council find that the sa id'poliey is in all things sufficient, no bond shall be reciuired. S_,ction 6. That in the gra tting of applications, the City Council shall have -che power and it shall be its duty to see that fees to be eh4�,red by the operator of any vehicle, to passengers, shall be reas— onable- and e ival and uniform; and shall conform, as nearly as is prac— b eing ticable, to fees/charged and received by other vehicles is said City performing .sizrilar services; and that the fees proposed to be charged as set out in all applications for permit, shall be in conformity with the f(Des allowed to be changed by the City Council; and when such permit has been granted, no higher fees than those stated in Bach application shall be charged or collected wit4QuL the consent of the City Council. 'X�;6 Section 7. That the City Council shall have the power, and it shall be its duty to cancel any permit that has been Epanted, when it shall come to its knowledge that the holder of such permit has violated the terms and conditions off this ordinance. and it shall have the power, and it in made its duty to cancel any such permit, when it shall come to its knowledge that the vehicle being used in the transportation of passen- gers is not of the kind and character stated in the: (application, or has ceased to be a safe vehicle for such use; or that the driver of such vehicle is not a qualified licensed chauffeur; or that he is not of good temperate habits, or that he is in any manner not a suitable person to operate such vehicle. Section 8. That before refusing any permit where proper application has been raa&, and before cancelling any permit that has been granted, the City Council shall give to the -person or persons interested therein, notice that such application is under consideration; or that the cancellation of such permit is under eons,ideration, and the date and tILe of such hearings, giving to the person or persons at interest, a full opportunity to be heard thereon. Section 9.b That -from and after the taking effect of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any parson to drive or operate , or cause to be driven or operated, within this City, any bus without having and holding a permit fro operate same; and any person violating this pro- vision hereof shall be fined in any amount not exceeding one Hundred Dollars ( 100.00) Section 10. Tha t from and after the taping effect of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate within this City, or cause to be driven or operated,, within this City , any ta;ri- cab , without having and holding a permit to operate the same, and that any person violating this provision of this section hereof shall be in any sum not exceeding one Hundred Dollars .( 100.00). Section 11. That from and after the taking ezfeat og this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person to convey passengers for hire, from one place to another within this City, in any character of vehicle other than in a regularly licensed bua°or in a regularl y`licensed taxicab, and that any person violating this section of this ordinance shall on conviction be fined in any emount not to exceed One'Hundred Dollars (3 100.00. gco'-c Section 12. That from and after the taking effect of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly violate any of the provisions of this ordinance; and that any person knowingly violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ( 100.00 j. Section 13. That if any clause, section, or words of this ordinance be decreed to be invalid for any reason, it shall not affect the validity of any other portion hereof; and that all portions hereof, other then such as may be decreed to be invalid, shall be and remain in full force and effect. Section 14,_ That this ordinance shall supersede and repeal all ord- inances and parts of ordinances heretofore passed, regulating the issu- ance of permits for the operation of buses and taxicabs; and that all permits issued under any such ordinances' axe hereby rendered void and inoperative. That from and after the effective date hereof, each owner or operator of a bus or taxicab, wishing to operate same as such, shall, before operating same, procure the permi:r herein required; and shall each year thereafter procure a like permit • Section 15* That the fact that there is no ordinance of this City that makes adequate provision for the regulation of buses and taxicabs, creates an emergency, and makes it necessary that the rules requiring that ordinances be read at three separate meetings before passage, be sus- pended; and the same are hereby suspended, and this ordinance is here and now passed, and is ordered to take effect 30 days after its passage. Passed and approved this the IAh day od Jult, A.D. 1947. or - City of Georgetown, Attest: Ir Ej 2°643